

a ray of broad 



bluntish florets. In its present state it was 



hardly effective 



enough for bedding purposes, for which its habit 1 



liowever seemed 



vv-ell adapted. 

 Caladiams:— fromMr. Bull: Schcelleri with 



unequal cordate 



leaves, narrowed and elongated to a point, and 



marked with a 



greenish white midrib, from which a pair of similarly coloured 

 main veins branch out laterally ; cupream, a dull bronzy sort ; 

 find Baraquinii, one of the fine red-stained forms. 



Begonia :_from Capt. R. Teevor Clarke, F.R.H.S. This 

 was a hybrid stated to have been raised many years ago between 

 Begonkt cinnaharina, and a clear rose-coloured fragrant sort 

 nearly allied to it ; both of which were imported in the same 

 consignment, and introduced by Capt. Clarke about 1840. The 

 introduction of JB. cinnaharina, Capt. Clarke stated, was 

 attributed by some strange mistake in the ' Botanical Register ' to 

 Mr. Bridges (by seed), but the plant figured was one of his own, 

 which had been given to Mr. Henderson of Pineapple Place. 

 With the Begoma Capt. Clarke sent "a female truss of bloom 



of Eichardin, 



t growing in the open 



heat;" besides a bouquet of Mule Pinks 



Heddewigii, crossed by Sweet William. The Begonia was 

 brighter in colour than its parent, and was thounht to be a 

 highly promising hybrid, of which it was requested that a 

 growing plant might be shown hereafter. 



Scrophularia nodosa variegrata: — from Mr. G. Cooper, 

 gardener to His Grace the Archbishop of Armagh at the Palace, 

 Armagh. This had the ovate-oblong obtuse leaves broadly edged 

 with white, forming a distinct and effective variegation. Mr. 

 Cooper stated that it was a hardy plant of easy cultivation, very 

 useful for edgings to beds of scarlet geraniums, and as lines in 

 ribbon borders. "I have used it," he wrote, "for the above- 

 named purposes for the last three years, and find it to be the 

 most effective plant with which I am acquainted. Its leaves 

 match those of the geranium for size, and set off the scarlet 

 flowers so well that the effect is pleasing in the extreme, 

 particularly with such varieties as Cottage Maid, and others with 

 dark horse-shoe foliage. It looks well in all weathers, and neither 



satisfactorily proved in the years 1859 and 1860. It holds on 

 its good appearance far into the winter, looking well from the 



