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broadly flaked with salmon and carmine, blotched 

 with yellowish-green ; very fine. 



A. Madame Iris Lefehvre. — Very double, deep 

 orange-red, flaked with dull \iolet. 



A. Marquis of Lome. — Beautiful orange, blotched 

 with salmon ; fine flower 



A. Mdlle. Lconie van Houtte. — Pure white, 

 streaked with rose, "oale yellow in centre ; fine flower. 



A. Mdlle. Marie van Houtte. — Semi-double, pure 

 white, flaked and dotted with salmon ; a beautiful form, 



A. Mdlle. Marie Lefehvre. — Pure white; flowers 

 very large ; form excellent. 



A. Magnet. — Bright rosy-salmon, blotched with a 

 ■darker shade ; very large ; excellent form. 



A. Mars. — Orange-crimson, well spotted with vivid 

 red; very showy. 



A. Mont Blanc. — Fine double white of great sub- 

 stance. 



A. narcissiflora. — Pure white, double ; medium 

 isize : well adapted for early forcing. 



A. Ne Flus Ultra. — White, mottled with salmon ; 

 large and free. 



A. Ferryana. — Dark orange -scarlet ; good form and 

 substance. 



A. President Ambroise Yerseliaffelt. — Bright orange- 

 scarlet, shaded wuth bluish-purple, and spotted with 

 maroon ; flowers large and good. 



A. President Ghellinch de Walle. — Very double deej) 

 Tose, blotched with lake, and flaked with crimson ; 

 £ne flower. 



A. President Vanden Heche. — White, dotted and 

 striped with bright crimson, centre yellow. 



A. Prince of Orange. — Bright orange - scarlet, 

 heavily spotted with crimson ; good habit, very free. 



A. Princess Alexandra. — Flowers large; white, 

 .streaked with rich crimson ; very handsome ; well 

 adapted for early forcing. 



A. Princess Alice. — Pure white ; fine form and 

 ■substance. 



A. Princess Tech. — White, flaked with rose and 

 -salmon ; flne shape and substance ; very useful for 

 early forcing. 



A. Parity. — White ; large ; fine form and substance. 



A. 7'oscejlora. — Flowers double, like a fine Balsam ; 

 rich rosy-red ; exquisite form, very dwarf ; a most 

 desirable variety. Introduced from Japan. 



A. Poi des Beautes. — Double rose, bordered with 

 -white ; fine flower. 



A. Poi de Holland. — Vivid scarlet ; large ; fine form. 



A. Rci des Doubles. — Sosy-carmine ; very double, 

 large; fine form ; profuse bloom. 



, A. Souvenir de Prince Albert. — Beautiful soft 

 .rosy-peach, bordered with white ; showy and fine 

 variety. 



A. Stanleyana. — Rosy-carmine, flaked with ama- 

 ranth ; large and handsome ; flne form. 



A. Stella. — Bright orange- crimson, blotched with 

 reddish-purple ; large and handsome. 



A. Vesuvius. — Bright orange-scarlet, upper petals 

 shaded purple ; very brilliant. 



A. virginalis. — Pure v/hite, with wavy margins : 

 fine flower. 



A. Vivid.- — Splendid scarlet; petals of fine sub- 

 stance ; fine form, extra. 



Banksia. — This genus belongs to • the natural 

 order Proteacece, and assuredly the various plants 

 which make up the order are of the most protean 

 forms. The late Dr. Lindley says, " Upon the whole 

 the order is the most useless to man," nevertheless 

 many of them bear extremely ornamental flowers, 

 and others have equally beautiful foliage. The genus 

 Banlisia is named in honour of Sir Joseph Banks, 

 who did so much for botanical science, and natural 

 history in general, and it is rather discreditable 

 to the present generation of gardeners that his 

 memory is held in so little respect, for we have no 

 hesitation in saying that one-half the plant culti- 

 vators of the pi-esent day have no knowledge of any 

 of the species. The eaidy botanists did all in their 

 power to honour his name, and no less than three 

 authors have made a genus Banksia ; two of these, 

 however, have been suppressed, one being merged in 

 the genus Costus, and the other in Pimelia. ' The 

 present one established by the son of the immortal 

 Linnajus remains, and therefore we introduce it here, 

 notwithstanding they have come to be looked upon 

 by many gardeners of the present age as old-world 

 plants, entirely beneath their notice. 



In the early part of the present century, Banksias, 

 and other members of the order, were much prized 

 by gardeners and amateurs, for their elegant leaves 

 and their beautiful and singular flowers. They are 

 plants of slow growth; and in these days of steam 

 and electricity, they probably cannot be waited for, 

 gardeners preferring such plants as will make a 

 large specimen in a short time, to the exclusion of 

 many beautiful plants that formally were the delight 

 of all beholders. 



Banksias are, for the most part, low-growing 

 shrubs, although some few species do attain to the 

 dimensions of trees. As before mentioned, they are of 

 slow growth, and require considerable care to culti- 

 vate them successfully ; they are plants that dislike 

 frequent re-potting, and may remain in the same pot 

 for several years with advantage. The soil best 

 adapted for their requirements is good yellow loam, 

 not too heavy, with a liberal addition of sharp sand ; 

 the drainage above all things must be kept open and 

 free, and great care must be exercised in watering. 



Cuttings do not strike freely, and propagation is 

 best effected by seeds. 



