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of the rich and elaborate Corinthian capital 
in architecture. 
The subject of this notice is a stove shrub, 
clothed with rather large drooping lance- 
shaped leaves ; and from the top of the stems 
is produced the remarkably aggregated, and 
deeply four-angled spike, of closely placed, 
imbricated bracteas, of a rich purple colour, 
which curve downwards in a remarkable man- 
ner ; between these bracts, the corollas, or 
flowers, are protruded; they are of a rich pur- 
plish blue, tubular, and lipped, a good deal 
like some of the Salvias. It is cultivated in 
the Royal Botanic Gardens of Kew. 
Sir W. Hooker remarks : — " For the pos- 
session of this truly charming plant we are 
indebted to Mr. Forkel, gardener to his Ma- 
jesty the King of the Belgians, at Brussels, 
who sent it us under the above name ; but, 
unfortunately, without any history, so as to 
leave us in the dark as to its native country, and 
the author of its very appropriate name, given 
in allusion to the singularly richly-coloured 
spikes of deep purple, from within the scales 
of which, scarcely less brightly coloured, (but 
more inclining to blue,) flowers appear." It 
was exhibited in the room of the Horticul- 
tural Society during the spring, and was 
much admired. It is a stove plant, and con- 
tinues flowering throughout the spring and 
summer months. 
These plants should be potted in good turfy- 
loam and peat, in proportionate sized pots, 
well drained, and require plenty of water 
when growing. In other points, they should 
be treated as other stove plants of a similar 
nature. 
NEW ROSES. 
We "have, by the assistance of Messrs. Paul 
of Cheshunt, and Mr. Willison of Whitby, 
been enabled to give a list of Select Roses, 
which are either new or rare, and are to be 
let out this autumn. Messrs. Paul are well 
known authorities ; Mr. Willison's we have 
seen several times during the summer, and do 
not hesitate to say they are very great acqui- 
sitions to the Pose garden. 
DESCRIPTION OF NEW OR RARE ROSES, BY 
A. PAUL AND SON, CHESHUNT, HERTS. 
MOSS. 
A.feuilles luisante. — Flowers of a delicate 
pink, with blush edges ; a little globular ; of 
medium size, and very double ; growth mode- 
rate ; branching. 
Alice Leroi. — Flowers lilac blush shaded with 
rose, the centre of the flower full rose ; finely 
formed petal, cupped, large and double, buds 
well mossed ; growth vigorous. 
Charlotte tie Sor. — Flowers bright rose, of a 
medium size and double, curious foliage. 
Comtes.se Murinais. — Flowers white, large 
and double. This is said to be the first White 
Moss Rose obtained from seed. 
Condorcet. — Flowers pale rose, of medium 
size, and double ; growth moderate. 
Emperor. — Flowers' of a reddish crimson, 
very compact and double ; growth branching 
and vigorous ; the wood very red, and 
thickly covered with red spines. 
Lansezeur. — Flowers of a deep rosy purple, 
veined, cupped, and double. 
Princesse Adelaide. — Flowers of a pale 
glossy rose, compact, large and full, blooming 
in large corymbs. The growth of this variety 
is very vigorous, and it requires but little 
pruning. 
Rosinella. — Flowers of a rosy purple, ex- 
panded and double ; growth erect and vigor- 
ous ; the foliage, when young, of a reddish 
brown. 
Varacel. — Flowers dark purple, spotted with 
rose, small and full ; growth branching and 
vigorous, the leaves of the young shoots of a 
reddish brown. 
DAMASK. 
Madame Zoutmann. — Flowers pure white, 
compact, large and double. 
Semiramis. — Flowers pale rose, very large 
and double, compact ; of vigorous growth. 
GALLICA. 
Oeillet parfait. — Flowers pure white, dis- 
tinctly striped with rosy crimson ; the latter 
colour shaded with purple like a Carnation, 
cupped, medium and double ; growth erect 
and small. 
HYBRID PROVENCE. 
Comtesse Plater. — Flowers creamy white, 
sometimes tinted with flesh ; of medium size j 
very double. 
HYBRID CHINESE. 
Comtesse Mole. —Flowers fine clear flesh ; 
cupped, large and double ; of robust growth. 
Galien. — Flowers rosy lilac, spotted, globu- 
lar ; very large and full growth ; vigorous. 
AUSTRIAN. 
Persian Yellow. — Flowers fine golden yel- 
low, globular, large and full. This is decidedly 
the deepest and best yellow Rose yet known. 
It is perfectly hardy, and appears to thrive 
almost in any situation. Like the other Aus- 
trian Roses, if pruned much, it is a shy 
bloomer ; but if left to its own course of 
growth, it blooms freely enough. The foliage 
has the fragrance of the Sweet Brier. 
PERPETUAL MOSS. 
Mauget. — Flowers delicate, rosy crimson, 
globular and double ; of moderate growth. 
