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the slenderest and most completely quilled florets, and the earliest flowers, of the 
whole group, which hang in gracefully drooping tassels, and form a strong contrast 
to the next in almost every respect. 
43. The Great Tasseled White r, the Tasseled White, Hort. Trans, vol. iv. p. 339, 
and vol. v. p. 420. Has also been called the Expanded White. This large, strong and 
broad, deep-green, shining-leaved variety, is one of the latest of all in blooming ; 
but its lovely flowers are larger and more showy than those of any white-flowered 
variety, and endured to the end of January, 1833, the date of the present paper. 
No flower in this chilly climate stands the cold so well, or so long continues to 
beguile the fancy of a florist by its protracted opening, by its hardihood in expan- 
sion, and by the soft hue of its snowy blossoms, carrying on, as it were, the flowery 
beauty of lingering autumn into the very bosom of winter, whose ice at length closes 
the temple of Flora for a time, until the herald flowers of spring appear amidst the 
melting snow, as if impatient of delay. 
Half-double tassel-flowered, with only half-double flowers, and narrow elongated 
quilled petals, often drooping, and somewhat resembling a tassel. 
44. Half-double Quilled White, Semi-double Quilled White, Hort. Trans, vol.v. 
p. 158. A very tall, robust variety. The flowers are among the latest varieties, and 
more inclining to be single than usual, yet of too late occurrence to ripen seed with 
us. They are very large, and the narrow-quilled petals are very singularly waved, 
as if pursuing each other from right to left, making a pleasing and almost animated 
appearance. 
45. Half-double Quilled Pink , Semi-double Quilled Pink, Hort. Trans, vol. v* 
tab. 17* (inferior figure), p. 157, and vol. v. p. 422, and vol. vi. p. 351. This variety 
grows rather tall and flowers latish, but its flowers, although but half double, and 
only of the middle size, possess a degree of graceful elegance and lovely hues pecu- 
liarly their own. It is at present a rare variety. 
46. Half-double Bronze Buff, Pale Buff, Hort. Trans, vol. vi. p. 334. Also called 
the Semi-double Pale Buff, and Reeve’s Pale Buff, and Quilled Buff, and the Buff. 
It is a very tall and free-growing variety, and its half-double buff large flowers, 
which in their early stages are much bronzed, though of coarse hues, make a showy 
appearance, and stand the weather better than all others, opening rather early, and 
continuing late, until all the bronze is gone, having faded to dull buff. 
47- Half-double Quilled Orange , Semi-double Quilled Orange, Hort. Trans, 
vol.v. p. 412 and 422, and vol.v., tab. 17 ** (left-hand figure), and vol.vi. p.352. A 
tallish plant, with but few large and almost single, and also some nearly half-double 
flowers, of good size, but making a poor show. 
48. Half-double Pale Quilled Orange, Semi-double Quilled Pale Orange, Hort. 
Trans, vol. vi. p. 337* Also called Semi-double Deep Yellow. Of the middle stature, 
with few and late flowers, of good size, but comparatively poor appearance, on 
loosely drooping footstalks. 
Obs. The author has rejected the hybrid word semi-double throughout the paper. 
