312 BRIEF REMARKS. 
arrangement must be made both as to height of growth and to give the 
best contrast in colours, more especially with the Crocus and Hyacinth. 
A small bed of blue Crocus might be surrounded with rich yellow. A 
bed of the whites, with blue, &c. Or, if planted in patches, the best 
complimentary colours should be adopted. By a proper selection and 
arrangement, a combination of beauty and striking display may be 
effected. 
Iris pavonta (The Peacock Iris).—Last autumn I bought a bulb 
of this most lovely flowering plant, and its beauty, I think, exceeds all 
I ever saw before in a flower. The three large petals are streaked 
underneath with blue, and above they are of a pure white, with a most 
vivid eye-like spot at the base of each petal; one might almost fancy 
that nature had at first intended to make the petals blue (as in so many 
others of the same tribe), but afterwards changed her plan and reserved 
all the colouring matter to be concentrated, as it were, in one glowing 
spot of small dimensions, but intense brilliancy.— A Country Curate. 
PROPAGATION OF THE CHINESE AND INDIAN AzALEAS,—By cut- 
tings is the best method, it is readily done and the most successful. In 
propagating by cuttings, the slips may be taken off at any time before 
the plant has matured its growth; but if the cuttings are taken just at 
the time when the young shoots are assuming a brown colour, and the 
wood is about three parts ripe, the chances of success are much 
increased ; indeed, with the ordinary management, rendered certain. 
In selecting the cuttings make choice of those of medium growth, and 
cut them about an inch and a-half long ; prepare pots in the usual way 
with plenty of drainage, and a layer of peat and some sand ; insert the 
cuttings, and cover them with a bell-glass. If the cuttings, at the time 
they are put in, are in a growing state, they may be placed at once ina 
gentle, moist heat ; but if the wood be nearly ripe it will be advisable 
to place the pot in a comparatively low temperature until the cuttings 
are callosed over. ‘They will strike in six weeks, and may then be 
potted in small pots. 
Setect Dwarrish Harpy EverGreens,—I beg to recommend 
the following evergreens to a Lady Enquirer :—Cistus ladaniferus— 
white flowers, with a purple centre; about ls. Chinese Privet— 
white; about ls. 6d. Arbutus unedo—white; about ls. 6d. Scarlet 
arbutus—shaded with red ; about 2s. 6d. Rhododendron ponticum— 
purple; about 1s. (bog earth.) Daphne pontica—yellowish; 1s. 
These are the largest on my list. The next in size are: Kalmia latifolia— 
pink crimson; 2s. 6d. (bog.) Daphne collina—lilac; 2s. 6d. Rho- 
dodendron dauricum—bright purple ; 2s. 6d. (bog.) Cistus creticus— 
rose purple; ls.6d. Cistus villosus—fine red ; 2s. Cistus lusitanieus— 
bright purple; 2s.6d. Cistus halamifolius-—yellow ; 2s. 6d. Cistus 
algarensis—yellow ; 2s, Cistus libanotis—white ; 2s. Erica arborea 
—white; 1s. 6d. (bog.) Erica australis—pink purple; 1s. 6d. (bog.) 
Erica Mediterrania—-lilac ; 1s. 6d.(bog.) In the front there might be: 
Kalmia glauca—pink and crimson ; 1s. (bog.) Daphne Neapolitana— 
bright lilac ; 2s. 6d. Rhododendron hirsutum—crimson ; 1s. (bog.) 
Menziesia polifolia—purple; 1s. (bog.) Daphne gnidium—white ; 
2s.6d. Polygala chameebuxus—white and yellow ; 1s. (bog.) Daphne 
