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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



34. A. Novi-Belgii— continued. 



p. var. John Wood: — fine habit ; flowers large, white, cup- 

 shaped, 1-1 £ inch in diameter ; height 3 feet. 

 XXX, September 20th. 

 q. var. Isevigatus (syn. longifolius formosus) : — dwarf, very- 

 bushy ; flowers numerous, deep rose, 1-lj inch in 

 diameter ; leaves narrow, lanceolate ; height 2^ feet. 

 XXX, August 26th. 

 r. var. lilacina : — bushy ; flowers numerous, pale lilac, 1-1£ 

 inch in diameter ; involucral bracts broadish, spreading ; 

 height 4 feet. 



X X, August 5th. 

 5. var. litoreus : — bushy ; flowers numerous, white, 1 inch in 

 diameter : leaves ovate-lanceolate, toothed ; height 4 feet. 

 X X, August 15th. 

 t. var. Minerva : — bushy, branched ; stems purple ; flowers 

 1-1^ inch in diameter, numerous, deep rosy-lilac, full ; 

 height 4^- feet. 



XXX, October 4th. 

 u. var. nanus (syn. hybridus) : — a dwarf, small-flowered form of 

 var. l&vigatus ; flowers rose, starry. 

 XXX, September 4th. 

 v. var. Proserpine : — tall, bushy, leafy ; leaves narrow, lanceo- 

 late ; flowers 1-1^ inch in diameter, rosy-lilac ; involucral 

 bracts narrow, spreading ; height 6 feet. 

 XXX, September 24th. 

 w. var. Purity : — near to var. Harpur Crewe, but taller and with 

 a more pyramidal habit ; flowers 1-2 inches in diameter, 

 white, rays slightly reflexing ; height oh feet. 

 XXX, August 6th. 

 x. var. Ravennae : — tall, not much branched ; stems green ; 

 leaves lanceolate, slightly toothed ; flowers, H£ inch in 

 diameter, rosy-lilac, crowded ; involucre narrow, ad- 

 pressed ; height 4^ feet. 

 XXX, September 6th. 

 y. var. Robert Parker : — bushy ; leaves narrow, lanceolate, 

 toothed ; flowers numerous, 1^-2 inches in diameter, lilac- 

 purple, full ; height 5-6 feet. 

 XXX, September 15th. 

 z. var. Scorpio : — bushy, dense heads ; leaves ovate-lanceolate ; 

 flowers numerous, crowded, full, pale lilac-purple, 1-1^ 

 inch in diameter ; near to var. densus, but having black 

 stems ; height 3| feet. 

 X X, September 10th. 



