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NEW PLANTS OF THE PAST MONTH. 



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 Since Echeveria metallica came to be generally known, together with 

 those very useful dwarf-growing forms, E. secunda and E. secunda 

 glauca, several more have been obtained, either by introduction or 

 from seed obtained by crossing some of the other kinds. Like the 

 progeny of many other plants, seedlings raised from seed of E. metal- 

 lica show a tendency to come varied in character, and some handsome 

 new types have been obtained, both from seed of the w^ell-known 

 species and as the result of crossing it with others. Foremost in the 

 work of hybridising has been Mr Kobert Parker, of the Exotic Nursery, 

 Tooting, who has been most successful in obtaining some new forms, 

 quite distinct in character, and of these the following have received 

 first-class certificates : E. glauco-metallica, E. grandiflora, and E. 

 secunda glauco-major. Equally successful has Mr Parker been with 

 the Sempervivums, and of these the following have received first- 

 class certificates : S. canariense, S. cuneatum, S. calcaratum, S. urti- 

 cans, and S. glaucum. The same award was made to Mr Parker for a 

 capital form of Saxifraga longifolia named Vera. 



Double-flowering Pelargoniums are rapidly on the increase — would it 

 were possible that distinctness kept pace with the multiplication of 

 numbers ! First-class certificates have recently been awarded to William 

 Pfitzer, deep scarlet ; Victor Lemoine, glowing crimson, the florets broad 

 and stout; Marie Lemoine, a pleasing soft pink flower. These show 

 an advance in point of habit also ; what we want is compact bushy 

 habits, not a tall lanky style of growth. As the foregoing have been 

 widely distributed, they are now being exhibited by all cultivators. 



Of Bedding Pelargoniums, Mr George Smith of Islington, whose 

 name is so worthily associated with the improvement of the Nosegay 

 Pelargoniums, has received a first-class certificate for Mr Gladstone, a 

 fine crimson-flowered variety, with huge trusses of bloom ; Mr J. George 

 of Putney, for Harry George, a very fine variety, with bold trusses of 

 deep orange rose-coloured flowers, a good exhibition kind : and to 

 Messrs Downie, Laird, & Laing for Empress Eugenie, one of their fine 

 gold and bronze varieties. 



A first-class certificate has been awarded to Mr William Paul for 

 Hybrid Perpetual Rose, Princess Christian, a very delicate pink flower 

 of almost perfect outline, but when exhausted shows a want of sub- 

 stance in the centre. It is a fitting companion to La France, Baro- 

 ness de Rothschild, Miss Ingram, and Madam Noman, all of a similar 

 shade of colour. 



Lobelia Mauve Queen, shown by Mr Appleby of Brixton, was also 



