412 Floricultural and Botanical Notices. 



icals. Some of them have already been obtamed by our cul- 

 tivators, but the greater part remain yet to be introduced. We 

 copy the following account of such as we think will prove 

 acquisitions : — 



Phloxes. — The following are fine seedlings, between de- 

 cussata and pyramidalis. 



Madame Corhay. — Milk white, with violet eye. 



Faiiny Adam. — Milk white, and spots of rose around the 

 tube. 



Madame Millei^at. — White, tinged with pink, and a fine 

 eye of vivid carmine. It is of the pyramidal group ; very 

 superb. 



Madame Veillard. — White, with large rose centre, in large 

 panicles ; very elegant. 



Monsieur Domage. — Rosy violet, with a large crimson eye, 

 in large panicles ; very superb. 



Madame Bassville. — White, large, suffused with lavender, 

 and a very striking, rich, cherry colored eye. 



American Seedling Phloxes. — The attention of the cul- 

 tivators around Boston, has been recently directed to the pro- 

 duction of new varieties. Messrs. Breck & Son have some 

 new and very fine ones, principally of the decussata group ; 

 two of these are 



Standard of Perfection. — A. fine striped one, similar to 

 Princess Marianne ; distinct. 



Mrs. Webster. — Blush or pale pink, with a white eye ; 

 very elegant. 



Messrs. Hovey & Co. have also two superb seedlings of the 

 same group, viz. : — 



Gem. — Fine lilac rose, with a large, distinct, light eye ; 

 very beautiful ; the individual flowers are large, finely shaped, 

 and the truss compact, without being crowded. 



Florence. — Milk white, with a violet eye ; the petals are 

 rather narrow, but it is a superb variety. 



Lilium GiGANTEUM, which wc described in a previous num- 

 ber, (p. 80,) stood out at Messrs. Lucombe &, Prince's nur- 

 sery in Devonshire, Eng., where the thermometer fell to 15° 

 above zero. 



