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New York, with tufts of this charming little plant sent me by Mr. 

 Evans, of Radnor, Delaware, gathered in New Jersey, and they were 

 as fresh and as full of perfect flowers as if that day removed from their 

 native soil." The leaves are heath-like, about half an inch long. The 

 flowers are one-petalled, having five divisions, white ; each blossom 

 nearly half an inch across, and produced so numerously as to form a 

 carpet of flowers. The blossoms are red before expanding. Plants 

 have been received at the Royal Gardens of Kew ; but they did not 

 survive long. It is a very handsome, low, prostrate plant, and would 

 be valuable for a rock-work, on which a suitable situation, either open 

 or shaded, might be appropriated for it. (Figured in Bot. Mag., 

 4592.) 



The following handsome Flowers are in bloom in the Royal Gardens 



of Kew : — 



Pelargonium Diadematum : Spinii. — It is one of the fancy class, 

 which produces a very striking contrast with the richer coloured flowers. 

 Its blossoms are of a bright rosy-pink, and the bed of it has a charming 

 appearance. 



P. Pink Nosegay. — Foliage green, with dark horse-shoe marking. 

 The flowers are produced in large heads, of a very pretty salmon-pink. 

 It makes a pretty contrast with the scarlets. 



P. Cerise Unique. — Foliage green, dwarf habit. Flowers of a 

 bright cherry colour. A very pretty variety, either in pots or beds. 



P. Le Titien. — Green, with dark horse-shoe marking. The heads 

 of flowers are large, and the blossoms a lively carmine. 



P. King Rufus. — Allied to the Fancy class ; dwarf grower and 

 profuse bloomer ; very good bedding variety. The flowers are large, 

 of a rich raby-scarlet ; very showy. 



P. Ivy-leaved. — Beds, compactly filled, of the white and purple 

 flowered varieties, have a pretty effect. Their deep-green leaves, 

 covering the soil with a green carpet, adorned over head with the pretty 

 flowers, are very interesting. 



P. Diadem atum-rubescens. — Of the Fancy Class of bedding varie- 

 ties. — Plant dwarfish ; profuse bloomer ; flowers large, of a pretty 

 rosy-pink. 



Verbena Seymourii. — There are some beds of this neat variety 

 which have a very pretty appearance. It is an hybrid, of the very 

 cut-leaved section, such as Sulphurea, Pulchella, &c, which are very 

 dwarf. The flowers are borne in profusion; heads of medium size, 

 flowers medium size too. In their early stage are of a bright pink, but 

 become white at a later period, and the heads appear pink, margined 

 with white. The flowers have an Heliotrope fragrance. It is a very 

 desirable variety for a small bed, or for an edging. 



Petunia. Shrubland Rose. — This is a most beautiful variety; 

 grown there in beds it produces a nice effect. The flowers are of a 

 clear bright rose, with a white eye. 



