redder in the centre, where it is marked with a broken 
velvetty mark, and lined from the base with branching 
lines of the same colour: lower petals about half the 
size of the upper ones, narrowly obovate, of a lighter 
colour, and marked from the base with several branch¬ 
ing redder lines. Stamens 10, connected at the base, 7 
bearing anthers. Style bright purple, bearing a few scat¬ 
tered hairs near the base, the upper part smooth. Stigma 
5-cleft, dark purple, the segments fimbriate, and more 
or less recurved. 
This handsome plant is also of hybrid origin, and 
we are informed was first raised from seed by Mr. 
Welsh; the plant from which our drawing was made was 
kindly sent to us by Messrs. Chandlers, from their 
Nursery at Vauxhall,in the Wandsworth Road, who, we 
believe, have the whole of the stock at present; it belongs 
to the fine red purple sorts, which are much less com¬ 
mon now than the bright reds and scarlets, which makes 
it the more desirable for collections; it is also a very 
early flowering sort, beginning to bloom in March, and 
continuing in flower all the Summer, and till late in 
Autumn, if properly managed. It will thrive well in 
any rich light soil; and young cuttings, planted in pots, 
and placed on a shelf in the Greenhouse, will soon strike 
root. 
