Remarks on Vaccinium Vitis-IdcB^a 169 



self-colored ones out, of a rich, bright crimson color ; large, 

 well formed flower ; very small disc ; fine, robust habit, with 

 large, and well arranged truss ; color most brilliant. 



Cineraria Beauty of Newington. — This is the best of 

 its class ; the flower is of full size, and fine form ; dark disc, 

 and very small, surrounded with white petals deeply mar- 

 gined with crimson, terminating at the points with crimson 

 purple ; the flower slightly cupped, good habit, and color 

 very rich and velvety. 



These are all herbaceous sorts, and the four last named are 

 exceedingly good, and highly deserving of cultivation ; noth- 

 ing can exceed the richness and brilliancy of their colors. 

 Beauty of Newington is a great favorite in England, and is 

 considered the best of its class. Resplendens is also very 

 fine, and one I am particularly pleased with ; the form of the 

 flower is first rate, and the velvety richness and depth of its 

 color cannot be beaten. I think them very superior, and far 

 before all the sorts I have yet seen in cultivation. Their 

 habit has been much improved, as well as their flowers, and 

 they have lost much of that coarseness in foliage ; the truss 

 better formed ; their flower stems, strong and erect, and 

 without that loose, straggling habit. 



The Cineraria makes a most beautiful exhibition plant, as 

 well as being one of the most useful plants we have for the 

 winter and spring, and should, I think, be more generally 

 cultivated. Their management is simple ; they bloom very 

 abundantly, and with a little management, a succession of 

 flowers may be kept up from December until June. 



Flushing, L. /., Feb, 1850. 



Art. VI. Some additional Remarks on Vaccinium Vitis- 

 Idce^a. By John Lewis Russell, Professor of Botany, 

 &c., to the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



In a valuable communication from the pen of General H, 

 A. S. Dearborn, which appeared in the August number of 



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