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MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Pompone feu ■ • 



Ponctue nouvelle • 



Puurpre de Laffay . 

 Precoma ... 



Princesse Adelaide . 



Princess Royal . 



Prolific • • • 



llenoncule ponrpre . 

 Rouge Fonce 



Rosinella . ■ 



Rouge du Luxembourg 

 Sage-leaved . 



Sanguine . • 



Single (Rivers') 



Lilac . • 



Splendens • • 



Spotted, or ponctue . 



Striped, or panache . 



Unique de Provence . 

 Velour pourpre 



Vimorin . . • 



White Bath . 



. French . . 



small deep purplish crimson. 



bright pink, spotted. 



purplish crimson. 



fine deep rose. 



delicate rose, flowering in large clustei'3 



splendid, 

 dark purplish crimson, 

 fine rose, large, 

 maroon purple, 

 deep red. 

 purplish crimson, 

 deep crimson, 

 bright rose colour, 

 superb dark crimson, 

 bright single crimson, 

 distinct, curious, 

 fine pink, large, 

 carmine, spotted, 

 pale flesh colour, 

 large, pure white, fine, 

 light crimson, very double, 

 large, deep pink, 

 fine white, sometimes striped, 

 very fine flesh colour, nearly white. 



On Budding Rhododendrons. — In order to insure success, August or Sep- 

 tember is the best time for budding or grafting Rhododendrons in the open air. 

 This plant, being thin-rinded, does best by side-grafting, and buds of it had also 

 better be inserted after the manner of side-grafting, with a portion of the soft 

 wood retained behind the bud. (See Article in a recent Number.) 



Lachenaltas. — The very beautiful Lachenalias are plants that well deserve 

 to be grown in the greenhouse; their varied colours, lovely pendant flowers, 

 render them peculiarly interesting. To induce their more general culture, I 

 give the mode of treatment I have most successfully practised. The bulbs which 

 are not large should be potted in September, three in a pot. The soil should be 

 a mixture of peat and sand, about three parts of the former to one of the latter, 

 with a small quantity of leaf-mould. Select good sound btdbs for flowering, and 

 pot the small offsets by themselves. The pots should be well drained, and after 

 the bulbs are planted remove them to a frame where they will have light, and 

 not be exposed to the cold autumn rains. Keep them in this situation until 

 November, or when the nights become quite frosty, giving just sufficient water 

 to keep the earth moist. At that time they may be removed to the parlour or 

 greenhouse, placing them in a light situation, and watering them cautiously 

 \intil they begin to grow. In February the flower-stems will appear, when more 

 water should be given, though with care; the flower-stems will now shoot up, 

 and in the course of a few weeks will be beautifully in bloom, remaining so for 

 two or three weeks, or much longer, if they are kept in a partially shaded place. 

 In May, when the foliage begins to turn yellow, the pots may be removed to the 

 open air for a few weeks, when the bulbs should be taken out of the pots and laid 

 away in a dry, cool place, until wanted for planting again in the autumn. 



LONDON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



October 7. — At this meeting several articles well worthy of attention were pro- 

 duced. Messrs. Henderson, of Pineapple-place, sent a collection of plants re- 

 markable for the beauty of their foliage; among them was a plant named 

 Ruellia maculata, whose leaves are finely overlaid with silvery markings equal 

 in beauty to that of the foliage of some tropical Orchids. The plant is quite 



