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what quilled ; striped on the back with light purple. Stem weak, tinged with 

 purple ; leaves dull green ; peduncles rather weak. The plant grows from three 

 to four feet high. Flowers early and freely. 



11. Wells's Atropurpurea. Flowers large, compact and double, of a clear 

 dark purple colour ; florets large, entire, and ovate at the points, those in the 

 centre slightly quilled, regular in their disposition. Stem, and leaves light 

 green ; peduncles sufficiently long to show the flowers. The plant grows about 

 four feet high, and very bushy. Flowers early, and tolerably freely. 



12. Douglas's Royal Purple. Flowers very large, nearly five inches in 

 diameter, not fully double, of a fine dark purple approaching to morone ; florets 

 very large, somewhat quilled, a little reflexed, and mostly entire ; disc large and 

 scaly. Stem streaked with brownish purple ; leaves large and rough ; peduncles 

 long. The plant grows luxuriantly, about five feet high. Flowers rather 

 freely, but often imperfectly ; it is notwithstanding a very beautiful variety. 



13. Purpurea nigra. Speciosa, Dark Purple. Received from Mr. Van 

 Eeden with both these names. Flowers large, from three to four inches in diameter, 

 nearly globular, fully double, of a very dark velvety purple, deeply tinged with 

 crimson ; florets numerous, half quilled, recurved ; disc filled up. Stem tinged 

 with brown ; leaves dull light green ; peduncles long. The plant grows rather 

 bushy, about five feet high. Flowers abundantly all the season. A good variety. 



Section 5. Morone, or Dark Purplish Crimson. 



14. Morison. Received from Mr. Van Eeden. Flowers about the middle 

 size, compact and fully double, of a fine dark crimson velvet colour with a purple 

 ground ; florets narrow, half-quilled, and pointed, for the most part regular in 

 their disposition. Stem tinged with a purplish hue; leaves small and dull 

 green ; peduncles sufficiently long to show the flowers. The plant grows bushy, 

 about five feet high. Flowers freely, but not very early. 



15. Young's Crimson. Was sent to the Society by Messrs. Young, of Epsom, 

 by whom it was raised from seed in 1815. Flowers large, compact and fully 

 double, of a dark morone velvet colour ; florets regular in their disposition, some- 

 what quilled, rounded at the points, and nearly entire. Stem dark brown ; leaves 

 dark green ; peduncles long and pendulous. The plant grows rather straggling, 

 about five feet high. Flowers freely and early. 



16- Sabini. Received from Dr. Van Mons of Louvain, by whom it was raised, 

 and named in compliment to Mr. Sabine. Flowers about the middle size, nearly 



