114 THE FLOEIST AND POMOLOGIST. [May. 



try to define wliat I think are the essential properties constituting a model 

 flower fit for exhibition ; and endeavour to lay down a proper system for judges 

 to work upon — [Please doj. — John Hepworth, Iluddersjield. 



NOTABLE NEW PLANTS AND FLOWERS. 



[fjc.C. = Fii-st-class Certificate; s.c.c. = Second-class Certificate ; I3.c, = Botanical 

 Certificate ; F.C. = Floricultural Certificate.] 



)GAVE Baxteri [f.c.c.]. — A very handsome greenhouse succulent, with 

 leaves a foot long, tapering off into a long terminal spine, the margins 

 armed with short spines set an inch apart. — Jir. J. T. Peacock: 

 Ji.ff.S., March 5. 



Agave Kerchovei [f.c.c.]. — A fine greenhouse succulent, with nar- 

 rowish tapered leaves, having variously-directed spines, 2 in. to 3 in. apart, and 

 a brown margin. — 3Ir. J. T. Peacock : R.H.S., March 5. 



Agave perbella [f.c.c.]. — A very handsome greenhouse succulent obtained 

 from A. xylinacantha. The leaves are 1 ft. long, and 1^ in. wide, furnished with 

 unequal, short, blunt, brown spines. — Air. W. W. Saunders, and Mr. J, T. 

 Peacock: R.H.S., Jlfarch 5. 



Amaryllis Beauty of Eeigate [f.c.c.]. — A very richly-shaded, blood-red 

 variety, with narrowish undulated segments, not so good in shape as some recent 

 eeedlings, but specially commended for its rich colour, its dwarf growth, and its 

 great freeness in flowering, whence it was regarded as a valuable decorative 

 plant. — Mr. A. J. Watei-loiv : RH.S., April2. 



AsPLENiuM LONGissiMUM [f.c.c.]. — A handsome evergreen stove fern, exceed- 

 ingly well adapted for basket culture, the pinnate, black-rachised, often proli- 

 ferous fronds being long, narrow, and drooping, and thickly clothed with 

 horizontal auriculate pinnules. — Messrs. Veitch cj- Sons: B.H.S., March 5. 



AucuBA JAPONICA YouNGii [f.c.c.]. — A fine large green-leaved free-growing 

 variety, bearing abundant bunches of large, deep, coral-red berries ; distinct, and 

 very good. — Mr. Maurice Young : P. U.S.., March 19. 



Azalea amcena Smithiana [f.c.c.]. — Very bright cherry-rose large and 

 showy flowers of a hose-in-hose character, and remarkably free ; a very valuable 

 dwarf early-flowering decorative shrub. — Mr. G. Smith: P. U.S., Ajml 16. 



Oalluna vulgaris cuprea [f.c.c.]. — This is a very dense dwarf-growing 

 variety, that carries a yellowish tint on the branches during the summer, but 

 in October changes to a bright coppery hue. If this character be maintained 

 away from the peaty soil of Woking, it will be an invaluable winter bedding 

 plant, as it supplies a colour of foliage much needed. — 3fr. Anthony Waterer : 

 R.H.S., March 19. 



Camellia Princess Alexandra [f.c.c.]. — White, the base of the petals pale 

 carmine, and flushed with the same ; a very pretty and distinct variety, of fine 

 quality. — Messrs. E. G. Henderson ^ Son: R.II.S., April IG. 



Cineraria Mrs. Lascelles [f.c.c.]. — White ground, with broad, uneven 

 margin of rosy purple ; large black disc, verv large pip, but somewhat coarse. — 

 Mr. a Turner: R.IT.S., April 16. 



Cineraria Princess Christian [f.c.c.]. — White ground, with medium edge 

 of bright purple and rose, dark disc, smooth, and of good quality. — Mr. C. 

 Turner: R.H.S., April 16. 



Clematis Fair Eosamond [f.c.c.]. — One of a very fine batch of new varieties 



