The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening

Every genus a Victorian gardener could grow — Abelia to Zygopetalum across four volumes, with each plant's history, species, and culture, by the Curator of Kew.

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Purple-edged

Picotee
Picotee

BARONESS BURDETT-COUTTS (Payne), medium purple edge, glistening white ground; JULIETTE (Fellowes), medium-edged purple, with broad, well-formed petals; MR. TUTTON (Payne), light edge, very pure white ground, neat; PRINCESS DAGMAR (Batten), broad margin of full purple, pure white ground.

Rose and Scarlet-edged. DUCHESS (Fellowes), light rose edge, good form, very large and full; FAVOURITE (Liddington), very large, with broad, smooth petals, the best light rose-edged Picotee; MRS. SHARPE (Sharpe), a heavy-edged rose, of fine quality, the white very pure; ORLANDO (Fellowes), well-defined light rose edge, good white petals, large.

Yellow and Buff Ground. AGNES CHAMBERS (Douglas), clear yellow, lightly edged pinkish-red, large and full; ALICE WAITE (Turner), pale yellow, light edge of crimson, well-formed; ALMIRA (Douglas), bright yellow, flaked on the edge with pink, very large and full; ANNIE DOUGLAS (Douglas), full yellow, heavily edged rose, superb form; BRIGHT STAR (Turner), clear yellow, edged crimson; BULLION (Turner), bright yellow, margined red; COLONIAL BEAUTY (Douglas), buff, heavily edged pink, large and full; DOROTHY (Douglas), bright buff, large, well-formed petals, edged and lightly flaked reddish-pink; NE PLUS ULTRA (Turner), light red edge, large, full, and well-formed; PRINCESS BEATRICE (Turner), petals narrowly edged crimson, broad and well-formed; PRINCESS MARGUERITE, large, well-formed flower, narrowly edged reddish-crimson; TERRA-COTTA (Douglas), terra-cotta, beautifully edged reddish-pink, large, full-formed.

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