JANUARY. 



*Mrs. Hemans (IVranis). 

 Princess Udv.iI (M arris), 



,; (WiUmer). 

 Queen Victoria (Green). 

 Venus (Ilc.'ulley). 



LIGHT UO.SE. 



Lady A. Peel (Burroughes). 

 Lady Dacre (Garratt). 

 Mrs. Barnard (Barnard). 

 Mrs. Trahar (J)ickson). 

 Miss Rosa (Merryweatlicr). 



IIK.WV IH'IU'I.K. 



*Alfred (Dodwcll). See Plate. 

 Constance (May). 



* Ernestine (Turner). 



* Fanny (Dodwell). 



* King of Purples (Garratt). 



* Tittrd Xi-lsoii (Xorniaii)- 

 *Ladv Harwootl (Scliofidd). 



Prince All)ert (Marris). 

 Princess Alice (Wood). 

 Portia (Mav). 

 ♦Viola (May). 



LIGHT rURPLK. 



Amy (Burroughes). 



Ann I'age (May). 

 *Anietlivst (Matthews). 



Delicata (HoUiday). 

 *Ech() (Matthews). 

 *Kx(iuisite ( Hudson). 

 *.]ane (Norman). 



Juliet (May). 



Lorina (Burroughes). 



Lady H. Moore (Turner). 



Regina (Cox). 



* Witch (Matthews). 



ZAUSCHNERIA CALIFORNICA. 



This charming: Caiifornian introduction, if well managed, makes a 

 beautiful autumnal bed. About the beginning of October last year 

 I procured a plant which had been kept in a conservatory for some 

 months, and a short time in a stove. The person of whom I pro- 

 cured it assured me that it had only shewn one or two small blooms, 

 and these only while it was in the coolest part of the conservatory. 

 Immediately after it came into my possession I planted it out in 

 common kitchen-garden soil, which was slightly protected from the 

 north by a wall ; and in this situation it withstood all the frost, snow, 

 rain, and storms of last winter, without suft'ering the least damage. 

 During the spring it progressed vigorously ; and as the side-shoots 

 advanced in length, I pegged them down, leaving only a few shoots 

 in an upright position. At the end of May all the layers, with the 

 exception of one or two, were well rooted. I separated them from 

 the old plant, planted them in a bed about six inches apart every 

 way ; and by the latter end of August they were nearly all touching 

 each other, and now they are a complete mass. They tlowered from 

 June until the beginning of this month, and some are still in blossom. 



Those who wish for a continuance of bloom should keep an old 

 plant, or rather a stock-i)lant, and layer all the shoots as soon as 

 they are fit for the operation. When struck, they should be potted 

 singly, in order that they may be removed at any time ; they may be 

 kept in pots until May, and then planted in the beds after Hyaointiis, 

 Tulips, &c. This plant will, I am sure, be found a great acqui>^ition, 

 not onlv for its easy culture, but for its long season of bloom. 



H. S. 



November. 



