Plate 541. 

 LEE'S FORCING PINK— COCCINEA. 



Of late years we have received, especially from the Conti- 

 nent, a number of what are now called tree, or perpetual 

 flowering Carnations and Picotees, which are exceedingly use- 

 ful for winter blooming, their fragrance making them particu- 

 larly welcome. English raisers have added several good ones 

 to our list, amongst which must be enumerated Prince of 

 Orange and Ascot Yelloic. There is one objection to these 

 plants which makes them less desirable for amateurs with small 

 houses — viz., their height, growing, as they do to three and 

 four feet. 



There have been also some forcing Pinks known for some 

 time, which have been very useful for spring flowering. 

 Amongst them Anne Boleyn has long held a foremost place, 

 being dwarf in habit and very free-flowering ; but for useful- 

 ness and beauty it is far surpassed by the variety we now 

 figure, which has been brought forward by Mr. Lee, of Cross 

 Bush, near Arundel, Sussex, and was exhibited by him at one 

 of the Floral Meetings of the Eoyal Horticultural Society, 

 where it was greatly admired, and received a first-class cer- 

 tificate.* It has passed into the hands of Mr. Charles Turner, 

 of the Eoyal Nursery, Slough, by whom it will be, we be- 

 lieve, distributed in the spring. It is only about nine inches 

 high, and so very free-flowering that there is very great 

 difficulty in obtaining stock in sufficient quantities. This 

 will doubtless add greatly to its merits as a decorative plant. 

 It has no claim to any merit as a florist's flower, but simply 

 as a most useful early flowering Pink. 



* It was then named Princess Louise, but Mr. Lee wishes the name changed 

 to Coccinea. 



