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magna, and alba virginalis, both good white-flowering 

 forms ; Dr. Lindley, large clusters of reddish-lilac flowers ; 

 Charles X., purplish-lilac flowers, but white when forced ; 

 Souvenir De Ludwig Spath, with massive clusters of 

 richly coloured flowers ; Glorie de Moulins, Marie Le- 

 grange, Noisetteana, Duchesse de Nemours, and Vallet- 

 tiana, all beautiful flowering forms that are well worthy of 

 cultivation, and of the simplest growth. 



The double-flowered varieties, for which we are much 

 indebted to M. Victor Lemoine, of Nancy, are fast gaining 

 favour with cultivators in this country, and rightly, too, 

 for they include several very handsome, full flowered 

 forms. The following are best known : — 



S. vulgaris Alphonse Lavallee, with full double red 



flowers, changing to mauve. 

 ,, Charles Joly, dark red. 



„ Condorcet, blue and white. 



„ Dr. Masters, lilac. 



„ Emile Lemoine, mauve-pink, suffused with 



white ; very handsome. 

 ,, La Tour d'Auvergne, mauve shaded with 



rose. A beautiful and very dark 



coloured form. 

 „ Lemoinei, nearly resembling our common 



species, but with full double flowers. 

 „ Leon Simon, light pink, mauve shaded. 



„ Madame Lemoine, the finest form, bearing 



very large pure-white double flowers. 

 „ Michael Buchner, rosy lilac. 



,, President Carnot, pale lilac, white centres. 



„ Virginite, whitish pink, nearly white when 



fully expanded. 



President Grevy is one of the same beautiful group. 

 The blooms are large, double, and produced in very 

 massive clusters, and of a light bluish-lilac tint, when 



