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which were yellow, others black, purple, blue, lilac, «&;c. He sent 

 several kinds to tlie garden of the Society at Chiswick, and the present 

 one (figured in Paxton's Flotoer Gardeii) is one of those he intro- 

 duced, and which has bloomed there. Each flower is about eight or 

 nine inches across, double, as the well-known Garden Pseony, and 

 when full blown are of a pale salmon colour, the inner petals have a 

 deeper salmon tint than the outer ones. It is a valuable acquisition, 

 and perfectly hardy. It is said the Chinese reckon their varieties of 

 Moutaus by hundreds, as we do with Roses and other flowers in this 

 country. Dr. Siebold obtained from the Imperial Gardens of Jeddo 

 and Mijako all tlie finest sorts known in Japan, and cultivates them in 

 his iiursery at Leyden. The following are in his enumerated list : — 



Alexandre Verschaffelt. Petals purple-red, variegated, dotted 



with white and lilac. Disk (centre) deep purple. 

 Comte de Flanders. Flowers semi-double. Petals carmine 



streaked with purple. Disk crimson. 

 Due de Brabant. Petals pink, tinted -with lilac. Disk white. 

 Due de Devonshire. Petals carmine red. Disk dark purple. 

 Duchesse d'Orleans. Petals white, with a straw-coloured tint, the 



outer streaked with green. Disk white. 

 De Vriese. Petals dark rose, streaked with purple. 

 Flora. Petals white, with a straAv-coloured tinge, and a pale lilac 



spot at the base. Disk whitish-green. 

 Helena. Petals pink (clear rose before expansion). Disk purple. 

 Ida. Petals pale rose (streaked with straw colour, and tinged 



with green before expansion). Disk pink. 

 Madame de Cock. Petals white (before expansion greenish-straw 



colour) dotted with dark lilac at their base. Disk yellow. 

 Nymphaea. Petals pure white. Disk Avhite. 

 Prince Albert. Petals dark brown red, the outer ones varieo^ted 



with white and green. Disk purple. 

 Princess Charlotte . Petals pale rose M'ith darker streaks. Disk 



white. 

 Reine Victoria. Petals white. Disk dark purple. 

 Reine des Beiges. Petals white, greenish on the outside, with a 



pale rose-coloured spot at the base. Disk white. 

 Reinewardt. Petals dai-k rose, streaked with purple and carmine. 



Disk dark purple. 

 Roi des Beiges. Petals dark crimson, with a purple tinge. Disk 



carmine. 

 Von Hulthem. Petals purple-red. Disk purple. 

 Von Siebold. Flowers semi-double. Petals carmine-red streaked 



with purple. Disk deep purple. 

 The wild Tree Paeony. On this are worked the varieties obtained 

 by cultivation. Flowers bright scarlet with a black spot at 

 the base of each petal. Fragrant. 



Pelargonium zonale, var. Salmonii.— This is one of the horse- 

 .slioe leaved, of medium liabit, and the flowers are of rich salmon 

 colour, very beautiful, and grown in contrast witli the scarfets, lilacs, &c., 



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