obovate, unequal-sided, of a bright red, with a dark velvetty
mark in the centre, and numerous dark lines between it and
the base that branch over the petals and become lightest on
the outsides: lower petals oblong, inclining to obovate, of
rather a lighter colour, strongly veined with darker veins. Filaments 10, connected at the base, 7 bearing anthers : pollen orange-coloured. Style dark purple, smooth throughout,
or only with two or three hairs near the base. Stigmas
5, dark purple, reflexed, or revolute at the points.
Our drawing of this magnificent hybrid was made last
month from a large plant in the select collection of R. H.
Jenkinson, Esq. where it was raised from seed; and we
are informed by his Gardener, Mr. Avron, that it is the
produce of P. incomparabile, a very dark-flowered sort
that has not yet been figured, as it does not produce a very
fine flower, being rather small, and so dark that it will not
bear the light; but as we observe so many very superior
hybrids that have been produced from it, we think it well
deserving a place in the work, and shall therefore publish
it shortly: the other parent of the present plant we believe
to be P. macranthon, as it partakes more of the habit
and character of that plant, than of the one from which
the seed was produced. It is of strong growth, an abundant
bloomer, and no plant can surpass it in the size and
number of its flowers; it is also a very hardy sort, requiring
only protection from frost, and succeeds well in a rich
light soil. Y oung cuttings, planted in pots in the same sort
of soil, and placed in a sheltered situation, will strike root
readWilye. understand that P. Nairnii, t. 376, was also raised
from seed in Mr. Jenkinson’s collection; a circumstance
that we were not acquainted with at the time, or we should
have mentioned it. In the collections it is known by the
name of Anne Boleyn.