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green calyx being seen, as in this sketch of “ Refulgent,” which will 
illustrate the difficulty of giving in a cut the reflexed form of the 
Pelargonium without making it appear a deformity. The ground¬ 
colour of the petals should be clear and pure. The whole flower 
should be free from veins (b), which are always absent in varieties of 
the highest breeding. The spot should be very decided at the base 
(c), extending upwards, and terminating, in a margined floiver, with 
great decision, thereby leaving a distinct edging. 
In an upper petal, when the spot shades off towards the edge {d), 
it should do so with great delicacy, mingling its colours in no washy 
manner, and leaving no -watery margin. It is a great point of ex¬ 
cellence when a dark spot on a scarlet ground changes into a distinct 
orange-tint, before mingling with the body-colour. It is also very 
pleasing when the spot terminating abruptly above the nectary, leaves 
a white waxy throat. There are two classes of flowers, which we 
term for distinction, reflecters of light and absorbers of light. In the 
former case, we like the flower to cup two-thirds of its depth, and 
then gently reflex without curling; in the other instance, we like a 
rather flattish cup throughout from the nectary to the margin. 
When a flower has a white eye, it should be dense and pure; but this 
will be formed, not so much by its own ichiteness, as by the abrupt 
junction of the colour of the lower petals (e). How much the beauty 
