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A. LONGiFLORA — flowers large, deep blue, an early and abundant bloom- 

 er, and well adupted for suspending. There is a new variety of this fine 

 kind with larger and finer flowers, but only having grown it one season, I 

 cannot sny much of it in other respects. 



A. LONGIFLORA ALBA — a fine and distinct variety of the preceding, with 

 large white flowers faintly tinged with purple. 



A. Baumanma — large purplish crimson, vigorous and fine. 



A. picTA — a very distinct and handsome species, with variegated leaves; 

 the flowers are yellow, spotted with scarlet, and formed like a gloxinia; it 

 likes a good brisk heat. 



A. PATENS — very neat dwarf habit, flowers purple. 



A. cupREATA — bright scarlet, trailing habit, excellent for baskets. 



A. Ambrose Vkrschaffelt — fine white, with petals blotched and 

 streaked from the centre with violet crimson ; an early and very profuse 

 bloomer; very fine. 



A. FiMBRiATA,(Gloxini8eflora) — large creamy white, finely spotted, a fine 

 bold gloxinia-like flower. 



A. Dr. Hope — white, with rosy lilac centre. 



A. CARMiNATA sPLENDENs — brilliant carmine, fine. 



A. CHiRiTA — fine ultramarine blue, shaded with red, white throat, glox- 

 inia form. 



A. Parsomi — rich brown, or salmon crimson, orange centre, fine form 

 and substance. 



A, Margaretta — a large and excellent white variety. 



A. ROSEA ELEGANS — bright rose, elegantly spotted centre, dwarf bushy 

 habit and great bloomer, much superior to the old "rosea." 



A. Sir Traherne Thomas — beautiful rosy carmine. 



A. picTUKATA — brilliant rose color, with dark spots, very handsome. 



A. PURPUREA MULTiFLORA — purple carmiue, yellow centre, dwarf and 

 free. 



A. Edmund Bossier — white, veined with dark lilac, a fine free blooming 

 variety. 



The following new kinds are said to be very distinct and fine ; few of 

 them, it is believed, have yet been introduced to this country: — 



A. (Tydea) amabilis — dwarf plant, with elegant rose-colored flowers, 

 with streaks and spots of dark rose. 



A.(TyDEA) augyroneura — a very distinct variety, with handsome foliage; 

 the flowers are tubular, the upper part and top lips scarlet, lower lips yel- 

 low, spotted scarlet. 



A. Belmontie — a beautiful hybrid of the longiflora class, with rich, deep, 

 violet-tinted, pluui-colored flowers, very large and fine. 



A. (Tydea) Baron de fret — a very free flowering new Belgian variety. 



A. Uarl Schule — rich crimson, very fine. 



A. Dr. Buenzod — purple-crimson and orange, with red spotted centre, 

 distinct. 



A. Dentonia — a neat, slender-branched kind, with medium-sized dark 



