NOTES ON NEW OB RARE PLANTS. 53 



species from Mexico. Sir W. J. Hooker states, " If we consider his 

 two plants as distinct, we must make a third, for our cultivated plant 

 is very distinct from Z. Mexico, as it is from the Z. Californica." Tiie 

 leaves of the plant now figured in the Botanical Magazine are much 

 broader than any others we have seen ; they are quite oval. It is a 

 handsome pot plant when carefully trained, blooming freely, and its 

 flowers, having deep red calyx and petals, are very sliowy. It is a 

 good bedding plant for the flower garden ; grown in a sandy-loam, and 

 having the shoots stopped early in the season it throws out a number 

 of lateral ones, which renders the plants bushy, and a proportionate 

 profusion of flowers are borne. It is easy of increase, and ought to 

 be in every greenhouse and flower garden. 



The following descriptions of Rose Tulips are from the notes taken 

 of each by Mr. Wood during the last blooming season, and which we 

 extract from the Midland Florist : — 



Gibbons' Catherine, which we saw on several beds, still holds its 

 place in our estimation. It is full enough of colour, but then it is so 

 rich, and the base like ivory. It is also a bold flower, rising well to 

 the third or fourth row. 



Haywood's Magnificent, with us, was nothing like wliat the 

 flower is represented to be in Beclis Florist. Ours, on opening, was 

 " as yellow as a Primrose," and as for character there was none, except 

 a bad one; we therefore conclude that it is an inferior break. We also 

 saw it in similar style at Hinckley. 



Lawrence's Duchess of Clarence is a flower that we think 

 likely to suit northern growers. It is pure, of good colour, and beau- 

 tifully marked, and though not without fault, yet we would advise our 

 friends to inquire about it. 



Arlette, with us, was flamed this season, and in that style very 

 pretty. It certainly does not get on as it ought to do, evidencing a 

 rather delicate constitution. 



Belvoir Rose. — Originally from the gardens of Belvoir Castle, 

 Leicestershire. Marks in the style of Unique, but the base is pure. 

 There are several spurious sorts in circulation. We do not consider 

 the form good, yet it is equal to many in tlie same class. 



Kate Connor (Slater), a very good rose breeder, has become 

 rectified in fine feathered style this season. The cup of this flower is 

 much better than many others in the class, and the purity and beauty 

 of the marking is unrivalled. 



In byblomens, we bloomed a Scotch flower, called Reid's Prince 

 Albert. It was from a very small bulb, and was pretty, the feather- 

 ing delicate and the cup pure ; but we fear it will prove too long. 



SArpniRE.— A very fine flamed byblomen, getting up to the third, and, 

 from a strong bulb, to the fourth row. Two bulbs only have flowered 

 in this neighbourhood, but in both instances they were first-rate. 



Violet Alexander (Barr's strain). — A splendid featliered byblo- 

 men, and when right a match for most out. It is widely different from 

 tiie flower known here as Violet Alexander, which is a flame, and similar 

 to the sort grown as Amyntus and La Bien Amie. 



