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line of Pelargonium Golden Fleece, with an outer edging formed of a double 

 row of Sempervivum Californicum. Then came a circular bed, the centre filled 

 with the old form of Erythrina crista-galli, edged with E. rubella, with rich dark- 

 crimson flowers, very fine ; round this a good dark Heliotrope, and edged with 

 Molinia ccerulea variegata, a silvery variegated grass. Near this were some plants 

 of the double-blossomed Pomegranate, but not so effective as the siDgle variety ; 

 and a bed, the centre formed of Hibiscus sinensis rosea splendida, also pluuged in 

 pots, flowers very large and showy, but requiring a hot dry summer to drive it 

 into bloom; and a carpet of a dwarf double-white Balsam, edged with Bull's 

 Serena, a very pretty pink-flowering Zonal Pelargonium, with large and showy 

 trusses, very fine ; and an outer edging of Golden-Chain Pelargonium. Then 

 came a splendid foliaged bed ; the centre had some huge Indian-rubber plants ; 

 round this Aralia papyrifera, and a carpet of Aralia Sieboldi, and Canna expansa, 

 a very dwarf-growing dark-foliaged species — these to hide the nakedness of the 

 stems of the Ficus ; round these was an edging of Hedera multi-maculata, a good 

 variegated Ivy, the leaves blotched and striped with silver. This bed will be 

 clothed in foliage during winter, as the Aralia will gradually fill out and occupy 

 the space of the bed. Near this were two magnificent beds of Cannas ; one was 

 a huge long oval-shaped bed of C. Peruviana, edged with C. expansa, and a line 

 of a dwarf silver-striped Ivy beneath. C. Peruviana bad soft orange-red flowers, 

 and had occupied this place for four years past without removal. It was a 

 grand lofty mass, and will stand for five years, when the bed becomes exhausted. 

 The Canna throws such a mass of roots that the bed requires well mulching with 

 strong manure every two years, and each year some 3 inches of good manure is 

 placed on the bed; and yet, with this liberal treatment, five years is as long as a 

 bed will last in good condition. The other bed had a centre of C. annsei, the 

 tallest-growing of all. From the ground to the apex of the flower-stalks some 

 of the plants were fully 10 feet in height, and one reached 11 feet; this produces 

 deep buff flowers, and was edged with C. nigricans, a capital dark-foliaged kind, 

 and thought to be an improvement on C. expansa ; round this, Golden-Chain 

 Pelargonium in front, Alternanthera paronychioides, and an edging of Veronica 

 incana. 



But further details — and there are yet some very interesting features to be 

 described — must be reserved for our next number. 



NEW PLANTS OF THE PAST MONTH. 



This is the season for new Chrysanthemums, and Messrs Salter & Son 

 of Hammersmith have a fine lot of new flowers, which will be noticed 

 very shortly. It may be recorded here that one of their new Jap- 

 anese varieties, named Saltan, received a first-class certificate. The 

 flowers are formed of clusters of broad ribbon-like bright lilac-rose 

 florets, and it is one of those fine flowers that are so well adapted for 

 conservatory decoration at this season of the year. 



In a most interesting group of Orchids and other flowering-plants, 

 exhibited by Messrs Veitch & Sons at the meeting of the Eoyal Horti- 

 cultural Society on November 16, was an example of Oncidium Eux- 



