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THE FLORIST. 



appears to produce seeds more freely than in this country. I am 

 informed, however, that the really good kinds among those recom- 

 mended by foreign dealers, and sold to English nurserymen at high 

 prices, do not exceed eight or ten in a hundred ; good new flowers 

 are therefore necessarily costly. Of the new flowers which have 

 come under my observation the following are the best : 



Aidica (Loddiges), delicate flesh-colour, slightly tinged with yel- 

 low in the interior of the flower, and occasionally veined with 

 red; distinct and showy. 

 Alcmene (Herbert), rose-colour, occasionally marked with white ; 



a well- formed imbricated flower, and very handsome. 

 Saccoi Nova (foreign), light rose, imbricated form ; a beautiful 



flower. 

 Due de Bretagne (foreign), rosy red, imbricated, and very good. 

 Reine des Fleurs (foreign), light red ; finely- formed flower. 

 Alhertus (Chandler), bluish white ground, striped with red ; not 



very new» but one of the very best striped kinds. 

 The foregoing varieties will not disappoint the purchaser ; and, in 

 addition to them, I am informed by a competent authority that the 

 following are very desirable sorts : Mathotiana (said to be the finest 

 red known), Pirzio, Montironi, La Reine, Ariosto, and Pieta. 



The list given in Vol. II. contains more sorts than could conve- 

 niently be grown, except in large establishments ; and the following 

 will be found a desirable selection from it : 



Alba Plena, or Old 



Double White. 

 Alexina (Low's). 

 Amabilis (Smith's). 

 Bealii (Palmer's). 

 Candidissima. 

 Donkelaarii. 



Duchess d'Orleans. 



Eximia. 



Fimbriata. 



Francofurtensis. 



Hendersonii. 



Henri Favre. 



Imbricata. 



Lowii (Low's). 



Marchioness of Exeter. 



Ochroleuca. 



Sweetiana. 



Tricolor. 



J. B. W. 



THE CORR^A. 



When this genus consisted of plants with small rusty foliage and 

 dingy-coloured flowers, it was more generally cultivated, and received 

 more attention than at present, when it comprises many splendid 

 varieties, with glossy leaves and bright- coloured blossoms. Well- 

 grown specimens of the better varieties are exceedingly useful, and 

 form no mean substitute, during the cheerless months of winter, for 

 the gay and various-coloured Fuchsia, to which, in general appear- 

 ance, and in the habit of producing, under proper treatment, a long 

 succession of bloom, the Corraea bears some resemblance. 



Propagation is easily effected, either by cuttings, grafting, or 

 inarching ; but as any of the varieties grow freely on their own roots, 

 it is unnecessary to resort to grafting or inarching. C. alba being a 

 hardy variety, with a vigorous habit of growth, is preferable as a 

 stock. If short-jointed pieces of the young wood, in a half-ripe state, 

 are selected for cuttings, planted in sandy peat, covered with a glass. 



