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land, except in such places as Cornwall, it has not found 

 much favor. In Mr. Gumbleton's garden at Cork, however, 

 it is perfectly happy in the open air, although his largest 

 specimens were killed by twenty-nine degrees frost expe- 

 rienced last year. He calls it the most beautiful of all the 

 Gyneriums known to him, and certainly the inflorescence 

 he has lately sent to Kew proves it to be exceedingly orna- 

 mental, in plume at any rate. The feathery portion of the 

 plume is thirty inches long, and the branches, which are 



Hypericum Moserianum tricolor. — This is said to be a 

 branch sport from Hypericum Moserianum, but it has none 

 of the characters of that hybrid, and if its origin is as stated, 

 it is a case of reversion to one of the parents, namely, 

 H. patulum, plus a very pleasing variegation. The habit 

 of the plant is like that of H. patulum, but more horizontal ; 

 the leaves are smaller, narrower and somewhat variable in 

 form, the largest being an inch long and half an inch wide ; 

 they are colored pale green, cream-yellow and cerise. 



I. A flowering branch, natural size. . ., _ „ . 



6. A iruitinp; branch, natural size. 7. A fruit with the valves laid open, enlarti;ed 



embryo, much magnified. 



from twelve to eighteen inches long, are equally distrib- 

 uted all around the axis, so that the plume when held erect 

 is very graceful and regular. The flowers (spikelets) are 

 very silky and gray, with a tinge of purple. The plumes 

 are apparently as lasting as those of the common Pampas 

 Grass, G. argenteum. Mr. Gumbleton says the plant is a 

 surface rooter. 



Messrs. Sander have a large stock of this plant, and I learn 

 from them that it is quite hardy, and that when at its best 

 in autumn it is quite as effective as Mrs. Pollock Geranium. 

 The plant is easily propagated, and it appears to be perma- 

 nently variegated. .Messrs. Sander advise that the young 

 plants should be grown on in a cold frame for a year and 

 then planted out in a sunny position in June. The flowers 



