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ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Alexander McKay (Chafer). Moderately vigorous; leaves faintly zoned; 



flowers free, rosy scarlet. 

 Derbyshire Hero (Cunningham), Moderately vigorous ; leaves with dark zone ; 



flowers large, rosy scarlet ; in the way of Roi d'ltalie ; promising. 

 Empress (Paul), Vigorous ; leaves with dull zone ; flowers cerise, free, in large 



trusses. 



First Favourite (G. Smith). Moderate habit; leaves with dull zone, lobed ; 



flowers rosy scarlet, very large ; in the way of Roi d Italic. 

 Lucius (Bull). Compact, but vigorous; leaves faintly zoned; flowers very free, 



in large trusses, cerise. 

 Jules Cesar (Fraser). Very closely resembling Roi d 'Italic ; leaves with dull 



zone ; flowers rosy scarlet ; a free-blooming pot-plant. 

 Mrs. Longman (F. A. Smith). Vigorous; leaves marked with a dark zone; 



flowers rosy carmine, scarcely rosy scarlet ; promising. 

 Persian (Bull). Vigorous ; leaves lobed, with dull zone ; flowers large, free, 



cerise. 



President Johnson (F. A. Smith). Vigorous, leaves with dark zone, and free 

 rosy-scarlet flowers. 



Sir F. Kelly ( Veitch). Vigorous ; leaves with faint zone ; flowers cerise, freely 

 produced. 



Souvenir de M. Basseville (F. Sf A. Smith). Compact and moderately vigorous, 

 with dull-zoned leaves, and free rosy flowers. 



Umpire (Bull). Vigorous, with faint-zoned leaves, and abundant soft rosy-scar- 

 let flowers. 



Virginia (Paul). Moderately vigorous ; leaves with dull zone ; flowers clear 

 rosy pink, of the Amy Hogg character ; promising. 



Passed over: — AmyJRubotin, Andromeda, Annie Findlay, Britannia, Candidate, Crimson 

 Cushion, Endeavour, Etoile des Massifs, Eugenie Furst, Festival, Hero, Illustration, In me- 

 moriam, La Niagara, L' Immobile, Lord Chancellor, Magnet, Matilda, Nora, Olivia, Prime 

 Minister, Prince of Wales, Profusion, Rifleman, Rosabel, Tintoret, Victoire de Puebla, and 

 Woodwardianum. 



3. Flowers Rose-jpinJc. 



Beaut e de Suresnes (Salter). Moderately vigorous ; leaves with dull zone ; 

 flowers rose-pink, with white on the upper petals. 1st class in 1865. 



Blue Bell ( W. Paul). Of moderately vigorous habit ; the leaves marked with 

 a dull but deep-tinted zone distant from the margin, and the flowers very 

 striking, of large size and fine form, in bold trusses, and of a deep bluish- 

 tinted rose-pink, with white eye. 1st class in 1868. It was decidedly the 

 gem of the season, and was greatly admired. 



Pink Beauty ( G. Smith). Vigorous in habit ; leaves with dull zone ; flowers 

 large, rose-pink, with white blotch on upper petals. 1st class in 1866. 



Rose Eendatler (Downie). Of moderately vigorous growth ; leaves with a dull 

 zone ; flowers rose-pink, the upper petals with white blotches, free. 1st 

 class in 1865, confirmed in 1868. 



Wiltshire Lass (Downie). Moderately vigorous ; leaves with dull zone ; flowers 

 rose-pink, white on the upper petals, very like those of Beaute de Suresnes. 

 1st class in 1866. 



Amy (Rollisson). Vigorous ; leaves dull-zoned ; flowers abundant, pale rose, 



with white base to upper petals. 2nd class in 1865. 

 Maltiies de Marcol (Fraser). Of free-branching habit, and remarkable for its 



abundant blossoms ; flowers small, deep pink, with white eye. 2nd class as 



a pot-plant. 



Delicata (Chater). Dwarf but vigorous, with large dark-zoned leaves, and pale 



pink flowers; promising. 

 Lord Fitziierbert (Tirebuck). Vigorous and spreading; leaves dull-zoned; 



flowers large, of fine shape, in good trusses, pale rose-pink, with white eye ; 



promising. 



Pink Perfection (G. Smith). Dwarf and moderately vigorous ; leaves with 

 dull zone ; flowers light rose-pink, with white eye, of fine shape, but pro- 

 duced in small trusses ; promising. 



