THE FLORAL MAGAZINE. 



Burghley Gardens, with rich, rosy pink flowers, large 

 in size and fully double. 



A First-class Certificate was awarded to a bright 

 golden, almost smooth-leaved, Holly, named Ilex 

 Scitica aurea ; this came from Mr. Anthony Water, 

 Knap Hill Nursery, Woking, Surrey. 



JAPANESE CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



Of the many varieties of these now in cultivation, 

 we have selected the following as being in the 

 highest degree well worthy of cultivation for indoor 

 decoration : — Bismarck, golden bronze, very fine ; La 

 Nymphe, pink and white, very pretty ; Baronne de 

 Prailly, deep gold, fine and distinct ; The Damio, pale 

 violet cerise, very pretty ; Fulgore, magenta-violet 

 and pale buff, very fine ; Fair Maid of Guernsey, 

 white and very pure in colour; Gloire de Toulouse, 

 rich magenta purple; Cry Kang, pale magenta lilac; 

 Duchess of Edinburgh, pale blush and sulphur, an 

 anemone-flowered variety ; Diamond, orange bronze, 

 turned up with gold ; Grandiflora, rich gold ; James 

 Salter, delicate pink ; and Fruit d'Hiver, orange and 

 cinnamon. 



Some of the finest of the large-flowered Chrysan- 

 themums will be found in Lady Hardinge, Mrs. Geo. 

 Bundle, Jardin des Plan tes, Golden Beverley, Beethoven, 

 Bronze Jardin des Plants, Princess of Wales, White j 

 Globe, Frugal, White Venus, Golden Empress of India, 

 Prince Alfred, Lady Margaret, and Fleur de Marie, 

 the two latter coming into the large-flowered Ane- 

 mone-flowered section. 



TORENIA FOURNIERI. 



This most charming half-hardy annual, bearing large 

 sky-blue flowers, with three spots of a dark indigo- 

 blue, and a bright yellow stain in the centre, can be 

 raised from seed, Mr. W. Bull having succeeded in 

 obtaining a crop from plants growing in his nurseries. 

 The seed should be sown from February to April in 

 j)ots, and kept under glass ; and the plants so raised 

 will flower profusely from June to September, or they 

 will thrive equally well if planted out in the summer 

 months in the open ground. T. Fournieri is an ex- 

 ceedingly pretty and useful plant, very easily propa- 

 gated from cuttings in the shade under bell-glasses, 

 where they will root in eight days. By taking flower- 

 ing cuttings, very pretty pots or panfuls may be had 



for succession, as they will soon root without any 

 cessation of blooming ; all the joints will root into 

 the soil when fastened down by means of a peg. 

 Being of such easy growth and free-flowering habit, 

 this interesting plant can scarcely fail to become a 

 popular favourite. 



CULTURE OF GLOXINIA MACULATA. 



In regard to the culture of this fine old plant, Mr. 

 Green states that he has found it to succeed well when 

 grown in the following manner : — In early spring, after 

 the tubers have had their proper season of rest, they 

 should be carefully shaken out of the soil in which 

 they have been wintered, and potted singly into pots 

 just large enough to receive them. The pots should 

 be well drained, and the soil used should be com- 

 pounded of good turfy loam and peat mixed together. 

 The pots should be then placed in a warm house or 

 pit, just as a cultivator would do in the case of ordi- 

 nary gloxinias ; and as the plants require shifting, 

 they should be repotted into seven or eight inch pots 

 to flower. Dui'ing the season of growth a good supply 

 of water should be given, and in this way fine-branched 

 specimens can be produced some four feet in height, 

 with from forty to fifty flowers and leaves nearly 

 twice as large as those of Gloxinia speciosa. Its 

 smooth spotted stem gives the plant a very attractive 

 appearance, and the peculiar pleasing colour of the 

 blossoms creates a great liking for the plants. It is 

 now in all probability very scarce, but it will no 

 doubt soon be brought into cultivation, and be as 

 much inqured for as if it were a plant just introduced 

 to this country for the first time. 



NEW PICOTEES. 



Mr. Benjamin Simonite, Rough Bank, Sheffield, a 

 raiser who has already sent out some very fine 

 flowers, offers this season for the first time two of 

 his fine new Picotees, which are of first class merit. 

 The varieties are — : Teresa, light rose edge, very 

 smooth petal, edge solid, the white ground pure, 

 and altogether extra fine; and Violet Douglas, light 

 red edge, petals very broad, solid wire edge of pale red, 

 white ground very pure, extra fine. We have had an 

 opportunity of inspecting Mr. Simonite's new flowers 

 at Sheffield, and can pronounce them to be great 

 acquisitions to the class of Exhibition Picotees. 



