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yellow margin, and zone consisting of carmine, red, and black, which 

 occasionally blend and produce a mulberry tint : L' Empereur has a 

 broad yellow margin, and brilliant zone composed of fiery red 

 and black; one of the grandest tricolors known : Louisa Smith far 

 surpasses Mrs. Pollock in colouring, and is equally robust and free in 

 growth; it should have a place in every garden: Sophia CusoxJc, 

 Sopliia Diiniaresriue, and Lady Cullum are superb varieties, very 

 much alike ; the first of the three is, no doubt, all points considered, 

 the best, and indispensable even in a small collection : the following 

 are also essential, namek, Mrs. FoUoclc, a fine bedding plant: 

 Sunset, a very showy bedder, and makes a very handsome specimen : 

 Mrs. Benyon, a brilliant bedding plant: Mono.rch, one of the immense 

 number of fine varieties raised by Messrs. P. & A. Smith, the leaf is 

 slightly convex, with narrow yellow margin and very broad zone of 

 red and black ; this makes a beautiful pot specimen, and is invaluable 

 for bedding. 



5. Silver Zonals. — This is a faulty family, and is likely ever to 

 be so, as the characters required are of necessity accompanied by 

 debility of constitution. Italia TJnita is essential both lor its in- 

 trinsic merits and its historical fame : but the two best of the series 

 are Irrqye rat rice Eugenie, the margin creamy white, and fine zone of 

 lake colour with only a few streaks of black : and Queen Victoria, 

 with creamy margin and magenta pink zone, the habit vigorous but 

 extremely neat. The following are also desirable — Countess, Silver 

 Star, Ladi/ of Shallot, Ariel, Sultana : all distinct and tolerably 

 vigorous in constitution. 



In a future paper the best of the new kinds that are to be sent 

 out in the present season will be noticed. S.H. 



HEEBACEOUS CALCEOLARIAS. 



BY GEOEGE GOBDOX. 



|0W that these plants are likely to be more generally 

 grown than they have been for the last few years, prac- 

 tical remarks upon their cultivation will not be out of 

 place in the Eloeal World. Very few plants pay for 

 good treatment as these do, or contribute more liberally 

 to the beautiful appearance of the conservatory through May and 

 the early part of June. With a little management to have a succes- 

 sion, the plants can be had in bloom very easily from the beginning 

 of April to the end of June. I have lately seen whole housefuls of 

 grand plants, which measure a yard across, and unless any one is 

 possessed of a pretty lively imagination, they would be unable to 

 form any idea of the charming appearance they presented. I shall 

 not say that plants that size are grown without trouble, or that they 

 are very easily managed. To advance anything of the kind would 

 be equivalent to my confessing a very large amount of ignorance 

 upon the subject which I am writing about. To make the most of 



