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for those of the oleander. The colour is a 

 rich lively red, heightened by the pure 

 white of the very large stigma. The 

 fuliage is large and broad, and of a 

 dark, velvety, green colour. This spe- 

 cies was discovered in the Andes of 



Quito, where it grows four feet high, 

 in shady woods. It requires the same 

 treatment as the other green-house spe- 

 cies, and plants of it are advertised for 

 sale by Messrs. Parsons, and the other 

 leading growers. 



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Select Lists of Roses. — We extract the fol- 

 lowing select lists of roses, for various purposes, 

 from Beck's Florist. It will be seen that they are 

 made by the most extensive growers and best 

 judges in England, and are probably the result of 

 the comparison of a thousand varieties. On the 

 whole, the selection would be concurred in for this 

 climate. Ed. 



List of the best 24 roses for blooming through- 

 out the summer and autumn in the open borders, 

 by Mr. Paul, Cheshunt; Mr. Wood, Maresfield ; 

 Mr. Hunt. Wycombe; Mr. Barnes, Stowmarket; 

 Mr. Gladden, Sandwich; and Mr. Parsons, En- 

 field. (The numbers show the votes for eaeh va- 

 riety.) 



Hybrid Perpetual. 

 Votes. 

 T. Baron Prevost, 



5. Dr. Marx. 



5. Mrs. Klliott, 



5. Geantc des Batailles, 



5. Duchess of Sutherland, 



4. La Heine, 



3. Jacques Lafitte, 



3. Augustine Monchelet, 



3. .Syd.iiue. 

 3. Robin Hood, 

 3. William Jesse, 

 3. Madame Laffay, 

 3. Lady Alice Peel, 

 2. Louis Bonaparte. 



Bourbon. 

 7. Souvenir de Malmaison, 

 5. Madam Angelina, 

 3. Souchet, 

 3. Acidalie. 



Damask Perpetual. 

 5. Mogador. 



China. 

 3. Cramoise Superieur, 



3. Mrs. Bosanquet. 

 Tea Scented. 



4. Compte de Paris, 

 3. Devoniensis. 



Noisette. 

 3. Lamarque. 



List of the best 24 summer (or June) roses, by 

 Mr. Paul, Mr. Parsons, Mr. Wood, Mr. Barnes, 

 Mr. Gladden, Mr. Hunt, and Mr. Dobson. 



Hybrid Bourbon. 2. Lanei, 



2. Princess Royal, (Porte 

 mor.) 



GaUica. 

 6. Boule de Nauteil, 

 5. D'Aguesseau, 

 4. Kean, 



3. Grandidissima. 



Votes. 

 7. (.'oupe d'Hebe, 



4. Charles Duval, 

 3 Paul I'errus, 

 3. Gloirc de Corline. 



Hybrid China. 

 3. Breimu-. 

 3. Hypocrate, 



2. Chenedoue. 



H'/'trid Provence. 



5. Lethia, nr La Volupte, 



3. Prineease I lementme. 



2- Adrieiinc de C;irdovillc. 



5. Cristata, or crested, 



Damask. 



fi. Madam Xuutman. 

 3. La Ville de Bruxelles. 



Alba. 

 3. Madam Andot, 

 S. Blancliefleur. 



Austrian. 

 3. Persian Yellow. 



Alba. 

 Votes. 

 2. Felicete, 

 2. Ophre de Marsilly. 



Gallica. 

 2. Columella, 

 2. Gloire des Amateura. 



Hybrid China. 

 2. Paul Perras, 

 '2 General Allard, 

 2. Genera] Kleber. 



Hybrid Perpetual. 

 2. Duchess de Montmorency, 

 2. Duchess of Sutherland, 

 2. Madame LalTay, 

 2. La Reine, 



2. Vicomtesse de Belleval. 



Bourbon. 

 2. Hermosa, 



2. Souvenir de Malmaison, 

 2. Madame Angelina, 

 2. Julie de Fonlenelle. 



China. 

 2. Madame Breon, 



2. Aimee l'lantier. 



Tea Scented. 



3. Devoniensis, 

 2. Abricote, 



2. Nephitos, 



2. Souvenir d'un Ami, 



2. Josephine Malton, 



2. Tnomphede Luxembourg . 



List of the best 24 roses for pot culture, by Mr. 

 Paul, Mr. Wood, and Mr. Dobson. 



Magnificent Water Lily. — We extract the 

 following from the Gardeners' Chronicle. It is 

 interesting, not only as the description of the 

 most magnificent of all aquatics, but as show- 

 ing the perfection which horticulture has attained 

 in England. Will not some of our liberal ama- 

 teurs — Mr. Becar or Mr. Cope — undertake to 

 show us the Victoria in bloom in the United 

 States? Ed. 



It was on new year's day, in the year 1837, 

 that the celebrated Water Lily, to which the 

 name of Victoria regia was afterwards given, was 

 first discovered by Mr. (now Sir Robert) Schom- 

 burgk, who thus described the interesting event. 



" While contending with the difficulties Nature 

 imposed in different forms to our progress up the 

 river Berbice (in British Guiana.) we arrived at 

 a point where the river expanded, and formed a 

 currentless basin; some object on the southern 

 extremity of this basin attracted my attention; it 

 was impossible to form any idea what it could be, 

 and animating the crew to increase the rate of 

 their paddling, we were shortly afterwards oppo- 

 site the object which had raised my curiosity — a 

 vegetable wonder! All calamities were forgot- 

 ten; I felt as a botanist, and felt myself reward- 

 ed: a gigantic leaf, from five to six feet in diame- 

 ter, salver-shaped, with a broad rim; of a liirht 

 green above, and a vivid crimson below, resting 

 upon the water. Quite in character with the 

 wonderful leaf was the luxuriant flower, consist- 

 ing of many hundred petals, passing in alternate 

 tints from pure white to rose and pink. The 

 smooth water was covered with the blossoms, ai»1 



