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they may tc given. We add the names of 

 the seedsmen by whom the sorts were con- 

 tributed, as tliey are in somerespects respon- 

 sible for the cliariicters of the phints. 



AcBOCLiNiUM BosEUM (Van Houtte), 

 Swan River. — Everlasting, raised in heat, 

 and planted out, flowered early and lasted 

 long. Our readers know all about its ex- 

 cellences as a border flower. 



Aqkratum Mexicancm NANtTM (Thomp- 

 son). — A jjooddwarfvariety, branched habit, 

 leaves almost deltoid, flowers in large heads, 

 grayish blue. 



Agehatum album and roseum (Carter). 

 —Pronounced worthless. 



Alonsoa Wabszewiczii compacta 

 (Turner). — A pretty border plant, dwarf'er 

 than the ordinary firm, and may be treated 

 as a suflFrute^cent greenhouse perennial. 

 Small ovute-toi'thed leaves, clear scarlet 

 flowers, habit erect, plant two feet in height. 



Ambltolepis SETiGEUA (Thompson). — 

 A weedy plant, with poor yellow fl .\ver. 



AnaGALLIS GBANDIFLORA NaPOLEON III. 



and A. G. Eugenie (Van Houite). — Fine 

 large flowers, various in colour, including 

 purplish red, orange und blush white. 

 Tnese belong to a large-flowered race ob- 

 tained from A. mondii, aud, like it, are half 

 hardy aiinuals. 



Antirrhinum majus Brilliant (Be- 

 nary).— Wliite tube, crimson upper lip, 

 yellow palate, very showy and attractive. 



Antirrhinum m jus striatum (Garter). 

 — Some beautifully striped, others selfs, vari- 

 ously coloured, and among them some very 

 high class flower*. 



A;{GEMONE HuNNKMANNI AND A. platt- 

 CERAS (Garter). —The first yellow, the 

 second wiiite. Both of no interest. 



Browallia Czerwiakowski (Van 

 Houtte, Carter).— Proved to be identical 

 with B. elata, an old-fashioned annual, 

 with blue, numerous, and showy flowers. 



Callicipsis bicoloe nana (Carter) ; 

 C. bicolor speciosa (Cartel) ; C. bicolor 

 tubulosa ( lurner).— The first is a compact 

 bush, fifteen inches high, character not 

 fixed ; the second, dark crimson flowers, 

 rich and effective ; the third, yellow and 

 crimson, and not very showy. 



Callistephus Chineksis. — This is tlie 

 well known China aster, now greatly 

 improved. A very large collection was 

 grown ; the hes-t classes of ttiem w. re as 

 follows : — Dwarf French, four to six inches 

 high, largo flat double flower lieads, 

 arranged so that the central head and from 

 five to seven laterals form a flat-topped 

 houquet. Some very handsome, and the 

 group well adapted for pot-cuUnre ; the 

 best of these were Rose (Eraser), light rose 

 or pink j Carmine and white (Garter), light 



rose, white centre ; Lilac (Eraser), light 

 blue punle ; Dark blue (Carter), dark 

 purple. I'ompones, these grew one foot high , 

 moderately branched, close ranunculus- 

 like flower heads, lull and compact, and 

 the flowers of an even convex outline. The 

 best were — Indigo (Henderson), very deep 

 purple ; Rose fonce (Henderson), deep rose ; 

 Pompone blanc (Henderson), pure white; 

 Rouge fonc^ (Vilmorin), rose. Large 

 Flowered French of ordinary stature, mode- 

 rately branched, flower heads of large 

 size, flat faced flowers. The best were 

 — Rose carne (Henderson), flesh or pale 

 rose ; Lilas (Henderson), bluish lilac ; Rose 

 lisere blanc (Vilmorin), light rose, white 

 striped centrej Snow white (Veitch), pure 

 white. 



Chrysanthemum carinatum (Carter). 

 — This old-fashioi.ed showy annual was 

 grown for comparison with some handsome 

 mo lern varieties enumerated below. It is 

 a fine plant for large borders aud fronts of 

 shrubberies; bipinnatitid leave^, ray florets 

 white, marked with yellow at the base, 

 disk dark brown. C. carinatum flavum, 

 and G. yellow tricolor, arc the san.e, except 

 that the ray florets are entirely yellow. 



Chrvsanthemum carinatum Bubbidge- 

 ANUM, synonynic C. tricolor Burrid^;e- 

 auum (Vilmorin, Carter). — Wantmg in 

 fixity of cliaracter, but a handsome variety. 

 When perfect, my florets, white witli zone 

 of yellow round the d rk-colouied disk; 

 next to this, on the outer side, a zone of 

 purplish crimson, forming a second circle 

 exterior to the mellow. Deserving of every 

 effoci to render it permanent. 



Chrysanthemum carinatum venus- 

 tum, synonymes G. tricolor venur^tum, 

 G. tricolor beautiftil (Thompson, Carter). 

 — Very sportive and uncertain ; when 

 true, a very pleasing character. Ray 

 floreis yellow at the base, forming a ring 

 round the disk, and in the best foiins rosy 

 purple in the upper part, vr whitisu, more 

 or less stained with rosy purple. W the 

 deeper coloured forms could be perpe- 

 tuated and fixed, this would form a showy 

 border flower. 



Chrysanthemum coronabium albo- 

 plenum (Carter). — In some the florets 

 were wholly yellow; in others, yellow 

 below, and creamy white at the tips. 



Chrysanthemum cobonaeium albo 

 plenum. — Eiee flowering, strong growing 

 annua s. This difl'eis from the preceding, 

 in being quilled; the former is flatter in 

 the florets than this. Tall-growing plants, 

 densely branched, smaller flower heads 

 than the kinds enumerated above, one and 

 a-half inches in diameter, florets yellow 

 at the hase, creamy white at the tips, and 



