EEPOETS OF THE FLORAL 



other varieties, and near the spot where these plants were grow- 

 ing, sprung up the plant of which that I send is the offspring. 

 It appears to be a biennial, the present plant having been raised 

 about a year ago. Early in the season the plants grew rapidly, 

 but from the uuprecedentedly cold summer they have opened but 

 few of their flowers, which are most abundantly formed on the 

 upright stalks, as many as thirty of which are to be found on one 

 plant." The whole plant was very hairy. From a spreading 

 tuft of radical, oblong spathulate, coarsely-crenated, primrose-lik& 

 leaves, sprang numerous stems, which were perfectly erect, 

 and erectly branched, rising in succession, and reaching 2 feet or 

 more in height ; these were fastigiately branched from the axils 

 of the stem leaves, which latter in the upper part become oblong ; 

 the branches appear to produce a terminal flower and then to 

 branch again, the whole forming a narrow erect compound in- 

 florescence. The flowers are about the size and shape of those 

 of the chimney campanula, but of a deep blue purple, and pro- 

 bably have a very good effect in the borders of a flower garden. 



(Enothera ripario-glauca :— from Mr. Young, Taunton. These 

 were small cut specimens of what appeared to be a very hand- 

 some decorative plant, but of which, the habit was not shown. 

 The leaves were lance-shaped, almost entire, and the flowers were 

 nearly or quite two inches in diameter, and of a rich deep yellow. 

 They were much admired, and it was desired that the entire 

 plant should be shown, in order that its habit might be ascer- 

 tained. Mr. YouNO stated that " it was raised a few years since 

 by crossing (E. riparia with (E. glauca," and that " it is well 

 calculated for bedding purposes, continuing a very long time in 

 bloom, and being of very easy cultivation." [Specimens subse- 

 quently forwarded, showed this to be a much-branched plant, of 

 moderate height, which by pegging down might be made available 

 for bedding out in the flower-garden. It appeared to be a free- 

 blooming hybrid, and was very showy — T. M.] 



Tydaeas :— from Mr. Smythe, gardener to Lord Sondes, Elm- 

 ham Hill, Thetford: Smythii, and llmhamensis, two pretty 

 varieties, described as having been raised between T. Eeckhautei 

 and Locheria magnifica, and to be varieties of free blooming 

 habit. The flowers were of medium size, with shaggy orange- 

 scarlet tubes, and a whitish limb marked with lines and. spots of 



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