CCXC PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



crossing, recrossing, and intercrossing of the old Divisions of Magni-, 

 Medio-, and Parvi-coronati. The Committee have delivered their Report 

 instituting an entirely new system of classification, which the Council 

 have adopted, and ordered to be used at all the Society's Shows. The 

 Report contains, a list of every Daffodil known to the Committee, together 

 with the name of the raiser as far as it could be discovered, each flower 

 known being allotted to its appropriate class. The Report has been 

 printed in a handy book form, and can be obtained from the Society's 

 Office, Vincent Square, at a cost of Is. 



37. COLOUR CHART. 



Hardly a gardener or florist exists who has not at times longed for 

 a Colour Chart — that is to say, for a standard of reference whereby he 

 could himself name, or recognize, or convey to a friend at a distance, the 

 exact shade of colour of a flower he desired to procure or had seen 

 advertised, or wished to commend to a friend. Take, for example, the 

 word " crimson " ; what a multitude of colours and shades it may be made 

 to include ! Some, very beautiful ; some, horrible concoctions of red and 

 blue crudely combined. 



The Council of the Society have long felt the need of such a Colour 

 Chart, but the huge expense of producing it has hitherto deterred them 

 from issuing it. 



Not long since an admirable chart, containing more than 1,450 shades 

 of colour between white and black, was published at the instance of the 

 French Chrysanthemum Society, the price being £1 Is. net, and by it 

 it is now possible to exactly recognize or describe to a friend or purchaser 

 at a distance the precise colour of any possible flower. You may have 

 met with an Azalea, for instance, which greatly strikes your fancy ; you 

 take out your chart and match its shade, and describe it to your friend 

 or your nurseryman as, " Colour : Apricot, p. 53, shade 3," and he turns 

 to his chart and sees exactly what it is you want or describe. Or you 

 want to make someone understand the exact shade of a rose in the way 

 of " Andersoni," and you need only say, "Rosy pink, p. 118, shade 4," 

 and your correspondent turns to his chart and sees in a moment exactly 

 what it is you want to describe. Or a nurseryman, having raised a new 

 variety, can by simply quoting "Colour Chart, p. — , shade — exactly 

 represent to his customers the colour-beauty of his new introduction. 



The Council recognizing both the excellence and the usefulness of 

 this chart, the idea at once occurred : Could it not be adopted as an 

 International Standard, so that all lovers of flowers all over the world 

 could accurately and exactly describe to one another (no matter how far 

 away or speaking what language) the colour and shade of any particular 

 flower they refer to ? There seemed no other difliculty than the somewhat 

 prohibitive cost of £1 Is. net. But difficulties only exist to be overcome, 

 and by undertaking to be responsible for a very large number, the Society 

 is now in a position to offer this Chart to its Fellows at the reduced cost 

 of 14s. 6^/., for which price it can be obtained at the Society's Offices, 

 Vincent Square, or it can be sent free by post for 15s. ; but in all cases 

 a cheque or postal order must be sent beforehand. 



