Silver Tricolor-Bedding Varieties. 1. Avalanche. -White edge and flowers. 2. Bright Star.--Pure white edge, scarlet flowers. 3. Fair Oriana.-Cream-white edge; flowers white, with salmon rose centre. 4. Flower of Spring.-White variegation, flowers bright cerise. Bicolors, or Bronze and Gold Varieties. 1. Black Douglas.—Gold margin, dark bronze chocolate zone. 2. Chieftain.-Yellow, chocolate red zone. 3. Criterion. --Golden yellow, rich chestnut red zone. 4. Distinction.--Green disc, narrow vandyked zone, margin singuarly crimped and notched. 5. Golden Circle.--Gold, light chocolate zone. 6. Happy Thought.-Leaf white in centre, and green round the outside. 7. Hercules.-Yellow, shaded red and bronze zone. 8. Marshal MacMahon.--Pale yellow, bronze zone. 9. Negro.-Yellow, deep chocolate bronze zone. 10. Princess of Wales.-Yellow ground, vandyked bronzed red zone. Variegated Ivy-Leaved Varieties. 1. Bijou.-White variegation, vermilion-carmine flowers. 2. Duke of Edinburgh.-Broad white margin. 3. L'Élégante.-Dark green foliage, with silver edge. 4. Silver Gem.-Silver margin, lilac flowers. 5. Willsii.-Neat erect habit, flowers shaded magenta. 6. Willsii rosea.-Erect growth, rich rose-coloured flowers. Double-Flowered Varieties. 1. Aline Sisley.—White, small foliage and compact, free flowering. 2. Jewel.-Deep scarlet, very full, Tom Thumb habit. 3. Madame Boutard.—Pale rose, very dwarf. 4. Madame Rendatter.-Pure mauve, very double, large truss. 5. Mr. Gladstone.-Salmon-tinted rose, large flowers. 6. Triomphant.-Brilliant violet, centre leaves striped white. Double-Flowered Zonale Varieties. 1. Amaranth.-Rosy pink, new and beautiful colour. 2. Corsair.-Brilliant scarlet, fine form. 3. Culford Pink.-Flowers salmon pink, dwarf habit, broad dark zone. 4. Gloire de Corbency.-Salmon, margined white. 5. Madame Vaucher.-Pure white. 6. Mrs. Hole.-Magenta crimson. 7. President Grévy.-Plum colour. 8. Waltham Seedling.-Red crimson. Horseshoe-Leaved Scarlets. Amazon, Baron Hugel, Beauty of Brixton, Bishopstowe, Captivation, Compactum, Lilliput, Martin Gireau, New Globe, Queen of England, Richmond Green, Scarlet Perfection. Plain-Leaved Scarlets. Defiance, Frogmore Improved, Punch, Wellington Hero. GLADIOLI. 1. Baviana.-Orange, feathered violet. 2. Cardinalis.--Bright scarlet, flaked white. 4. Elegantissimus.-Fine rose, spotted. 14. Ne Plus Ultra.-Deep rose, blotched white. GLOXINIAS. 1. Anneau Cobalt.—White ground, laced with rich blue. 2. Astrea.-Rosy crimson throat, margined with white. 3. Attraction.-Tube and edges pure white, mouth rosy crimson, throat spotted crimson. 4. Aurora.-Tube light, limb dark pink, throat pure white. 5. Beauty.-Pink lobes, pure white mouth, and white throat. 6. Bird of Paradise.-Flowers rosy lilac, throat creamy white, beautifully spotted. 7. Brilliant.-Bright crimson, lobes margined with rose, rich violet throat. 8. Celestial.-Rose lobes, throat encircled with deep violet, base of the tube white. 9. Charles Dickens.-Tube and limb violet, throat rich purple. Io. Cærulea variegata.—Light porcelain blue, streaked with white. 11. Madame Frederic Siesmeyr.-Tube and throat white, with broad margin of purple. 12. Madame Guillon.-Throat cream-coloured, bordered with rosy spots of carmine. 13. Magenta.-Throat slate, lined with carmine; mouth rose, dotted with magenta; margin white. 14. Most Beautiful.-Tube sulphur, densely spotted with red; richly margined with purple. 15. Pavilion Blanc.—Tube white, and long; margin of throat cream coloured, and spotted with lilac. 16. Peeress.-Rich purple, the lobes margined with blue; base of the throat white, spotted. HOLLYHOCKS. 1. Alice. Salmon, suffused with deep pink. 2. Anne.-Pink, shaded crimson. 3. Arthur.-Bright, dark red. 4. Clipper.-Pink, shaded with salmon. 5. Coronet. Bright crimson. 6. Cygnet.-Pure white. 7. Dandy.-Dark red, very bright colour. 10. Harlequin.-Cream white, shaded with purple. 12. King of Purples.—Rich, fine purple. 13. Lord Loughborough.-Salmon pink. 14. Mabel.-Pink, shaded crimson. 15. Miss Reed.—Ivory white, with bright purple base. 16. Miss Turner.-Creamy white. 17. Mrs. Downie.—Salmon rose 18. Nabob.-Light amber, suffused with pink. 19. Tyrian Prince.-Rich purple. 20. Walden Rival.—-Orange and crimson shaded. HYACINTHS. Double Show Varieties. 1. Bouquet Royale.-Pink. 2. Grootvorst.-Blush. 3. Alida Catherina.—Deep rose. 1. Amy.-Scarlet. Single Show Varieties. 2. La Prophète.-Carnation rose. 7. Elfrida. -White, pink shaded. 8. Mont Blanc.-White. 9. Argus.-Rich purple, white eyed. 10. Charles Dickens.-Porcelain shaded with blue. II. General Havelock.-Deep black purple. 12. L'Unique.-Fine purple mauve. 13. Alida Jacobs.--Deep yellow. 14. Heroine.-Bright citron. LANTANAS. 1. Distinction.-Bright orange scarlet. 2. Dom Calmet.-Pink, centres changing to peach and yellow. 3. Favourita.-Yellow, changing to dark brown scarlet, distinctly shaded bright purple. 4. Feu Follet.-Reddish yellow. 5. Heroine. Clear crimson, changing to rich chocolate. 6. La Neige.-Pure white. 7. Magenta King.-Nearly self-coloured bright purple scarlet. 8. Monsieur Roucier Chauvière.-Yellow, bordered bright red, changing to scarlet. 9. Ninus.-Canary yellow. 10. Phosphore.-Deep yellow. II. Ver Cuisant.-Brilliant yellow. 12. Victoire.-Pure white, rich lemon eye. LILIES. 1. Bulbiferum.-Orange crimson, slightly spotted black; two feet. 2. Catesbæi.-Orange red, purple spotted; one foot. 3. Concolor.-Scarlet, slightly spotted black; one foot. 4. Concolor Coridion.-Yellow, spotted brown; one foot. 5. Davuricum umbellatum immaculatum.-Rich crimson, shaded to orange; two feet. 6. Philadelphicum.-Yellow, spotted black, and blotched red; one foot. 7. Thunbergianum Armeniacum.-Rich, soft orange; one foot. 8. Thunbergianum atrosanguineum.-Rich, blood crimson; one foot. 1. Brighton.-Bright blue. LOBELIAS. 2. Ebor.-Purple, dark and intense. 3. Defiance.-Rosy red. 4. St. Martin's Blue.-Flowers dark blue, foliage dark bronze. 5. Cærulea alba marmorata, fl. pl.-Beautiful double blue flowers. 6. Double White.-Flowers white, neat and compact habit. 7. Lobelia pumila magnifica.--Flowers deep indigo blue. 8. Princess of Wales.-Pure white. |