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hardy in its growth, and so compact in its 

 hahit, as to merit a place in every green- 

 house and conservatory, for late summer 

 and autumn decoration. Its numerous 

 ruit-spikes may be aptly compared to 

 strings of snowy star-tipped pearls, couched 

 upon a surface of living emerald green 

 verdure. [Now being sent out by Messrs. 

 E. G. Henderson and Son. 21s. each.] 



CAMELLIA "eTOILB POLAIRE." 



A fine Italian raised camellia, of good 

 habit, vigorous growth, and uniformly free 

 bloom. The flowers are bright carmine 

 scarlet, double, full to the centre, evenly 

 imbricated, smooth in texture, and of stout 

 substance. Each petal is marked with a 

 central white bar or stripe. Tlie constancy 

 of its colour and stripe, a feature that dis- 

 tinguishes it from any known variety, will 

 prove it a valuable variety for conservatory 

 decoration, either in pots or for border 

 culture. [Messrs. E. 6. Hendei-son and 

 Son. 21s. to 63s.] 



PENTAS ROSEA KERMESINA. 



A very neat and ornamental-flowering 

 hothouse shrub, of free growth and dwarf 

 habit, with numerous terminal corymb-like 

 clusters of rich rosy -red starry Ixora-like 

 blossoms throughout the summer, autumn, 

 and winter months. Its successional bloom 

 and compact branching habit will make 

 it a most desirable and useful plant where- 

 ever cut flowers are required, and it will 

 also prove a handsome object for competi- 

 tion in provincial exhibitions. Generally 

 in the trade. 



FUCHSIA PRINCE LEOPOLD. 



A large bold flower, with broad glossy 

 carmine sepals, finely recurved, and show- 

 ing a beautiful violet-purple, cup-shaped 

 corolla. This received a first class certifi- 



cate from the Floral Committee of the 

 Royal Horticultural Society. 



FDCHSIA PBINCE LEOPOLD. 



CHUTSANTHEMUMS AT TEDDO. 



This place Is most famed in the vicinity of 

 Yeddo for the variety and beauty of its 

 chrysanthemums. At the time of our visit 

 they were in full bloom, and most certainly 

 "would have delighted the eyes of our Sal- 

 ters, Brooms, and Birds had they found 

 themselves so far away from Hammersmith, 

 the Temple, or Stoke Newington. I pro- 

 cured some extraordinary varieties, most 

 peculiar in form and in coloui-ing, and 

 quite distinct from any of the kinds at 

 present known in Europe. One had petals 

 like long thick hairs, of a red colour, but 

 tipped with yellow, looking like the fringe 

 of a shawl or curtain ; another had broad 

 white petals striped with red like a carna- 



tion or camellia, while others were remark- 

 able for their great size and brilliant 

 colouring. If I can succeed in introducing 

 these varieties into Europe, they may 

 create as great a change amongst chrysan- 

 themums as my old protege, the modest 

 " Chusan daisj'," did when she became the 

 parent of the present race of pompones. 

 The Japanese gardener understands the 

 art of chrysanthemum culture rather better 

 than we do, and produces blooms of won- 

 derful size. This is done by great care, 

 good soil, and by allowing only one or two 

 blooms to be perfected at the end of a 

 shoot, — Fortune's Noies, 



