292 NOTES ON NEW OR RARE PLANTS. 



R. Constmitine, purple, distinctly marked. 

 R. Fastuosumjlore 'pleno, pale lilac. 

 R. Guido, transparent rose, fine form. 

 R. Jachmanii, rosy-puce, very dark spots. 

 R. Murillo, very dark purple, fine form. 

 R. Poussin, dark reddisii-])urple. 

 R. Purpureum (jvandijiorum, very distinct. 



R. Rembrandt^ deep transparent rose, shaded to tiie edge, very 

 superior. 



R. Vandyke, a lively self-coloured rose. 



Messrs. Standish and Noble, Bagshot. 



R. Album elegans, M'hite, with green spots, good form. 

 R. Bkuidyaniim, deep rose, nearly scarlet, tolerable form. 

 R. Cnndidum, fine white, faintly tipped with lilac. 

 R. Ccdaicbiensejiorepleno, a double light purple variety. 

 R. Elegans, rose colour, distinct, and very dwarf. 

 R. Erectum, deep rose, good. 

 R. Maid of Athens, delicate pink, nice form. 

 R. 3Iiss Agnes Loudon, rose, tipped witii salmon, tolerable form. 

 R. Mrs. Loudon, pinkish salmon, nicely spotted, deficiejit in form, 

 but conspicuous. 



R. Pictum, white, with a dark spot, j^retty. 



J?. PulcheUum, dark purple, tipped. 



R. Sabrina, pale pink, delicately marked on the throat. 



Mr. Bakee, Bagshot. 



R. Dclicafum, fine white, with deep spots, very free. 

 R. Gi-andiJiorum nuiculatuni, rose pink, fine spots, large. 

 R. Ignescens, deep rose pink, nearly scarlet. 

 R. Mammoth, rosy-lilac, good form. 



NOTES ON NEW OR RARE PLANTS. 



Acantholimon glumaceum (Syn., Statice Ararati). — A dwarf 

 perennial herbaceous plant, a native of Armenia. It lias been in the 

 gardens about London the last five years, and classed witli the Alpines ; 

 perfectly hardy. The foliage is somewliat like the common Thrift. 

 The flowers are produced in spikes of about two inches long, each 

 blossom nearly half an inch across, a rich rose colour. It is a very 

 pretty ornamental plant wlien grown in masses, or in edging for a 

 border: also on a rockwork. (Figured in Mag. of Botany. ) 



Allium acuminatum. — This handsome-flowering Onion was sent 

 from California by Mr. Ilartweg to tlie Horticultural Societj^, and last 

 spring it bloomed in the greenliouse in tlie Ciuswick garden. Tlie 

 flower-stem rises about a foot high, and the flowers are produced in 



