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very best Rose we possess for edgings for Rose-beds, or the Rosary in 

 general, being perpetually in bloom, and a free, though tiny grower. 



Jenny (miniature China). — Brilliant crimson, and, like the pre- 

 ceding continually in flower, A very pretty and desirable miniature Rose. 



This dwarf and very free blooming class of Roses are now designated 

 The Fancies or Pompon Roses, and are charming varieties for bedding, 

 in small beds, in the flower-garden. The kinds have been selected by 

 Mr. John Saul, of the Durdliam Down Nursery, near Bristol, and 

 inserted in the Magazine of Botany, 



Odontoglossom Cervantesii. — A greenhouse Orchid, from Mr. 

 Loddiges' collection. Its natural locality is the mountains west of 

 Mexico. Sepals and petals rosy-pink, the bottom portion of each 

 having numerous short brownish crimson bars upon a yellowish ground. 

 The lip is large, of a pale flesh-colour. Each flower is near three 

 inches across. The stems rise about nine inches high, and each head 

 (scape) has three or four flowers. They are very handsome. 



Petunia meleagres. — A hybrid from Belgium, raised by Mr. Van 

 Houtte, having a light ground, beautifully chequered with blue and 

 purple. 



M. M. Leon Lille, nurseryman of Lyon, has raised a number of 

 very beautiful hybrid stocks. Among them are the following: — 

 1. Pale yellow, shaded with lilac ; 2. Pale yellow, shaded with violet ; 

 3. Golden yellow, shaded with maroon ; 4. Pure golden yellow ; 

 creamy-yellow ; 5, Deep maroon and purple shade ; 6. Light ground, 

 shaded with deep violet ; 7. Light ground, shaded with maroon ; 

 8. Light ground, shaded with rose and lilac. Seeds will be oflfered to 

 the public the ensuing autumn by M. M. Leon Lille. 



Rhododendron jasminiflorum. — The Jessamine-flowered. Mr. 

 Lobb discovered this very beautiful species at Mount Ophir, Malacca, 

 who sent it to Messrs. Veitch. It is a smallish shrub, the largest of 

 Messrs. Veitch's being half a yard high. A plant in bloom was shown 

 in May last at the Exhibition in the Cliiswick Gardens. The flowers 

 are produced in terminal umbels of twenty or more in each head. A 

 separate blossom is salver shaped. The tube is two inches long. Tlie 

 five-parted spreading limb is nearly an inch across, white with the tube 

 slightly tinged with rose. The inside of the tube at its upper part 

 exhibits a small red or yellow eye with the anthers. It is a charming 

 plant, and will be a valuable addition to the greenhouse. (Figured in 

 Bot. Mag., 4524.) 



SiPHocAMPYLUs ScHLiMMiANUs. — A native of New Grenada. The 

 leaves are almost round, an inch and a half across, very neat. The 

 flowers are of a beautiful violet-purple colour, two and a half inches 

 long. A very beautiful species, 



S. L.«:viGATUS. — The foliage is of a shining green, and the flowers 

 a bright scarlet. Also from New Grenada. 



S. mollis. — A low-growing species, bearing fine orange-red flowers. 

 A native of Venezuela, in South America. 



