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THE FLOEAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



1TCU>'IS nAiGEN'A. 



Sir Eobei-t Peel; Sii- James Watts (1858); 

 Sir Henry Havelock (1858). 



Crimson. — Captain Ingram, useful as 

 a bedder; Due de Malalvoll"; Colonel 

 Windham ; Lord Bath; Incomparable ; Sir 

 F. Bathurst. 



Dark. — Touchstone; Midnight; Grand 

 Sultan; Morgan's King; Eclipse; Lord 

 Eielding, nearly black (1858) ; Commander, 

 dark maroon (1858). 



FANCY DAHLIAS. 



White. — Princess Eadzville ; Beauty 

 of Slougli ; Lady Popham ; Miss Pressley, 

 heavily-edged viitli purple, magnificent 

 (1858) ; Village Gem, tipped rosy crim- 

 son, most beautiful (1858). 



Striped. — Carnation, very curious ; 

 Ohver Twist, purple and white; Tam 

 O'Shanter ; Polyphemus ; Charles Perry; 

 Wonderful ; Butterfly ; Beauty of High 

 Cross, gold-striped crimson (1858). 



Edged or Tipped. — Attraction ; Baron 

 Alderson ; Jupiter, maroon-tipped wliite, 

 Tcry fine; Lady Paxton, red-tipped white; 

 Imperatriee Eugenie, white-edged purple; 

 Miss Herbert, lilac-tipped white ; Marion, 

 black-tipped rose (1858). 



NOTES ON NEW PLANTS. 



LYCHNIS HAAGENA. 



The dianthus tribe do not furnish us 

 with many hybrids ; but this is is a true 

 hybrid of the well-known scarlet lychnis, 

 figured and described in M. Verschafl'elt's 

 Illustration Horticole, from which our 

 figure is taken. M. Verschaflfelt says 

 it was obtained by artificial impregnation 

 of the old Lychnis fulgens with pollen of 

 Lychnis Sieboldii, by M. Ernest Penary, of 

 Erfurt. It is described as surpassing in 

 splendour of colouring, and in the size of 

 tlie flowers and their long cnduranoe, our 

 ohl favourite of the borders ; and as our 

 illustration shows the flower of its natural 

 size, the reader will perceive that it is an 

 acquisition of no mean merit. It differs, 

 however, in form from the common lych- 

 nis, in having two horn-like growths on 

 each side of every petal. When taken in 

 hand by English growers, it will no doubt 

 prove a valuable addition to our lists of 

 border flowers, as it is quite hardy ; but 

 it is impatient of moisture, and will pro- 

 bably be best on elevated rock- work. It is 

 easily propagated by cuttings taken in May, 

 June, or July, and struck in the shade. 



