310 Notes and Gleanings. 



ZoNALE Geranium Miss Martix. — A very fine variety; foliage lively 

 green, with dark stripe ; flower soft, rosy peach, very round, of immense size, 

 the petals overlapping. 



If the plate does not exaggerate, this is one of the finest varieties yet pro- 

 duced. 



We copy from " The Cottage Gardener " the following list of the newer chry- 

 santhemums which have proved good : — 



Of the flowers of 1866, the following are those most deserving of cultivation : 

 Amabilis, delicate blush, incurved ; Compactum, an excellent conservatory flower, 

 blooming early, and of admirable habit ; Countess of Granville, fine white, a 

 reflexed flower of great beauty ; Crimson Velvet, beautiful velvety crimson, the 

 darkest and brightest of all the high-colored chrysanthemums ; Gloria Mundi, 

 a splendid brilliant yellow, a seedling from the Jardin des Plantes, and superior to 

 that fine flower ; Golden Beverly, a fine canary-colored flower, a sport from that fine 

 deep flower Beverly ; Hereward, large, purple, with a silvery back to the florets, 

 very compact ; Iris, medium-sized, very double, and compact ; John Salter, red- 

 dish crimson, shaded with orange ; Josiah Wedgevvood, rosy carmine, close and 

 compact ; Miss Eyre, blush, late-flowering anemone, of medium size, and dwarf 

 habit ; Mr. Gladstone, dark-reddish chestnut, incurved ; Sylvia, rosy lilac, with 

 silvery back. 



Of the Pompones of 1866, there are Fairy Nymph, fine pure white, with 

 round florets ; Little Beauty, white, bordered with delicate rosy pink ; Marie 

 Stuart, lilac blush, with sulphur centre ; Prince Victor, dark-red maroon ; Rose 

 d' Amour, clear rose, very full and free ; and Torfrida, bright golden amber. 



The following list may be useful to those proposing to plant summer-beds of 

 variegated plants : — 



Half-hardy plants with ornamental foliage (annuals, or perennials proving 

 effective in the first season), — 



Per ilia iVankinensis, purple foliage, a foot and a half to two feet. Amaran- 

 thus ?nelancholiCHs ruber, blood-red foliage, a foot and a half to two feet. Oxalis 

 tropceoloides {O. cornicidata rtibra), dark bronzy foliage, a half foot. Salvia 

 argentea, silvery foliage, two feet. Marvel of Peru, gold-striped, two feet. 

 Cineraria inaritima, silvery foliage, a foot and a half. Canna indica atirea 

 vittata, golden flowers, four feet. C. superba, scarlet, three feet. C. IVarsccwicsii, 

 striped, four feet. C. Sellowii, scarlet, four feet. C. bicolor, red and yellow, two 

 feet. C. F'intelmanni, yellow, three feet. C. Nepalensis, yellow, three feet. 

 C. gigantea, red and yellow, seven feet. Ricinus Borbonensis, large foliage, six 

 feet. R. liviclns, green fruit, red stems, six feet. R. macrocarptis, whitish foli- 

 age, six feet. R. roseiis siiperbus, rose-colored fruit, six feet. R. sanguineus, 

 red foliage, five feet. R. viridis spinosus, green spiny fruit, three feet. Zea 

 yaponica, striped leaves, six feet. 



To these add Iresinc Hebestii and Coleus Verschafeltii, — the latter doing better 

 in a somewhat shady situation, and the former in full sunlight, — and we have a 

 very good selection, which may, however, be indefinitely increased by the addi- 



