Plate 451. 



NEW DOUBLE PYRETHRUMS. 



No apology is necessary for calling tlie attention of our readers to a class of plants 

 respecting which it has been well said that they are well deserving of culture in every 

 garden. There is scarcely another class of hardy herbaceous plants which, while so 

 distinct and beautiful, are so neat and compact in habit. They produce their large and 

 finely-formed Aster and Chrysanthemum-like flowers with considerable freedom, and so 

 much of variation is there that the colours range from pure white to brilliant crimson ; 

 and the flowers are to be had in profusion from early in May to late in October in the 

 open air. The cut flowers are very useful for table and other decorative purposes. 



Our illustration represents some new varieties raised by Messrs. Kelway and Son, 

 The Nurseries, Langport. Rembrandt (fig. 1) is of a pale rosy-magenta shade, the blooms 

 of large size, and very symmetrical. Captain Nares (fig. 2) is of a very bright magenta- 

 carmine hue, of fine shape and outline. Lady Derby (fig. 3) is white, tinted with blush, 

 very pretty indeed, and all that can be desired in fulness and outline. 



Plate 452. 

 LACHENALIA NELSON L 



On the 8th of February last, the Rev. J. Gr. Nelson, of Aldborough Rectory, Norwich, 

 exhibited a new Lachenalia, named as above, which forms the subject of our illustration. 

 The Floral Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society awarded it a First-class Certificate 

 of Merit for its obvious good qualities. It is a hybrid, the result of crossing L. luteola with 

 L. aurea, the former being the seed-bearing parent. The progeny partakes of the character 

 of the parents, being intermediate as regards colour ; but the growth is more robust, and 

 the raceme considerably longer than that in either parent. The colour of the flowers is 

 lemon-yellow, with the tips of the petals faintly tinged with green, while the upper part 

 of the tube is tinged with red. 



Mr. Fitch's sketch is taken from a flowering specimen supplied by the Rev. Mr. Nelson. 



