450 JOURNAL OF 'The koYal Horticultural society. 



Old Unique. — Flowers small, rose Neyrori red; upper petals dark 

 crimson; foliage sliglitly scented. 



Pearl. — Flowers very large, 2^ inches across, pute white; upper 

 petals faintly streaked with magenta; a good and very free -flowering 

 variety of vigorous habit. 



Prince George. — Flowers white, medium ■ petals streaked with 

 magenta; a free-flowering Variety. 



Princess May, A.M. 1892. — Flowers large, inches across, crim- 

 son pinli with a regular dark crimson blotch on each petal; a very 

 charming variety of great decorative value and free flowering habit. 



Persimmon, A.M. 1896. — Flowers large, semi^double, cardinal red: 

 the upper petals having dark markings ; a vigorous grower. 



Purple Emperor. — Flowers large, 2| inches across, rosy magerita; 

 upper petals marked with dark crimson; a very showy, free-flowering 

 variety of vigorous habit. 



Queen Wiihelmina. — Flowers large, lilac, upper petals marked with 

 a darker shade; vigorous habit. 



Eegalia. — Flowers medium) deep rose streaked with magenta. 



Ilosetta. — Flowers medium, light rosy magenta, upper petals beauti- 

 fully marked with a darker shade ; very free-flowering. 



Eose Queen. — Flowers large, 2-^- inches across > pale purple rose, 

 uppel' petals marked with deep crimson ; a very free-flowering and 

 vigorous variety. 



Scarlet Unique. — Similar to ' Old Unique ' in shape and size but of 

 a deep crimson colour. 



Sir Trevor Lawrence. — Flowers large, 2i- inches across, reddish 

 purple beautifully veined and blotched with velvety black; a very free- 

 flowering variety of vigorous habit and a decided advance on the older 

 dark forms. 



The Bard. — Flowers very large, 2f inches across, Solferino red, 

 upper petals darker and blotched with dark crimson ; a good vigorous 

 grower and very free-flowering. 



Triomphe de St. Mande, Improved. — Flowers very large, 3 inches 

 across, strawberry red, upper" petals of a much deeper shade and 

 blotched with dark crimson. 



Venus. — Flowers large, white, upper petals marked with magenta; 

 a free-flowering variety. 



