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CuPHEA Platycentra. — As a bedding plant this is the best of all 

 the Cupheas. I may also say it is second to none of any kind whatever, 

 although there may be many flowers more showy at a distance ; but 

 upon closer inspection there is none to be found more interesting, as 

 its white-tipped bright crimson tubular blossoms are very handsome. 

 It also stands rough and stormy weather much better than any of our 

 more cherished floM'er-garden favorites, and blooms well towards the 

 latter end of the year. Its propagation and cultivation are very easy. 

 Cuttings put in the first week in March, in a little bottom heat, will 

 strike freely. When struck they should be potted off singly, and kept 

 in a frame until April, when they should be hardened oft', and bedded 

 out the latter end of May, where it will flower beautifully, until it is 

 destroyed by frost. — J. McArdell. 



Descriftive List of Choice Bourbon Roses. — This beautiful and 

 numerous family of Hoses, with shiny foliage and gorgeous flowers of 

 nearly every hue, may be more readily distinguished than perhaps any 

 others. They may be termed hardy Chinas, combining as they do so great 

 a similarity to that family, with the hardihood of the Hybrid Perpetual. 

 Constantly in blossom, from June till November, they enliven the 

 garden with their brilliant tints, perhaps more than any other family ; 

 and much is it to be regretted that they possess so little perfume. The 

 rule for summer pruning perpetuals equally applies to this family. 

 Acidalie, white, large, and double superb, likes a warm situation, forces 

 well. Alfred, rosy red, distinct. Amenaide, pale rose colour, vigorous. 

 Anne Beluze, delicate rose colour, cupped. Armosa, delicate pink, of 

 perfect shape, small, and very pretty. Bouquet de Flore, fine pure 

 carmine, an excellent autumnal bloomer, and good pillar rose. Beaute 

 de Versailles, deep rich crimson, very double and perfect shape, 

 pendent globular. Cornice de Seine et Marne, cherry red, shaded with 

 crimson, superb, beautifully cupped. Comte de Chamborde, crimson 

 purple, free bloomer. Comte de Colbert, deep crimson, shaded with 

 purple. Comtesse de Rosseguier, pale blush, cupped, delicate. Dumont 

 de Courset, deep crimson, purple. Dupetit Thouars, brilliant crimson, 

 shaded fine. Emilie Courtier, rose colour, with thick petals, fine. 

 George Cuvier, brilliant rosy pink, in form like the preceding. Gloire 

 de Paris, crimson and purple, shaded, very fine. Grand Capitaine, 

 rich scarletty crimson, delicate dwarf habit. Henri Lecoq, brilliant 

 carmine. Imperatrice Josephine, pale blush, the habit of Madame 

 Lacharme. Le Grenadier, vivid light scarletty crimson, a good pillar 

 rose, superb. La Gracieuse, rosy pink, beautiful. Leveson Gower, 

 rose colour, very double, large and good for forcing. Madame Oude, 

 delicate rose colour, of fine shape, beautiful. Madame Angelina, 

 cream colour, with petals of great substance ; the nearest approach to 

 a yellow Bourbon. Madame Nerard, or the "Wax Rose, delicate blush, 

 very charming wax-like petals, of rather delicate habit. Madame 

 Souchet, blush, sometimes edged with red, distinct and curious. Margat 

 Jeune, crimson purple, very fine. Marianna, pale rose colour, shaded 

 with crimson, very double and fine. Menoux, vivid light crimson. 

 Oscar^Le Clerc, bright crimson, shaded with purple, superb. Paul 

 Joseph, dark rich crimson purple, of dwarf habit, very distinct, superb. 



