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is a pretty little flower, but more curious than beautiful. The petals 

 are small and thread-like, the prevailing colour being purple and 

 white. Hero of Magdala belongs to the ribbon form, but the 

 flowers are so close and compact, that they bear some resemblance 

 to the ordinary varieties. The petals are bright reddish crimson, 

 with light red backs, without doubt a fine variety. James Salter, 

 this belongs to the ribbon form, but the petals overlap each other, 

 and hang gracefully down, which gives the flowers the appearance of 

 large tassels. The colour is very delicate, being a pinkish lilac, 

 and quite distinct from all others. Apart from the beauty of the 

 flowers, its striking colour alone renders it particularly valuable. 

 Jupiter is a very good fawn-coloured ribbon variety. Star, like the 

 preceding, has flat petals, which are of a bright golden yellow, tinged 

 with bronzy red. The flowers are large, but scarcely so full as a 

 few others. They are, however, good and effective. In G. J?. 

 Wilson we have another grand variety, with flat petals, of a bright 

 golden yellow colour. The flowers are large and full. The Mikado 

 belongs to the thread petal section, and has bright yellow flowers. 

 It is a fine distinct variety. 



The Japanese varieties are scarcely so well-known yet as 

 their merits deserve, therefore I shall not be very far wrong in 

 calling attention to a few of the best sent out in the spring of 1868. 

 Of those belonging to the ribbon form section, we have Aurantium, 

 a pure yellow-coloured flower, of immense size. Bed Indian, bright 

 Indian red, with fine large double flowers. Sulphurevm, a large 

 double white flower, with sulphur centre, that ought to be in every 

 collection ; and The Daimio, a grand variety, with large rosy lilac 

 flowers. Amongst those with thread petals, the following must not 

 be forgotten : — Comet, a curiously-shaped flower, bright orange 

 changing to reddish chestnut ; Nagasaki Violet, dark rosy violet, with 

 golden disk ; Bed Dragon, reddish chestnut, tipped with golden yel- 

 low, a fine variety ; Boseum Album, rose and white — the flowers of 

 this variety are small and gracefully formed, which renders them 

 valuable for bouquets; Tarantula, yellow; The Tycoon, bright red, 

 with yellow back ; and Wizard, bright reddish maroon, with tassel- 

 like flowers. 



The selections of large-flowering kinds and pompones in " Horti- 

 cultural Affairs" of the December number, 1868, were so good, 

 that I need not dwell upon the older kinds, but simply give my ideas 

 of the new varieties that are to make their appearance this spring : — 

 Pink Perfection, bright pink, a fine incurved flower, large in size, and 

 of fine form ; Stellaris, a good incurved yellow flower, tipped with 

 orange ; Orange Annie Salter, a fine orange-coloured sport from 

 that good old variety ; Bival Little Harry, this bears a strong 

 resemblance to Little Harry, but the flowers are larger, and the 

 plant is a better grower ; Beethoven, incurved, clear claret ; White 

 Eve, a white sport from Eve ; Lilac Beverley, a fine sport, equal to 

 either of the other forms of this beautiful variety ; Blenijw, a fine, 

 large, incurved variety, of a bright lilac colour. 



At Mr. Forsyth's, Brunswick Nursery, Stoke Newington, I met 

 with two splendid novelties lately. One is named Mrs. George Haskin 



