This section is from "The Horticulturist, And Journal Of Rural Art And Rural Taste", by P. Barry, A. J. Downing, J. Jay Smith, Peter B. Mead, F. W. Woodward, Henry T. Williams. Also available from Amazon: Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste.
We take the following list of prise varieties of the most popular classes of florists' flowers from The National Garden Almanac and Horticultural Trade Directory fir 1856. In 16 meetings, the past season has brought forward about 650 plants and blooms, supplied by more than 100 exhibitors. The total awards are 59. Of these, 30 are First Class, 32 Certificates of Merit, and 7 Labels of Commendation, the which are herewith given.
Grey edge, very dense black ground, with fine paste, tube of fair average, with good truss of ten expanded pips, which are of general average form.
This is an Alpine, with buff-colored ground and brilliant crimson edge, in form first rate, the pips of medium size, but of good substance, the truss small, the plant blooming for the first time.
A pinkish flesh color, distinctly margined with white, and occasionally striped with purplish crimson, the throat spotted with the same color, of very good form, large size, rather slight substance, the foliage small and neat.
A soft Vermillion scarlet, with slight marking in the throat, of good form, medium size, and first rate waxy substance.
A rich deep salmon color, slightly spotted at the base of the upper segments, at first rate form, medium size, and stout substance.
A bright crimson, with slight margin of yellow on the upper side of the flowers, of dwarf habit, and medium size, good truss, and of good form and substance, the foliage not first rate.
A maroon, of good bedding habit, bold trass, and large flowers.
A scarlet flake, with good white, a large flower, of good form, size, and substance.
White, with violet edge, and violet purple disc, of very good form, and medium size.
White, with a deep margin of heavy lilac; of good form, medium size, and desirable substance.
Clear white, with a deep edging of rosy purple; of medium form, rather large size, and rather slight substance.
A solid indigo blue self, disc of same color; of good form for its color, of average size, and good substance.
Clear white ground, deeply edged with rich crimson purple, and purple disc; striking color; and good habit.
Cobalt blue, and grey disc, surrounded with narrow circle of white; of robust habit, first rate form, medium size, good substanoe, a chaste and attractive flower.
Purplish lilac on a white ground, and very dark purple disc, the truss and flowers very large; of good substance ; one of the boldest and most free flowering varieties.
Light purple, with a white circle round a purple disc ; a good truss, moderate form, and medium size.
A deep blood ground, with shaded white tip; of good form and substance, and medium size.
Brilliant ruby color ; of very good substance, medium size, and good form.
A pure orange color, with white tip; a good form as a fancy ; of full size, and good substance.
A rich crimson; of first rate form and good substance, size below medium.
A delicate lilac; of middling form, medium size, and fair substance.
A yellowish buff, tipped with bright rosy purple; form middling, the center being rather flat; of medium size, and good substance.
Light yellow ground, with light pink edge, and striped and spotted with deep carmine; form middling, and slightly ribbed ; of medium size, and fair substance ; a useful fancy show flower.
Light yellow, shaded and tipped with rich salmon; of a middling form, medium size, and good substance ; a very useful and promising flower of its class.
A rosy buff, tinged with lilac; good form, medium size, and average substance; novel color ; a first class form, but produced by the petals being reflexed.
Brilliant crimson ; of second rate form, full size, and good substance; a good center, and apparently constant.
A salmon color ground, sides of petal orange buff; with large flesh color tip; a somewhat flat form, of medium size, and average substance; a useful fancy flower.
A very dark purple, approaching black in the center; of middling form, average size, and fair substance; of distinct color, and apparently constant.
White waxy tube, slightly tipped with green, corolla very deep rose; of first rate habit, and very fine foliage.
Brilliant orange scarlet, with neat and small foliage; a good truss; flowers small; form and substance good.
A light brilliant scarlet; foliage green, edged with pale or sulphur yellow, mottled with light carmine; the truss large, having a great number of pips; the flower large size, and substance good.
A brilliant carmine; of first rate form, full size, and good substance.
A deep yellow ground, with broad margin of deep maroon; a bold solid eye, the lower and side petals laced with uniform yellow; of medium form and substance.
A dark purple maroon, of average form and substance; large size, texture and surface good; color solid, and free from the usual light shade in the center of dark selfs.
A creamy white ground, with a heavy belting of purple; the eye not first rate; of medium size, and moderately good form and fair substance.
The upper petals maroon, paler near the margin, and narrowly bordered with rosy pink, the lower petals rosy pink, slightly blotched with carmine, and a pure white center; of dwarf vigorous habit, a very abundant bloomer, truss of four and five pips; of medium size,' and good form and substance.
A crimson, with dark rich maroon, upper petals margined with crimson; of middling habit, and medium truss, averaging five pips, of good form and substance; foliage rather small.
A carmine crimson, with dark upper petals margined with rich carmine; of good habit, the truss medium, averaging four pips, and of first rate form, size, and substance, and good foliage.
Dark purple maroon, lower and upper petals margined with lilac; of first rate habit, and good truss; the flowers large, with good foliage, and with first rate form and substance.
White ground, upper petals marked with rich crimson ; of good habit and substanoe; outline good, but slightly reflexed; flowers of medium size, the truss of five pips well arranged; short-jointed, and good compact foliage.
Upper petals very rich dark maroon, with faint carmine edge, lower petals light carmine, with bold maroon spot, and veining the eye rather bluish; of vigorous habit, the truss averaging four blooms, of'medium size, of average good form and substance.
Upper petals very dark maroon, with pale rosy margin, lower petals pale lilac rose, with deeper colored blotch and veins, center pure white; of vigorous habit, and the truss averaging five blooms, of medium size, and of average form and substance.
Purple crimson, with light throat; of good character and habit; middling truss, form, and substance.
The upper petals a dark rich maroon, slightly margined with crimson, veined clean light throat, a good truss, averaging five pips, of medium habit, and good form and substance.
A shaded crimson, upper petals dark rich maroon, margined with crimson; foliage and habit good, truss averaging five pips, form middling, of medium size and good substance.
Bright rosy scarlet, shaded with orange scarlet around the veiny maroon blotch; lower petals rather paler; a bold truss, averaging six flowers of large size and good substance.
A salmon pink shaded; of very good bedding properties.
A white, of dwarf habit, very compact; the flowers rather small; of good shape and substance.
A white, lightly edged with deep purple; of large size, first rate substance, and good form.
A white, deeply edged with carmine; of good form, first rate substance, and middling size.
A full flower, heavily laced with purplish crimson; the petals bold and remarkably broad, but with a serrated margin; of medium size, and good form and substance, but rather deficient in the crown, and a first rate pod.
A good petal, with a moderate and even lacing of purple; of medium size and moderate form.
Vivid crimson, with darker ray around the paler center; full size and good form, rather cupped.
Dense velvety carmine, with brilliant carmine center; of fall size,' good form, and the petals flat.
Carmine, with darker mottled ray, and rather paler eye; of medium size, and good form.
A deep carmine; of first rate habit as a pillar Rose, with good foliage; of full size, and fair substance.
A bright orange scarlet, with distinct light eye; form good, and a first rate truss.
Pale rose color; truss full (twelve pips), of circular form and good substance; the habit and foliage good.
Bright rich purple, with light eye; good habit and foliage; a full truss of from fifteen to twenty pips; large flowers, of not first rate form; the sub-stsnoegqocL
 
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