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NEW PLANTS. 
NEW DOUBLE-FLOWERING MIMULUS. 
In introducing these extraordinary Novelties Mr. W. B. thinks ho 
cannot do better than quote the able and lucid description given of them 
in the Gardener's Chronicle, April 15, 1865: — 
“ We have more than once had occasion to mention Mr. Bull’s strain 
of Mimuluses, and we have now to notice another perfectly new strain, 
with veritable duplex monkey-flowers, thorough hose-in -hose, as though 
the calyx, justifying the name, had taken to mimicking the corolla. 
In these remarkable ciu’iosities the corolla exactly resembles some of the 
forms commonly known in gardens as Mimulus maeulosus, but instead of 
the calyx being tho usual form and green colour, this organ is converted 
into a coloured body almost exactly like the corolla in form, and, like it, 
brightly coloured and handsomely spotted. 
“ Looking at Mimuluses as decorative plants, this new feature is a 
very great advantage. No one can doubt or dispute tho beauty of some 
of the fine varieties of Mimulus, but the defect, from a garden point of 
view is, that the flowers drop too soon — the beauty is not enduring. 
Now leaving out of question altogether the fact tliat the ornamental part 
of the plant is at once doubled m quantity, there remains the very 
important fact, that bo the corolla ever so fleeting and evanescent, when 
it falls, the plant to all intents and purposes remains in flower : the 
calyx is virtually in itself a flower as fiir as ornament is concerned, and 
this part does not fall like the corolla, but lasts as long as its substance 
will cndui-e. The great merit of the now race is, that the flowers, as 
represented by the outer of the two floral whorls remain persistent for a 
period hitherto unlcnown amongst Mimuluses.” 
This new stritin is perfectly hardy, so that the varieties are valuable 
alike for open garden and greenhouse decoration. 
During the past .spring these Mimuluses received a First Class Cci-ti- 
ficate when exhibited before the Floral Committee of the Eoyal Horti- 
cultural Society, and a similar award at the Eoyal Botanic Society’s 
Exhibition, Regent’s Pai’k. 
A dozen of the most distinct varieties {as follows) have been selected, 
and are now offered for £3 the collection. To be sent out in October next. 
Andersoni. — Ground colour rich yellow, lower lobe blotched with deep 
crimson, the upper lobes and lower part of the throat beautifully 
spotted with a lightish pink. 
