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neck green ; it blooms during the summer mouths. A 

 garden variety. 



E. tricolor inflata. — A paler variety than any of those here 

 enumerated, with the stems and branches densely clothed 

 with hairy leaves, which are erect and but shghtly spreading ; 

 flowers about an inch long, much inflated at the base, and 

 with a very narrow neck ; a distinct and handsome plant of 

 garden origin. 



E. tricolor profusa. — A very distinct and beautiful hybrid, 

 raised between E. Farrieana and E. princeps coccinea, but 

 entirely distinct from both parents. The flpwers are tubular 

 and inflated, of a bright crimson colour at base, shading to 

 a rosy carmine, the upper half of the tube being white, 

 incurved at the throat, and of a yellowish green. The habit 

 is branching and good, with very stiff erect shoots, which 

 are somewhat hirsute. Flowers in July and August. 



E. tricolor rubra. — Leaves very closely set, and but 

 slightly spreading, hairy ; flowers tubular, slightly inflated at 

 the base, about an inch long, and reddish purple in colour, 

 shading off to white, with a green neck ; it blooms during 

 May, June, and July. A garden variety. 



E. tricolor speciosa. — This form has linear-lanceolate, hairy 

 leaves, slightly spreading ; flowers in umbels, upwards of 

 an inch long, slightly swollen below the ■ middle, where 

 they are rosy red; blooming during the summer months, 

 it makes a valuable plant for exhibition purposes. A garden 

 variety. 



E. tricolor Wilsoni. — ^A splendid exhibition variety ; the 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate, slightly spreading, and clothed with 

 a profusion of hairs ; flowers in umbels, an inch and a-half 

 long, much inflated at the base, and suddenly contracted at 

 the neck, rosy red, white, and green in colour ; blooming in 

 June and July. A garden variety. 



