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of doors, if autumn-struck plants are used, and not allowed to grow too 

 freely. A somewhat dry situation suits it best. 

 Shaukleyana, very like Kentish Hero, but darker. 



Superb (Turner), very dark, of good dwarf habit, and a good bedding variety. 

 Variabilis (Rullisson), creamy white, of no value. 

 Wellington Hero (Henderson), deep yellow, large flowers, and very free ; a 



very good variety, but Goidfinder is an improvement on it. 

 Wildfire (Henderson), brownish crimson, large flowers, best adapted for pot 



culture. 

 There are a few other old varieties that we have not enumerated, as 

 they are so well known. The best, in our opinion, for bedding purposes 

 are — 



Yellow. — Erecta, creamy yellow. 

 Goidfinder, deep yellow. 

 Lemonade, pale yellow. 

 Pallida, pale yellow. 

 Orange. — Orange Perfection, soft pale orange. 



Orange Boven, bright brownish orange. 

 Prince of Orange, bright orange brown, fading to light orange. 

 ^roM^ra— Kentish Pfero. 

 Crimson. — King of Sardinia, rich dark crimson. 



Beauty of Montreal, bright light crimson. 

 Superb, very dark. 



These are a few first-rate varieties for out-door purposes. In 

 planting beds of yellow Calceolarias, we have found Superb an 

 admirable border to a bed of bright yellow, or Prince of Orange a good 

 border to King of Sardinia or any other dark variety. With regard to 

 Prince of Orange, it is an invaluable variety, and should be grown 

 generally, and Erecta is a first-rate yellow variety, that is not 

 sufficiently known. 



PLEROMA ELEGANS. 



This is one of the most beautiful summer and autumn-flowering 

 plants in cultivation ; there is a neatness in the glossy green foliage 

 and compact habit of well managed plants of it, that is at all times 

 pleasing. And if we add to this the large round dark purple flowers, 

 which are produced on every branch in great abundance, we shall find 

 that we have k\\ plants more attractive. 



The culture of this Melastomad is so simple that any one, with a 

 little attention to its wants, may have good plants; still with this, as 

 with other things, it is an easy matter for them to get into ill health, 

 and when that happens it requires some time and skill to induce a free 

 growing condition. Neglect in stopping the shoots, tying them out, or 

 repotting, as the case may be, or even a lack of water for a few hours, 

 when the pots are full of roots and the plants in vigorous growth, are 

 each sufficient to spoil a plant for a season. Many, too, commit the 

 mistake of allowing plants intended for specimens to flower when too 

 young ; when this is done, there is little chance of producing first- 

 rate specimens, particularly with such plants as the Pleroma. The 



