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THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



Nevj Auriculas. — Mr. Turner was 

 the principal exhibitor of new va- 

 rieties. Turner's Master Hole is a 

 large show self, the pip flat, but 

 rough, colour deep dull maroon, paste 

 jagged ; an inferior variety as shown 

 on this occasion. Turner's Her. J. 

 Brarahall is a promising green edge, 

 warm purple body colour, in the way 

 of W arris's Union. Turner's Titian 

 (alpine) is pretty and quite unique, 

 pip small, truss of six pips, very com- 

 pact, and rismg only three inches (or 

 less) out of a tuft of light green 

 leaves, colour rich crimson shaded, 

 pas^e bright gold. Turner's John 

 Leech, deep bronzy crimson, sulphur 

 paste, a first-class alpine. Butcher's 

 John Trail was shown in good con- 

 dition, and looked as well as when 

 previously reported on. 



Herbaceous Calceolarias wer6 

 grandly shown by Messrs. Dobson' 

 and Son, of Isleworth, and Mr. James ; 

 they made a very fine feature, and 

 were justly admired, their various 

 and beautiful markings rendering it 

 interesting to inspect them after the 

 first surprise at the sight of their 

 gorgeous colouring was over. The 

 following were the best: Multifiora, 

 a curious shade of scarlet-crimson; 

 Charmer, buff-yellow ground, choco- 

 late crimson spots, very fine ; Huhy 

 Queen, dark crimson ; Amy, straw, 

 with umber spots ; Admiration, pur- 

 plish-carmine ; Delicatum, primrose, 

 and dull crimson spots; Beauty, buff 

 ground, heavily spotted carmine-crim- 

 son ; Lord Derby, gold ground, heavy 

 orange-crimson spots ; Ensign, deep 

 dull crimsou ; Miss Williams, straw 

 ground, shading at the chin to soft 

 purplish-red, and overspread with 

 deeper purplish-red spots ; Master F. 

 Watson, primrose ground, heavily 

 overspread with the richest carmine, 

 and nearly a self; Lavinia, pale yel- 

 low and dull crimson. 



Novelties. — There was a rich pro- 

 fusion of interesting subjects, new 

 and old. Most worthy of all the 

 curiosities of this show were the few 

 little gems sent up bv Messrs. Back- 

 house and Son, of York. Narcissus 

 juncifolium, the rush-leaved Nar- 

 cissus, a charming little thing, which 

 at first tight appeared to be nearly 



related to N. bulbocodium, but was 

 soon seen to be quite distinct, the 

 segments of the perianth being very 

 short, and each flower presenting a 

 nearly fiat face ; the colour is bright 

 yellow. Primula ciliata is a remark- 

 ably beautiful herbaceous plant, on 

 which the language of eulogy might 

 be exhausted, and yet le-ive unsaid 

 half that ought to be said in its praise. 

 The specimen sent was in an 8-inch 

 pot, and consisted of half a dozen 

 tufts of primula-looking leaves, and 

 the same number of auricula-like 

 trusses of vivid purplish-crimson 

 flowers, each with a neat buff-yellow 

 eye. Iberis species, about a foot high, 

 with thin flowers of a dirty white ; 

 apparently of no value, though the 

 plant may have passed its best state. 

 Primula farinosa acaulis : botanists 

 who have gathered the typical P. 

 farinosa in the wet moorlands of 

 Yorkshire will understand what a 

 gem is this " stemless" variety, if I 

 say that it forms a cuehion-like tuft, 

 barely one inch high, consisting of 

 oblong glassy -green leaves, over- 

 spread with small lilac-pink flowers. 

 The species grows a foot high some- 

 times, and is rarely seen of less stature 

 than nine inches. It is a beautiful 

 primula, but altogether outdone in 

 beauty by this mountain gem, which 

 was found at Cronkey Fell, Teesdale. 

 Andromeda hypnoides, one of the 

 most elegant of the pigmy Andro- 

 medas which abound in the sub-arctic 

 regions. This comes from Lapland, 

 and is a re-introduction. It was 

 originally introdin-ed in 1798, and 

 was figured in " Bot. Mag.," t. 2936. 

 It bears some resemblance to Erica 

 tetralix ; the flowers completely cover 

 the plant ; they are quite andromeda- 

 like in character, waxy-white, with 

 distinct chocolate-coloured calyx. 

 From Mr. W. Paul : Deutzia crenata 

 flore pleno, quite double, and very 

 showy. From the same, Raphio- 

 lepis ovata, a pretty shrub, with ovate 

 leaves and lauris inus-like flowers. 

 It is figured in the last issue of the 

 " Bo auical Magazine." Mr. B. S. 

 WilliamsseutGyuiuogrammaPar3oni, 

 densely crested, and smothered with 

 frosted gold, a gem for fern growers. 

 Maranta Van den Heckeii, leaf with 



