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Madame Cassier f (Van Houtte).—Moderately vigorous habit; leaves broad 
and very flat, marked by a dark zone ; flowers deep rose pink, with white base, 
and of good shape. Under glass it was of second-rate merit, and the leaves 
became indistinctly zoned. 
Minnie \ (Rollisson).—Moderately vigorous habit; leaves w r ith a dark zone ; 
flowers in good trusses, pale rose pink with a white base. 
Mrs. Whitty (Carter Sc Co.).—Moderately vigorous habit; leaves marked 
with a dull, broad, unequal zone ; flowers deep rose pink, white at the base. 
Much in the way of, but not so good as, Helen Lindsay. 
Rose Renclatler * (Downie Sc Co.).—Moderately vigorous habit; leaves with 
a dark vandyked zone near the centre ; flowers lively rose pink, with a white 
base of good shape, and borne in compact trusses. A fine sort both for beds 
and pot culture. 
Roseum Nanum (Salter).—Dwarf, free habit; leaves dark zoned ; flowers of 
good shape, rose pink, white at the base. A useful free-flowering variety. 
SERIES III.—MARBLED-LEAVED ZONATE VARIETIES. 
Dayspring (Dixon).—Moderately vigorous habit; leaves with yellowish 
green radiating centre, and no dark zone; flowers deep scarlet. A rather pretty 
variety, and quite distinct in its foliage. 
Lady of Loretto (E. G. Henderson Sc Son).—Moderately vigorous spreading 
habit; marbled leaves ; flowers cerise scarlet. 
Pigmy (Hally).—Dwarf habit; leaves marbled ; flowers scarlet. 
Prince Arthur (Hally).—Moderately vigorous, spreading habit; leaves 
marbled and very darkly zoned; flowers light scarlet. 
Rose of Lee (Hally).—Vigorous habit; leaves marbled; flowers cerise 
scarlet. 
Sheen Rival * (Kinghorn).—Moderately vigorous habit; leaves darkly 
zoned and marbled with light green; flowers bright light scarlet, of good form, 
in fine trusses. 
SERIES IV.—NOSEGAY VARIETIES. 
1, LEAVES ZONATE. 
Beaton's Pet (Carter &; Co.).—Very dwarf habit; leaves marked with a 
dull zone ; flowers loose, in small trusses, of a bright rosy crimson. The plant 
w r as in a weak condition. 
Carminatum Improved (Carter Sc Co.).—Moderately vigorous habit; leaves 
indistinctly zoned ; flowers crimson magenta. 
Carmine Nosegay (E. G. Henderson Sc Son).—Moderately vigorous habit; 
leaves with a faint narrow green zone; flowers deep cerise, in moderate trusses. 
Cybister * (Cartier Sc Co.).—Full vigorous habit; leaves large, w T ith dull 
olive zone; flowers in large trusses, v 7 ell thrown up, narrow petaled, scarlet. 
It is of a very effective colour, brighter and lighter than Stella, but with longer 
and narrower petals. 
Imperial Crimson (Turner).—Dwarf spreading habit; leaves with a faint 
narrow green zone; flowers loose, narrow-petaled, in small trusses, magenta 
rose. 
Lady Cullnm f (Carter Sc Co.) —Dwarf habit; leaves marked with an in¬ 
distinct zone; flowers free, loose, lilac pink, with a white base. 
Lord Palmer son \ (Carter & Co.).—Dwarf and moderately vigorous habit; 
leaves with very faint zone ; flowers in small trusses, the plant being weak, 
cerise-scarlet, changing to magenta. 
Madame P. Gaspard (Salter).—Moderately vigorous habit; leaves with an 
indistinct green zone ; flowers thin and loose, deep rose pink. 
