Le Rhone is dark vermillion, very rich and brilliant, one of the very best.
Souvenir de William Wood is a very dark maroon, shaded with scarlet; a large and showy flower, and blooms well in autumn.
Xavier Olibo is velvety black, shaded with amaranth, blooms freely in the fall, and is one of the best.
Madame la Baronne de Rothschild is most magnificent; the color is a clear rose, shaded with white, the petals are of a shell-like substance, and each flower of great size.
Madame Fillion is another large, finely formed flower, of a salmon rose color, one of the best.
Madame Rival has a beautiful clear satin rose color, of large size, most handsomely cupped, and blooms well in the fall.
Madam Marie Cirodde, has a large and handsomely imbricated flower, of a most beautiful rosy-pink color, and is certainly one of the best.
John Hopper is a very attractive flower, large and full, of a clear rosy crimson deepening in color at the centre.
Comtesse de Chabrilliant is handsomely cupped, the color is a bright pink, and it is richly perfumed.
Mademoiselle Annie Wood blooms very abundantly in autumn, and is a large flower of a fine, clear red color.