Plate 542. 

 AZALEA—FANNY IVERY. 



The name of Mr. Iveiy, of Dorking, is well known to all 

 lovers of the Azalea, as that of one to whom we are indebted 

 for a large number of some of the best varieties in cultivation. 

 Some of these have already found a place in the Floral Maga- 

 zine, and we are quite sure that that which we now figure will 

 prove no unworthy companion to those which have preceded 

 it ; we the more readily give it a place in our Magazine 

 because, of late years, our best flowers have been introduced 

 from Belgium. 



Fanny Ivery is a flower of fine properties. It is large in size ; 

 the petals are broad and well expanded, the colour a rich deep 

 red, the upper segments being very strongly marked with deep 

 crimson spots. The habit of the plant is sturdy and strong, 

 and the flowers are produced very freely. 



It wei-e superfluous to give any directions with regard to the 

 culture of the Azalea. We may, however, say that apparently 

 the more natural mode of gi'owing and training it is now more 

 popular. This we are not surprised at, and we tliink that 

 small plants are also finer objects to look upon than the 

 overgrown stiffly-trained plants we so often see at our great 

 exhibitions. Few plants are more easily managed, or more 

 thoroughly repay care and attention, than the beautiful and 

 delicately-perfumed Azalea. 



