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THE FLOEAL WOKLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



Purple Edged. — Advance, Amy Robsart, Emma, Favourite, Margaret, Mrs. 

 May, and Eev. George Jeans. 



Rose and Scarlet Edged. — Elizabeth, Miss Sewell, Princess Alice, Flower of the 

 Day, Miss Williams, and Scarlet Queen. 



PINKS. 



A^nes, Attraction, Bertram, Constance, Dr. Maclean, Excellent, Jessica, Little 

 Gem, Mary Ann, President, Annie, Beauty, Blondin, Device, Ernest, Helen, John 

 Ball, Lord Charles Wellesley, Minnie, and Victory. 



NEW PLANTS. 



ASTRONEMA SANQUINEUM, Blood-coloured Gastronema {Vlllust. 

 Hort.t. 5011). — Amaryllidaceas. This is a fine plant belonging to the 

 Cyrtanthus section of Amaryllis. It is a native of South Africa, and one 

 of the many valuable introductions of Messrs. Backhouse and Son, of 

 York. The bulb is oval, the leaves linear, or linear-lanceolate, the 

 flowers bright vermillion, with gold yellow throat. 



Makanta roseo-picta, JRosy-painted Maranta {Vllhist. Sort. t. 508). — 

 Marantacese. It is not yet quite certain whether this plant is a Maranta, but it is 

 certain that it is most beautifully variegated, the orbicular leaves being of a deep 

 green, with rosy or carmine midrib, and crescentic lines near the margin j the 

 young leaves are brilliant yellow and carmine. 



Camellia Constamin Tretiakoff {Vlllust. Sort. t. 509). — A superb variety, 

 the flowers of great size, beautifully modelled, the colour blush warming into delicate 

 pink at the base of each petal. 



HELICOIfIA HrillLIS. 



HELIOTBOPICir COXVOLVULACEUM. 



Heliconia humilis, Dwarf Seliconia {Bot. Mag. t. 5613). — Musacese. A 

 magnificent stove plant, with leaves all radical, and measuring with their petioles 

 three to five feet in length. The inflorescence is a scape bearing about four 

 distichous spathes of a brilliant scarlet colour, in which are enclosed a number of 

 yellowish flowers. 



Heliotropium convolvulaceum, Convolvidar-flowered Sellotrepe {Bot. Mag. 

 t. 5615). — Boraginete. A beautiful American annual, grown by Mr. Thompson, of 

 Ipswich. The flowers are abundantly produced ; they are salver-shaped, white, and 

 delightfully odorous. 



