Plate 331. 



TOKENIA BAILLONII. 



Tliis very pretty and useful little stove plant was introduced to British gardens during 

 the past summer by Messrs. James Veitch and Sons, of the Royal Exotic Nurseries, Chelsea, 

 who have exhibited it on two or three occasions at the meetings of the Eoyal Horticultural 

 Society. 



As may be seen from our illustration, it is a very distinct species, bearing brilliant 

 yellow flowers, and like T. asiatica and T. pulcherrima, with which it is identical in habit, 

 it is best cultivated as a basket plant in a light compost of two parts peat and one part loam 

 and leaf mould. In a stove or warm house with a temperature of from 60° to 65°, it continues 

 flowering through the greater part of the year, and mixed with T. asiatica or T. pulcherrima 

 it is very effective. 



T. Baillonii is a native of Cochin China, and is named in compliment to Dr. H. Baillon, 

 Director of the Botanic Garden of the Faculte de Medecine at Paris. 



Plate 332. 

 BEDDING VERBENA < BESSIE.' 



At the exhibition of the Trowbridge Horticultural Society, held in August last, a stand 

 of blooms of the above new Verbena attracted much attention from the florists present. The 

 trusses of bloom were large and bold, the pips of fine form ; but its chief value lay in the 

 bright purplish rose or magenta hue of its colour, which was very bright and striking. 



j\Jr. Hooper Taylor, 3, Highbuiy Place, Bath, the raiser and exhibitor of this Verbena, 

 is an old and experienced cultivator of this flower, having been a grower for a quarter of a 

 century, and he strongly recommends Bessie for bedding purposes. He believes it to be 

 " the best Verbena he has ever grown," and though it was neither shaded nor covered during 

 the past summer, when growing freely in the open ground, it maintained its rich and 

 peculiar hue of colour without stain or defect. It is considered to be a better bedder than 

 the well-known Geant des JBatailles, which ranks high as a durable and effective variety for 

 the flower garden. We think Verbena Bessie, when it comes to be grown, will do much to 

 restore the Verbena to its old position of a popular bedding plant. 



