292 THE FLORIST. 



THE LADIES' PAGE. 



Before concluding the desultory instructions which it has been our 

 task to furnish for the lady and amateur readers of the Florist, it 

 will be advisable to correct any errors and to supply any omissions 

 that may have been made. 



In addition to the flower-garden plants heretofore recommended, 

 the following will be found worth notice. Verbenas : Laura, deep 

 pink ; Letitia, deep rose ; Perrier, bright rosy pink ; L'Ardoise, blue ; 

 Phaeton, dark crimson ; Madame Liencourt, claret ; Cyparisse, rosy 

 purple, light eye ; Gloire de Paris, deep crimson ; Lord of the Isles, 

 distinct colour, something between lilac and pink ; Baucis, purple. 

 We have also seen an unnamed seedling, raised by Messrs. Ivery 

 and Son, of Dorking, which promises to make an admirable bedding 

 variety. 



Those who are partial to veined Petunias should procure Flora 

 M'lvor, Si^lendens, Beauty of Rushbrook, Cserulescens, Ellen Ma- 

 vourneen, and Exquisite. The King of Crimsons is a fine glowing 

 colour, and Beauty of Prospect Hill is one of the best of the white - 

 throated kinds. 



Purchasers of perennial Phloxes who may not have had an oppor- 

 tunity of making their own selection, as advised at p. 252, will not 

 be disappointed if they procure any of the following kinds : Comte 

 de Flandres, Pieta, Modestaj Eliza, Elegantissima, Exquisite, Ccelestis, 

 Arsinoe, Boileau,- Minna Troil, Alba Kermesina, Standard of Perfec- 

 tion, Herman Kaegel, Madame Joly. 



We would likewise call the attention of amateurs to the showy 

 genus Mimulus, of which a fine variety is figured in the present 

 volume ; and other desirable kinds in the same way are called Rubi- 

 nus and Conductor. M. cardinalis is a very different-looking species; 

 and it also has been improved by hybridising ; the varieties named 

 Hodsoni, Fraseri, Moodiana, Maclainii, and others, being the result. 

 The first three are descendants of the old M. luteus, and are conse- 

 quently hardy ; the others are less so, but make fine summer border- 

 plants, and the whole are very ornamental when cultivated in pots. 



The improved varieties of the Hollyhock are exceedingly hand- 

 some, and ought to be grown wherever there is a border devoted to 

 herbaceous plants. In places of limited extent, the kitchen-garden 

 quarters are often bordered with flowers ; and for such situations 

 Hollyhocks, alternating with or behind a row of Dahlias, are ad- 

 mirably adapted. The names and colours of the leading sorts having 

 been published in this work in the reports of the exhibitions of the 

 South-London Floricultural Society, &c., it is not necessary to re- 

 peat them here, especially as first-rate kinds are not yet so numerous 

 as to make a selection necessary. 



It must be understood, however, that the Verbenas and other 

 things mentioned in these papers are not the very newest, nor pos- 

 sibly the very best that are procurable ; our object having been to 

 indicate varieties whose habit of growth and vivid colouring make 



