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Nerv Sweet Scented Violet [Lees 

 Victoria Regina). — Flowers large, deep blue, 

 very sweet scented, foot stalks long, rather 

 stout, blooms well up above the foliage, hardy. 

 Is a seedling from the Czar, but has the leaf 

 of the Devoniensis, a good grower, flowers 

 freely, and described by English horticultural 

 authorities as delightfully fragrant — the 

 " quee?t among violets.'''' 



Batnhusa Striata. — A native of China. 

 Anthers are purple and showy. A specimen 

 at Kew Gardens is about six feet high, but is 

 described as attaining twenty feet. A plant 

 flowered in gardens of Wm. Bull, England, 

 in Nov. 1873 ; belongs to Munro's third sec- 

 tion of the genus Bambusa, which has a long, 

 hairy style, and to which the B. vulgaris, and 

 two other species belong. It has been called 

 B. Fortunei, but is an entirely difi'erent plant. 



Ipomtea Mortonii. — A new and valuable 

 climber or creeper, well suited either for 

 climbing or trellis work, or drooping over the 

 sides of baskets or vases ; flower pinkish-lilac, 

 grows upward of twenty feet high in one season. 



Neiv Cletnatis. — Madame Van Hoiitte. 

 Flowers pure white, very large, of the finest 

 shape and good substance. 



Marie Lefebvre. — Flower from six to seven 

 inches in diameter, color delicate blush white, 

 with a broad purplish lilac, longitudinal band 

 in the center of each petal, colors well defined, 

 very fragrant. 



Thomas Moore. — Deep rich violet, tinted 

 puce, a very large flower, occasionally nine 

 inches in diameter ; this variety has a curi- 

 ously conspicuous tuft of white stamens, ren- 

 dering it distinct from any other. 



M7-S. James Bateman. — Flowers very 

 handsome, pale lavender in color, freely pro- 

 duced, very lovely. 



Alexandra. — Large flower, color reddish 

 violet, continuous bloomer. The habit of this 

 variety is most luxuriant, and blooms finely 

 through the summer and till late in the au- 

 tumn. 



Neiv Caladinms.— Prince Albert Ed- 

 ward. — The broad leaf-blades are of a dark 

 emerald green ground, with a very beautiful 

 rich crimson mid-rib, radiating from the cen- 

 ter towards the margin, the intervening leaf- 

 spaces being densely and elegantly spotted 

 with ivory-white. 



Princess of Teck. — A fine golden-leaved 

 Caladium, a robust and free grower, attaining 

 a much larger size than any other yellow leaf 

 variety. The ground color of the leaf is a 

 bright orange yellow, which towards the veins 

 is sufi'used with rich deep red. 



Napoleon III — Brilliant flamed crimson 

 center, with forked rays, and carmine red 

 spots on a rich green ground, very beautiful. 



Princess Alexandra. — The leaf color is a 

 pure rosy salmon, through the center of which 

 a conspicuous green rib passes longitudinally, 

 richly bordered with magenta crimson ; and 

 from the principal vein, secondary green wavy 

 veins ramify over the intermediate colored 

 spaces towards each side margin. The leaf 

 margin is bounded throughout by a green belt. 



Alba Violacea. — Large green leaf, in the 

 style of Esculent um, edged with white, fine 

 for bedding out. 



New Coleus.— Crown of Jewels — Ground 

 color dark claret, mottled with crimson, tipped 

 with golden yellow, beautiful. 



Verschaffeltii Major. — Red claret ground, 

 green half leaf, a very beautiful dark variety. 



Verschaffeltii Splende?is. — Ground color a 

 pure self-flamed crimson, forming a beautiful 

 brilliant contrast. 



Zatizibar. — Ground color canary yellow, 

 dark crimson blotch and rich crimson, beauti- 

 ful. 



Neiv Canna. — Tricolor. — A great addi- 

 tion to this beautiful class of plants, and is 

 very distinct from all the other varieties. It 

 attains a hight of about four feet ; the leaves 

 are beautifully variegated with ligh| green, 

 creamy white and pink ; the flowers are of a 

 deep crimson color. Planted in the open 

 ground, as a test, last summer, it retained all 

 its markings in fine style ; is considered a 

 great acquisition for either the out-door or the 

 conservatory. 



