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The Czar. — Largest and finest shaped Gloxinia ever sent 

 out ; lobes very thick and waxy, tube and throat white, 

 colour rich clear purple, rayed at the base with deep violet. 



Topaze. — Tube and lobes pure white, throat white, violet 

 at the mouth. 



tricolor cochenille. — Tube tri-coloured, limb bright cochi- 

 neal rayed with lavender. 



Vesuvius. — Flowers erect and circular, scarlet crimson of 

 an intense fiery lustre ; the throat is lighter and softer than 

 the lobes of the corolla, and spotted with deep crimson. 



Violette. — Violet purple, with light throat, spotted with 

 purple. 



Wega. — White ground, tinted and spotted with violet 

 carmine, the lobes surrounded with soft bluish violet. 



Select drooping-flowered varieties. 



alba cmrulea. — A pretty mottled variety. 



Berkshire. — Throat pure white, mouth rosy pink, large 

 white lobes. 



Bessie. — Throat pure white, mouth shaded with lavender, 

 lobes white. 



Charles Rafarin. — A very large dark violet flower, margined 

 with bluish violet. 



ccerulea. — Light porcelain blue. 



Countess Amelia. — Flowers semi-erect, upper lobes white, 

 lower lobes faintly marked with rosy salmon. 



delicata. — Tube white outside, light violet within, base of 

 lobes soft rose, with broad outer margin of snowy white. 



Excelsior. — Flowers horizontal, with lower and side lobes 

 of corolla enlarged ; deep glowing crimson, shaded with 

 scarlet, edges lighter, throat white, mottled and spotted with 

 crimson ; a very fine, robust free flowering variety. 



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