THE LENTEN ROSES AND HERBACEOUS HARDY DOUBLE CHINESE PiEONIAS. 27 
THE LENTEN ROSE (HELIEBORUS VIRIDIS). 
This section is distinguished by the leaves disappearing in winter. H. atrorubens, of \\ aid stein and. 
Kilaibel , belongs to th is section ; it has a small green, purple margined flower, and a large much divided leaf. 
The H. atrorubens of Bot. Mag. is H. abchasicus of Regel’s “ Gartenflora. 
Quantity. J eftch -"- d ’ 
Bocconi, large bright green flowers , elder -scented 1 ° 
Dumltorum, small green Jlowers 2 ° 
Graveolens , tinged brown-purple, inside green 1 ° 
Intermedlus, outside dove-purple, inside green.. 2 ° 
Lurldus, tinged brown-purple , inside green, foliage elegantly divided 2 0 
Purpurascens, green, tinged purple 1 ? 
TorQuatus, a very fine dwarf species, with beautiful dove-coloured flowers 5 b 
Viridia (of the Thuringerwood), large whitish green flowers 1 ° 
ORNAME NTAL-FOLIAGED HELLEBORES. 
TmildLyxs, /lowers green, foliage dark green and very ornamental 1 6 
LividU8 ( syns . argutifolius, trifolius, triphyllus, corslcus, and illcifolius), flowers bright green, 
foliage light rich green, and very ornamental 1 
HERBACEOUS HARDY JUNE-FLOWERING CHINESE DOUBLE PzEONIAS. 
VARIETIES OF ALBIFLORA. 
Plants supplied from October to March. 
These noble plants compete favourably, in general effect, with the finest hybrid Rhododendrons, whether it 
be in variety of tint, diversity of colour, profusion or duration of bloom. With these qualities combined to a 
handsome, massive foliage, accommodating habit, and easy culture, you have a plant to occupy the place of, or to 
associate with, the Rhododendron. These Poconias succeed in any ordinary garden soil, and are equally adapted 
to intermingle with shrubs, or to take their place amongst herbaceous plants in flower borders and wild gardens. 
The first flowers are large, massive, and most perfect in outline, the secondary flowers are smaller, very neat, 
beautiful ; indeed, it would be difficult to conceive a more decorative and generally useful plant, mailing in 
’ -• . j r _r As a cut flower it is ol 
and 
effect the Rhododendron, and possessing the symmetry and fragrance of the Rose, 
great value, travels admirably, and supplies the utmost variety of shade and colour, from snow-white to the 
most intense crimson. See coloured plates in " The Garden, 1880 and 1881. f 
Culture.— Trench the ground before planting, as deeply as possible, adding abundance of rotten manure, 
and then mulch the surface with manure. In Summer, if convenient, give a plentiful supply of liquid manure 
twice a week to encourage a rapid development, as the plant is decorative in proportion to i s size. 
Pseony may be planted in any position, but, considering that the flower buds are formed early in Spring, it is 
preferable to grow the plants where the sun’s rays do not fall upon them, in Spring, earlier than 11 or 12 o clock. 
XS>- The editor of " The Garden" (Mr. William Robinson) suggests beds of leeomas, associated with Lilies 
and Gladioli, and edged with Plantain Lilies ; the best and most massive of the plain-leaved Plantain Lilies are 
Subcordata gxandlflora for light green, Sieboldi for a blue-green, and Ovata lor a dark green foliage , and ol 
the variegated-leaved kinds, Viridis inarginata, silver-edged, and Glaucescens vanegata, golden-variegated 
foliage. 
SPLENDID NEW DOUBLE CHINESE P/EONIAS. 
BARR AND SON’S SELF.CTIONS 
Quantity. a - d - . Quantity. 
60 in 60 beautiful varieties 63 s. & 84 0 
40 in 40 ,, ,, 60 s- & 63 0 
30 in 30 36 s. & 60 0 
2,0 in 20 beautiful varieties, 21 s., 25 s. , & 36 
12 in 12 ,, ,, 10 / 6 , 153 ., &21 
6 in 6 ,, ,, 6/6, 7 / 6 , & 10 
ear Purchasers can make their own selections at the rate of 251. fir dozen, or as. 6,1 each, from those 
varieties not priced. Alt the varieties quoted are first class sorts; no one steed therefore hesitate m selecting 
the colours they prefer, as the flowers are sure to please. 
. ... Adelaide de Lache, dup rose, shading to pink Due de Cazes, bright rose-purple, centre passing 
* In r/i f/ioi.-erpii Tf. ful. 
rose- scented 
Albion, pure white, tinged blush, rose-scented, 3/6. 
Alice Julvecourt, blush, passing off white, centre 
tinged primrose, rose- scented , 3/6. 
Amabiii3, satin-rose 
Ambroise Verschaffelt, rich purple, rose- seen led 
Atro-sanguinea, purple, golden anthers 
August d Hour, rose, passing to blush, fragrant 
Auguste van Geert, rose-pink, rose-scented, 1/6 
Beaut6 Fran<;aise, fine rose 
Beaut6 de Villecanie, rose , pink centre 
Bossuet, magenta-rose, fragrant 
Carnea, delicate flesh colour, is. id. 
Carnea elegans, delicate pink, passing off white 
Charles Belleyme, carmine rose, fragrant, 1/6 
Charles Binder, magenta-rose , rose-scented, 1/6 
Clarisse, soft pink, rose-scented, is. 6 d. 
Comte de Cussii, rose, fragrant 
, Comte de Gomer, bright magenta , rose-scented 
. Comte de Paris, rose-carmine , centre tinged 
salmon, rose-scented 
. Coralie Mathieu, crimson purple 
. Count Munster, rich purple-crimson , rosi-scented 
. Decaisne, deep rose, fragrant 
. Delache, very deep crimson, is. 6 d. 
. Doyen d'Enghien, rose 
Dr. Britonnau, rich sitin-rose , rose-scented, 3/6 
Dr. Calot, bright-carmine, centre stained salmon 
Dr. Nestor Pelassy, rose-pink, rose-scented 
. Dubois Duval, rose, centre salmon, rose-scented 
off blush, rose-scented, is. 6 d. 
Duchesse de Modena, soft rose , is. 6 d. 
Eclatante, rich purple, is. 6 d. 
Edulisfragrans, bright carmine, rosc-scented, 1/6 
,, superba, car mi tie-rose, u. 
Etendard du Grand Homme, brilliant rose, very 
large , rose-scented, 3 s. id. 
Eugene Sue, rose-pink, rose-scented. 
Eugenie Verdier, blush, centre white, fragrant 
Formosa, blush , centre primrose, is. 
Fragrans, full rose, rose-scented, ir. 
Francis Ortlgat, rich purple, rose-scented , is. 
Fulgida, deep rose 
General Bedeau, white, very fragrant 
Globosa, deep pink, centre florets primrose 
Gloire de Douai, vet y deep purple-crimson 
Henri IV., rose-pink, 1 ose- scented, is. 6 d. 
Humile, is. id. 
Haraei carnea, rose, passing to blush, centre 
blush, changing to white, rose- scented 
Incomparabilis, rose, shaded purple, fragrant, 1/6 
Insignls, rose-carmine, rose-scented , is. 
Isabelle Ka.r\ltzky, carmine rose, rose-scented, 1/6 
John Fraser, rose, shading to pink 
Joseph Chamberlain, rich purple-crimson 
Josephine Parmentier, rose-lilac, rose-scented , 
u. id. 
Jupiter, fine rose, fragrant 
La Sublime, rose-pink, rose-scented 
Leonle, blush-white, rose-scented, 3*. id. 
