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John Waterer, one of the finest scarlets, with large trusses of rich deep scarlet 



flowers. 

 Kalmseoides, soft pinkish lilac, and very distinct. 

 Lady Eleanor Cathcart is one of the handsomest, having distinct foliage and 



large trusses of soft rosy scarlet flowers with dark blotches in them, 



smooth and good form. 

 Mirandum, pale rose colour, and good form. 

 Mammoth, bright rose, very distinctly spotted, very fine foliage. 

 Mrs. Hemans, pale blush, with deep blush margin. 



Maculatum grandiflorum, large rosy purple, Avith dark spots ; one of the best. 

 Maculatum nigrum superbum, lilac pink, with a large blotch in upper petals. 

 Nobleanum bicolor, shaded pale rose, large truss, and a dense bloomer, with 



foliage very distinct from Nobleanum. 

 Nivaticum, white with yellow spots, not good in shape, but a very free 



bloomer. 

 Pictum, white, with intense brown blotch, very distinct, and a most desirable 



sort. 

 Roseum elegans, one of the most useful for decorative purposes, of a soft 



shaded pale rose colour, and very fine truss. 

 Rembrandt, bright carmine with dark spots, fine form and truss. 

 Sherwoodiana, shaded lilac purple with dark blotch, smooth, of good form, 



large truss, and a very free bloomer. 

 Sappho, a pleasing soft rose coloured variety. 

 Victoria, shaded carmine purple with dark spots, large truss, a very free 



blooming and distinct variety. 

 There are also many others, varieties of catawbiense and other sorts, 

 that are most desirable, and among them we particularly noticed one 

 called Roseum novum, by which name one would be led to expect a new 

 variety of the old roseum ; but no such thing, as it is evidently a hybrid 

 of the catawbiense breed, with a fine truss of flowers much deeper in 

 colour than catawbiense. 



A hardy Azalea, evidently a seedling from A. pontica, named 

 Standishi, with larger and deeper yellow coloured flowers than ponticum, 

 was blooming freely, and is an acquisition. 



CALENDAR FOR THE MONTH. 



Auriculas. — Protect the plants fi-om very heavy rains ; at all other 

 times they should remain open, keeping them clean of dead foliage and 

 green fly. The soil to be used in the general repotting should he got 

 into good condition, by turning it over occasionally, and not allowing it 

 it to become too wet. A favourable opportunity should be chosen 

 early in the month for this operation. Seedlings should also be 

 repotted, to encourage their growth, that as many as possible may be 

 brought into bloom next spring. 



Camellias and Azaleas, which are now out of doors, must have every 

 attention as to careful watering, kc. ; see that they are not tossed aside 

 in tempestuous weather, and frequently syringe over-head in the absence 

 of damp weather. Azaleas must have a sunny exposure, and, if 

 practicable to protect the pots in very hot sunshine, it saves extra 

 watering and is much safer for the plants. 



