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THE PLOKISX AND POMOLOGIST. 



principal metropolitan collections, I might usefully occupy a portion of the 

 space at your disposal, by pointing out the varieties which are the most distinct 

 and desirable. These I have endeavoured to classify according to their colours. 

 The double-flowered varieties are entirely omitted, as they are so thoroughly 

 beaten in every point of view by the single-flowered sorts. My notes run as 

 follows : — 



§ I. — BRIOHT RED. 



1. Howard: bright orange red; something of the colour of Solfaterre, but without the 



light eye ; showy. 



2. Lady Sale : bright lake, with white eye; good. 



3. Lina : lively crimson-lake ; very pretty and effective. 



4. Maoaulay : bright and deep rose-pink, or perhaps rather pink-rose, moderately large 



and smooth ; an improvement on Milton ; fine spike. 



5. Milton : bright lively-looking pinkish-rose ; good. 



6. Pelissier : deep rich crimson-lake ; a decided advance on Lina. 



7. Heine des Jacintlies : very fine ; crimson-lake of a brighter and richer shade than Lina ; 



one of the best. 



8. Robert Steiger : good truss ; bright red; a fine variety for general purposes. 



9. Solfaterre: fiery orange red with light eye; the brightest of all, but very rare. 



10. Victoria Alexandrina : deep lake-red with moderately large bells, and very smooth ; the 



best of the bright reds, and fine every way. 



§ II.— PINK OB, BLUSH. 



11. Cavaignac : bright rosy-pink with stripes of darker rose ; large and smooth. 



12. Duchess of Richmond : pink with deep reel stripes ; lively looking ; a useful sort. 



13. Gigantea : fine massive spike, but small narrow-petaled flowers ; blush. 



14. Koh-i-noor : pink with striped segments, the spike dense but rather crowded and 



confused, otherwise fine ; pips smooth. 



15. La Prophete : pink, with darker stripes ; good. 



16. Madame Hodgson : deep blush with pink stripes ; fair spike. 



17. Mrs. Beecher Stowe : pink striped with darker red ; spikes crowded — too much so, 



looking confused. 



18. Princess Charlotte : in the way of La Lame du Lac, but with finer spike and pip ; 



delicate soft pink ; new in colour and good. 



19. Princesse Clotilde : bright pink striped ; crowded and confused spikes. 



20. Queen Victoria : similar to Luchess of Richmond, but somewhat deeper in colour ; lively 



pink, with red stripes. 



21. Sultan's Favourite : moderately large, blush with pink stripes inside, and dark base 



outside ; fine ; smooth surface. 



§ III. — BLACKISH- VIOLET. 



22. Blackbird: very dark almost black-purple, darker than Prince Albert; good spike, but 



not large bells. 



23. General Haveloch : bold spike and moderately large bells ; blackish-violet ; more blue 



than Prince Albert ; fine. 



24. Prince Albert : fine dark black-purple. 



§ iv. — BLUE. 



25. Argus : fine indigo, with azure tube, and white eye ; a most attractive variety. 



26. Baron Van Tuyll : a good useful blue, producing fine spikes. 



27. Bleu Morant : dark violet-blue with deeper stripes ; fair spike ; smooth and rich-looking. 



§ V. — AMARANTH. 



28. Haydn : mauve with reddish-purple stripes ; new ; very fine, smooth. 



29. Honneur d'Overveen : deep pucy-mauve; rather heavy looking, but distinct. 



30. I! Unique : a purplish red, very pretty, and useful for general purposes. 



31. Prince of Wales : piicy-mauve with stripes of deeper colour ; new and effective. 



32. Regina Victoria : dull pucy-red with darker stripe down the centre of the segments ; 



distinct but dull and ineffective. 



§ VI. — STRAW OR YELLOW. 



33. Aurora : pale straw tube splashed with pink outside, the limb pinkish with deeper 



stripes ; very distinct, and pleasing. 

 31. Luc de Malakoff : straw colour striped with rosy-lake ; very distinct and desirable ; a 

 fine bold telling variety. 



