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THE GARDENERS' MONTHLY 



[June, 



The specimen sent us is very pretty. The leaves 

 are mottled with pink, crimson, yellow and white, 

 edged with green and deeply serrated. 



Rose, Mervaille de Lyon. — This is a sport 

 from Baroness Rothschild, and is precisely like it 

 in all respects, except the petals are white as snow. 

 It was noted first by Mons. Pernet, of Lyons, in 

 1879, and sent out in 1882. 



and trouble he will deserve well of the floral 

 world. 



DiEFFENBACHiA REGINA.— A very distinct and 

 striking addition to the Araceous family, intro- 

 duced from South America. It has oblong elliptic 

 leaves, which are rounded at the base, shortly 

 acuminate, and almost wholly covered with 

 greenish white, mottled with blotches of pale 



Dieffenbacbia regina. 



A Dwarf Stephanotis.— Among the sweetest 

 and best things for cut flowers is Stephanotis flori- 

 bunda. It beats orange blossom in fragrance, 

 and will keep for a week without fading. The 

 flowers bring enormous prices in Covent Garden 

 market; still it does not pay. It takes too much 

 room and comes in rather late in spring. A new 

 dwarf and'carlier kind has now been introduced 

 called the Elvaston variety. If one can tell how 

 to keep it clear of mealy bugs without much labor 



green, and having a narrow margin, and a few 

 streaky markings of a deeper shade. The greater 

 portion of the upper surface of the leaf-blade, 

 whose two sides are nearly equal in breadth, being 

 of this pallid hue, with the few but distinct dark 

 markings, the plant is very effective and well 

 entitled to be regarded as the Queen of the 

 Dieffenbachias. This beautiful plant has frequently 

 been shown in Mr. W. B.'s winning collections of 

 new plants at an exhibition in London recently. 



