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General Wolfe – J. Burley, 1839.
Bronze belting around a yellow centre.
George IV – Thompson (Iver, Buckinghamshire).
Thought to be a seedling of ‘Lady Gambier’.
No description available.
Goliath – Rogers; c 1830s.
Grand Purple – Origins unknown; predates 1841.
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Title Page Acknowledgments Preface Cultivar Classification (A) Section Violets (A1) Single Violets (A1a) Heirloom Sweet Single Violets (A1a) Heirloom Sweet Single Violet Registry (A1b) Governor Herrick Type (A1b) Governor Herrick Type Registry (A1c) Viola sororia Cultivars and Hybrids (A1c) Viola sororia Cultivars and Hybrids Registry (A1d)Misc Hybrid Single Violets (A1d)Misc Hybrid Single Violets Registry (A2) Semi-Double-Violets (A2) Semi-Double-Violets Registry (A3) Double Violets (A3) Double-Violets Registry (A4) Parma Violets (A4) Parma Violets Registry (B) Section Melanium (B1) Pansies (B1a) Early Pansies (B1a) Early Pansies Registry (B1b) Fancy Pansies (B1b) Fancy Pansies Registry (B1c) Show Pansies (B1c) Show Pansies Registry (B1d) Bedding Pansies (B1d) Bedding Pansies Registry (B2) Violas (B2a) Bedding Violas (B2a1) Heirloom Bedding Violas (B2a1) Heirloom Bedding Viola Registry (B2a2) Commercial Bedding Violas (B2a2) Commercial Bedding Viola Registry (B2b) Exhibition Violas (B2b) Exhibition Viola Registry (B3) Violettas (B3) Violetta Registry (B4) Cornuta Hybrids (B4) Cornuta Hybrid Registry -A- ( Achilles ) to ( Appleby's William IV ) -B- ( Bishop of London ) to ( Burnett's Variegated ) -C- ( Cream Coloured ) to ( Corinne ) -D- ( Dark Yellow Eyed Purple ) to ( Duke of Marlborough ) -E- ( Eclipse ) to ( Enterprise ) -F- ( Fairbairn's Invincible ) to ( Four Coloured ) -G- ( General Wolfe ) to ( Grand Purple ) -H- ( Hopwood's Puss ) -I- ( Incomparable ) to ( Iver Hero ) -J- ( John Bull ) -K- ( King of Beauties ) to ( King William) -L- ( Lady Bath ) to ( Luna ) -M- ( Madora ) to ( Mountjoy's Beauty of Ealing ) -N- ( Nabob ) to ( Nonpariel ) -O- ( Othello ) -P- ( Phospherous ) to ( Purple White & Yellow ) -Q- ( NO ENTRIES ) -R- ( Royal Crimson ) -S- ( Sky Blue and Yellow ) -T- ( Tarton ) to ( Turner's Example ) -U- ( NO ENTIES ) -V- ( Victoria ) to ( Vulcan ) -W- ( Wheeler's Marchioness of Bath ) to ( Willmer's Redbreast ) -X- ( NO ENTRIES ) -Y- ( NO ENTRIES ) -Z- ( NO ENTRIES )