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half-rose and half-white. Both varieties were permanently 



retained by budding. 



The next important change is from pink to bronze. These, 



as stated, are much more numerous than are bronze sports from 



yellow-flowered parents : — 



Pink, &c, to Bronze. 



Sport, Mrs. W. Shipman. 

 Mrs. S. Coleman. 

 Geo. Cockburn. 

 Lord Wolseley. 

 Bronze Bride. 



Angelina (golden amber bronze, 



shaded with cinnamon). 

 Lord Wolseley. 

 Bronze Queen of England. 

 Geo. Haigh. 



Ch. Davis (bronzy rose). 

 Mrs. E. S. Trafford. 

 Mrs. G. W. Palmer. 

 Carew Underwood. 



Lady Hardinge . 

 Princess of Wales 

 Princess Beatrice 

 Prince Alfred . 

 Blushing Bride . 

 Lady Slade (lilac pink) 



Prince Alfred (rose-crimson) 

 Queen of England (blush) 

 Robt. Pitfield . 

 Viviand Morel (mauve) 

 Wm. Tricker 



Mrs. C. H. Payne (rose pink) 

 Baronne de Prailley (pale rose) 



As an example of a converse to the preceding sports, the 

 following case may be mentioned : — 



Bronze to Red. 



Lord Brooke (orange bronze) . Sport, Mrs. J. Cooper (dull crimson). 



Five instances are recorded of a buff or fawn-coloured sport 

 appearing on a rose or bronze-flowered parent. 



Rose or Bronze to Buff or Fawn. 



Triomphante (white shaded rose) . Sport, A chestnut buff. 



Empress Eugenie (rose lilac) . . ,, Fawn-coloured. 



Robt. Pitfield (rose) . . „ Geo. Haigh (bronzy buff). 



Bronze Queen of England . . „ John Doughty (delicate fawn, 



shaded with light bronze). 

 Hero of Stoke Newington (rose pink) „ Lady Dorothy (pale crimson buff). 



As illustrations of true reversions from red to yellow, the 

 original colour of the flowers of the Wild Chrysanthemum, there 

 are the following examples : — 



Rose or Pink to Yellow. 

 Wm. Tricker (pink) . . . Sport, A yellow. 

 Ch. Davis (bronzy rose) . . . „ Yellow.* 

 M. G. Grunerwald (pink) . . . „ Yellow. 



Mary Anderson (blush) . „ Miss Annie Holden (yellow). 



Green Sports. — The strange reappearance of the most 



* The reverse of the florets a primrose shade. B. M., Jour. Hort. Dec. 

 1897, p. 532. 



