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fully shaded with violet-crimson, the veins and mid-ribs being rosy- 

 pink. Surprise possesses all the characteristics of Distinction, with 

 which variety we have ventured to couple it, and is indeed a gem, 

 differing from that variety mainly in the colour of its foliage, which 

 is green, striped with yellow, the latter shade changing almost to 

 white as it arrives at a state of maturity. Aurora, Glow, Magic, and 

 Sparkler, as they vary but little in habit, vigour of growth, and the 

 general formation of their foliage, may be suitably described together. 

 Aurora possesses colours singularly bright and telling ; the leaves 

 are of a yellowish hue, with a blotch of rose colour down the centre. 

 Glow is also bright, and marked much after the manner of Aurora, 

 with this difference, that the foliage is dark, with rosy carmine of 

 slight magenta shade down the centre, and a narrow margin of green. 

 Magic is marked in a similar way, the colour of the centre being pale 

 yellow, and a little more feathered than the other varieties ; the 

 remainder of the leaf is green. Sparkler is also marked down the 

 centre with a reddish-maroon tint, having a deep crenate fringe round 

 the margin of the leaf. 



Harlequin will undoubtedly prove a very useful kind. It is very 

 distinct, being variegated, like marble, with purple, bronze, and choco- 

 late, which are laid on in the most peculiar form, thus rendering the 

 plant striking and attractive. It is a vigorous grower. Sunbeam is a 

 dwarf grower, and in colour distinct from any of the new varieties. 

 The leaves are of a reddish tint, shaded with rose, and the colours 

 vivid and bright. Of the variety Firefly we are not in a position 

 to speak with accuracy, as our plants are not yet by any means 

 attractive. 



"Wm. Bardney. 



MYOSOTIS DISSITIFLOHA FOR WINTER FLOWERING. 



This is very much appreciated here during the dark dull days of 

 winter, and as it can be had by any one possessing an ordinary green- 

 house, it is a pity it is not oftener seen than it is. To get up a stock 

 of plants for this purpose, it is only necessary to pull the requisite 

 number of pieces off old plants, and insert them in ordinary soil 

 on a shady border about the beginning of August. Seeds sown 

 about the end of June will furnish plants equally suitable. Cuttings 

 strike root without any particular care, and if put in at the time and 

 in the manner indicated, will become plants ready for potting off about 

 the beginning of October. We use 4|- and 5-inch pots, and in potting, 

 take any potting-soil handy. Lifted with good balls, they never know 

 they are moved. After they have stood in the shade for a day or two, 



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