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we were informed, were refused for this plant the other day, when it was in 

 perfection. So much for its value. Next in point of merit, though much 

 smaller in size, may he mentioned John Waterer, an intense deep crimson, 

 with immense heads of bloom. Of the same class but diiferent a little in 

 shade is Mrs. John Waterer, also a first-rate variety. Of other deep crim- 

 sons worthy of special notice were atro-sanguineum, Vandyck, and Blandy- 

 anum. The latter was, however, nearly out of flower; Leopardi, a lilac, is 

 beautifully spotted, and Sherwoodianum is also worth attention. Blatteum, 

 a spotted deep lilac kind, shaded with violet, has great heads of flower 

 which, from their diversity of color, make this variety one of the best of its 

 class. Celebrandum, a singular looking kind, has blossoms of a deep port 

 wine color. Lefevreanum is a striking and beautiful variety on account of 

 its lively pink color and conspicuously spotted upper petals. Brayanum, as 

 we have stated before, is one of the best of brilliant rosy pink sorts. Ge- 

 ranioides, a spotted pink kind, is small but neat ; Cyaneum is one of the 

 best of the bluish lilac varieties. Waterereanum, in the shape of a huge 

 bush loaded with bloom, was at least 14 feet higii, and as much through. 

 Roseum elegans, a standard, was also conspicuous and fine. Of light col- 

 ored kinds the best were perspicuum, gloriosum, and delatissimum ; fastuo- 

 sum, a well known showy double lilac, was not fully in flower ; Luciferum, 

 French white in color, was extremely delicate ; Gretry is in the way of 

 Blatteum, but paler; album elegans makes a pretty standard, as does also 

 maculatum grandiflorum, a rosy pink kind spotted and pale in the centre. 

 ■Of new sorts the best is Madame Van der Weyer a pink shaded with 

 violet prettily spotted ; and Sir Colin Campbell, an extremely handsome 

 rosy pink kind with light centre. 



In Mr. Baker's collection ponticum album was in excellent condition ; 

 Catawbiense bicolor is also a beautiful sort ; and of crimsons, ignescens is 

 one of the most striking ; Mammoth, a profuse flowerer, is rose when it 

 opens, but changes to a delicate pink ; Altaclerense splendens, a crimson 

 kind with black spots, is one of the handsomest of its class, as is also To- 

 wardianum, a rose colored sort with finely shaped flowers ; album superbum 

 is a good white, and the same may be said of nivaticum, though the latter 

 is not a large kind ; versicolor is distinct and pretty, as is also bicolor, a 

 rose and white colored kind ; Empress Eugenie, a white sort, is delicately 

 spotted ; and among dark varieties, atra-purpureum and erectum deserve 

 notice. The semi-double Hyacinth florum we did not see in perfection, but 

 we noticed a double lilac sort equally pretty called Vervaneanum. Kalmi- 

 oides has peach-colored blossoms and foliage not unlike that of the broad- 

 leaved Kalmia. 



An as yet little known Belgian kind called concessura was by far the 

 most striking of Messrs. Standish & Noble's group, and is a real acquisi- 

 tion. It has rosy pink flowers with pale centres, and is excellent both in 

 shape and substance. Fleur de Marie, a rosy crimson kind with paler cen- 

 tre, is also transparent and beautiful ; Maid of Saragossa is a good pink ; 

 Reedianum, an intense rosy crimson, is also late and good ; Nobleanum 

 bicolor makes a handsome standard ; Ariel is a rosy salmon, and conchiflo- 



