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are H. W. Longfellow and Eugenie Mezard. The best Crimson are 

 Bival Stella (this has plain green leaves, and flowers very abun- 

 dantly ; it is every way fir^st-rate), Le Grand, and Crimson Queen. 

 The best AVhite is White Perfection. The following new varieties 

 are splendid in quality, and should be secured as quickly as possible 

 by all cultivators of bedding plants : — Duchess of Sutherland, rosy 

 purple ; Lady Constance Grosvenor, brilliant orange scarlet ; Chris- 

 tine Nosegay, true Christine colour, and habit similar to Stella ; 

 Warrior, rich scarlet. 



Yaeiegated-leaved Geraniums. — The best AVhite-edged are 

 Floicer of Spring and Silver Chain. The best Creamy-edged are 

 Variegated Stella and United Ltaly. The best Gold-leaved are Cloth 

 of Gold and Luna. The last-named is richer in efl:ect than Mrs. 

 Pollock, and very much easier to multiply and manage. For abun- 

 dant flowering, and tolerably good variegation. Variegated Nosegay is 

 wortli having ; the flowers are a cheerful rose-pink colour. 



Petunias. — Loveliness, blush with red stripes ; Ariel, white with 

 purple stripes ; Chancellor, blush barred with purple ; Nellie, pure 

 white striped crimson; Purple Ledder, fine purple. Petunias 

 require a fresh, light, rather rich soil. 



Yeebenas. — Alhert Tellandier, intense carmine ; Fire Brigade, 

 crimson scarlet, withstands drought, and will thrive in a poor soil ; 

 Azurea superha, cobalt blue ; Junius, deep orange, a very curious 

 variety, quite good and capable of important services ; La Grande 

 JBoide de Neige, the best white ; Lord Clifden, scarlet ; King of 

 JBedders, crimson red, fragrant ; Lord Raglan, carmine. 



Teopjeolums. — The " cpmpactum" section comprises some 

 eminently useful varieties, iar in advance of all others as bedders. 

 The best are Compactum Luteurn improved, yellow, with numerous 

 spots ; King of Scarlets, Scarlet Gem, and King of Spots, yellow and 

 amber. 



Convolvulus Maubitanicus. — The habit of which closely 

 resembles that of our little native wayside convolvulus ; the flowers 

 are a charming shade of lilac. It is not a showy plant, but intensely 

 pretty, and a capital relief to garish colours. 



Gazania splendens is undoubtedly the best of the Gazanias, 

 and a truly splendid bedder. It will flower well in a poor sandy 

 soil, but it must have a sunny position. The charming contrast 

 between its bluish and half glaucous foliage and its splendid orange 

 flowers, is most delightful. 



Heliotropes. — Beauty of the Boudoir and Miss Nightingale are 

 the best of this class for beds. 



Lantanas. — These are rather tender, and require a hot season 

 to bring them out well. On cold damp soils they are of little use. 

 The most generally useful are Fulgens mutahilis and Crocec^ 

 superha. 



Nieeembergia gracilis makes a charming mass of pretty 

 white flowers, to tone down the eftect of strong colours. 



(Enothera prostrata makes a capital yellow bedder on cold 

 damp soils. S. H. 



