cxiv EOTAL HORTICULTTJEAL SOCIETY. 
Pursuit Habit free and elegant. Flowers medium size; 
tube scarcely | in. ; sepals 1 in., scarcely spreading ; corolla f in., 
somewhat expanded, white, with conspicuous rosy-scarlet veins. 
One of the best. 
Alexcmd/rina. Habit free and drooping. Flowers medium size ; 
tube I in. ; sepals | in., bright scarlet ; corolla f in., compact, 
white, veined and flushed with rose at the base. A pretty va- 
riety, but the corolla too much stained. 
Maid of Honour. Flowers of medium size; tube nearly f in., 
slender ; sepals about 1 in., spreading or somewhat reflexed, 
rosy scarlet; corolla i in., white, streaked and flushed at the 
base with rosy red. The rosy tint predominates. 
Marmion. Flowers medium size ; tube | in. ; sepals scarcely 1 
in., broad; corolla I in., full, white, with rosy-scarlet veins. 
Similar to, but not equalling Pursuit. 
Vesta. Flowers medium size ; tube nearly i in. ; sepals about 1 
in., scarcely spreading; corolla I in., white, with rosy-scarlet 
veins, and having small petals in the interior. The tube and 
sepals too pale in colour to be effective. 
§ 8. Scarlet calyx, reddish pltjm-colotjred double 
COROLLA. 
Giant. Flowers very large; tube ^ in., slender; sepals 1| in. 
long, and fully | in. broad, spreading ; corolla 1| in., reddish 
plum, passing to coral-red at the base, coarse and irregular. 
Wanting in contrast between the sepals and petals. 
§ 9. Scarlet calyx, double purple corolla. 
Avalanche Habit good and free. Flowers large ; tube | in., 
tapered from the base, slender ; sepals i in. long, I in. broad, 
deflexed ; corolla f in., deep, full and even, dark violet-purple. 
A fine bold variety. 
Marhsman Habit dwarf and free. Flowers medium size ; 
tube f in., slender ; sepals f in., broad, spreading ; corolla f in., 
spreading, regular, violet-purple, reddish towards the base. A 
most useful market sort, which never seeds. 
Purple Prince Habit dwarf and free. Flowers large ; tube 
^ in., bulged ; sepals f in., concave and deflexed as in Glohosa ; 
corolla i in. long, 1^ in. broad, shallow, but much expanded, 
regular, reddish violet. A large showy but rough flower, good 
for decorative purposes. 
