298 Notes arid Gleanings. 



New Flowers. — "The Floral Magazine" for October and Novembei 

 figures the following plants : — 



Double-flowered Perlargonium Prince of Novelties. — This flower is a new 

 result of hybridization, being a double variety in the large-flowered section of 

 the pelargonium ; a result but recently attained in the zonale section. 



The upper and lower petals, of unequal outline, are transformed into a flat, 

 circular ray of equal-sized petals, forming a diameter in each flower of about 

 an inch and three-quarters in width, and filled up in the centre with small flower- 

 lobes. 



These individual blossoms are ' j^roduced in trusses of three, six, or nine, 

 according to the vigor of the plant. The general color is brilliant carmine- 

 tinted crimson, bounded with a blush-white margin, each petal being marked 

 at the base with a dark rich crimson blotch, from which netted lines run over 

 the carmine surface. 



The habit is free, robust, and branching ; for which reason, to repress too 

 luxuriant growth, the soil should not be very rich. 



Spotted Foxglove Beauty of Dorking. — A seedling variety, with large white 

 flowers with purple markings. 



Carnations, True Blue and Eccentric. — Two show-flowers ; the former a 

 purple flake, the latter a scarlet bizarre. 



Cattleya BrabanticE. — A hybrid variety between C. Aclandice and C. Lod- 

 digesii, partaking of the nature of both parents ; but, if the illustration is to be 

 relied upon, of less beauty than either. 



Rose Antoine Ducher. — A seedling from Madame Domage, of good shape, 

 and of a vivid red-color sufted with purple. 



Pelargoniums Heirloom and Victor. — Two fine new varieties of the large- 

 flowered section ; the former a fine flower, rich, rosy-carmine ground, with a 

 large blotch in the upper petals, and a clear white throat. 



The latter a very high-colored flower ; the upper petals an intense, deep 

 maroon, almost black, with a narrow, clear border of deep crimson ; the lower 

 petals bright crimson-pink, with a blotch in each petal,- with a bright veining of 

 crimson outside. 



The Downing ever-bearing Mulberry. — We have cultivated this fruit 

 for some years, and have been quite pleased with it. We have sown the ground 

 about the tree to grass, which we keep closely cut ; and then let the fruit, when 

 it is fully ripe, drop on the green carpet. If there is no fruit down when wanted, 

 a gentle jar will bring down a shower of it. It very much resembles the black- 

 berry. Children are very fond of it. The tree is a rapid grower ; so much so, 

 that the limbs are liable to be split off. The ends of the very thrifty shoots 

 sometimes winter-kill, but not enougli to be objectionable. Plant one or two 

 in your garden. 



Early Strawberry. — This is a beautiful little red apple, of a pleasant, 

 sprightly, sub-acid flavor. The tree is an upright grower, not a great bearer, and 

 not very valuable for many sections of country. 



