white centre to the flower; the rest of their surface is of a 
brilliant rose-colour, suffused and marbled with veiny blotches 
of crimson, and also marked with a small but evident spot of 
the same colour near their centre. 
Finely contrasting with this is the variety called Modesty , re¬ 
presented in the upper part of our plate. This was raised by 
Edward Beck, Esq., of Isleworth, and when exhibited at the 
meeting of the Floral Committee, was commended as a useful 
flower for decorative purposes. It is in fact a very ornamental 
variety, and a meritorious one in this point of view, though not 
quite perfect in regard to some of the technical merits required 
by florists. The plant is one of sturdy free-blooming habit, and 
bears its blossoms in bold and effective trusses. Individually 
they are about medium size, well formed, a little wanting in 
smoothness, pure white, the lower petals unmarked, but the 
upper ones ornamented with a small dense spot of reddish 
maroon, which breaks up towards the base into pencilled lines. 
This spotting is dense, clear, and effective, rendering the flowers 
exceedingly ornamental. 
The remaining variety, of which only a single flower is shown, 
is named Garibaldi. It was raised by Mr. Foster, and was ex¬ 
hibited at the same time as the former, by Mr. Turner, of Slough. 
The flowers in this kind are very large, and very finely formed, 
of a more rosy tint than Perdita , and without the spotting on 
the lower petals. The upper petals are covered with a dense 
maroon blotch, edged by a distinct belt of the rosy ground¬ 
colour, and the under petals are of this latter hue, a rich rose- 
pink, dashed here and there with crimson. The bases of the 
lower petals are white, and form a broad and conspicuous white 
centre to the flower. It is equally fine with the variety already 
referred to, but less distinct in character from existing varieties. 
These plants are easily cultivated in a warm greenhouse 
judiciously ventilated in winter, and from which frost and ex¬ 
cessive damp are excluded. A rich loamy soil is preferable for 
them, and they are increased readily by cuttings after the 
blooming season is past, when the old plants require to be 
pruned close down in order to form stocky specimens for the 
succeeding year. After pruning they should be kept dryish till 
new shoots are produced, and then they may be root-pruned 
and repotted into small-sized pots for the winter, larger ones 
being afforded them early in spring. 
