THE FLORAL 



MAGAZINE. 



Chelsea. Messrs. W. Paul and Son, Nurserymen, 

 Waltlaam Cross, received also a First-class Certificate 

 of Merit for Euonymus latifolius. The same award was 

 made to Ixora Regina, a free-flowering variety, with 

 trusses of pale orange-coloured flowers ; and to I. 

 Venusta, the flowers deep orange-red ; both fine and 

 promising, from Mr. John Eraser, Lea Bridge Road 

 Nurseries, Leyton, E. To Pellionia Dameana, a stove 

 basket plant, somewhat resembling a Tradescantia, 

 having pendulous stems and ovate acute leaves, two 

 inches long, which are dark green mottled with silver; 

 the flowers are borne on stalked cymes, but are in- 

 conspicuous ; from Mr. William Bull. Also to the 

 following Dahlias : — George Rawlings, a fine dark 

 maroon-coloured Self variety, large and full, and finely 

 formed, and said to be very constant; from Messrs. 

 Rawlings Bros., Romford. To Pioneer, a rich dark, 

 almost black flower, a little coarse in the petal, but 

 decidedly distinct in colour ; from Mr. Charles Turner, 

 Royal Nursery, Slough. And to Mrs. M. Batchelor, 

 of a deep shade of bright scarlet, of medium size and 

 very fine form ; from Messrs. Keynes and Co., 

 Nurserymen, Salisbury. In addition, Mr. Turner had 

 Herschel, a medium-sized crimson, of good shape; and 

 Comet, brilliant scarlet, of fine shape. Mr. George 

 Smith, Edmonton, had Fair Rosamond, white, tipped 

 with purple, distinct and good. Messrs. Keynes and 

 Co. had Florence Brown, a perfectly-formed fancy 

 Dahlia, the ground-colour buff, striped with crimson- 

 maroon. Mr. H. Eckford, The Gardens, Sandywell 

 Park, Cheltenham, had Miss Eckford, yellow shaded 

 with fawn, a very pleasing colour, and of good 

 shape. 



Other novelties included Croton Beali and C. 

 Dunnetti, two very handsome new varieties of a 

 promising character, from Messrs. James Carter and 

 Co.; Stephanotis florabunda multiflora, a strain in 

 quite small pots, but blooming very freely indeed, from 

 Mr. B. S. Williams, Victoria Nurseries, Holloway ; 

 and Paullinia thalictrifolia argentea, a light, graceful 

 form, with glaucous foliage, from Mr. William Bull, 

 Kings Road, Chelsea. 



SINGLE DAHLIAS. 



These are becoming so much grown by gardeners of 

 all classes that we can only infer they are popular 

 subjects for garden decoration and to cut from. It is 

 for the last object in particular that they are grown. 

 The varieties are increasing with remarkable rapidity, 

 as seedlings are being raised ; though we opine that 



some will be found to take on a semi-double form. 

 The established varieties are Paragon, rich dark velvety 

 maroon, the petals distinctly margined with purple- 

 magenta ; Cervantesii, light orange-scarlet, with a 

 yellow centre, very handsome ; Lutea, pure yellow, with 

 a darker centre ; Coccinea, dark scarlet, very fine and 

 showy ; and Glabra, lilac, a small-flowered but very 

 pretty form. 



A batch of new varieties raised by Mr. Thomas 

 Moore, Curator of the Botanic Gardens, Chelsea, was 

 distributed last spring by Mr. H. Cannell, Swanley. 

 The varieties are Crimson Coccinea, Yellow Coccinea, 

 Crimson Mexicana, Yellow Mexicana, and Scarlet 

 Cervantesii, all very fine and showy forms, and on 

 the whole thoroughly floriferous. Mr. Cannell has 

 during the present autumn established some very 

 pretty pink, lilac, and magenta coloured forms of 

 much promise, but with flowers larger than is usually 

 seen. There is a danger that seedlings from these 

 will develope into coarse types, which will be a matter 

 for regret, for the beauty of these Dahlias consists in a 

 great measure in the small size and symmetry of the 

 flowers. In addition, the old single species, Alba, is 

 being distributed under the name of White Queen ; it 

 is quite pure in colour, and has a very attractive 

 appearance. 



Some new varieties, raised from D. coccinea, are 

 worthy of notice, viz. Morning Star, crimson, very 

 fine ; Scarlet Gem, rich scarlet ; and Scarlet Dwarf, 

 very dwarf and pretty. 



Whether these single types will maintain their 

 popularity remains to be seen ; at present they are in 

 danger of driving away from our gardens some of the 

 pretty and useful double Pompon Dahlias. This will 

 be a matter for great regret, as the Pompon types are 

 very useful indeed in the garden, as well as for all cut 

 purposes. They have small, vari-coloured, and very 

 compact double flowers. 



Since penning the above we learn from Mr. Ware, 

 of Tottenham, that Dahlia White Queen has no 

 reference to the old Single Species Alba. It is a 

 distinct seedling, is pure white in colour; indeed, it is 

 the finest of the white varieties. We have heard it 

 highly spoken of. Mr. Ware has also the following 

 new forms : Duke of Teck, pretty mauve ; Beauty of 

 Cambridge, rich crimson ; Yellow Queen, a good 

 companion to White Queen; and Lutea Grandiflora, 

 yellow. The list of new Single Dahlias increases with 

 great rapidity. 



