226 Floricultural and Botanical JN'otices 



fuchsias, some of which, from the descriptions, are exceedingly 

 splendid. In order that our florists may see to what extent 

 the cultivation of this plant has reached, we add the names 

 and description of four of the best: — 



Fuchsia tricolor. — Beautiful blush white, with sepals tipped 

 with green. A free grower and bloomer. 



Fuchsia conspicua arborea. — Flowers of a delicate carna- 

 tion or flesh color; sepals beautifully tipped with a distinct 

 green, having, when fully out, an expanded bright scarlet co- 

 rolla; ))istil and stamens rather n)ore rosy than the sepals; plant 

 vigorous and erect in its growth, with a bold and ample foliage. 



Fuchsia Venus Victrix. — Flowers white; sepals delicately 

 tipped with green, with a superb bright purple corolla; the 

 stamens are of a delicate rose, and the pistil white. Of ex- 

 cellent habit, with small neat foliage. 



Fuchsia Jlfonypennii. — Flowers as large again as those of 

 F. Standishii, in racemes, in vast profusion, of a most beauti- 

 ful rosy carmine; habit strong and good. 



Besides these, which are the most rare, several cultivators 

 offer from six to thirty new and selected kinds in their cata- 

 logues. The fuchsias are becoming very })opular plants for 

 turning out into the ground in summer, where they have a 

 splendid effect when planted in circles or masses. 



JVeio Verbenas. — Some very beautiful seedling verbenas 

 have been lately raised by the English florists. Among many 

 that are advertised, we notice a white one, which is different 

 from any thing in our gardens, and must be a most desirable 

 acquisition. It is called "The Queen." It has the habit of 

 the old Tweediedna, blooming equally vigorous and profuse, 

 and the flowers are of a pure white, and sweet scented. The 

 old white, or feucroides, is too coarse in its habit, and the 

 flowers too dingy a color, to render it a valuable variety for 

 planting out with the other sorts. 



Achimenes longijibra, a new and extremely splendid spe- 

 cies, is figured in a late number of the Botanical Register, 

 and we shall refer to the description as soon as the work 

 comes to hand. It is said to be one of the finest acquisitions 

 which has been made for many years. 



Epiphylliira Russellvdnum. — This epiphyllum is one of the 

 most beautiful of the tribe. The flowers are about two inches 

 long, very regular in their formation, and of a fine deep rose 

 color, pendant from the neat stems of the plant. Grafted in 



