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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
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Conquest, clear carmine lower petals, orange-crimson upper petals, with dark 
blotch, and tinted purple margin, good strong bright colour, fine form, and free- 
blooming. Countess , soft salmon-pink lower petals, with small blotch ; large dark 
blotch in top petals, with fiery orange margin, and wire edge of rose ; distinct and 
good. Druicl , pale violet-pink, lower petals slightly stained with dark, and top 
petals with margin of lively maroon-crimson breaking into the blotch, and wire 
edge of pink ; a fine and distinct variety. Duchess , a fine painted flower, having 
orange-carmine lower petals stained with dark, and rich dark top petals, with wfire 
edge of lively rose, very fine and striking. Great Mogul , rosy pink lower petals, 
medium-sized dark maroon spot on top petals, large clear white throat; of great 
size, and of fine form. Highland Lassie, soft bright orange carmine lower petals, 
dark blotch on top petals, with a broad orange-crimson margin, white throat, 
fine form and substance. Naomi , purple-magenta lower petals, blotched and 
veined with dark ; dark top petals, with wire edge of rosy-crimson ; distinct and 
novel. Prince Arthur , carmine-pink lower petals, with veins of deep orange, 
glossy dark top petals margined with bright vermilion, and wire edge of pink ; 
very large rounded pip and bold truss. Prince of Wales , deep pink lower petals, 
dark top petals, very large pip, of the finest form and substance. Purple Gem , 
bright rosy purple lower petals, much stained and shaded with dark ; glossy dark 
top petals, with wire edge of rose, large white throat, stained with purple ; free 
and very striking. Ruth , rich rosy carmine, lower petals tinted with purple, 
white throat ; very dark blotch on top petals, and broad margin of violet-rose ; 
a fine flower. Robin Iiood, violet-pink lower petals, with slight maroon veins 
and spots of the same, dark top petals lit up with maroon, and wire edge 
of pale rose, Syren , pink lower petals, tinted with orange and pencilled with 
dark ; dark top petals, with wire edge of pink ; a soft and pleasing 
flower. Senator , a heavily painted flower, veined also with crimson, 
and bearing a maroon blotch on top petals, edged with rosy pink. 
Scottish Chieftain , fiery orange lower petals, stained with dark, rich dark top 
petals, with narrow edge of lively crimson ; distinct and very fine. Charles 
Dickens (Hoyle) is a flower having vermilion lower petals, pink towards the 
edge and veined with dark, and blotched with the same ; dark top petals, with 
thin edge of deep bright rose. Blue Bell (Foster) was singularly enough 
-awarded a Second-class Certificate by the Floral Committee, although it had 
received a First-class in 1871. It has pale lilac-blue lower petals, with 
rosy purple lines; dark top petals, with pure edge of pink, the under¬ 
petals somewhat pointed, yet it is a variety that will be very acceptable on 
•account of its novel colour. 
A First-class Certificate was awarded to Captain Bailees (Weatlierill), a red¬ 
dish crimson-coloured variety, shaded with maroon ; a wonderfully free-blooming 
forcing variety, but which emits a somewhat disagreeable perfume. 
In addition to the foregoing, about a dozen other varieties were staged by Mr. 
Turner, which, though of good properties, v r ere distanced by the fine varieties 
