consist of ten or twelve large outer petals, arranged in two rows round 
a great number of smaller ones, that rise in the centre of the flower, in 
an erect irregular mass. These outer petals are each of a roundish cor¬ 
date form, varying from an inch to an inch and a half in breadth. 
They are at first slightly concave, but gradually spread open, until they 
become almost flat. In some flowers they are entire, and recurved at 
the edges; generally, however, they are indented, or partially divided, 
and undulated. Their colour is pure white, excepting for about a third 
of their length, nearest the base, which is deeply tinged with red, as 
well as a small stripe up the centre; the latter very often extends the 
whole length of the petal, and diminishes in brightness towards the 
edges. The centre petals are very different from those we have just 
described, and approach, in some respects, those of the Warat&h, al¬ 
though by no means arranged with the same regularity as in the flowers 
of that variety. They are all closely united at the base, and rise nearly 
erect, so that the centre of the flower is considerably elevated. Some 
of them are more elongated than the rest, and have a tubular appear¬ 
ance, from their edges being rolled back, and compressed together. 
The greater part, however, are nearly of equal height, and, for half their 
length, are of a roundish oblong form, ending in a very narrow minute 
point. They are seldom coloured, unless it is one or two of the large 
tubular-like petals, which have the same blush tinge as those at the 
extremity of the flower. Occasionally, a few perfect stamina may be 
observed, as well as the three united greenish styles; and from its seeds, 
which sometimes attain maturity, some good varieties have been raised. 
It is well represented in the works we have referred to, but in 
neither of them is it stated when it was first introduced. In the list 
inserted on the authority of the late Mr. Lee, of Hammersmith, at the 
end of Mr. Curtis’s splendid Monograph, it is mentioned as having been 
introduced for the Kew Garden, in 1812; but it undoubtedly was 
known before that time, as it is one of the sorts enumerated in the last 
edition of the Hortus Kewensis. 
