334 THE MAGAZINE OF HORTICULTURE, 



New Achimenes. — Many new and beautiful Achinnenes 

 have been raised by the Belgian cultivators, some of which 

 surpass anything we already have. Several of these we have 

 added to our collection, and they will be in flower the present 

 month ; we name a few of them. 



A. gigantea, with leaves three times as large as A. picta, 

 and with peduncles supporting fifteen to twenty-four flowers, 

 twice as large as picta, forming specimens of more than six 

 hmidred flowers, which continue in bloom five months. Such 

 is the description in the Belgian Catalogues. 



Also, A. Decaisnes/a/iff, A. pulchella, A. Camille Brozzoni, 

 A. corymbosa, A. fimbriata purpurea. 



New Fuchsias. — The English cultivators carry off the 

 palm in the production of new varieties of this beautiful 

 plant, and they have at last been successful in obtaining an 

 entirely new class of flowers, by reversing the colors of the 

 sepals and petals ; the corollas being white, and the sepals 

 crimson and other deep colors; they have also raised them 

 with striped and with double corollas. The following are 

 the descriptions of some of the new sorts otfered for sale the 

 present year : — 



Snowdrop, (Story's,) fine double white corolla. 



Queen Victoria, (Story's,) scarlet, with white corolla. 



Prince Albert, (Banks',) fine violet corolla. 



Perrigino, (Story's,) fine striped corolla. 



Empress Eugcjiia, (Story's,) rosy crimson, white corolla. 



Paniincidijlora, (Story's,) fine double white corolla. 



Lady of the Lake, (Story's,) blush white corolla. 



Water Nymph, (Story's,) globe flowered, fine white corolla. 



Rafaelle, (Story's,) beautiful variegated corolla. 



Mrs Story, (Story's,) fine white corolla. 



Some of these we hope to see in bloom the coming month. 



Trop.e^olum var. Scheuermanii and Caroline Smith are 

 two new and handsome summer flowering kinds, the former 

 wnth buflf and maroon flowers, and the habit of T. Lobb^o- 

 num,, and the latter with small crimson scarlet flowers. They 

 form valuable additions to our limited number of fine climb- 

 ing plants. 



