202 THE FLORIST. 



Gracilis, Hiemalis, Willmoreana, Grandinosa, &c, a small 

 house may be kept in a blaze of flower all the early spring, 

 and at very little expense or trouble. 



We subjoin a list of the best and most distinct varieties, 

 which are as follows : — 



Miniata. — A species raised from imported seed by Messrs. 

 Loddiges, producing plants of various degrees of merit, but all pretty 

 much alike. The best is of a rich salmon pink, shading off towards 

 the tip (which opens well) to white; tube long; angular growth, 

 but good habit if judiciously stopped, blooms most freely in May or 

 June, but is partially in flower all the year. 



Laevigata. — This is also an imported species ; stout short tube ; 

 creamy white flowers ; deep green attenuated foliage, imbricated and 

 erect ; beautiful habit ; blooms in May and June. 



Hyacinthiflora. — A deep blush or pale rose-coloured flower; 

 short spacious tube ; fine reflexing tip ; attenuated foliage ; stiff erect 

 habit ; and a free bloomer. 



Candidissima. — In all respects like Hyacinthiflora, except being 

 a very good white. (This and the preceding variety are decidedly 

 the best of their class.) 



Craigii. — A small French white short-tubed flower ; distinct 

 and very pretty. 



Limata. — Moderately long tube ; light rose, shading off to a 

 pure white, and having a finely reflexing tip ; free bloomer. 



Ardentissima. — Tube medium length, of a deep rosy purple ; 

 very showy, and a free bloomer. 



Rubella. — Rosy red; brilliant colour; very fine. 



The Bride. — This flower is of the purest white ; short tube ; 

 fine reflexing tip ; smaller than Candidissima ; close neat foliage ; it 

 produces long and compact racemes of bloom ; first-rate flower. 



Grandiflora. — Long rosy purple tube, shading off toward the 

 tip (which does not generally reflex well) to white; angular growth, 

 similar to Miniata ; blooming principally in May and June, partially 

 all the year ; an imported species. 



Variegata. — A variety of Limata, though distinct; the tube of 

 this flower being purplish, shading off to a very pure white ; not 

 good in habit. 



Magnifica. — A short bulky deep-blush tube, as large as that 

 of Hyacinthiflora, but contracting towards the tip (which is rather 

 small for the size of the tube), presenting a somewhat cramped 

 appearance ; blooms freely in long compact racemes. 



Elegans. — This is an imported species, with stiff, close, imbri- 

 cated foliage ; stout short tube ; excellent compact habit, and a 

 more pure white than Laevigata ; it blooms in May. 



Coccinia. — This, as its name implies, is a scarlet; the best of 

 that colour at present in cultivation. We have never grown the 

 plant, but are given to understand that it is somewhat difficult to 

 manage. The flower is rather small ; but the foliage being dense, 

 displays a compact raceme of flower. 



