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THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



superba, Valtevaredo.Fimbriata, Tar- 

 gioni, Rubens, Tricolor. Azaleas. — 

 Prince Jerome (fiery red, very effec- 

 tive), Beauty of Reigate (white, with 

 lively red stripes and splashes), Coro- 

 nata (rich carmine), Criterion (soft 

 rose), General Williams (fiery red), 

 Iveryana, Murryana, Chelsoni, Eulalie 

 Van Geert, Prince Albert (deep dull 

 red, finely formed flower), Queen 

 Victoria (white, pale rose stripes), 

 Sanguinea (purplish rose), Optima 

 (fine red), Princess Marriana. Cine- 

 rarias. — Lord Elgin (rich magenta 

 self, dazzling), Perfection (white, with 

 clear sharp purplish-rosy margin), 

 Conqueror (fine mauve), Miss Frank- 

 lin (broad rosy purple margin, dark 

 disc, large and smooth), Miss Eleanor 

 (snow white, with dull dove-coloured 

 disc, most delicate and lovely, most 

 desirable). Regulator (fine blue self), 

 Viola (broad, bluish margin, white 

 circle, dark disc), Admiral of the 



Blue (very dark), Dob son's Amy (pa- 

 per white, pucy margin, dark disc), 

 Queen Bertha (broad rosy margin, 

 white ring, dark disc), Prairie Bird 

 (fine cobalt blue, sharp thin white 

 rinsr, dark disc, form perfect). Roses. 

 — The new roses occasioned the great- 

 est interest among the visitors. The 

 best were Peter Lawson, Madame 

 Alfred de Rougemont, Vainquer de 

 Goliath, John Hopper, Le Rhone, 

 Kate Hausberg, Louise Margottin, 

 Alba rosea, Mad. W. Paul, Murillo, 

 Mad . Valembourg, Comtesse Brossard, 

 Bernard Palissy, Baron Adolphe de 

 Rothschild, Sceur des Anges. Auricu- 

 las. — Ensign, Othello, Traill's General 

 Neil, Lowe's Maggie Lauder, Popple- 

 well's Conqueror, Spalding's Metro- 

 politan, Wariss's Union, Taylor's 

 Glory, Douglas's Sir H. Havelock, 

 Fletcher's Mary Ann, Strech's Alex- 

 ander. 



BEACHVCOMA IBEKIDIFOLIA. 



This genus belongs to the Linnean 

 class and order Syngenesia superflua ; 

 to the natural order Composites, and 

 second division of the third tribe, and 

 first sub-tribe of that order. Asterce, 

 the sub-tribe, are plants with star- 

 shaped flowers — the genus under no- 

 tice being, in its flowers, very like the 

 common daisy, but different from that 

 in its ha: it, being annual and shrubby, 

 with a disposition to trail, or spread 

 itself along the ground, and thus well 

 adapted for beds or borders, where a 

 low growth and a disposition to cover 

 the ground are desired. It is a native 

 of Australia, found in the Swan River 

 colony, 1840. It grows in rocky 

 places, the fleshy roots establishing 

 themselves in the light mould which 

 collects in the small hollows and fis- 

 sures of the rocks ; and thus it makes 

 a pleasant addition to the summer 

 ornaments of artificial rockwork ; 

 though it may also be grown in a bed 

 or border, or in the greenhouse or 

 windows. Excepting frost, it bears 

 all the vicissitudes of weather in 

 Britain; and as it is never exposed 



to frost, but when sown in autumn 

 in order to flower early in the spring 

 for ordinary cultivation, it may be 

 treated in the same manner as the 

 hardy annuals. The natural situa- 

 tions in which it grows point out the 

 soil in which it should be cultivated 

 artificially. It should be a very light 

 sandy loam, with a good drainage, so 

 that the roots may not be over-moist 

 at tho?e seasons when the plant re- 

 quires little or no water, as over- 

 watering is the chief danger to which 

 the plants are liable, except too damp 

 an atmosphere, which is equally in- 

 jurious to them. 



Plants early sown must be pro- 

 tected from frost while they are 

 young, and from heavy rains at all 

 times, unless that which answers to 

 the rainy season in their country : 

 and the season there is riot constant; 

 there being sometimes two years with- 

 out a drop of rain. 



With due attention to these very 

 simple directions, the plant may be 

 grown in a bed or border, or in pots 

 or vases. As a bed and border flower, 



