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NEW AND CHOICE FUCHSIAS — Continued. 
MRS. GRANT, a very beautiful flower, with 
blush tube and sepals, and orange rose corolla. 
2s. 6 d. 
NESTOR, a very fine variety, with large showy 
flowers ; tube and sepals carmine, the latter 
reflexed ; very large, full and much expanded 
corolla of a rich purplish-crimson colour. 3s. Gd. 
NOVEATJ MASTODONTE, a splendid variety, 
of excellent habit and free growth ; the flowers 
are very full and double, the corolla of globular 
formation, colour a very dark violet veined 
with red ; the sepals are beautifully reflexed, 
covering the brilliant red tube ; it is extremely 
floriferous. 7s. 6 d. 
ORLANDO, a very large flower, with light 
violet purple colour double corolla, and carmine 
tube and sepals ; an attractive variety. 7s. 6rf. 
PATRIOTE, immense violet purple corolla of 
involute form ; the petals veined with scarlet 
at the base ; large tube and long reflexed sepals 
of a very rich carmine colour. Is. 6 d. 
PENTHEUS, rich deep crimson tube and sepals ; 
large open saucer-shaped corolla of a rich dark 
purple plum colour. Is. 
PIERRE JOIGNEAUX, a fine full double 
flower, with irregularly formed corolla of a rosy 
purple colour, shaded with violet ; reflexed 
sepals of a light yellowish rose colour, with 
green tips ; exceedingly free-flowering. 5s. 
PINK PERFECTION, a stout flower of fine 
form, with creamy white tube and sepals and 
rich pink and, violet corolla, dashed with 
violet. 2s. 6 cl. 
REAPER, short tube and extraordinary wide 
sepals, of a bright rosy carmine colour ; short 
double corolla of a rich purplish crimson colour. 
5s. 
STAR OF WILTS, tube and sepals cream 
colour, corolla pale pinkish violet, with distinct 
margin of orange ; a very fine flower. 2s. 6 d. 
SYROS, vide page 8. 
THERA, vide page 8. 
VILLE DE NANCY, tube and sepals of a pale 
carmine red colour, the latter very wide and 
well recurved ; fino large doublo corolla, of a 
brilliant dark violet colour. Is. 6 d. 
VIOLLET-LE-DUC, a floriferous variety of 
good habit ; fine full double flowers, with ex- 
panded corolla of a metallic violet colour and 
short reddish crimson reflexed sepals. 5s. 
VIRGO, tube and sepals pure white, the latter 
gracefully reflexed, and forming a perfect crown 
above the corolla, which is of a beautiful 
magenta colour, quite a novel shade. Is. 6 d. 
VOIX DU PEUPLE, large flowers, with fine 
expanded milky white corolla ; sepals well 
recurved, of a rich rosy carmine colour. Is. 6 d. 
WAGNERIAN, tube and sepals crimson ; the 
latter beautifully reflexed ; large and glossy- 
corolla of a deep crimson purple colour. Is. 6d. 
WHITE GIANT, a splendid variety, producing 
long racemes of flowers of immense size ; one 
of the largest double white corollas. Is. 6 d. 
Selections of other good varieties can he made from Mr. W. B.’s General Collection 
at 9s. and 12s. per dozen. 
FUCHSIAS. 
HYBRIDS AND SPECIES. 
BOLIVIANA, a remarkably ornamental and attractive species, discovered by M. Roezl in Bolivia. 
It is of compact growth, and its branches terminate in large bunches of beautiful drooping flowers, 
about three inches long and of a rich carmine crimson colour, with bright carmine corolla. Is. 6 d. 
CANARY BIRD, a showy and attractive variety ; foliage of a golden yellow colour ; leaves prettily 
veined ; flowers well formed ; tube and sepals scarlet, the latter broad and finely reflexed ; corolla of 
a rich dark purple colour. Is. 6<f. 
CH. DARWIN, a dwarf and free-flowering variety, obtained from a cross between F. Dominiana and 
F. scrralifolia ; it has tubular flowers of a brilliant rosy carmine colour ; the sepals long, slightly 
reflexed, rose tipped with yellowish green ; long expanded corolla of a reddish yellow colour. Is. Gd. 
DR. GORDON, this variety is from the same cross as the preceding; it is of dwarf habit and produces 
drooping flowers nearly four inches long ; the tube is of a brilliaut purplish rose colour ; the sepals, 
pointed with orange yellow ; the corolla is very wide and of a rich orange vermilion colour. Is. 6cf. 
ED. ANDRE, an extremely free flowering variety, obtained from a cross between F. Dominiana and 
F. scrralifolia, resembling the latter in its narrow foliage and in the form of its flowers, which are 
very large, with open corolla of a pale orange colour and long carmine tube and sepals, which are 
yellowish at the points. 3s. 6 d. 
GRACILIS VARIEGATA, an elegant variety of good habit, with small leaves broadly margined 
with white. Is. Gd. 
H LECOQ, an attractive variety, obtained from a cross between F. Dominiana and F. scrralifolia ; 
it has large tube-shaped flowers about one and a half to two inches long, carmine red at the base 
and dark rose at the summit ; straw coloured recurved sepals ; rosy orange corolla ; dwarf habit 
Is. 6d. 
