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salmonea : this proves to be a good double kind, resembling 

 the flesh-colored variety of P. officinalis; the outer petals, 

 when fully expanded, are a pale salmon color; the inner 

 somewhat darker ; it is reported to be a good and distinct 

 variety. P. M. liiacina, the variety stated by Mr. Fortune 

 to be blue, has, unfortunately, turned out to be only a deeper 

 lilac than P. M. Banks/<E, which its flowers and foliage other- 

 wise resemble, except that the former are perhaps more dou- 

 ble ; it is, however, a desirable variety. The other plants 

 which have blossomed, have not proved distinct from the old 

 Pf M. Banksiffl. 



Beautiful varieties of P/ilox DrninmoJidii. — Two new va- 

 rieties of this fine anrmal have been introduced this year, 

 named P. var. Lieopoldii and oculata ; the latter, one of the 

 most exquisite things we have recently seen : the flowers are 

 pure white, with a very distinct and brilliant violet eye; 

 grouped with the scarlet, maroon, purple, violet, lilac, rose, 

 pink, and other colored varieties, which this fine annual 

 sports into, it forms a most striking object. The other, P. var. 

 Leopoldii has rich rosy violet flowers, with a white eye • 

 and, though not so distinct as oculata, it is a showy variety. 

 By hybridization and judicious selection of seeds, no doubt 

 we shall soon have striped and mottled flowers as we already 

 have of the perennial sorts, now so generally cultivated and 

 every where admired. 



Twenty-five kinds of achimenes have been sent to the Lon- 

 don Horticultural Society by Mr. Skinner, all of which are 

 reported to be new — one is said to have flowers as large as 

 A. longiflora, and of a fine rose color. They will prove great 

 acquisitions to this superb family of summer flowering plants, 

 so valuable for the decoration of the greenhouse at that 

 season. 



Two new and splendid species of Fuchsia have been intro- 

 duced from South America. One is the F. spectabilis Hook 

 which is stated to be " upon the whole the handsomest species 

 yet known." The flowers are a deep crimson ; the petals j^a^ 

 and bright rich red, the sHgma very large and pnre white, 

 the effect of which is to render its own fairness fairer, and 

 the richness of its rosy bed richer. The leaves are broad, 

 oblong, very firm, and a dark velvety green, although they 



