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riety recititly brought under notics by 

 Mr. Crowdsr, of Horiicistle, is of compact 

 pyramidal growth, and approaches more 

 nsarly to erocta than to any other, but has 

 smaller branches, a;ii will probably not 

 grow to 30 larg3 a size. It appears of more 

 regular growth than erecta, and may par- 

 haps be cousidirei an improved variety 

 of it. 



13. T. B. EHicoiuES (e.»;;eV//bJi'a) is an 

 interesting and naat little plant of dwarf 

 growth, closely set with branches ; the 

 leaves are small, the bark reddish. 



Grotp 3. — Varieties of weepino habit. 



14. T. B. DovASTOXii is a weeping va- 

 riety, somewhat picturesque, the branches 

 shooting horizontally to some distance from 

 the main stem, and drooping at their points. 

 The foliage is ample, of a dull dark green. 



15. T. B. Jacksonii is a distinct and 

 elegant weeping variety, with small light 

 green leaves somewhat curled. 



16. T. B. RECtiRVATA is a handsome 

 variety, with leaves of a pale dull green. 

 The habit is diffuse, rather drooping, the 

 leaves curled in the way of Picea uobilis. 



Group 4. — Varieties wixh variegated 



FOLIAGE. 



17. T. B. VARIEGATA, the GoIJcii Tew, 

 is a well-known plant of great beauty, well 

 suited for planting in masses, and relieving 

 the monotony of large surfaces of green. 

 The gardens at Elvaston Castle derived 



some of their celebrity from the artistic 

 working up of quantities of this beautiful 

 tree in contrast with the darker shades of 

 green. I have heard it said, on gool au- 

 thority, that tlie Golden Yew is a male 

 plant, b It as I have seeded it, I strongly 

 suspect that there are two or more varieties 

 of too close an extdrnal resemblance to be 

 distinguished. This supposition is strength- 

 ened hy the fact that the offsjjring from 

 seed retain the variegation of the parent, 

 though differing slightly among them- 

 selves. 



18. T. B. ELEGANTIS3IMA is paler in 

 colour, and of more erect and uniform 

 growth than the last-mentioned. Both 

 these varieties, if grown entirely in the 

 shade, quickly become green, but regain 

 their golden appearance on re-exposure to 

 the sun. They form handsome formal 

 plants when worked standard high on the 

 Irish or common yew. 



19. T. B. 'silver variegated' is a 

 seedling from the Golden Yew, but which 

 I never thought sufficiently distinct or at- 

 tractive to merit a name. 



20. T. B. FASTIGIATA VARIEGATA, the 



variegated Irish yew, is a sport from the 

 Irish 3"ew, with occasional silver leaves. 

 The plant is of slow growtii, and still scarce, 

 but it is hardly striking enough to become 

 a general favourite. 



"William Paul, F.R.H.S., 



Cheshunt Nurserie, Walthiim Cross, N. 



BEDDING FUCHSIAS. 



We come now to the light and fancy kinds, 

 and I shall have to condemn some very 

 good ones, and recommend some of second- 

 rate excellence. It is in this section that 

 the results of cross-breeding are seen to 

 have a downward tendency as regards the 

 strength of the plant, for, after the Duchess 

 and the Queen of Hanover, the list of 

 fuchsias suitable for bedding is few indeed. 

 GoMprE DE Bjileau. — Uere is a fuchsia 

 that nobody knows, and that no florist 

 would tolerate, but a roally fine thing for 

 beds. It is not to be found in any modern 

 catalogue, and no one in Stoke Newington 

 knows it. Even the late Mr. Kendall did 

 not, and to Mr. Oubridge it is a stranger. 

 The other day, in a ramble over the gar- 

 den of the llev. Vallance, at South- 

 church, Esses, Mr. Sims, the skilful gar- 

 dener there, pointed it out to me as one of 

 the old useless varieties, and was rather 

 startled when I told him it was one of my 

 old friends, and unequalled as a bedder. 



It is almost a self, the tube and sepals are 

 clear fleshy pink, the corolla a bright rosy 

 scarlet. It is only semi-refli.'sed, and in 

 the mass has a very bright rosy appear- 

 ance, distinct from all other fuchsias. It 

 is of first-rate substance, very pure, and a 

 most abundant bloomer ; it is, in fact, 

 rarely out of bloom, even if allowed to seed. 

 Schiller.— Tube impure red where* it 

 joins the beriy, sepals impure flesh white, 

 green at the tips, corolla rich purple, the 

 base of each petal flesh ; does not reflex 

 well at any time, but better in hot, bright 

 weather than during damp. It is a large 

 bold flower, very distinct, and though very 

 deficient in properties a first-rate bedder. 

 My plants, now loaded with blooms, are all 

 from April cuttings ; they have stems half 

 an inch in diameter. Our esteemed cor- 

 respondent, "J. E." has sent me a few 

 notes on fuchsias, in which he describes 

 this as " a splendid light one, with a beau- 

 tiful dark corolla, free, bold, and of good 



