THE FLORAL 



MAGAZINE. 



Bletchingley. To Mimulus Moschata alba, the pure 

 white-flowered variety of the British Musk Mallow, 

 an extremely pretty and attractive plant, the flowers 

 being agreeably perfumed like the musk ; from Mr. 

 Henry Cannell, Nurseryman, Swanley, Kent. To 

 Abies Canadensis variegata, a variegated-leaved variety 

 of the Hemlock Spruce, which promises to be very 

 effective in a large specimen ; from Mr. A. Waterer, 

 Knaphill Nursery, Woking. To Canna iridiflora 

 hybrida, a very beautiful variety, with large flowers of 

 a deep rich crimson shade of colour; from the Gardens 

 of the Royal Horticultural Society at Chiswjck. Other 

 novelties comprised Cypripedium porphyrospilum, a 

 hybrid between C. Hookeri and C. Lowi ; C. Selligerum, 

 the result of crossing C. lgevigaturn and C. barbatum; 

 C. calanthum, also a hybrid between C. Lowi and C. 

 biflorum ; and Rhododendron Princess Alexandra, one 

 of the finest of the hybrid greenhouse varieties, having 

 large trusses of white flowers ; all from Messrs. Vejtch 

 and Sons. Mr. W. Bull had Odontoglossum vexil- 

 larium rubrum, figured last month; Kgempferia 

 Gilberti, a handsome variegated-leaved plant of dwarf 

 growth ; Fuchsia M. Lombard, a fine new double- 

 flowered variety, &c. A new Eschscholtzia, named 

 Rose Cardinal, a hybrid from the rich orange-coloured 

 variety, E. Mandarin, came from Messrs. James Carter, 

 Dunnett, and Beale. Messrs. Kelway and Son, Lang- 

 port, had a fine collection of Gladioli, the most 

 noticeable being Phadius, Queen Mary, Maxentius 

 Neocles, Belgica, Tennyson, Michael Angelo, J. T. 

 Gibson, Thomas Carlyle, Lord Petre, Lord Leigh, 

 T. S. Ware, Mrs. Laxton, Ada, Batavia, &c. 



CAMPANULA MACROSTYLA, 



Next month we hope to give an illustration of this 

 very striking and interesting species, which we this 

 season saw growing freely and flowering profusely on 

 the rockery at the Royal Horticultural Society's 

 Gardens at Chiswick. The subject under notice is a 

 hardy annual, introduced from Italy, and bears, on 

 branching stems, large cup-shaped flowers, quite erect, 

 and with a very prominent style issuing from the 

 centre. The flowers are of a deep lilac-purple colour, 

 and much reticulated. It is a very distinct form, 

 but requires some care in cultivation to have it to 

 perfection. There is a very distinct and pretty variety, 

 named Rosea, which is equally valuable. 



The seeds should be sown in early spring in a green- 



house, and the plants given a cool and moist place. 

 In such a position they will do well, provided that 

 good soil be given them. C. macrostyla and its 

 variety, Rosea, are among the most valued of the 

 Continental novelties of recent years. 



LIFTING AND STORING THE GLADIOLUS. 



This is best done at the latter end of October or the 

 beginning of November, choosing a dry time in which 

 to take the corms from the ground. There is no 

 necessity for waiting until the foliage is decayed. 

 Each variety should be placed in a flower-pot until the 

 bulbs become tolerably dry, and the foliage withers ; 

 the stems should then be cut off to within an inch or 

 two of the corm, the old corm, which will be found at 

 the base of the new one, detached, and the outer skin 

 taken off, and the name written with ink on it, which 

 can be very easily done. 



Various methods have been recommended for storing 

 the corms, but where there is space, they are best 

 laid out singly on a shelf on dry sand, or else in pots 

 with sand. Care should be taken that they are not in 

 contact with one another, as this causes them to make 

 root, and weakens the corms. 



THE BEST TWENTY-FOUR ROSES. 



The Rev. Canon Hcle gives the following as the best 

 twenty-four Roses for beginners ; and he adds, 

 " Which will surely have the same effect upon them 

 that the soup had on Oliver Twist," it will make them 

 ask for more. The varieties marked with an asterisk 

 are Tea-scented varieties ; the rest are Hybrid Per- 

 petuals : — Annie Wood, Baroness Rothschild, *Cathe- 

 rine Mermet, Charles Lefebvre, *Cheshunt Hybrid 

 (for a wall), Duke of Edinburgh, Dupuy Jamain, 

 Etienne Levet, John Hopper, La France, Louis Van 

 Houtte, Madame Victor Verdier, Madame Clemence 

 J oigneaux, Mademoiselle Marie Rady, *Marechal Niel 

 (for a wall), Marechal Vaillant, Marguerite de St. 

 Amand, Maurie Baumann, Marie Finger, Marie Van 

 Houtte, *Rubens, *Souvenir d'Elise, *Souvenir d'un 

 Ami, and Xavier Olibo. Later in the year we will 

 give a few notes on the newer varieties of Roses that 

 have put in appearance this season. We have noticed 

 some really good things at the shows. 



