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NEW AND CHOICE AZALEAS. 
NEW AND CHOICE AZALEAS (INDICA). 
Mr. WILLIAM BULL’S selection, 24s., 30s., and 45s. per dozen ; New varieties, 
5s. to 7s. 6d. each ; handsome specimens, 15s., 1}, 2, 3, and 4 guineas each. 
ALEXANDRE II., very large fringed flower, white, striped with rosy carmine. 
ANTOINETTE THELEMANN, immense double flowers of a rich rosy scarlet colour, shaded 
with violet. 
BELLE GANTOISE, rosy lilac, bordered with white ; a beautiful variety. 
BERNHARD ANDREA, fine large flower, very double, beautiful bright rose. 
CHARLES ENKE, rose, edged with white and striped with violet, very free bloomer. 
CHARMER. This handsome variety is of a colour quite new in Azaleas, viz., a bright amaranth, 
which will make a charming contrast to existing kinds ; the flowers aro woll formed, with petals 
of great substance ; it is of excellent habit, and a profuse bloomer. Figured in the Floral Magazine 
for August, 1866. 
COLORIS NOVA, a novel and distinct variety, beautiful reddish purple, shaded with lilac ; very 
bright and showy. 
COMTE DE HAINATJT, bright rose, beautifully maculated ; good shape, very double. 
COQUETTE DE GAND, very large semi-double flowers, beautiful purple, edged with white, and 
spotted and striped with dark purple. 
DOMINIQUE VERVAENE, large flowers, of a bright orange red, very double j or perhaps better 
to describe them as imbricated ; each flower has twelve to fifteen petals, regularly disposed, as in 
a Camellia-flowered Balsam. This superb variety received a First Prize, as a soodling, when 
exhibited at the International Horticultural Exhibition held at Brussels. 
DUCHESSE ADELAIDE DE NASSAU, rich rosy red, shaded with violet. 
ETEND ARD DE FLANDRE, white, flaked and spotted with rosy carmine ; very free bloomer. 
ETOILE DE GAND, rosy salmon, largely margined with white j fine, large, well-formed flower. 
EUGENE MAZEL, very large and beautiful flowers, exceedingly well formed, of a bright red, 
shaded with lilac and maculated with blue ; good compact habit, and very floriferous. 
GLOIRE AVANT TOUT. This striking and effective variety produces large flowers of excellent 
shape, pure white, largely striped with rosy carmine ; very beautiful and showy. 
GRANDE DUCHESSE DE BADE. This extremely handsome rich coloured variety will be 
found an acquisition in every collection. Its colour is a bright orange scarlet, flower well formed, 
sometimes showing a slight inclination to be double, petals very thick and wax-like ; excellent 
habit. 
GUILLAUME III., a large handsome flower of a bright orange scarlet, spotted with deep crimson. 
HERCULE, very large flowers, colour a reddish purple. 
HORTENSE VERVAENE, bright rosy carmine, edged with white, large and well formed. 
LEOPOLD I., very large semi-double rose coloured flowers ; a free-blooming variety. 
MADAME DE CANN-2ERT D’HAMALE, an immense flower, so large, and of such wax-like 
substance, as to almost resemble a Lily in appearance, of a beautiful satiny white, cleanly spotted 
with yellow in the upper petals. It received a First Prize at the Exhibition of the Royal Horti- 
cultural Society at Malines ; it also received a First Prize when exhibited at the Royal Horticul- 
tural Society’s Exhibition at Brussels. 
MADAME DOMINIQUE VERVAENE. This variety produces flowers of tho most perfect 
form, of a soft rose colour, the upper petals largely spotted with bright red purple ; it is also 
striped with lilac and red, and margined with white. This splendid variety received a First 
Prize at tho Royal Horticultural Society’s Exhibition at Brussels. 
MADAME MARIE VERVAENE, large fringed flowers, pure white, striped with rosy carmine ; 
good shape. 
MAXIMILIAN I., fine double flowers, light rose colour, bordered with white, largely spotted 
with carmine and striped with red. 
PRESIDENT CLAEYS, beautiful bright rose, with wide white margin. 
PRESIDENT HUMANN, fine large flower, dark red, shading to a beautiful clear rose, and 
blotched with purple. 
PRESIDENT VICTOR VAN DEN HECKE, white, distinctly striped and mottled with bright 
red ; an attractive variety. 
