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house, or a plant-stove. It grows about a foot high, and we have seen 

 it almost covered with heads of its lovely flowers. It appears to he 

 very easy of culture, somewhat in the way of a Ruellia, and very likely 

 to bloom through the spring and summer months. 



ARTICLE II. 



FLORICULTURAL GLEANINGS.— No. 15. 

 ADDITIONAL POLYANTHUS DESCRIPTIONS, 



BY MB. WILLIAM HARRISON, SECRETARY TO THE FELTON FLORISTS' SOCIETY. 



Craiggy's Timandra, alias Craiggt's Highland Mary. 

 Craiggy's Timandra, or Highland Mary, is a magnificent variety of 

 this lovely tribe of spring visitors, and is a desirable addition to the 

 most select collection. The tube is most beautifully elevated above 

 the level of the eye, the eye itself is a fine rich yellow, the ground- 

 colour a beautiful rich darkish crimson, and the lacing perfect upon 

 a truss of ten pips. This truss took the fourth prize at the Felton 

 exhibition, on the 7th of May, the first three being taken by very fine 

 blooms of Pearson's Alexander, Maud's Beauty of England, and 

 Clegg's Lord Crewe. It also won the medal at the Newcastle Horti- 

 cultural Meeting, two years ago, beating Pearson's Alexander and the 

 much-talked-of Nicholson's Bang Europe, and may therefore be fairly 

 considered to have established its character as one of the finest 

 varieties yet known. At Newcastle, this spring also, it carried off 

 the same honour. It is a prolific trusser, my plant having thrown 

 me up no less than four fine trusses, one of which is that commented 

 on above. It is a diamond of the first water, and is rapidly finding 

 its way into various parts of the kingdom, having been sold out, after 

 its success this spring, at 10s. a plant. I cordially recommend it to 

 the attention of the fanciers of the Polyanthus, as a new variety which 

 has been well tested, and which has received " golden opinions from 

 all sorts of people." 



Collier's Prince Regent. 

 This is another pretty and very distinct variety of. the red-ground 

 class. The tube is finely elevated above the eye, which is of a pure 

 stainless yellow, and very circular. The ground is a very bright rich 

 crimson, which renders it quite distinct from all others, and the lacing 

 light and very correct on the whole corolla. It is one of the most 



