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(Ustiiift ('ulcus picius Mitraiicd uiir altciition. Aii.wi: MiA\vii.--'riii> new .species, miiucd by 



We wiTo vt-ry imali pK-asi'd ri-iciilly (o hoc the Dr. Kii^cliiiaini in Ikuku ..1 Mr. Sliaw . iIk- )h-\\v- 



.sanu' pretty novelty in the colleetion of II. A. miis piopridor ol' ihc Missouri IJotiinical 



Dreer. of Philadelphia. The followini,' ilhistra- (.arden at St. Louis, has icccntly liowered on 



tion was taken from Mr. Dreer's plan(,l»ut the Mr. Shaw's grounds, and has lieen a topic ol' 



description IS Mr. lUiU's: iniicli interest with St. Louis hf)rti(ullurists and 



Tiiis distinct and atlrai-tive plant has been botanists. 

 introduced from Duke of York Island. Its diver.s 



colors are curiously blended, and very elfective, Su.-vimi'i- oKPKin- K( Tiox (iKi!.\Nn-.M.— Kret.seh- 



thc leaves, which have a green tcroujid, beinjr mar Ihos., Flathush, L. I., write : We sent you 



more or less. Init variably Ihislicd willi yellow in two jilaiifs of a new doii1)le seedling (Jeranium,. 



COLEU.S PICTrS. 



Irregular patches. The leaves are also marked 

 in the direction of the veins, with longitudinal 

 bars, varying in size and outline, of a rich choco- 

 late brown, which where it meets the pai'ts 

 flushed with yellow, assumes a reddish brown 

 hue. The marginal teeth are bordered with 

 chocolate color. These peculiar markings, and 

 the unusual form of the leaves, give the plant a 

 bizarre and curious appearance. 



Xaxz & Xkuxer's New Double, AViiite, 

 Perpetual Blooming Carnation, "Peter 

 Henderson."— This choice novelty was raised 

 from seed, by Mr. John Charlton, of Rochester, X. 

 Y. The plant is of a strong-growing, dwarf, 

 compact habit, with rich, dark foliage, producing 

 an immense number of flowers, both in winter 

 and summer, being in fact as well as in name a 

 perpetual blooming carnation. The floAvers are 

 usually 2i or ?> inches in diameter, or nearly 

 double the size of any other variety ; fine form, 

 pure white, extra fragrant, and never bursts the 

 calyx, which is the usual rule for alj carnations, 

 but the flower remains bright for over two weeks. 



begging you to report on them in the Uar 

 dener's Monthly after a Summer's trial. 



Our seedling, exhibited at the XeAV York Hor- 

 ticultural Society's Sjiring Show. May 2r.th, 1877. 

 was granted a special premium, and at the same 

 society's Fall Exhil)i(ion, Sei)tember 2('ith, 1S77. 

 a specimen plant of it, of two feet diameter,, 

 with fifty-two flower stems, was awarded the first 

 premium. " Summit of Perfection" we have 

 named it. 



[These were planted in the open ground, and 

 proved to be remarkal)ly free bloomers, which 

 the doubles are generally not. It is a scarlet va^ 

 riety, and the flowers not so double as some 

 others. There is a striking resemblance between 

 it and another seedling called Conrad Kii'chner,, 

 sent us also to tiy, and Ave are unable to decide- 

 Aviiich is best. — Ed. (t. M.] 



SCRAPS AND QUERIES. 



Scale on the Ivy. — Mrs. H. P.. Guilford,. 

 Conn., Avrites, " Can you tell me, through your 



