THE FLORAL MAGAZINE. 



they are so free in bloom, and so valuable for 

 cutting from ; but all this is equally true of the double 

 varieties. 



From Messrs. J. Laing and Co., Stanstead Park 

 Nursery, Forest Hill, came a good specimen of the 

 handsome variegated Japanese grass Eulalia japonica 

 zebrina, to which a First-class Certificate of merit was 

 awarded. The leaves are regularly banded with pale 

 yellow, and it is necessary the plant should grow into 

 size to show its distinct variegation. The plant had 

 stood uninjured out of doors through the past winter, 

 and showed unmistakeably that coddling treatment is 

 not required. It may thus be regarded as a hardy 

 plant. 



The same award was made to a beautiful tuberous - 

 rooted Begonia, named Nellie May, raised by Mr. A. 

 T. Barron at the Chiswick Gardens of the Royal Hor- 

 ticultural Society, and bearing large and finely-formed 

 pale pinkish-rose flowers. Mr. Barron also brought a 

 fine collection of the newer Abutilons, two of which we 

 hope to figure shortly. 



A First-class Certificate was awarded to Nelumbium 

 luteum, a foliaged plant. The leaves are of large size, 

 and of a beautiful deep green colour, and being thrown 

 up well out of the water, are very effective. It came 

 from Mr. C. Green, gardener to Sir George MacLeay, 

 Pendell Court, Surrey; who also sent cut spikes of 

 Gloxinia maculata, a grand old stove plant now but 

 little grown, producing flowers of a rich shade of lilac 

 or mauve. 



LILIUM NEILGHERRENSE. 

 A group of flowering plants of this fine Lily was 

 shown at the meeting of the Royal Horticultural 

 Society on Sept. 17th, and attracted much attention 

 by reason of their large and handsome creamy-coloured, 

 trumpet-shaped flowers and delicate perfume. Mr. H. 

 J. Elwes stated in reference to this species, that it is 

 in reality an exotic, and requires that its flowers be 

 expanded in heat in this country. It is not hardy, and 

 if treated as a hardy species would greatly disappoint, 

 if it were not destroyed. Mr. Elwes also stated that 

 imported Lilies have a tendency to decay ; that some 

 of them are not strictly perennials, and that it is requi- 

 site to frequently import bulk of some types, and 

 especially so those of the species under notice. We 

 have heard of complaints of Lilium auratum, as if that 

 species were inclined to run back to an inferior form, 

 and it will be well if the attention of cultivators be 

 turned to the necessity of raising seedlings from time 



to time ; it may happen that home-raised plants ob- 

 tained in this way may have a greater durability of 

 character than those imported from abroad. We have 

 this season raised a batch of seedlings of L. auratum, 

 the seed having grown thickly after lying in the soil 

 for several months, but it will be some time before they 

 can be expected to bloom. 



SHOW TULIPS : DR. HARDY, TALISMAN, AND 

 GLORY OF STAKEHILL. 



The coloured illustration of the above-named highly 

 esteemed Tulips serves to illustrate the three classes 

 into which Exhibition Tulips are divided, viz., the 

 "Feathered Tulip," the "Flamed Tulip," and the 

 "Breeder Tulip/' 



No. 1.— Dr. Hardy, Flamed Bizarre. This noble 

 flower was obtained by Mr. Storer of Derby, whose 

 name is well known as the raiser of a large number 

 of fine bizarre Tulips, but I think the very finest variety 

 that he has ever raised is Dr. Hardy, and perhaps the 

 next best is " Orion." These two are a noble pair, 

 and are the two best red bizarre Tulips that have ever 

 been exhibited, being an immense advance in colour, 

 form, and substance on the once great favourite of 

 Southern growers, red bizarre " Everard." Dr. Hardy 

 is a flower of great substance, very short cup, perfect 

 form, while the colour is unique in its richness, being 

 a ground of strong bright yellow, and the markings of 

 a brilliant rich strong red ; the base of the flower and 

 the insides of the petals seem highly polished and 

 varnished, which adds much to the richness. 



No. 2. — Talisman, Feathered Byblomen, was raised 

 from seed by the late Dr. Hardy of Warrington. 

 It is a very dark purple, of somewhat blue 

 tone, on a very pure white ground ; it is perfectly 

 pure, of good substance and form, and requires no 

 bleaching, as too many good varieties do. Although 

 it is here shown as a feathered flower, it much more 

 frequently blooms in a flamed state. 



No. 3. — Glory of Stakehill, Byblomen Breeder. 

 This variety has not yet been seen in the rectified 

 state. It was raised by the late Mr. Luke Ashmole of 

 Middleton, and after his death was purchased for my 

 own collection. Glory of Stakehill is one of the finest 

 — if not the very finest — Breeder Tulips ever raised, 

 of fine free habit of growth ; a noble tall fourth-row 

 flower ; a model in form and in purity, the white re- 

 quires no bleaching, and the shade of its purple colour 

 is most pleasing. 



