rounded, swollen at the joints, dull red, papillose and downy.
Radical leaves on long red stalks, large, reniform, truncate at
the base; caulescent leaves smaller, on short petioles, angled,
crenate, dark green above, red below, and minutely papillose. _fl._
on an elongated terminal raceme, white. Capsule three-angled, two
wingless, the other with a long pointed wing. Summer. Brazil, 1826.
A distinct and pretty species. (B. M. 3564.)
=B. Moritziana= (Moritz's). Synonymous with _B. scandens_.
=B. natalensis= (Natal).* T. Rootstock thick, fleshy. Stem 1-1/2ft.
high, succulent, thick at the base, articulate, branched, smooth.
_l._ unequal, semicordate, acuminate, lobed, toothed, spotted
with white. _fl._ on axillary cymose peduncles, pale rose. _fr._
three-winged, two large, one small. Winter. Natal, 1855. (B. M.
4841.)
=B. nelumbiifolia= (Nelumbium-leaved).* Rhizome thick, fleshy,
creeping. _l._ on long hairy petioles; blade 12in. to 18in. long,
8in. to 12in. wide, peltate, hairy on under side; scape 1ft.
to 2ft. high. _fl._ in cymose head, numerous, small, white or
rose coloured. Winter. Mexico. A noble-foliaged plant. SYN. _B.
hernandiæfolia_.
=B. nemophila.= Synonymous with _B. Cathcartii_.
=B. nigro-venia= (black-veined). Synonymous with _B. glandulosa_.
=B. nitida= (shining).* S. Stem 4ft. to 5ft. high, erect, branched,
woody when aged, smooth, shining. _l._ large, glossy, green on
both sides, obliquely ovate, acute, crenated at margin. _fl._
in terminal and axillary panicles, numerous, large, deep rose,
handsome. Capsule three-winged, one much larger than others.
Jamaica, 1777. One of the best winter, and almost a perpetual,
flowering species. SYNS. _B. obliqua_, _B. pulchra_, _B. purpurea_.
(B. M. 4046.)
=B. obliqua= (oblique). Synonymous with _B. nitida_.
=B. octopetala= (eight-petaled).* T. Stemless. _l._ on long
succulent downy petioles, 1-1/2ft. or more in length, cordate,
6in. long, deeply lobed and serrated at the margin, bright green;
scape as long as petioles, rounded, downy. _fl._ in corymbs,
greenish-white, males with eight petals, females generally fewer.
Capsule three-angled, two wings almost suppressed, the other
1in. long; apex blunt, toothed. Autumn. Peru, 1835. SYN. _B.
grandiflora_. (B. M. 3559.)
=B. odorata= (sweet-scented). Synonymous with _B. suaveolens_.
=B. opuliflora= (Guelder-rose-flowered).* S. Stem 1ft. high,
branching, smooth. _l._ ovate oblong-acuminate, toothed, smooth
above, hairy below. _fl._ white, in compact umbels, on erect
scapes. Spring. New Grenada, 1854.
=B. Ottoniana= (Otton's). A hybrid from _B. conchæfolia_ and _B.
coriacea_. (R. G. 1859, p. 15.)
=B. papillosa= (papillose). A variety of _B. incarnata_.
=B. Pearcei= (Pearce's).* T. Stem 1ft. high, succulent, branching.
_l._ lance-shaped, cordate, pointed, toothed, glabrous above,
tomentose beneath, and pale red. _fl._ in loose axillary panicles,
large, bright yellow. Summer. Bolivia, 1865. Interesting because
of its being one of the progenitors of the handsome race of garden
tuberous Begonias.
=B. peltata= (shield-like). Stem short, tomentose; leaves 6in.
by 4in., peltate, ovate, densely pilose. _fl._ in branching
cyme, small, white; peduncle 6in. to 9in., pilose. Brazil, 1815.
Interesting because of its distinctly peltate foliage and silvery
appearance of whole plant. SYNS. _B. coriacea_, _B. Hasskarlii_,
_B. hernandiæfolia_, _B. peltifolia_.
=B. peltifolia= (peltate-leaved). Synonymous with _B. peltata_.
=B. phyllomaniaca= (proliferous-stemmed). S. Stem thick, fleshy,
rather twisted, green, hairy, clothed, when old, with small
viviparous buds bearing small leaves, by which means the plant may
be multiplied. _l._ ovate, acuminate, cordate, sinuately lobed,
ciliate, smooth above and below. _fl._ in axillary cymes, drooping,
pale rose. Capsule with one large wing. Winter. Guatemala, 1861.
(B. M. 5254.)
=B. picta= (ornamented).* T. Stem generally smooth, succulent,
6in. to 12in. high. _l._ ovate acuminate, nearly equally cordate,
serrated, hairy above and on the nerves below, sometimes
variegated. _fl._ pale rose, large, handsome; peduncle hairy,
erect, short, few-flowered. Autumn. Himalaya, 1870. (S. E. B. 101.)
=B. platanifolia= (plane-leaved).* S. Stem 5ft. to 6ft. high,
erect, robust, smooth, green; joints annulated. _l._ 8in. to 10in.
in diameter, reniform, lobed, hispid on both sides, dark green;
lobes acute, toothed, ciliated. _fl._ in axillary, dichotomous
cymes, large, white, tinted rose, handsome. Summer. Brazil, 1834.
(B. M. 3591.)
[Illustration: FIG. 232. BEGONIA POLYPETALA.]
=B. polypetala= (many-petaled). Stem about 1ft. high, covered with
a soft whitish tomentum. _l._ ovate-acute, toothed, pubescent
above, and densely tomentose below. _fl._, petals nine or ten,
of a fine red colour, smooth, external ones ovate-oblong,
pointed; internal ones somewhat shorter and narrower; sepals two,
ovate-elliptic. Capsule tomentose, three-winged, with one wing
larger, ascendent. Winter. Andes of Peru, 1878. See Fig. 232.
(Garden, Dec. 14, 1878.)
=B. prestoniensis= (Preston).* A garden hybrid between _B.
cinnabarina_ and _B. nitida_. _l._ green, lobed, glabrous. _fl._
brilliant orange-red, in drooping axillary cymes, very fragrant.
Autumn and winter. 1867. (G. M. B. 3, 149.)
=B. prismatocarpa= (prism-fruited).* Stems small, creeping, hairy;
branchlets ascending. _l._ long, petioled, also hairy, obliquely
cordate, ovate, three to five-lobed; lobes pointed, serrated;
peduncles axillary, longer than foliage, bearing a small umbel of
two to four dipetalous orange and yellow flowers, one female in
each umbel. Capsule four-angled, scarcely winged. Summer. Tropical
West Africa, 1861. The smallest of cultivated Begonias, and
especially interesting because of its four-angled fruit. It forms
a pretty cushion of bright shining green foliage, thickly studded
with its brightly coloured flowers. Requires a stove temperature
and a stony soil. (B. M. 5307.)
=B. pruinata= (frosted).* Stem short, thick, fleshy, smooth. _l._
large, peltate, ovate, angular-sinuate, minutely-toothed; surface
smooth, glaucous; margins pilose, on stout, fleshy petioles. _fl._
in large dense dichotomous, or small cymes, white. Winter. Central
America, 1870. (R. B. 247.)
=B. pulchra= (fair). Synonymous with _B. nitida_.
=B. punctata= (dotted). A variety of _B. heracleifolia_.
=B. purpurea= (purple). Synonymous with _B. acutifolia_.
=B. purpurea= (purple). Synonymous with _B. nitida_.
=B. Putzeysiana= (Putzeys'). S. Stem erect, branching, smooth. _l._
oblong-lanceolate, acute, toothed, glabrous, under side spotted
with white. _fl._ in copious small corymbs, white and rose, small.
Capsule small, with rather large obtuse wings. Winter. Venezuela,
1871.
=B. radiata= (rayed). Synonymous with _B. heracleifolia_.
=B. ramentacea= (scaly).* S. Stem erect, branching, brown, scaly,
as also are the leafstalks and peduncles. _l._ ovate, reniform,
oblique; margins slightly angulate, recurved, under side red,
scaly; peduncles branching. _fl._ drooping, pink and white, pretty.
Capsule, when ripe, a bright scarlet; wings large. Spring. Brazil,
1839. (P. M. B. 12-73).
=B. reniformis= (kidney-formed). Synonymous with _B. Dregei_.
(Gardens.)
=B. reniformis= (kidney-formed). Synonymous with _B. vitifolia_.
(Hook.)
[Illustration: FIG. 233. BEGONIA REX.]
=B. Rex= (Royal).* Stemless; rhizome fleshy, creeping,
subterraneous. Leafstalk round, red, setose. _l._ 8in. to 12in.
long, 6in. to 8in. broad, ovate, oblique, sides unequal, cordate,
villose; margins toothed, surface bullate, dark olive-green, with
a metallic lustre, a broad silvery zone running all round, about
1in. from the margin. _fl._ in erect branching cyme, large, pale
rose. Capsule wings, two short, one long and rounded. Assam,
1858. See Fig. 233. (B. M. 5101.) This magnificent species is
the principal progenitor of the numerous ornamental-foliaged
Begonias, a selection of which are given below. Most of them are
well worth growing, but those named have been selected from a
large number: MADAME WAGNER,* _l._ large, profound green, banded
by a broad silvery zone, especially fine; MARSHALLI, _l._ very
large, the margins and very centre dark green, while the greater
portion of the surface is covered with a silvery-grey; REGINA,*
_l._ rich olive-green, banded with a broad zone of bronze-red and
silvery-grey, rendering it very attractive; ROI LEOPOLD,* _l._ on
long stout petioles, very large, deep bronze-red in the centre,
with a broad border of a rather lighter shade, very effective;
ROLLISONI,* _l._ large, on long stalks, rich velvety-green, banded
with silvery-grey; SPLENDIDA ARGENTEA,* _l._ large, of a greyish
hue, veined with white, and tinged with bronze-red, very beautiful.
The following varieties are also very good: ADRIEN ROBINE,* BERTHE
PROUTIERE, CHARLES HOVEY, DISTINCTION,* JULIA SEROT,* LOUISE
CHRETIEN,* MADAME J. MENOREAU,* NARGA,* NAVALA,* TALISMAN, W. E.
GUMBLETON.
=B. Richardsiana= (Richards').* T. Stem 1ft. high, erect, fleshy,
with slender branches. _l._ palmately lobed, the lobes sinuate or
toothed. _fl._ white, males bipetalous, females with five petals.
Cymes axillary near ends of branches, few-flowered. Capsule
three-winged, wings equal. Summer. Natal, 1871. (G. C., 1871, p.
1065.)
=B. R. diadema= (of gardens).* This is referred to here because
of its close resemblance to the above. It is most likely a hybrid
between _B. Richardsiana_ and _B. dipetala_. _l._ palmately lobed,
rather large, spotted with white. _fl._ large, rose-coloured.
Summer. 1881.
=B. ricinifolia= (Ricinus-leaved).* A garden hybrid between _B.
heracleifolia_ and _B. peponifolia_. _l._ large, bronzy green, in
shape like those of the Castor-oil plant. _fl._ numerous, on an
erect scape. Winter. 1847.
=B. Roezlii= (Roezl's). Synonymous with _B. Lynchiana_.
=B. rosacea= (rosy). Stem succulent, short. _l._ ovate obtuse,
slightly pubescent, toothed; petioles long, pilose. _fl._ in
few-flowered cymes, medium-sized, rose-coloured. New Grenada, 1860.
(Garden, pl. 152.)
=B. rosæflora= (rose-flowered).* T. Stemless. Petioles, scapes,
bracts, and stipules bright red. _l._ green, 2in. to 4in. wide,
on stout hairy petioles, 2in. to 6in. long, orbicular-reniform,
concave; margins lobed, red, toothed. Scapes stout, villous,
three-flowered. _fl._ 2in. across, bright rose-red. Summer. Peru,
1867. One of the parents of the popular race of tuberous-rooted
large-flowered Begonias. (B. M. 5680.)
=B. rubricaulis= (red-stalked).* Stemless. Leafstalks, peduncles,
pedicels, and ovaries, a deep red colour. _l._ obliquely ovate,
4in. to 6in. long, slightly hairy, bright green, wrinkled; margins
toothed and ciliated. Scape 1ft. high, erect, stout, branching at
the top, forming a head of about a dozen flowers, which are large,
white inside, rose-tinted outside. Capsule with one large wing, the
others almost suppressed. Summer. Peru, 1834. (B. M. 4131.)
=B. rubro-venia= (red-veined).* Rootstock thick. Stems 12in. to
18in. high, red, pubescent. _l._ 4in. to 6in. long, elliptic or
lanceolate acuminate, entire or slightly angular, toothed, green
spotted with white above, purplish-brown below. Scapes axillary,
red. _fl._ in cymose head; outer segments white with rose-red
veins, inner segments pure white. Summer. Sikkim, &c., 1853. (B. M.
4689.)
=B. sanguinea= (blood-red). S. Stems woody when old, tall, stout,
red, with scattered paler spots. _l._ 4in. to 6in. long, unequally
cordate, acuminate, thick and somewhat fleshy in texture, minutely
crenate, green above, deep red below; peduncles axillary, long,
erect, red. _fl._ in a branching cyme, rather small, white. Capsule
wings sub-equal. Spring. Brazil, 1836. (B. M. 3520.)
=B. scabrida= (rough). Stem stout, erect, somewhat succulent,
covered with small tubercles. _l._ 6in. long, oblique, ovate-acute,
cordate, toothed, slightly hairy. _fl._ white, small; cyme
many-flowered. Capsule wings equal, large. Venezuela, 1857.
=B. scandens= (climbing).* Stem flexuose, fleshy, creeping or
climbing, smooth. _l._ 4in. long, ovate acuminate, sub-cordate;
margins irregularly toothed, pale shining green. _fl._ in axillary
branching cymes, white, small. South America, 1874. Useful either
as a basket plant or for training against moist walls. SYNS. _B.
elliptica_, _B. lucida_, _B. Moritziana_. (R. G. 758.)
=B. sceptrum= (princely). S. _l._ obliquely ovate in outline,
deeply lobed on one side; lobes oblong; obtuse, veins sunk, and
the raised spaces between marked with large silvery blotches, and
numerous smaller dots of silver grey. Brazil, 1883.
=B. Schmidtiana= (Schmidt's).* Stems 1ft. high, branching,
herbaceous. _l._ obliquely cordate, ovate-acute, small, dark
metallic green above, tinged with red below. _fl._ in loose
drooping axillary panicles, white, small, numerous. Winter. Brazil,
1879. (R. G. 990.)
=B. scutellata= (salver-like). Synonymous with _B. conchæfolia_.
[Illustration: FIG. 234. BEGONIA SEMPERFLORENS FRAU MARIA BRANDT,
showing Habit and Flower.]
=B. Sedeni= (Seden's). T. A garden hybrid between _B. boliviensis_
and _B. Veitchii_. Summer. 1869. A handsome plant, but much
inferior to many of the more recent hybrids. (R. H. 1872, 90.)
=B. semperflorens= (always-flowering).* Stem fleshy, erect, smooth,
reddish-green. _l._ ovate-rotundate, hardly cordate; margins
serrated, ciliated, surface smooth, shining green. _fl._ on
axillary stalks, near apex of stems, white or rose, rather large.
Capsule wings two short, one long, rounded. Autumn. Brazil, 1829.
A useful summer and autumn flowering species, of which there are
several named varieties more or less distinct from the type, either
in colour or size of flowers, or in habit of plant. The varieties
_carminea_, _gigantea_, and _rosea_ are perhaps the best. SYN. _B.
spathulata_. (B. M. 2920.)
=B. s. Frau Maria Brandt.= A dwarf compact variety, with
rose-tinted flowers. See Fig. 234.
=B. socotrana= (Socotra).* Stem annual, stout and succulent,
forming at base a cluster of bulbils, each of which produces
a plant the following year; sparsely hairy. _l._ dark green,
orbicular, peltate, 4in. to 7in. across, centre depressed; margin
recurved, crenate. _fl._ in terminal, few-flowered cymes, 1-1/2in.
to 2in. wide, bright rose. Capsule three-angled, one-winged.
Winter. Socotra, 1880. Should be rested through the summer, and
started in heat in September. A distinct and beautiful species. (B.
M. 6555.)
=B. spathulata= (spathulate). Synonymous with _B. semperflorens_.
=B. stigmosa= (branded).* Rhizome creeping, fleshy. _l._ 6in. to
8in. long, oblique, cordate-acute, irregularly toothed, smooth
above, hairy beneath, green, with brownish-purple blotches; stalks
scaly, as in _B. manicata_. _fl._ in cymose panicles, white,
medium-sized, numerous. Brazil, 1845.
=B. strigillosa= (strigillose).* Rhizome short, fleshy, creeping,
_l._ 4in. to 6in. long, oblique, ovate-acute, cordate-toothed;
margins ciliate, red; stalk and blade covered with fleshy scales;
blade smooth, blotched with brown. _fl._ in branching cymes,
dipetalous, small, rose-coloured. Summer. Central America, 1851.
=B. suaveolens= (sweet-scented). S. Stem branching, 2ft. high,
smooth. _l._ 3in. to 4in. long, oblique-ovate, cordate-acute,
crenulate, glabrous. _fl._ in axillary panicles, large, white.
Winter. Central America, 1816. Resembles _B. nitida_, but may
be distinguished by its distinctly crenulate leaves and smaller
flowers, which are white, and not pale rose, as in _B. nitida_.
SYN. _B. odorata_. (L. B. C. 69.)
=B. Sutherlandi= (Sutherland's).* T. Stems annual, 1ft. to 2ft.
high, slender, graceful, red-purple. _l._ on slender red petioles,
2in. to 3in. long; blade 4in. to 6in. long, ovate-lanceolate,
deeply lobed at base; margins serrate, bright green; nerves bright
red. _fl._ in axillary and terminal cymes, numerous, orange-red,
shaded with dark vinous-red. Capsule wings equal. Summer. Natal,
1867. (B. M. 5689.)
=B. Teuscheri= (Teuscher's). S. A strong, erect-growing,
large-leaved plant, from the Dutch Indies, not yet flowered. _l._
cordate-ovate, acute, olive-green above, with greyish blotches;
under side rich claret-coloured. Hort. Linden. (I. II. 1879, 358.)
=B. Thwaitesii= (Thwaites's).* Stemless. _l._ 2in. to 4in. in
diameter, obtuse or sub-acute, cordate at base, minutely toothed,
slightly pubescent, very shaggy when young, rich coppery-green,
red-purple and blotched with white; under side blood red. _fl._ in
an umbel, medium-sized; scape short, white. Capsule shaped like a
Beech nut; wings short. Ceylon, 1852. One of the most beautiful of
coloured-leaved Begonias, requiring a close, moist atmosphere in a
stove. (B. M. 4692.)
=B. ulmifolia= (Elm-leaved). S. Stem 2ft. to 4ft. high, branching.
_l._ 3in. to 4in. long, ovate-oblong, unequal-sided, toothed,
rugose, hairy. _fl._ on hairy peduncles, numerous, small, white.
Capsule wings two small, one large, ovate. Winter. Venezuela, 1854.
(L. C. 638.)
=B. undulata= (wavy-leaved). S. Stem 2ft. to 3ft. high, erect,
branching freely, turgid below, green, succulent until old. _l._
distichous, oblong-lanceolate, undulated, smooth, shining green.
_fl._ in nodding axillary cymes, white, small. Winter. Brazil,
1826. (B. M. 2723.)
=B. urophylla= (caudate-leaved). Stemless. Leafstalks terete,
succulent, clothed with scattered bristly hairs. _l._ large,
12in. long, broad, cordate; margin irregularly cut, toothed; apex
long-pointed, green, smooth above, hairy beneath; peduncle stout,
paniculate. _fl._ crowded, large, dipetalous, white. Spring.
Brazil. (B. M. 4855.)
=B. Veitchii= (Veitch's).* T. Stem very short, thick, fleshy,
green. _l._ orbiculate, cordate, lobed and incised; margins
ciliated, green, principal nerves radiating from bright carmine
spot near centre; under side pale green; petiole thick, terete,
with a few hairs on the upper portion; scape 10in. to 12in. high,
thick, terete, pilose, two-flowered. _fl._ 2-1/4in. in diameter,
cinnabar red. Capsule smooth, two short, one long wings. Summer.
Peru, 1867. One of the species from which the popular garden
tuberous-rooted Begonias have been obtained. (B. M. 5663.)
=B. Verschaffeltiana= (Verschaffelt's).* A hybrid between _B.
carolinæfolia_ and _B. manicata_, with large ovate acutely-lobed
leaves and flowers in large cymes, rose-coloured and pendent.
Winter. (R. G. 1855, p. 248.)
=B. vitifolia= (Vine-leaved). S. Stem 3ft. to 4ft. high, thick,
smooth, and fleshy. _l._ large as vine foliage, and similar in
shape; peduncles axillary, erect, branching into a cymose head of
small white flowers. Capsules three-angled, one-winged. Winter.
Brazil, 1833. SYNS. _B. grandis_, _B. reniformis_. (B. M. 3225.)
=B. Wagneriana= (Wagner's). S. Stem 2ft. to 3ft. high, erect,
glabrous, green, succulent, branched. _l._ cordate-ovate,
acuminate; margins obscurely lobed, slightly serrate, quite
glabrous; peduncles axillary and terminal, cymose. _fl._ numerous,
white. Capsules, which are ripened in abundance, three-angled, one
wing long, two short. Winter. Venezuela, 1856. (B. M. 4988.)
=B. Warscewiczii= (Warscewicz's). Synonymous with _B. conchæfolia_.
=B. Weltoniensis= (Welton). A garden hybrid; one of the oldest of
cultivated winter-flowering kinds, with light pink flowers, very
free.
=B. xanthina= (yellow-flowered).* Stem short, thick, fleshy,
horizontal, along with petioles thickly-clothed with brown scaly
hairs; petioles 6in. to 12in. long, stout, terete, fleshy,
reddish-brown; blade 8in. to 12in. long, cordate-ovate, acuminate,
sinuate-ciliated, dark green above, purplish beneath. Flower-stalks
erect, 1ft. high, bearing a cymose head of large golden flowers.
Capsule with one large wing. Summer. Boutan, 1850. (B. M. 4683.)
=B. x. Lazuli= (Lapis-lazuli).* Foliage metallic purple, with a
bluish tinge.
=B. x. pictifolia= (ornamented-leaved).* _l._ with large silvery
spots, and pale yellow flowers.
The following list comprises a selection of some of the best and
most distinct of the innumerable varieties now existing in gardens,
and which have been obtained by crossing and re-crossing the several
tuberous-rooted species found in the temperate regions of South America.
[Illustration: FIG. 235. FLOWERING BRANCH OF BEGONIA ADMIRATION.]
=Single-Flowered Varieties.= _Crimson and Scarlet Shaded_:
ADMIRATION, flowers vivid orange-scarlet, of dwarf, compact habit,
and free flowering (see Fig. 235); ARTHUR G. SOAMES,* brilliant
crimson scarlet, of excellent form, and very free; BALL OF FIRE,*
glowing fiery-scarlet, flowers large and compact, very free; BLACK
DOUGLAS,* dark carmine crimson, flowers large, of the finest form,
one of the best; BRILLIANT, deep orange-scarlet, very free; CHARLES
BALTET, rich velvety vermilion; COMMODORE FOOT,* brilliant velvety
crimson, very free and showy; DAVISII, flowers small, dazzling
scarlet, habit dwarf and free; DR. MASTERS,* flowers large, with
immense spikes, deep red-crimson, very attractive; DR. SEWELL,*
glowing crimson, grand form; EXONIENSIS, brilliant orange-scarlet,
immense flowers; F. E. LAING, deep velvety crimson, full and
free; HON. MRS. BRASSEY,* deep glowing crimson, very rich and
floriferous; J. H. LAING,* brilliant scarlet, one of the freest;
J. W. FERRAND,* rich vermilion, dwarf and free, one of the finest
for bedding; LOTHAIR,* dark scarlet-carmine, crimson shaded, of
grand form and size; MARQUIS OF BUTE, brilliant carmine-crimson,
of the finest form, and immense flowers; SCARLET GEM,* very
dark scarlet, flowers medium-sized, dwarf and very floriferous;
SEDENI, rich rosy-crimson, dwarf, a good bedder; VESUVIUS,* bright
orange-scarlet, compact and free, one of the finest bedders.
[Illustration: FIG. 236. BEGONIA QUEEN OF WHITES.]
_Rose-Coloured_: ALBERT CROUSSÉ,* bright salmon-rose, very free;
ANNIE LAING,* large and free, rich pink; CAPT. THOMPSON, rich
salmon-rose, very free and compact; DELICATUM, pale flesh-rose;
EXQUISITE,* rich deep rose, very free and showy; J. AUBREY CLARK,
flowers very large, rich, deep; JESSIE,* soft rosy-pink, with the
tips of the petals shaded carmine, a very fine, perfect variety;
LADY BROOKE,* dark rose, shaded magenta, very perfect in form,
and large; LADY HUME CAMPBELL,* pale pink, of good form and size,
an exquisite variety; MADAME STELLA,* flowers perfect in form,
large, bright rosy-pink, one of the best; MARCHIONESS OF BUTE,
light rosy-pink, with an immense bloom and handsome foliage;
PENELOPE,* rich salmon-rose, very free and good; PRINCESS OF WALES,
very delicate pink, and free; ROSE D'AMOUR, rich rose, delicately
shaded.
_White-Flowered_: ALBA FLORIBUNDA, flowers medium-sized, very free;
MOONLIGHT, very free, with good flowers and handsome foliage; MRS.
LAING,* flowers exquisite in form and shape, pure white, one of the
best; NYMPH,* large and round, white, tinted with rose at the base;
PRINCESS BEATRICE,* flowers large, of excellent form, and pure
in colour; PURITY, flowers round, good size and colour; QUEEN OF
WHITES,* flowers pure white, large, most freely produced (see Fig.
236, for which we are indebted to Messrs. Veitch and Sons); REINE
BLANCHE,* one of the best, very pure; SNOWFLAKE,* flowers large, in
full spikes, pure white, habit compact, and very free.