THE FLORAL MAGAZINE. 



recurved segments varying in colour from pale reddish- 

 orange to bright orange, copiously spotted in the 

 inside with bright red in the finest varieties ; and for 

 Cypripedium pubescens majus, a large-flowered form of 

 this handsome hardy ladies 5 slipper, and a very desir- 

 able acquisition for the bog garden and other damp 

 places. Primrose Cloth of Gold, a very fine double 

 form of the common Primrose was shown by Messrs. 

 James Carter & Co. ; some flowering plants of the 

 Nepalese Poppy, Meeonopsis nepalensis, from the 

 gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society, at Chis- 

 wick, were highly recommended ; and a dark-flowered 

 form of Magnolia Soulangeana, named Nigra, from 

 Messrs. Veitch & Sons, found much favour. 



At the meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society, 

 on June 10th, First-class Certificates of Merit were 

 awarded to Messrs. John Laing and Co., Stanstead 

 Park, Forest Hill, for Begonia J. H. Laing, very rich 

 vermilion scarlet, large and finely formed ; Madame 

 Bouchet, described above ; and Clovis, pale orange- 

 cerise, with here and there a dash of white, very bright 

 and pretty. We hope to figure these shortly. To 

 Messrs. Osborn & Sons, nurserymen, Fulham, for 

 Begonia Souvenir de Gand, a large and very fine 

 single variety, deep bright-red in colour, and beauti- 

 fully formed. To Messrs. J. & J. Hayes, nurserymen, 

 Edmonton, for Decorative Pelargoniums Nellie Hayes 

 and Maid of Kent ; the former pale blush, with a dark 

 blotch on each segment, which is edged with magenta, 

 very pleasing and pretty ; the latter white, with a 

 slight bright magenta spot on the lower petals : both 

 of fine form, and remarkable for their numerous and 

 large trusses of bloom, and fine compact habits of 

 growth. To Messrs. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, for 

 Cattleya McMorland, a large distinct-looking flower, 

 with rosy-pink sepals and petals, and a large lip, 

 white on the apex and along the keel, which intersects 

 two large broad blotches of orange ; for Gloxinia 

 Yakoob Khan, an erect-flowered variety, with purplish- 

 lilac throat laced with lilac, and heavy spotted ; and 

 for Begonia Mrs. Arthur Potts, a very dwarf-growing 

 variety of the B. Davisii type, with deep crimson 

 flowers. To Mr. B. S. Williams for Ochna multiflora, 

 not a new introduction, but both interesting and 

 beautiful ; it is " a small shrub, with elegant habit, 

 slender pendulous branches, sessile leaves of oblong 

 form, minutely serrated, and with axillary flowers. 

 The sepals and petals are of a crimson-scarlet colour, 

 reflexed so as to show a thick fleshy scarlet disk, sup- 

 porting four or five ovoid greenish fruit-lobes or 

 carpels." Such is the description given of this plant 



by the Gardeners' Chronicle. The same award was also 

 made to Messrs. Dicksons & Co., of Edinburgh, for 

 Saxifraga Wallaci, a tufted growing species in the 

 way of S. Maweana, but with flowers rather broader 

 in the petals. 



Double Zonal Pelargonium c Vesta/ — This is a fine 

 new variety raised by Mr. Thomas Laxton, formerly 

 of Stamford, and awarded a First-class Certificate of 

 Merit by the Royal Horticultural Society, and is in 

 course of distribution by Messrs. Hawkins and Bennett, 

 Lily Nursery, Twickenham. We call attention to it 

 because it is a double-flowered Zonal in the way of 

 Wonderful, but of a much richer and brighter scarlet- 

 crimson hue ; the foliage deep green, with a well- 

 displayed dark zone ; the habit of growth close, short- 

 jointed and yet very free. It is a variety possessing 

 one great advantage, that of opening its flowers in a 

 lower temperature than Wonderful will, thus making 

 it better adapted for forcing in winter and early 

 spring. It is a variety that will be eagerly grown for 

 market and all decorative purposes, and will no doubt 

 displace Wonderful, which has done good service in its 

 time. 



Herbaceous Calceolarias. — A short time since we 

 had an opportunity ol inspecting a collection of these, 

 growing at the London Road Seed Nursery of Messrs. 

 Sutton & Sons, at Reading. They represented the 

 fine strain, for which this well-known Seed-house is so 

 famous, in all its beauty, there being also a great 

 variety of colour, and large and handsome flowers of 

 the finest form and substance. Messrs. Sutton & Sons 

 have been selecting the finest flowers for a few years 

 past, and have succeeded in producing a strain, which 

 they denominate their prize Calceolarias, of a vigorous 

 and compact habit of growth, bold and handsome 

 foliage, and robust constitution. This last is a matter 

 of some importance. We have heard gardeners re- 

 mark that they have tried their hands at growing 

 strains of Calceolarias without constitutional vigour, 

 owing to raisers, in the hurry to get large and finely- 

 marked flowers, altogether overlooking the not less 

 necessary quality of constitution. 



