Plate 387. 
CLEMATIS, FAIRY QUEEN. 
This is one of the fine new varieties raised by Messrs. T. Cripps and Son, Nursery- 
men, Tunbridge Wells, to wliom we are indebted for some beautiful and useful forms of 
the hardy Clematis. It belongs to the C. lamigruosa section, and the flower in the 
accompanying illustration is really undersized. It was exhibited at one of the meetings 
of the Royal Horticultural Society in July, 1875, and awarded a First-class Certificate of 
Merit. The flowers are very large, occasionally nine inches across ; the colour pale-flesh, 
with a striking pale bar in the centre of each sepal, with a purple shading at the base. 
The Gardener's Chronicle alluded to it at the time of its being shown as “ of an inde- 
scribably beautiful colour,” indeed it is difficult to set forth in any description a true 
estimate of its charming appearance. It is a very free-blooming variety, and in addition 
to its value as a hardy climber in the open air, it also bids fair to become a most 
acceptable decorative and exhibition plant, cultivated in pots. Though new Clematises 
increase with great rapidity, there is apparently no limit to the almost infinite variety of 
the shades of colour they exhibit. 
Plate 388. 
VERBENA LUSTROUS. 
This is a new variety raised by Messrs. Keynes and Co., Castle Street Nursery, 
Salisbury, and, whether regarded as eminently useful for bedding or decorative purposes, 
will not fail to become a general favourite. It is one of the most brilliant coloured 
Verbenas we have met with, being of a very rich and striking cerise-scarlet, with a bold 
lemon eye, the trusses large, symmetrical and fine in appearance, the pips stout and of 
brilliant shape ; the habit of growth all that could be desired. It has received the name 
of Lustrous on account of its singularly effective glow of colour, which is very difficult to 
portray in a picture. 
The branch from which Mr. Fitch made his sketch was taken from the plant when 
the growth had become somewhat drawn, but the habit is thoroughly good, close jointed, 
dense, and decidedly robust. Complaints are often made, and with good cause, that 
many of our best Verbenas are deficient in habit. We are quite certain that Messrs. 
Keynes and Cods new variety will not give cause for hostile criticism on that score. 
