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[Junr. 



disivstrou.s, as every pod failed. Another one 

 however, haviiii; liis plants in a warm, sunny 

 corner, over a Ihie, had all the jxxls mature. 

 They wore on a hull) whic^h eame direetly IVimi 

 Soutii America, and with a inimher like it, were 

 pulled up from amom; the rdcks by sailors. 

 The handsomest varieties nt the Amaryllis I 

 have seen, were most of them, unnamed. 



The Johnsonii, a erimson scarlet, with a white 

 .stripe down each petal, is one of the easiest to 

 cultivate, and few surpa.ss it in heauty when well 

 cultivated. Next to this, for constancy of hloom, 

 is one (obtained of T. Fairly, of Ualtimore,) .said 

 to be the aulica, thoui^h all the catalogues 

 describe the auHca as bearing two flowers, of a 

 crimson and green color. This aulica is of a 

 rosy salmon pink, with a white stripe down 

 each petal, which is shaded at each side with 

 delicate pencilings of a maroon red. When in 

 full vigor, it bears two stems a yard high, with 

 six blo.ssoms on each stem. It is then regal in 

 its beauty. A very rich deep velvety crimson 

 tlower, with a white stripe down each petal, was 

 bought of T. Fairly, and was said to be a seed- 

 ling raised in Baltimore. I called it King's 

 Beauty. It glowed with richness, and seemed to 

 radiate with beauty, when I first beheld it. 



Several orange colored Amaryllis I have 

 seen in great beauty, bearing from two to four 

 flowers on a stem. One very large (lowered 

 kind, was treated with very rich earth, and had 

 chicken manure sprinkled around the edge of 

 the pot, that was previcxwsly covered with fine 

 coal — raithracile — which is said to promote the 

 health of the bulb. Meteor, a very rich orange 

 scarlet variety, was obtained of Geo. Such. It 

 had two stems with four flowers on each. From 

 him I obtained, also, the Reticulata striatifolia, 

 having a short green leaf, with a white stripe in 

 the center, and bearing pink flowers. This is a 

 tender evergreen varietj-, and said to have very 

 handsome flowers. 



The Vittata is another handsome variety, 

 varying a great deal as to beauty, some having 

 an ungraceful flower and others very beautifully 

 shaped. One ro.s}' pink seedling, obtained of J. 

 Feast, was the handsomest flower I ever saw 

 of the light varieties. It is said the hybrids are 

 endless. 



The fall-blooming kinds do not show so many 

 fine varieties. The Tettuii, Aulica, and a name, 

 less one, with a broad disc and rich velvet}- 

 scarlet petals, are all that I can praise. The 

 Tettuii is of a bright scarlet, veined and shaded 



with maioiin. The Aulica ia of dull scarlet 

 shaded with green. One variety I saw, called 

 .Vulica, had immense bulbs and flowers, but wa-s 

 coarse l()t)kiii"_' and not dcsn'able fur the house. 



COMPARATIVE ROSE LIST. 



i;^ Ml!. II. It. KI,l,WAN(;KIt. K(K IIKSTKK. \. V. 



In the May number of the M()N"riir>v. I notice 

 the Comparative Hose hist, giving the result of 

 the English rose election of last year with my 

 list of the best 48. The question is asked by 

 the writer why such general favorites as Gen. 

 Jacqueminot, Safrano, Bon Silem', etc., are left 

 out. w'hen they have been so generally adopted 

 as forcing roses in this country? The reason is 

 this : the election called for roses possessing 

 pe<iiliarqualities,suchas render them suitable for 

 exhibition purposes, and they must, therefore, 

 have fullne.ss of form and symmetry of outline, 

 besides other qualifications, to be considered 

 exhibition varieties. Xow, the sorts named are 

 certainly very valuable for forcing, but are not 

 at all suitable for exhil)ition. Gen. .Tacfiuemiiiot 

 is rarely full enough to be used ; the others 



' never. General Jacqueminot will, however, 



\ alwaj's be a popular sort, for in addition to its 

 forcing qualities it is of excellent habit, and 

 yields a large crop of flowers, which picked in 

 the bud or when half expanded are very useful 

 for cut-flowers. Safrano and Bon Silene are 

 well known as two of the best Teas for forcing. 

 The following are also excellent: Aline Sisley, 

 Catherine Mermet, Duchess of Edinburgh, 

 Isabella Sprunt, Mme. Francois Janin, Mme. 

 de St. Joseph, Mme. Jules Margottin, Mile. Laz- 



> arine Poizeau (new), something like Mme. F. 



'Janin, Marie Van Houlte, Monsieur Furtado 



; and Rubens. 



Among hybrid perpetuals some of the best 



] are Abel Grand, Anne de Drisbach, Countess of 



! Oxford, John Ilojiper, LaFrance, Mme. Lach- 



i anne, a splendid sort for this purpose ; Mile. 



! Eugenie Verdier and President Thiers. All of 



1 these are among the ligliter shades. They will 

 give a much larger crop of flowers, as a rule, 

 than the crimson varieties, though the latter are 



j more generally used. 



Among the best crimson hybrids for forcing, 



; are Alfred Colomb, Beauty of Waltham, Charles 

 Lefebvre, Duke of Edinburgh, Mai-ie Baunian 



' and Maurice Bernardin. 



i Number 22 in the list of 48 should read Comte 



I de Sembui. Other slight errors are more appa- 



j rent, and do not require correction. 



