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F.floribunda. — Sepals of bright crimson-red, petals of a violet-red. Produced 

 numerously. 



F. eximium. — Sepals of a crimson red, petals of a similar colour. The flowers 

 are in the form of, but larger, F. globosa major. They are produced in terminal 

 clusters of twenty or upwards in each, displaying a profusion of bloom. - 



F. grandiflora maxima. — Sepals purplish red. Corolla nearly the same colour. 



F. gracilis superba. — The form of the flower is similar to the old kind, but 

 they are much larger and of a finer colour. 



F. — A Seedling of Mr. Standish's was exhibited at Chiswick; the flower near 

 the form and size of F. Standishii. The sepals and petals are of a carmine red. 



F. cordifolia. — The plant is of robust habit, leaves of a deep green, about half 

 size of F. fulgens ; the stems are red. It makes a very compact bush. The 

 flowers are a little more than half the size of F. fulgens. Three parts of the 

 length of the tubular part of the flower is of a reddish buff colour ; the other 

 part, and the divisions of the sepals, green. The petals are green too. The 

 contrast of the stems and leaves, and the reddish buff with the green of the 

 flowers, give the plant a very unique and highly interesting appearance. 



The following ten kinds are a selection of Mr. Smith's, and are decidedly 

 superior to all other hybrid productions we have seen : — 



F. mirabilis (Smith's). Sepals, outside crimson, inside rosy crimson, tipped 

 with green ; recurved. Petals violet-red, very large, and exposed to view. Plant 

 of vigorous habit, and free bloomer. 



F. insignis (Smith's). — Sepals fine carmine, recurved. Petals rosy-violet, very 

 large and visible. A very profuse bloomer. 



F. magnifca (Smith's). — Sepals bright lucid carmine, reflexed. Petals bright 

 rosy-crimson, exposed to view, and profuse bloomer. 



F.grandis (Smith's). — Sepals crimson, havingfive long divisions. Petals rosy, 

 violet, nearly an inch long, very visible. A free bloomer. 



F. invincible (Smith's). — Sepals bright carmine, tipped with green. Petals 

 bright violet-red. A free bloomer. 



F. arborea (Smith's). — Sepals, tubular portion rose, divisions yellow and 

 green, reflexed. Petals bright red. A very profuse bloomer. 



F. Dahtonia (Smith's). — Sepals, tube rosy buff; terminal divisions yellow 

 and green. Petals fine rosy-carmine. A free bloomer. 



F. conspicua (Smith's). Sepals, bright lucid carmine outside, and rosy car- 

 mine inside. Petals fine rosy-crimson. A free bloomer. 



F. carnea (Smith's). Sepals bright rosy carmine, with greenish yellow ter- 

 minal divisions. Petals bright carmine. A most profuse bloomer. 



F. blanda (Smith's). Sepals pale rosy-flesh, tipp'd with green. Petals bright 

 carmine. A profuse bloomer. 



The habit of the above ten kinds is vigorous, growing rapidly and blooming 

 abundantly. They were all the production of kinds impregnated with the fine 

 deep-coloured F. fulgens grandiflora, which circumstance no doubt has given 

 them such superiority in colours. 



F. proslrata (Scholefield's). — The habit of this plant is perfectly prostrate, 

 hanging all round the pot like a Disandra prostrata. It is a free bloomer. 

 Sepals bright pink, reflexed. Petals a very deep violet. It is a very distinct, 

 interesting and handsome variety, well deserving cultivation. 



F. rosea-alba. — Sepals white, tinged with pale rose. Petals of the same 

 colour. A very singularly distinct kind. 



(To be continued.) 



SALvtA patens Hardy. — It may not be generally known among your nu- 

 merous readers that Salvia patens is quite hardy, and may be cultivated with 

 perfect success in the flower-garden with other herbaceous plants. I turned 

 some plants out for experiment last year in the borders here — where we are 

 rather damp than otherwise — with no other preparation than sufficient drainage, 

 and my success is complete, as the severity of last winter proves. The plants 

 are much stronger than those kept indoors, and much improved in habit, the 

 shoots being double the strength of the other, short jointed, and altogether very 

 superior in character to greenhouse culture. 



