THE FLOKAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



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Little Bo-peep, Tristram Shandy. 

 Light. — Guiding Star, Queen of 

 Hanover, Minnie Banks, Fair Oriana, 

 Heine Blanche, Rose of Castile, Venus 

 de Medici, Schiller, Dr. Livingstone, 

 Annie, Princess Alice, Duchess of 

 Lancaster. White Corolla. — Con- 

 spicua, Madame Cornelissen, Marie 

 Cornelissen, Princess of Prussia. 

 Double. — Hercules, Universal, Grand 

 Duke. 



A SELECTION OF TWELVE SUPERB VA- 

 EIETIES, TO BE SENT OUT IN THE 

 SPBINO OF 1865. 



Aurora (Bull). — Corolla beauti- 

 fully expanded and exquisitely formed, 

 of the richest purple, with distinct 

 red base, and a central crimson vein 

 in each petal ; tube and sepals dark 

 crimson, the latter reflexed back to 

 the tube. 



Brilliant (Bull). — Broad bright 

 red sepals, well reflexed, short, well- 

 formed rich purple corolla, with each 

 of the petals triangularly marked 

 with crimson. 



Evangeline (Bull). — Deep crimson 

 tube and sepals, the latter reflexed ; 

 very large, much expanded, open, 

 rich purple corolla. 



Hector (Bull). — Beautifully even 

 well-formed rich purple corolla, 

 largely expanded, with bright ruby- 

 red sepals completely reflexed. 



Juliette (Bull). — Pink tube and 



sepals, the latter reflexed and re- 

 curved ; large striking lavender- 

 coloured corolla. 



Lucrezia Borgia (E. G. Hender- 

 son). — Single, in the style of Prince 

 Leopold ; corolla of immense size, 

 bell-shaped, smooth and substantial, 

 striped lake and purple ; sepals crim- 

 son scarlet ; a fine subject. 



Puritani (E. G. Henderson and 

 Son). — Like Acme, and more free in 

 habit ; a charming variety. 



Reviver (Bull). — Carmine tube 

 and sepals, elegantly reflexed, very 

 thick barrel-shaped wax-like purple 

 corolla. 



Vivian (Bull). — Intense dark crim- 

 son tube and sepals, horizontally re- 

 flexed, with dark maroon double 

 corolla. 



Diadem (Smith). — One of the 

 grandest double fuchsias known ; 

 sepals waxy scarlet ; corolla dark 

 violet, with vermilion feathers. 



Fantastic (Smith). — A remarkable 

 variety ; sepals scarlet, corolla mauve, 

 the latter consisting of eight parts, 

 four of which expand into the form 

 of a bell, and the other four form a 

 tube in the centre, embracing the 

 filaments. 



General Lee (Smith). — A fine 

 double variety ; sepals vivid crimson 

 red, finely reflexed ; corolla violet 

 purple, very large, smooth, and of 

 great substance ; habit of plant 

 robust. 



ATJCUBA JAPONICA, AND ITS KINDRED. 



The recent introduction to this 

 country of the male plant of Aucuba 

 Japonica, and the important effect 

 which its establishment in our gar- 

 dens is likely to have upon the ap- 

 pearance of the variety we already 

 possess, will perhaps render a few 

 remarks on the subject interesting. 



The genus Aucuba belongs to the 

 natural order Cornacece, or Cornels, a 

 family of plants which are found ex- 

 clusively in the northern hemisphere, 

 chiefly in the temperate and cold 

 regions, and more particularly those 

 of North America and Nepaul. Its 

 chief characteristics are, leaves oppo- 



site, petiolate, ovate lanceolate, acu- 

 minated, toothed, shining, pale green, 

 beautifully spotted with yellow, hav- 

 ing the midrib rather prominent, the 

 rest of the leaf reticulately veined. 

 The flowers are small, petals blood- 

 coloured, buds angular. The leaves 

 are large, toothed, and veiny, and 

 the petioles are articulated with the 

 branches, and dilated at the ba9e ; 

 hence there is some analogy in the 

 genus to Fraxinus. This genus was 

 included by Jussieu in the order 

 Rhamni ; but from its having no 

 affinity whatever to the families into 

 which that order has been since di- 



