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D. Sinensis flore pleno. — Most brilliant of 

 all the double sorts. Perfectly hardy, a true 

 herbaceous perennial, which may be readily 

 increased in the spring, either by division or 

 from cuttings, the latter, taken off when a few 

 inches high, rooting freely. The color is an 

 intensely bright, dazzling, metallic blue. 



Delphiuiimi forniosus. — Of the new 



single-flowered sorts there is a very effective 

 one — Cambridge, of a pale grey blue, with 

 black center, distinct in character and really 

 attractive. 



New Azaleas — Azalea Jndica, Iv/pera- 

 trice Charlotte (Comte L. de Beauffort). — 

 Exceedingly large flowers, of perfect shape 

 and substance, dark crimson, slightly sal- 

 nioned, with broad red-orange stripes on all 

 the petals, and broadly margined with a pure 

 white band, and a dark red-brown blotch on 

 the upper petals ; one of the very finest and 

 most distinct varieties ever sent out. Intro- 

 duced by Jean Verschaffelt. 



Azalea Indica, Comte Margaria (J. 

 Versch.). — Large semi-double flowers, of a 

 very beautiful rose color, with crispated undu- 

 lated petals, fine foliage, and a very free flow- 

 ering variety. Very fine. 



Azalea Indica, Docteur Binet (J. Versch.). 

 — A beautiful variety, with large double flow- 

 ers, opening very freely, of a distinct salmon- 

 rose color, well marked on the upper petals. 



Azalea Indica, Reine de Portugal (J. 

 Versch.). — This is one of the finest and most 

 recommendable novelties ; the flowers are fine 

 and large, of good form and substance, beau- 

 tifully double, of the purest white, slightly 

 greenish in the center when first opening, now 

 and then a few rose stripes ; fine foliage, and 

 a very free flowerer. Extra. Will be grown 

 extensively when its merits are known. 



JVew Flotvers in London — Roses — 

 Madame Francois Janire, having bright 

 orange buft" flowers, of a distinct hue of color, 

 and very beautiful in the bud. 



Madame la Char me. — New white hybrid 

 perpetual. Flowers large, full and finely de- 

 veloped ; not wholly white, as center of the 

 flower is heavily tinted with pink. A capital 



forcing rose for blooming, and of a vigorous 

 habit of growth. 



Pentstejtwn Palmerii. — Imported into Eng- 

 land and flowered by W. Thompson, of Ips- 

 wich. He writes of it as follows : " ' Pent- 

 stemon Palmerii ' of Asa Gray is a well 

 marked species, allied to P. cobaea and P. 

 Jamesii. It grows 4 feet high or more, devel- 

 oping secondary shoots from the base of the 

 main stem. One does not often see so distinct 

 a species, some of its more striking features 

 being the dilated corolla, the elongated lobes 

 of the lower lip, and the bearded sterile fila- 

 'ment. The foliage, moreover, is bold in char- 

 acter and very glaucous, the stem leaves, 

 especially those of the main stem, being strik- 

 ingly connate." 



The Florist also says of it : " The flowers 

 are rather more than an inch long, the tube 

 remarkably inflated above, and contracted just 

 at the base, where it is set into the short, in- 

 conspicuous calyx. The color is a pale rosy 

 lilac, with a purple stripe running down each 

 of the lobes of the remarkably elongated and 

 deflexed lower lip, while the upper lip is pro- 

 jected forwards and merely revolute at the 

 edge. This novelty is very ornamental in 

 character, as well as perfectly distinct, and 

 will be welcomed in every garden where hardy 

 perennials are cared for. It comes from the 

 Sierra Nevada in California, at an elevation of 

 5000 to 6000 feet." 



Adiantum gracillimum. — " One of the 

 most elegant ferns in existence. Introduced 

 in England by B. S. Williams. Its fronds 

 are about a foot in length, and some 8 inches 

 to 9 inches across the widest part. They are 

 very distinctly five times pinnate. The tex- 

 ture of the frond is very thin and fragile, and 

 its color is a very pale yellowish-tinted olive- 

 green. The multiplicity of minute pinnules, 

 and the almost invisible ramifications of the 

 roots give the plant a peculiarly charming 

 appearance. — The Florist. 



Clematis Lucie Lemoine. — A charming 

 pure white double-flowered variety, belonging 

 to the C. fortunei section, and well adapted 

 for conservatory work. Introduced by Messrs. 

 Veitch & Sons. 



