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may then, by a very easy effort of the mind, change the light 
green into white, the reds into crimson and rose, and he will 
then have the exact stripings of the petal of the flower; in 
another week these stripes will have entirely vanished and given 
place to a uniform deep green colour. From tricolor he may 
go to the more delicately striped kinds, such as Sweetii, Colvillii, 
Eclipse, Campbellii, Juliani, &c., he will still observe the mark¬ 
ings of the flower either in broad flakes or narrow stripes deli¬ 
cately dashed or deeply dyed, but exactly as they appear in 
the petal of each peculiar variety; and the clearer the white of 
the petal the brighter and lighter will be the corresponding 
green of the leaf. He may then go to the self-coloured varieties; 
he will there see the leaf suffused with a deep crimson, or deli¬ 
cate blush, or bright rose, as the case of the flower may be ; 
but here it will require longer practice to form a correct judg¬ 
ment, the colour being so blended with the green; but I have 
no doubt that close observation will soon detect rules for form¬ 
ing a judgment upon which to rely. I do not mean to assert 
positively that the markings of the individual leaf will correspond 
with those afterwards developed by the flower bud at its axis, 
should one be formed ; I only state what, from the observations 
I have yet made, I have found to be general rules, and beg 
strongly to recommend the observations to be closely followed. 
In my judgment of the colour of seedlings before they have 
flowered, I have found myself very correct with the colours of 
those which have afterwards developed themselves. It how¬ 
ever requires long and close observation, extensive comparison 
and strict consideration of external causes, such as soil, shade, 
sun, &c., before one can identify the peculiar shade in the leaf, 
with the corresponding colour of the petal. I do not pretend 
myself anything like perfect certainty; but, from the observa¬ 
tions I have made, I believe it may be attained. 
Blackheath. 
J. Halley. 
