Beauty of Clapham

Verschaffelt 1853, Nouvelle Iconographie, Book VII, pl.I: As its name indicates, this variety was recently obtained from seed in England. It is remarkable for the uni­form, vivid, cherry carmine colouring and the mathmatical regularity of imbrication of its numerous petals of two forms. The exterior are rounded, fully emarginate at the apex, the oth­ers at the centre are acute-apiculate. Orthographic error: ‘Beauti of Clapham’.