GLENNY S PROPERTIES OF FLOWERS AND PLANTS. 
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the main stem ; the spike compact, and taper- 
ing from the bottom to the top. 
The Crocus. — Form, like the Tulip ; petals 
very thick, edges smooth; colour bright or 
dense, as the case may be; and if variegated, 
the colours distinct and -well- defined; and all 
six petals alike. 
The Cineraria. — Flowers round ; petals 
broad and thick, smooth in texture, and blunt at 
the ends, sitting very close ; centre small ; colour 
bright or dense; and the outside of the pip free 
from notches. 
The Ranunculus. — Two-thirds of a ball, 
well filled up ; the petals thick, close, smooth 
edged and symmetrical ; eye up to surface. 
The Pansy.- — A perfect circle, with no in- 
denture ; smooth at the edge, petals thick, and 
of velvety texture ; the marking uniform; the 
two top petals alike, and the two side petals 
must be marked alike; the colour of the ground 
on the three lower petals must be the same 
shade, whether white, yellow, straw, or any 
other colour. The eye must not break through 
to the margin, but, in other respects, like the 
blotch on a geranium, is a pure matter of 
taste, and has nothing to do with the pro- 
perties. 
The Dahlia. — Two-thirds of a ball for the 
exact form, and well filled up to that form 
in the centre or eye. The petals free from 
notch, thick, broad at the ends. If cupped, it 
must not show the hack of the petals ; if 
reflexed, it must be as close as the scales of a 
fish. They must lay symmetrical. 
The Geranium. — The five petals must 
form a circle, without indentation ; they must 
be smooth at the edges, thick, of good rich 
texture; colours well defined. Truss not less 
than five pips, and so arranged that one does 
not lap over the other, but form a large showy 
head of bloom. 
The Verbena. — The individual pips per- 
fectly round, free from notch, divisions shal- 
low; the substance thick, of fine smooth 
texture ; truss large, pips edge to edge, not 
less than seven in a bunch, and not to lap over 
each other; colour very dense, or blight; and 
all the pips alike. 
The Narcissus. — The petals to form acircu- 
lar flat surface; the cup prominent; the colours 
distinct; the foot-stalks to stand well out; the 
buncli of flowers to be level, edge to edge, and 
not less than seven in the bunch ; the single 
flowering kinds should be of the same form. 
The white ones must be very pure, the yellow 
very dense. 
T I k; Carnation and Picotee. — The form 
half a ball; the outline round; the petals im- 
bricated, the second row less than the first, the 
third less than the second, and so on to the 
crown ; the petals thick and .smooth, edges 
free from serratuve or notch; colours dense 
and distinct, white pure ; every petal to main- 
tain the character of the flower, whether it be 
a flake, a bizarre, or a picotee. 
The Pink. — Haifa ball; petals thick; edges 
smooth ; to have the lace round every petal, 
within a slight stripe of the white outside: 
a good eye, of the colour of the lacing. 
The Chrysanthemum. — Round in outline, 
and half round looking at it sideways ; in 
other words, half a ball : double, symmetrical; 
eye well up and perfect; petals broad, blunt 
and thick; colour decided; and every petal 
free from notch. 
The Rhododendron. — Individual flowers 
to be round; slightly cupped, large, well spotted, 
smooth edged and thick; colour dense; and 
truss a bold, round sided cone; footstalks thick 
and elastic. 
The Azalea indica. — Individual flowers 
round; petals thick, of fine texture, smooth at 
the edges; colour dense; marking, if any, well 
defined. 
The Rose. — All kinds to have thick, smooth- 
edged, stiff petals, plenty of them imbricated 
to the centre ; fragrance strong; footstalks 
long and stiff ; form round, rising on the face 
to half a ball ; colour dense, be it what it may, 
and the back of the petal same colour as the 
front. Moss Roses cannot be too thick of 
moss, and the larger the calyx the better ; 
Climbing Roses to be short jointed and abun- 
dant bloomers ; Noisette Roses to be in good 
bunches, with strong footstalks to hold them 
in their places. 
The Camellia jatonica. — Flower circular; 
form half of a ball; petals thick, broad, and 
smooth at the edge, and every row of them 
imbricated to the centre ; colour dense, or if 
white — pure, if blotched or striped — a distinct 
contrast. The plant should be short, jointed, 
and bushy; the foliage large and bright; bloom 
abundant. 
The Calceolaria. — The bloom should be 
perfectly round, every way ; colour at back as 
bright as the front; the lip, throat, and calyx, 
small ; the markings, if any, very decided and 
dense ; the substance thick and stiff, the 
steins strong and branching; the footstalks 
elastic. The plant decidedly shrubby. 
The Fuchsia. — The flower bud globose, 
until it opens, without tube ; the sepals on 
opening to reflex so as to show only the inside 
surface (like the Cyclamen); the corolla to be 
a decided contrast to the sepals; the colour 
of the sepals to be bright, and all over alike, 
and no green on them. Footstalks, long, wiry, 
and pendulous ; the flowers to come at the 
base of every leaf ; the foliage bright and 
close, and the bloom to hang down free of the 
branches: habit shrubby; stems strong. 
The Petunia. — The flowers perfectly 
round, thick, smooth edged, free from sena- 
