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mouth about the same across. This species was discovered by Dr. 

 Hooker on the high mountains of Sikkim Himalaya, and has bloomed 

 this season in the Royal Gardens of Kew. (Figured in Dot. Mag., 

 4599.) 



Pelargonium Mountain of Light. — This is another pretty variety 

 of what are commonly termed "Variegated-leaved Geraniums." It is 

 somewhat in the style of Floiver of the Day, but superior to it. The 

 leaves have a leaf-shaped pale green mark in the centre, surrounded 

 with a broad white belt. The surface of the leaf is much, " but very 

 prettily," crumpled or '•' waved." The leaves of the Flower of the 

 Day fall back from the centre to the edge ; but in the present variety 

 they are of better substance, and spread out firmly. The flowers are 

 of a deep scarlet, each blossom about an inch across. It blooms freely. 

 Messrs. Lee, of Hammersmith Nursery, have the entire stock. 



P. Beauty of the Parterre. — The leaves are green, with a lighter 

 centre, surrounded with a horse-shoe of darker colour. It is a profuse 

 bloomer, of dwarf habit. The flowers are of a bright salmon colour. 

 It is a charming variety, either for pots or bedding. 



P. Bridal Bouquet. — The leaves have a leaf-mark of deep green, 

 with a broad white belt. The plant is a free bloomer. The flowers are 

 of a deep crimson-scarlet. It is a beautiful variety. Mr. Henderson, of 

 Wellington Nursery, St. John's Wood, raised this and the two follow- 

 ing varieties : — 



P. Peach Blossom. — The leaves are large, and marked like Flower 

 of the Day. The flowers are of a salmon colour, good form. It is a free 

 bloomer. 



P. Golden Admiration. — Centre of leaves pale green, with a broad 

 belt of a yellowish-cream colour. It is a free bloomer, and the large 

 trusses of bright scarlet flowers stand up well above the foliage. A 

 fine variety. 



Philadelphus satsumi. — This pretty Syringa is a native of Japan, 

 and is a hardy deciduous compact bushy shrub. The flowers are pro- 

 duced in pairs at the ends of the shoots ; they are white, and each about 

 an inch and a-half across. It is an acquisition for the shrubbery, and 

 may be had at the London nurseries. 



Piiysochlaina grandiflora. — Lieut. Strachey collected this plant 

 on the plains of Thibet, at an elevation of fifteen thousand feet above 

 the level of the sea. It is like an Hyoscyamus, a hardy herbaceous 

 perennial, the flower-stalks terminating in a large panicle of flowers. 

 Each blossom, bell-shaped, is an inch long, and nearly as much across 

 the mouth, of a yellow-green colour. (Figured in Dot. Mag., 4600.) 



Salvia gesner/Eflora. — Several of the periodicals have recently 

 contained this fine flowering species. We notice this in order again to 

 record that it is one of the finest autumn and winter ornaments for the 

 greenhouse. The brilliant light scarlet flowers, borne in profusion, in 

 large terminal panicles, are very showy, and render it deserving a place 

 wherever it can be grown. 



