THE FLOEAL WOELD AND GAEDEN GUIDE. 



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PaPAVER SOMSIFEEUII MONSXROSUM 



(Van Hoiitte). — A curious plant of tall 

 growth, large dull piirpllsli-bhick spotted 

 flowers. The flower-heads produce a num- 

 ber of small ovaries around the base of the 

 princi^ial one, after the manner of the hen 

 and chicken daisy. * 



Phacelia tanacetifolia alba (Vil- 

 niorin). — Grayish white flower, weedy cha- 

 racter. 



PoRTULACA. — P. Thellasonii and P. 

 splendens were the only two that produced 

 flowers of rich and decided colour. 



Ptrethrum Pahthenium eximium, 

 (syn., Matricaria eximia — Turner). — A fine 

 late flowering double quilled feverfew, 

 free, compact habit, one and a-half to two 

 feet high ; flowers pure white, very nu- 

 merous, and excellent in a mass. 



SCHIZANTHUS CuiLENSIS (Veitcll). — TwO 



feet high, flowers deep lilac dotted with 

 black ; an inferior sort. 



SCHIZANTHUS GRANDIFLOKUS OCULATUS 



(Van Houtte). — A handsome form of S. 

 pinnatus, height one and a-half foot, 

 branching, leaves pinnate ; flowers briglit 

 rosy lilac, upper lip heavily tipped with 

 rose and having a large black central 

 spot, lower tip rosy ; very showy. 



Spraguea umbellata (Veitch). — A 

 dwarf succulent-looking herb, with a rosu- 

 late tuft of spathulateleav3s, and numerous 

 scapes supporting the umbellate heads of 

 rosy flowers which issued from among 

 crowded whitish or scarious bracts ; neat 

 and pretty, and adapted for rock-work. 



Tagetes patula aurantiaca (Carter). 

 — The true plants of this marigold were 

 very gay, and intermediate between the 

 Frencli and African races ; flower-heads 

 clear light orange, and two and a-half 

 inches in diameter. Not so dwarf as 

 usually described. 



Tag-exes paxula nanissima (syn., new 

 miniature French marigold — Carter, 



Veitch).— Dwarf, early flowering, flowers 

 mostly dark orange brown, suitable for 

 margins. 



Teop^olum Tom Thumb (Carter). — 

 Compact growing, bright orange scarlet 

 well adapted for beds and pots. 



Tropsiolum. Yellow Tom Thumb. — 

 Flowers clear yellow ; very showy as a pot 

 plant. " These two varieties were decidedly 

 the best of the kinds belonging to the com- 

 mon Nasturtium series." 



Veronica .syriaca (Thompson). — Early 

 in flower and out of bloom by the end of 

 June. Dwarf, neat, compact, pretty when 

 in lines or masses ; plants three to four 

 inches high ; abundant small starry flow- 

 ers, blue and white. 



ViscARiA cceli ROSA NANA (Carter). — 

 Growth twelve to fifteen inches high ; 

 flowers rose-colour with paler centre, very 

 pretty, soon out of flower. 



ViSCARIA CCELI ROSA ALBA (syn,, 



Agrostemma ceeli rosa alba, A. New 

 White). — DilFasely branched habit ; flow- 

 ers white, straggling, and ineffective. 



ViSCAKIA OCULAIA VAR. SPLENDIDA (syn., 



Agrostemma coeli rosa — Vilmorin). — A 

 large-flowered and highly-coloured variety 

 of oculata ; flowers rich rose-colour, re- 

 markably brilliant. 



VisoARiA ocuLAXA NANA (Carter). — A 

 first-class annual, dwarf, compact and uni- 

 form ; plants about fifteen inches high ; 

 flowers lively rose with deep crimson eye, 

 full and circular. 



ViSC.UlIA OCULATA DuNNETXIt (syU. V. 



Dunnettii — Parker, Vilmorin, Truftaut). — 

 A pale blush-coloured variety of V. oculata, 

 too indistinct for decorative purposes, bat 

 pretty in a border of annual flowers. 



ViscARiA ocDLAXA BurrIdgii (Parker). 

 — Large flowered ; flowers pale slate or 

 bluish lilac, almost white ; not distinct 

 enough for masses, but a good border 

 annual. 



BIVEES'S EOSE AMATEURS' GUIDE. 



'The seventh edition of Mr. Rivers's Eose 

 Amateurs' Guide (Longmans) contains some 

 additional hints on tlie culture of the rose 

 for various purposes, aud a quite new idea 

 for converting climbing roses into pictu- 

 resque objects, as lasting in their beauty as 

 the best of the hybrid perpetuals, by, in 

 fact, working perpetuals on them. Ama- 

 teurs who are now planting roses from store 

 pots, cannot do better than give the sugges- 

 tion we quote below a little consideration ; 

 and shape their plans accordingly. Instead 

 of a gay show for a few weeks on walls and 



arches, the show may be kept up all the 

 summer long on Mr. Rivers's plan, which, 

 with some instructions on the managenient 

 of standard sempervirens, we here subjoin 

 as preferable to wasting a line in praise of 

 a book which does not Avant it, 



CULTURE OF EVERGREEN ROSES. 



" The varieties of Rosa sempervirens are 

 or the easiest culture, as they seem to 

 flourish in all soils and situations. In 

 sheltered places and under trees they are 

 nearly evergreen, retaining their leaves till 



