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tals medium size, fine form ; umbels medium size, Avell- 

 shaped ; habit moderately vigorous, trailing ; foliage good, 

 deeply serrated, and of a light green ; very pretty. 



9. Henry Clay. [ElliDangcr &f Barry'' s. ) — Flowers, me- 

 dium size, clear waxen blush, with a deeper and delicately 

 shaded centre ; petals medium size, good form ; umbels well- 

 formed ; habit moderately vigorous ; foliage thick, pubsecent, 

 good ; a very beautiful variety. 



10. Columbus. [Hovey'S.) — Flowers medium size, fine 

 purple, with a dark centre, surrounding a light-colored eye ; 

 petals medium size, flat and well-formed ; umbels medium 

 size, presenting a fine circular surface ; habit moderately 

 vigorous, good ; foliage good ; a fine dark verbena. 



The following are the names, with brief descriptions, of 

 some of the French seedlings, from the same source as Reine 

 de Jour and Iphigene :— Heroine (Dufoy-s,) bluish lilac, dark 

 eye ; Chauviere's Minerva, rosy pink, occasionally comes 

 striped ; Dufoy's Morphee, blue, with white centre ; Dufoy's 

 Piccola, dard red, crimson centre ; Dufoy's Remarkable, deep 

 red, large and showy flower ; La Reine, a beautiful fancy 

 variety ; Chauviere's Madame Bauenzod, white, with a most 

 beautiful purple'eye. These are considered the best off'ered 

 for sale the present spring by the London florists. We hope 

 some of them may be introduced to our collections during 

 the year. 



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Art. I. General M)tices. 



Greenhouse Plants. — At page 148 I promised to give tlie names of 

 plants that would succeed those that were then in flower, and as you may 

 find many of the best sorts of plants left out altogether, it may appear to 

 many of your readers in the way of retrogading ; but I may as well give 

 the reason. I am expected to grow grapes in the greenliouse as well as 

 plants ; consequently to have a good crop of grapes is one object, and the 

 next is to liave as showy a houseful of plants as can be had throughout the 

 season. I find justice cannot be done to many of the hard-wooded plants 

 that are often attempted to be grown in such houses as mine, and where the 

 means are limited to a few frames only. I would recommend to grow well 

 what is grown, so that it may always appear healtliy and attractive ; and I 

 prefer such as are of simple culture, and that can be replaced in a year or 



