October 2, li 



Garden and Forest. 



473 



Fi^. 131. — AsttT Hei'veyi. — See page 47 



shoots were thickly wreathed for several feet with the crimson 

 bell-like flowers of the one sort, and the waxy, pure white blos- 

 soms of the Alba variety. There are now several named varieties 

 of the typical L. rosc-a, which vary more or less from the 

 original and from each other. The finest, as regards color,' is 

 unquestionably that known as the Nash Court variety, which 

 is now being distributed. The flowers are very large and of 



perfect shape, while the color is a rich rosy-crimson. Another 

 sort, called Superba, is also very fine, and last week Messrs. 

 Fisher, of the Sheffield Nurseries, who make a specialty of the 

 plant, showed two varieties, named Floribunda and Maculata, 

 the first, a large-tfowered and rich-colored sort, said to be ex- 

 ceptionally rtoriferous, the other, with flowers of pale rose-crim- 

 son, conspicuously veined and spotted with white. These are 



