AZALEA VA1UEGATA SUPEEBA. 



The Azalea Indica is no whit behind the i leas with a guide to a selection of those 

 most highly-prized of florists' flowers in which afford the greatest variety of colours, 

 the exquisite perfections of form and co- | and the most perfect flowers iu each sec- 

 lour that have been obtained by patient tion : 

 and skilful hybridization, and among the 

 most successful breeders we may place, 

 first of all, Messrs. James Ivery and Son, 



Admiration (Ivery), fine white, with 

 large flakes of carmine, fine form. 



Barclayana (Ivery), fine large white, 

 of Dorking and Eeigate, Surrey. The j striped and flaked with rosy-purple ; one 

 beautiful variety Variegata superba, here of the best. 



figured, is one of a set of six now being 

 sent out for the first time, and which have 

 been described in the recent issue of the 

 Gauden Oracle. These new and splen- 

 did varieties are understood to possess 

 every desirable quality, in addition to the i 

 exquisite beauty and novelty of their flow- 

 ers. They are good growers, and most 

 abundant in their habit of blooming, and 

 require only the ordinary treatment given 

 to others of the tribe in greenhouses and 

 conservatories. Whether on their own 

 roots, or grafted, azaleas are among the 

 easiest to manage of all high-class decora- 

 tive plants. The principal thing to attend 

 to is to secure fresh turfy-peat and well- 

 rotted turf from a fat yellow loam, to give 

 three-fourths peat, one-third of the rotted 

 turf, and plenty of silver-sand and sharp 

 grit. The routine culture closely approxi- 

 mates to that of the camellia, and they 

 take heat as kindly, and bear low tempera- 

 tures quite as patiently. Liberal syring- 

 ing when in growth, and a thorough rest 

 to ripen their wood, will, with careful pot- 

 ting, secure an attractive seasonal show of 

 a class of plants that afford an almost 

 endless variety of colour in bold tints and 

 intermediate shades. As the azalea will 

 shortly be an object of interest at all 

 the leading exhibitions, we have much 



Beauty of Eeigate (Ivery), white, 

 deeply spotted with carmine, splendid 

 form. 



Chelsonii (Knight and Perry), shaded 

 orange-scarlet, free bloomer. 



Crispiflora (Standish and Noble), rich 

 rosy-lake, very distinct, a fine late variety. 



Criterion (Ivery), splendid large sal- 

 mon-pink, edged with white ; one of the 

 finest and most distinct in cultivation. 



Distinction (Ivery), rich salmon, mar- 

 gined with white, tipper petals spotted 

 with crimson ; great substance. 



Due de Nassau (Mardner), rosy-purple. 



Flower of the Day (Ivery). 



G-em (Ivery), very deep rich salmon, 

 splendid form and substance ; one of the 

 very best. 



Holfordiaua, rich rosy-purple, large 

 and fine. 



Iveryana (Ivery), Cue large white, 

 striped with rose ; one of the very best. 



Juliana (Knight and Perry), orange* 

 scarlet, deeply spotted, fine form ; one of 

 the best when well grown. 



Magnificans (Ivery), large white, fine 

 shape. 



Miltonii (Frost), rosy-lilac, fine form, 

 large. 



Model, bright rose, fine. 



Perryana (Knight and Perry), orange- 



pleasure in introducing to our readers I scarlet, fine form ; one of the best 



what we believe will be the flower of the 

 season. Variegata superba is a variety 

 which strikes the eye of the connoisseur by 

 its beautiful markings and the successive 

 gradations of tone, from palest amber to 

 deep salmon-pink on a pure white ground. 

 The form is in every way equal to the 

 Beauty of Eeigate, which in habit this 

 closely resembles. The colouring is richer 

 than the old variegata, especially in the 

 upper petals. Another good quality is, 

 that it blooms late, and so serves to pro- 

 long the season of this charming family of 

 plants. The following selection of the best 

 varieties has been made with a conscien- 

 tious desire to furnish purchasers of aza- 



Eosy Circle (Ivery), deep rose, fine 

 form and substance, a perpetual kind ; one 

 of the very best. 



Sir Charles Napier (Kinghorn), pink, 

 large and fine. 



Stanleyana (Davies), rosy-scarlet, fine 

 form. 



Standard of Perfection (Epps), rose, 

 fine form. 



Trotteriana, brilliant reddish-purple ; 

 one of the best. 



Variegata, salmon-pink, with white 

 margin, distinct and fine. 



Variegata superba (Ivery), an improved 

 variegata. 



S. H. 



