THE FLORAL MAGAZINE. 



HYBRID ECHEVERIAS. 



Echeverias are the most popular of all succulent 

 plants, being extensively used for edging the carpet 

 beds and ribbon borders now so fashionable in all our 

 best public and private gardens. Some of the choicest 

 species well deserve a place in every green-house, and 

 among- these E. metallica, E. Peacocki, E. farinosa, 

 and E. pulverulenta may be named as distinct and 

 handsome kinds. The two last are Californian species, 

 their foliage being densely covered with white powder, 

 which gives them a distinct character ; and as this 

 delicate covering enhances their beauty, care must be 

 taken not to remove it by touching the leaves, or 

 allowing water to fall upon them. E. agavoides is also a 

 robust and desirable plant for pot culture. Two or 

 three species have been separated under the generic 

 name Pachyphytum, but their consanguinity having 

 been proved by the hybridiser, they may now be 

 included in the genus Echeveria. Within the last year 

 or two, continental nurserymen have raised numerous 

 beautiful hybrids, some of which have been introduced 

 to our gardens, and as there is nothing in their 

 nomenclature to distinguish them from wild species, 

 we here give the names and parentage of all the garden 

 hybrids in the genus known to us. 



HYBRIDS. PARENTS. 



E. clavifolia *E. bracteosa x E. rosea 



E. erecta E. coccinea x E. atropurpurea 



E. ferrea E. Scheeri x E. calophana 



E. grandisepala E. metallica x E. rosea 



E. iinbricata E. glauca x E. metallica 



E. mutabilis E. Scheeri x linguaafolia 



E. ovata E. Scheeri x E. metallica 



E. pruinosa E. linguasfolia x coccinea 



E. spathulata *E. bracteosa x E. grandifolia 



E. carinata E. metallica x E. atropurpurea 



E. glauco-metallica E. glauca x E. metallica 



E. luteo-o-ig-antea 

 E. scaphylla 

 E. retusa-glauca 

 E. undulata 

 E. colossa 

 E. cochlearis 

 E. mirabilis 



E. retusa x E. macrophylla 

 E. agavoicles x E. linguasfolia 

 E. retusa x E. secunda. 

 E. atropurpurea x E. metallica 

 E. Van Celsi x E. atropurpurea 

 E. linguasfolia x E. atropurpurea 

 *E. bracteosa x E. Scheeri 



E. retusa autumnalis E. glauca x E. retusa 

 E. securifera E. secunda x E. macrophylla 



E. spiralis E. decipiens x E. California 



E. stellata E. glauca x E. navicularis 



E. floribunda splendens^ raised by M. Rendatler, of 

 > Nancy, but I can find no 

 E. miniata J record of their parentage. 



* E. bracteosa is the plant grown in gardens under 

 the name of Pachyphytum bracteosum. 



GARDEN LILIES. 



We have just seen some noble specimens of Japanese 

 and American Lilies in Mr. Mcintosh's gardens at 

 Oatlands, Weybridge, which locality, thanks to the 

 efforts of the last-named gentleman and Mr. G. F. 

 Wilson, has now become classic ground to all lily 

 lovers and lily growers. At Oatlands the Lilies are 

 planted out in the Rhododendron beds, and some 

 splendid masses of the golden-rayed L. auratum were 

 fully ten feet in height, clumps of five or six stems 

 each as thick as the thumb bearing from sixty to seventy 

 flowers nearly a foot in diameter. A cool, sheltered 

 position, deep rich soil, and copious supplies of moisture 

 at the root, are the essential points of culture as 

 practised by Mr. Mcintosh, and never have we seen 

 Lilies so luxuriant as in this charming garden, where 

 they are artistically used in obtaining the most beautiful 

 landscape effects imaginable. In Mr. Barr's bulb 

 grounds, at Tooting and elsewhere, the American 

 species and varieties, such as L. Humboldtii, L. Cana- 

 dense, L. pardalinum, L. Robinsonianum, L. superbum 

 and others have been very effective, forming fresh 

 green clumps five or six feet in height, surmounted by 

 large panicles of their gorgeous orange or yellow 

 crimson-spotted flowers. It was formerly said that 

 the Hollyhock was the only hardy flower capable of 

 producing landscape effects, but that stately plant is 

 now superceded by these Japanese and American 

 Lilies ; while the Indian L. giganteum may be used 

 with equal effect as a hardy plant in southern gardens. 

 Mr. H. J. Elwes has nearly completed a superbly 

 illustrated monograph of the entire genus, which we 

 hope will clear up many of the errors in our present Lily 

 nomenclature, and also assist in popularising these 

 noble hardy flowers. 



The Fern Paradise : a Plea for Hie Culture of Ferns. 

 By Francis George Heath. Hodder and Stoughton. 

 If an interest in Feims and Fern culture can be ex- 

 cited by rhapsodical descriptions in high-flown lan- 

 guage, this book is well adapted to its purpose ; and 

 those who desire to be inspired with an enthusiastic 

 admiration of Ferns in their native haunts will find it 

 an agreeable companion. Our author eschews science, 

 consequently his wordy descriptions contain as little 

 information as possible. Those, therefore, who seek 

 a more intimate acquaintance with Ferns than ex- 

 ternal impressions which strike the eye and gratify 

 the sense, or who desire practical directions for their 

 culture, will have to look elsewhere. — F.L.S. 



