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ness. The Pumila varieties are not desirable in small gardens, 
as they frequently die off early in August, and spoil the general 
effect. 
Hetrorroriums form good beds, and are useful for planting in the 
mixed border for the sake of their fragrance. The best for planting 
out are :—Heloise Delesalle, lavender blue; Jersey Blue, deep blue ; 
Mons. Hamaitre, purple-blue ; and Surpassé Gwascot, lilac. 
AGERATUMS.—The best of these is unquestionably Imperial 
Dwarf, the whole stock of which should be struck in the autumn, as 
the plants bloom earlier than when the cuttings are struck in the 
spring. 
CaLceouartas, although liable to perish at a very critical period 
during the summer, cannot yet be discarded. The two best and 
most reliable are, undoubtedly, Golden Gem and Pillar of Gold, both 
of which have bright yellow flowers. 
ViRBENAS.—The best of my collection, which comprises the 
majority of the new and old kinds worth growing are as follows :-— 
Basilisk, scarlet, compact habit; Crimson King, crimson-scarlet, 
capital habit ; Ganymede, clear scarlet; Géant.des Bataillés, crim- 
son, a fine old variety Le Grand Boule de Neige, the best white ; 
Nemesis, crimson-scarlet ; Pink Queen, best punk; Purple King, 
purple-blue, free and fine. 
NEW POTATOES IN VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA. 
BY JOHN G. WILSON, MELBOURNE, 
HE Horticultural. Society of Victoria have lately been 
importing a number of new potatoes from England and 
America, and the results so far have been most satis- 
factory. These new varieties are first placed on trial in 
the Society’s Gardens (which are under the very able 
superintendence of Mr. G. Neilson), and those which are proved to 
be decided acquisitions are distributed amongst the members of the 
Society. Amongst others which have been already distributed may be 
mentioned American Early Rose, which is very early, a good cropper, 
and of very fair flavour, but not so good as another American variety, 
the name of which was lost, but probably the American Late Rose, 
for it closely resembles the Early Rose. 
Snow-flake is a very fine flavoured potato, very early, but a 
medium cropper. Handworth’s Frame is very good in all respects, 
as also are Golden Gem, Telegraph, Willard, Cottager's Red Kidney, 
Scotch Blue, Trout Kidney, and Swutton’s Berkshire Kidney. The 
best cropper of all the newest kinds is Sutton’s Redskin Flourball, 
a very large and rather coarse potato. It is not quite equal in 
flavour to some of the others, unless grown in light, sandy soil. 
Potatoes here are generally free from disease, and two crops may 
always be obtained in the year under good management. 
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