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THE FLORAL MAGAZINE. 
flower it is evidently destined to occupy a foremost place. 
The colours are considerably varied in the different 
blooms, one of the finest forms being deep violet-purple 
with a flame of brilliant yellow up the centre of each 
segment of the flower, whilst other blooms are delicately 
and variously marked and pencilled. The individual 
blooms measure from six to seven inches across, and are 
very attractive on account of the three upper segments 
being spread out horizontally, thus giving the flower an 
aspect of doubleness. 
NEW GLADIOLI. 
Messrs. Souillard and Burnelet, the successors of 
M. Souchet, send out this season, amongst famous hybrid 
Gladioli, the following eighteen first-rate novelties, — 
viz., Amalthee : — A fine variety of moderate stature, 
bearing a splendid spike of large pure white flowers, with 
broad patches of a rich violet- red ; throat velvety- violet ; 
anterior divisions of the perianth slightly shaded with 
lilac. Belladonna : — A fine spike of well-set white 
flowers, shaded with bright lilac, the lower division 
marked with slender bright carmine stripes. Shape of 
the flower very peculiar, and quite new. L’ Unique 
Violet : — Spike very long, bearing unusually large dark 
lilac flowers tinged with violet, and flamed with deep 
carmine. A vigorous grower and of perfect habit. 
Variabilis : — Spike long ; flowers extra large, pure 
white, spotted or not spotted, and sometimes dashed with 
lilac; bottom of the throat violet. An exceedingly 
effective branching variety. Merveille : — Very beauti- 
ful rose-cerise, faintly shaded with violet, bordered and 
flamed with deep carmine; centre very bright. Psyche: 
— A magnificent spike of delicate rose-coloured glazed 
velvety flowers, the inner divisions of a deeper rose, 
flamed with bright carmine. Unrivalled in form and 
colouring. Arethuse : — A fine spike of perfectly formed 
delicate white flowers, faintly tinged with pink and 
striped, and flamed with dark carmine. Murillo : — A 
magnificent spike, bearing beautiful bright cerise-red 
flowers of extra size, all the divisions banded with pure 
white, and the lower ones almost altogether white. A 
first-rate variety. Le A esuve : — An extremely long 
spike of beautiful brilliant fiery-red flowers, very large 
and effective. A late, strong-growing variety. De 
Mirbel : — A large spike of perfect rose-coloured flowers, 
slightly tinged with violet or lilac, ground very bright, 
striped and flamed with deep carmine. Asmodee : — A 
very beautiful spike of cerise red or bright purple flowers, 
bordered and flamed with a rich garnet-red spot, and 
very broad rays, white. A very distinct variety. Le 
Tintorte: — A very long and handsome spike of fine 
open flowers of a beautiful cerise, flamed with carmine 
near the edges, and with a carmined spot upon a 
yellowish ground ; a strong-growing variety. Ondine : 
— A long spike of perfectly disposed white flowers, 
shaded with lilac, each division furnished with a small 
deep violet blotch, and faintly dashed with very bright 
carmine near the edges. Albion : — A very large spike, 
bearing handsome white flowers of unusual size, faintly 
and delicately tinged with lilac, and sometimes flamed 
with lilac-carmine. An extra tall variety. Trium- 
phans : — A very large and beautiful spike of cerise 
flowers, admirably set. Cassini : — Extra large spike of 
perfectly arranged beautiful rose flowers, flamed with 
carmine; lower divisions elegantly striped with carmine 
on a very bright ground. Ambroise Yerschaffelt : — A 
splendid spike of perfectly formed pink and white flowers, 
flamed with garnet-red, divisions with a large rose- spot. 
An exceedingly effective variety. Sirene : — Delicate 
clear bright rose, slightly tinged with orange, and 
broadly rayed with red on the lower divisions, spot red 
on a yellow ground. 
THE MIMULUS. 
[Henderson’s Strain.) 
The beautiful varieties of Mimulus, selected from a large 
collection, and illustrated on Plate 125 of the present 
Number, are amongst some of the finest and most dis- 
tinct hybrid forms obtained from a careful cross-breeding 
of the various strains knowm. in gardens as Mimulus 
luteus-pardinus, M. tigrioides, M. maculosus, and 
M. quinquevulnerus ; and these again re-crossed with 
the brilliant orange and flamed, crimson-flowered 
M. cupreus, and the scarlet-flowered M. cardinalis. The 
successful results of cross-impregnation with the finest 
of perennial species has produced a group of varieties 
with more elegant and picturesque features of colour, 
and tending to a more densely compact and perennial 
habit than found in any previous selections. Many of 
the kinds to be found in the same miscellaneous group 
are both much finer in outline, and show a greater 
advance in the almost colossal size of their individual 
blooms than those here illustrated, whilst the pleasing 
variety and beauty of their coloration and elegant 
markings and pencillings are almost infinite. 
NEW BLANDFORDIAS. 
We have recently seen a new Blandfordia of great beauty 
at Mr. Wm. Bull’s establishment for new plants at 
Chelsea, also a fine new hybrid Blandfordia at Messrs. 
Henderson’s nursery, at St. John’s AA’ood. The latter 
plant is a hybrid between Blandfordia Cunninghami 
and B. flammea, and bears ten or more large, richly 
coloured flowers. 
