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0. Weismanni. A very beautiful and elegant variety. The 

 leaves are a foot in length, and about three quarters of an inch 

 iu width, and richly mottled with golden yellow on a green ground. 

 Fine for table decoration. 



C Younqi. A fine form, with long spreading leaves, heavily 

 blotched and marked with creamy yellow and deep rose. Under- 

 side deep red. 



Those who require more than the number above, may add 0. 

 majesticum and C. elegantlssima, both of which are very fine and 

 distinct ; but as yet they are scarce. 



SILENE PENDULA COMPACTA. 



ILENE PENDULA has long been known as one of 

 the most showy of annuals flowering early in the 

 spring, and for some years past it has been grown 

 largely for spring bedding. The variety of which a 

 much reduced illustration accompanies these remarks, 



difi"ers from the specific form in being much dwarier, more compact 

 in habit, and far more eSective when in bloom. On suitable soils 

 it blooms so profusely as to form one of the most effective of spring 

 bedders, as the plants present the appearance of dense cushions of 

 the loveliest pink. When the plants are far enough apart to admit 

 of their full development, they attain a diameter of twelve or fifteen 

 inches, and a height of six or eight inches, and become as densely 

 covered with flowers as in the figure. 



It was raised several years since by Mr. "W. Cole, the able chief 

 of the Ealing Park Gardens, and has had a certificate of the first 

 class conferred upon it by the Royal Horticultural Society. Seeds 

 can now be obtained of all the principal seedsmen. 



March. 



