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These hybrids, besides their novelty, unite almost every other 

 desirable quality; — earliness of bloom, hardiness of habit, brightness 

 and richness of colours, stiff growth, large trusses and size of flowers, 

 and I hope that the successful result of this attempt will encourage 

 others both here and elsewhere to repeat it and to publish the result 

 of their experiments. 



It may be interesting to some of your readers to mention another 

 new hybrid Ixia, the produce of artificial fertilization, raised a year 

 or two since by my neighbour, H. O. Carre, Esq., between the old 

 well-known buff I. longiflora of the borders and I. alba maculata. 

 This remarkable flower retains all the hardy properties, free bloom- 

 ing, branching growth, and peculiar shape of the old longiflora, but 

 the flower is pure white, opening from the extremity of a dark tube, 

 which gives it a very pleasing and novel effect, and will, doubtless, 

 render it hereafter one of the favourites of the tribe to which it 

 belongs : at present I believe it is only in the hands of myself and 

 the raiser of it, to whom I am indebted for a bulb. 



NEW HYBRID IXIAS. 



No. 1. Purpurea campanulata; bright purple ; large flower. 



2. Elegans; tall white, rosy centre ; large flower. 



3. Purpurea maculata ; dark purple, dark centre. 



4. Cuprea capitata ; copper coloured ; very large truss. 



5. Canadensis ; pale lemon coloured. 



6. Capitata bicolor ; pure white, black centre. 



7. Lilacea sarniensis ; tall growth, most abundant bloomer. 



8. Same as No. 2, but dwarf. 



9. Bright orange ; dwarf. 



10. Rosea maculata. 



1 1 . Rosea rubra ; dwarf habit. 



12. Rosea rurida; ditto. 



13. Sanguinea; bright orange with a blood coloured centre. 



14. Maculata suprema ; buff with a large crimson centre and 



crimson tips to each petal ; beautiful. 



