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NOTES ON TULirS. 
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Eectified Byblcemens. 
Talisman (Hardy).—The markings of a very refined character; colour, a fine violet, 
almost black, on a very pure •white ground. The finest flamed Bybloomen in cultivation; is 
sometimes caught in a very fine feathered condition, but all the feathered breaks, so far, have 
shown no stability, but have passed into flamed flowers. The flamed state is evidently its 
best one. Second row. 
Bessie (Hepworth).—Colour nearly black, on a good white ground, which needs a little 
bleaching after opening; a most noble feathered flower when well grown ; is sometimes seen 
flamed, but the feathered is its true strong character. First row. 
Duchess of Sutherland (Walker).—A most charming, well known, flamed flower; 
colour, a beautiful dark purple, on a white ground, unsurpassed in purity. Its faults are a 
want of form, the petals being rather narrow, and a little too long. Nevertheless it is a 
variety which ought to be in every good collection. Third row. 
Adonis (Headly).—Good both in the feathered and in the flamed states. Very often 
seen in winning stands, and at the head of the classes. The feathering is black, on a some¬ 
what creamy-white ground, w^hich does not quite disappear with growth ; the base of the 
feathered flowm is also to some extent disfigured by a drabby-coloured white, technically 
termed “ greasy.” In the flamed flower these defects are not so obvious. Notwith¬ 
standing these defects, Adonis is a very fine variety, and should be grown by all. Fourth 
row. 
Carbuncle (Headly).—A variety, resembling in some respects Adonis. Indeed, some 
growers think it is only a very fine flamed strain of Adonis. I am of opinion that it is a 
distinct variety. Its beam is -wider and more solid than that of Adonis. The flame-colour 
in the beam is a peculiarly rich carbuncle-colour, and the white of the flower and the 
base are unexceptionally pure. Third row. 
Bacchus (Dutch).—A fine flamed variety, never seen feathered. The colour is a rosy 
purple, but still a decided byblcemen one. The markings are in fine strains, very correct, 
although not much “ work,” ^.e, fine pencilling, in them. It blooms early, but stands to the 
last, and although wo have some flowers which in many points surpass it, yet Bacchus is still 
a very useful variety, and worthy of a place in the most select collections. From its standing 
so long in bloom, it sometimes, when very old,-owing to flies, bees, &c., scattering the pollen from 
the anthers, and the pollen liquefying on the white base, a slight bluish tinge is given, and hence 
in some quarters a most absurd prejudice has been raised against i*^, and at Birmingham 
it was declared “ not pure.” This is most unjust; Bacchus is a pei’fectly pure flower, 
and more than nine-tenths of the flowers shown are unexceptionable. Even when 
the blue tinge is on the white, it is much less objectionable than the yellow whites of Mrs. 
Pickerill, Adonis, and flowers of that class. Third row. 
Lord Denman.— A frequent winning vai’iety; colour, rosy byblcemen; character, flamed ; 
markings very good, most beautifully level on the top of tlie flower, but the base is very 
naiTOw, and the flower, although often seen pure, is too often impure on the stamens, with a 
greenish greasy base. I cannot give this flower a high position, and have almost discarded 
it. Third row. 
Salvator Rosa (Brown).—When in fine strain, a first-class flower, fine in colour, 
marking, form, and purity; scarcely surpassed by anything; there are some strains of this 
variety very poor in marking, and it has never been the writer’s good-fortune to bloom a 
flower of Salvator Rosa worth looking at. Second rows. 
Violet Amiable (Haigh).— A rather uncertain variety, both feathered and flamed; 
coloui”, fine purple ; the feather-marking plated in character; the white needs a few days’, 
bleaching after opening. Although occasionally this variety is soon very fine, yet it can 
scarcely be called first-class. Third row. 
Maid of Orleans (Gibbons).—This old and well-known variety is now but seldom seen 
as a winner. The feathered strains seldom produce the old character of feathered flowers, 
they are usually so splashed with colour inside. The flamed flower is a little too heavily 
marked to stand high in the class, now that we have so many good varieties in flamed 
bybloemens, still the purity of this kind is so charming, that a few bulbs should be grown 
of the best feathered and flamed strains that can be procured. Fourth row. 
Rectified Roses. 
Heroine. —A fine old variety, still far from being superseded, and found more often as a 
winner than any other feathered rose grown ; this, of course, is partly owing to the stock of 
it being more abundant than that of any other kind, but still on its merits it holds a place in 
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