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The Hoi'ticultunsi and Jommal 



Cocos Wedde/ liana, though not a new 

 plant, yet it is well worthy of an illustration, 

 being, perhaps, the most elegant of all the 

 smaller palms, of which so many charming 

 species are now to be found in cultivation. 

 Its slender, erect stem is not of rapid growth, 

 but is freely furnished with its graceful arch- 

 ing leaves, made up of innumerable long, 

 narrow pinnae or segments of a rich green 

 color. 



Ziilimn Hunibolfltii. — The illustration 

 figured on adjoining page is of the splendid 

 new species lately discovered in Humboldt 

 Co., California, which is attracting so much 

 attention in England and America. It is 

 quite hardy, produces large, yellow golden 

 flowers, which are spotted with purple. It is 

 highly appreciated in England, and received 

 last year a first class certificate from the floral 

 committee of the Royal Horticultural Society. 



Neiv Zonale Geranium, Orb of Day. — 



A superior variety of scarlet geraniums. The 

 habit is dwarf and compact, and the foliage a 

 peculiar shade of glossy green. The trusses 

 of flowers are described as really enormous, 

 measuring 18 to 20 inches in circumference, 

 each flower nearly 2 inches in diameter, form- 

 ing a perfect circle and of a deep, rich glow- 

 ing scarlet. Messrs. Hovey & Co., who first 

 oftered it last year, state that after full trial, it 

 can be recommended as among the very best 

 of scarlet for bedding. "As a winter bloomer 

 in our collection of over 200 varieties, includ- 

 ing all the best kinds, this still stands un- 

 equalled in its free blooming quality, size of 

 trusses, fine color, and perfection of flower." 



Netv Rose, Peach JBlosaom. — This is 

 a new hybrid perpetual variety recently illus- 

 trated in the Florist, of London. It is de- 

 scribed as a large, full, and exquisitely shaped 

 flower, the tint being that of a delicate peach 

 blossom, a color impossible hitherto to obtain 

 among hybrid perpetuals. The growth of the 

 plant is vigorous, and the constitution hardy. 

 On account of its color, hardiness, and free- 



dom of growth and flowering, it promises to 

 be of undoubted value as a decorative rose for 

 the garden. It was raised by William Paul, 

 of London, is a genuine seedling, and the best 

 out of several thousands of seedlings ; has 

 been three years under trial, and has thus far 

 proved constant in character and color. 



Sweet Violet — The White Czar is found 

 by English gardeners a welcome addition on 

 account of its color. Is of vigorous growth, 

 and equally as large flowers as the well known 

 blue-flowered type. 



Spirfva Japonica aurea variegiita. — 



A beautiful form of the fine, green-leaved 

 species, and greatly admired for its decorative 

 efi'ect. This plant is a hardy herbaceous 

 perennial, with glossy, red-tinted stems, and 

 triply thrce-lobed dark green leaves, richly 

 traced throughout with gold colored veins. 

 The flowers are produced in large, erect, 

 densely-flowered, snow-white, plume-like ra- 

 cemes, thus forming an exceedingly graceful 

 decorative table plant. 



Neiv Double Chinese Wistaria. — A 



new variety of the old familiar Wistaria has 

 been introduced into America, similar in habit 

 in all respects, except that its flowers are 

 perfectly double, which gives the cluster a 

 more compact appearance and presents a mass 

 of bloom. It is one of the new acquisitions 

 from Japan. 



New Button-hole Hose. — The beautiful 

 tea-scented rose, Madame Fra^icois Janiin, 

 which was certificated when exhibited at the 

 second March meeting at South Kensington 

 by Mr. H. Bennett, bids fair, according to 

 the Gardener's Magazine, to become one of 

 the most valuable of button-hole roses. Th.e 

 flowers, as shown by the example exhibited, 

 are freely produced, and when in bud are of a 

 rich shade or coppery orange. The buds are 

 remarkably sweet, and of the most suitable 

 size for making up into neat button-hole or 

 ordinary bouquets. It certainly well deserved 

 the award conferred upon it, and is likely to 

 become very popular for the purpose here 

 indicated. 



