180 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Lilac, 3 feet or less : Osprey. 



8-6 feet : Calliope, Drummondii, Sappho, T. Wilks. 

 Mauve to dark Iduc, 8 feet or less : grandiflorus, Juno. 



8-5 feet: fioribundus, formosissimus, Jessie Crum, N.A. jmlcJiellus, 

 Pluto. * 



Over 5 feet : lacvis, and Harvard var., Miss Southall. 

 The varieties latest in flower were diffusus pendulus, Drummondii, 

 gfacillimus, grandiflorus, Little Gem, Tradescanti, and Tresserve, 



F.C.= First-class Certificate. 

 A. M.= Award of Merit. 

 XXX = Highly Commended. 



XX = Commended. 

 Fl.= Flower-head. 



Hab, csx Habitat. 



Infl.— In florescence. 



1. acris (Barr, Dobbie, Chiswick), XXX 1892, 1907.— Two and a half 

 feet ; inh\ densely flowered, corymbose ; fl. H inch across, stellate ; rays 

 mauve ; disc lemon yellow. Flowering for seven weeks from August 31 ; 

 leaves linear-lanceolate, pale green. Hab. South Europe. 



2. acris dracunculodes (Barr, Dobbie, Chiswick). — Less valuable 

 than the type, from which it differs in its taller habit (3J feet) and in its 

 narrower and paler ray florets. 



3. acris nanus (Barr, Dobbie), A.M. October 13, 1902. — Three to four 

 weeks later than the type ; fl. smaller. Habit dwarfer, more compact and 

 pyramidal ; H feet. 



4. Admiration (Beckett). — One and a half feet ; infl. dense-flowered, 

 pyramidal; fl. 1 inch across, mauve-pink, full-rayed, neat. Flowering for 

 five weeks from September 13. 



5. Alan Peters (Peters). — Four feet ; infl. a loose open pyramid ; fl. 

 1 \ inches across, pure white, becoming pinkish with age ; rays broad, loose. 

 Habit erect, but rather lacking vigour. Flowering for five weeks from 

 September 30. 



6. Albion (Chiswick collection), XX 1892. — Four and a half feet ; 

 stem rigid, dark ; infl. a loosely flowered round-headed panicle ; flowering 

 almost to the ground ; fl. 1 inch across, white, becoming pinkish ; growth 

 rampant. Flowering for four weeks from August 31 (Novi-Belgii). 



7. Alice (Barr). — Two feet; infl. densely flowered, corymbose; fl. 

 J inch across, flesh-pink, becoming deeper, full-rayed ; disc rich yellow. 

 Eabit very vigorous; stems and heath-like foliage, bright green. 

 Flowering for four weeks from September 18. Somewhat similar to 

 Esther, with cricoidcs habit, but quite distinct from Novi-Belgii, to 

 which Messrs. Barr refer it. 



8. Amelia* (Dobbie), XXX 1892.— One and a half feet ; infl. loosely 

 corymbose; fl. 1^ inches across, purple. Habit loose; leaves rough, the 

 lower ones spathulate. Flowering for six weeks from September 30. 

 Hab. South Europe, <fcc. 



9. Amellus bessarabicus (Dobbie), A.M. October 1, 1902.- — Two feet ; 

 much finer than the type; fl, 2 inches across, stellate, rich purple-mauve. 



