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vigorous habit ; moderately free flowering ; flowers of good shape, delicate 
pink or peach, basal portion of petals stained with greenish yellow, borne 
on rather short stems and partly hidden by the foliage. 
26. Island Queen, A.M. September 21, 1897; x x x October 5, 1900 
(Forbes). — Height 4 feet ; compact bushy habit ; free flowering ; flowers 
of good shape, lovely rosy lilac shaded with mauve, borne on rather 
slender stems well above the foliage. 
27. Mrs. Allhusen (Forbes, Cannell). — Height 4 feet, erect sturdy 
habit ; moderately free flowering ; flowers delicate pink with a blush- 
white centre, borne on slender stems just above the foliage. 
IV. — Flow^eks Pinkish Salmon. 
28. Britannia, x x x September 21, 1900 (Veitch).— Height 4 feet ; 
bushy habit ; exceptionally free flowering ; flowers of good shape, delicate 
pinkish salmon with a faint suspicion of apricot towards the basal portion 
of the narrow incurving petals, borne on long stems well above the 
foliage. 
29. Countess of Lonsdale, A.M. September 20, 1898 ; x x x Septem- 
ber 21, 1900 (Dobbie). — Height 4 feet ; compact bushy habit ; very free 
lowering ; flowers with long narrow pointed petals, orange-salmon 
shaded and tipped with rosy carmine, borne on long wiry stems well 
above the foliage. 
80. Countess of Radnor, A.M. September G, 1892 (Cannell).— Height 
4 feet ; bushy habit ; very free flowering ; flowers rich salmon shade, 
the lower portion of petals yellow, borne on rather short stems and partly 
hidden by the foliage. 
31. Flossie, A.M. September 8, 1896 (Forbes).— Height 4 feet; com- 
pact bushy habit ; rather shy flowering ; flowers coral-pink stained with 
yellow at the base of the petals, borne on short stems and partly hidden 
by the foliage. 
32. Mary Service, A.M. September 21, 1897 ; x x x September 21, 
1900 (Dobbie, Cannell, Mortimer). — Height 4 feet ; very bushy habit ; 
moderately free flowering ; flowers of excellent shape with long narrow 
incurving petals, pinkish heliotrope shading to yellow at the base, borne 
or rather stiff stems just above the foliage. 
33. Miss Irene Cannell (Cannell). — Height 4 feet ; branching habit ; 
shy flowering ; flowers delicate salmon-pink shaded with orange, borne 
•on rather short stems and partly hidden by the foliage. 
34. Mrs. Wilson Noble, A.M. September 10, 1895 (Cheal, Dobbie).— 
Height 4 feet ; compact bushy habit ; moderately free flowering ; beauti- 
fully shaped flowers of a lovely pinkish salmon shade, borne on stiff' stems 
well above the foliage. 
35. Tillie, x x x October 5, 1900 (Cannell, Dobbie).— Height 4 feet ; 
bushy spreading habit ; very free flowering ; flowers of medium size and 
good shape, salmon-red heavily shaded with pale rose or mauve, borne on 
stifl" stems well above the foliage. 
V. — Flowers Rosy Carmine. 
36. Emily French (Dobbie). — Height 4 feet; erect sturdy habit; 
