4 NOTES ON SOME OF THE NEW DAHLIAS. 



may be Iiad tiirou^hout winter ; but it must not be expected in a cold 

 damp greenhouse ; a warm, liglit, dry one is essential to success. The 

 noble and brilliant S. gesneritlora begins to bloom in February, and 

 continues for a long period. This is tlie finest of the tribe, and ought 

 to be in every greenhouse and conservatory. 



TaBERN.^MONTANA LONOIFLORA. — (LONG-FIiOWERED.) 



A native of Sierra Leone, and has bloomed in the stove at Messrs. 

 Lucombe, Pince, and Co.'s nursery. It is an erect branching shrub. 

 The flowers are borne in threes on erect peduncles. The tube of each 

 blossom is nearly four inches long, of a yellowish-cream colour. The 

 limb (top of the flower) is five-parted, tliree inches across, white. It 

 is a neat plant and a fine flower, deserving a place in the stove. 



AYailesia picta. — (Painted-flowered.) 



A stove orcliide^, a native of JMalacca. The peduncle of flowers is 

 about a foot long, the stem of whicli is of a purple hue. Each flower 

 is about an incli and a half across. Sepals and petals spreading, narrow ; 

 the inside is yellow, spotted with brown, and the outside brown with a 

 yellow edging, and spotted with black. The labellum is yellow at the 

 base, and the lip wiiite, tinged with rose. A very interesting pretty 

 species. It is named in honour of George Wailes, Esq., of Newcastle- 

 on-Tyne. 



NOTES ON SOME OF THE NEW DAHLIAS FOR 1850. 



Maonificent (Keynes). — Distinct rosy-amethyst; general form 

 excellent, the centre well up, large size, apparently quite constant, and 

 shown well at all the principal exhibitions. 



Silt F. Batkurst (Keynes) — Crimson, fine petal, very symmetrical 

 in arrangement and true outline, of great depth, but rather flat in 

 centre. 



George Glenny (B.vrnes). — Bright yellow. .Judging as far as 

 we are able from a bloom shown at Birmingham, this is the best yellow 

 Dahlia yet raised ; it is of very large size, without being in the least 

 coarse ; fine symmetrical form and perfect outline. It is worth grow- 

 ing, were it only for the sake of one bloom, such a one as we saw. 



Gem of the Grove (Soden). — Very dark rich maroon, medium 

 size, fine. centre ; a constant and useful-looking flower. 



Snowflake (Keynes) — Milky-white, good centre, not always 

 regular in arrangement, and the outline somewhat rosette ; nevertheless 

 it appears to be the most useful flower in its class yet produced. 



Queen of Primroses (Keynes). — Delicate and pretty colour, 

 close and compact form, low eye ; useful. 



Queen of Lil.\cs (Turner). — Above the average size, good centre, 

 thin and coarse-looking as we saw it, but probably requires less stimu- 

 latino- growth ; useful. 



Lilac Gem. — Shown at Birmingham, but who was the rai.ser we 

 did not learn ; in colour near to Fearless, and in its general form 

 inferior. 



