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I should fear, but that is only my impression from the feature ; and 
if tolerably distinct and sufficiently robust, who would not wel¬ 
come another La France ? It is styled Lady Mary Fitzwilliam. 
There are five others in the list, three being crosses between Teas 
and Hybrid Perpetuals, the other two between Marquise de Castel- 
lane and Ferdinand de Lesseps, and Mabel Morrison and E. Y. 
Teas. Amongst new French Hoses, the two Mr. Bennett seems to 
recommend are Etoile de Lyon, a sulphur yellow Bose, and Violette 
Bouyer, a white flesh colour seedling from Jules Margottin. If this 
is a white Bose it ought to be an addition, but Mr. George Paul’s 
White Baroness is probably the most hopeful acquisition of that 
kind. Shall we ever have a really good white Hybrid Perpetual 1 
—A. C. 
LEEA AMABILIS. 
Plants distinguished by the rich colours or graceful form of 
their foliage have now become abundant in English gardens, but 
amongst all those, that now represented in these pages, Leea 
amabilis, is not excelled in the clearness of the variegation and 
Fig. 56 .—Lkea amabilis. 
elegance of habit. At the last meeting of the Eoyal Horticultural 
Society the Floral Committee signified their appreciation of the 
plant, then exhibited for the first time, by unanimously awarding 
it a first-class certificate, and it was the general opinion of the 
horticultural visitors to the Promenade Show on that day that it 
was the most pleasing fine-foliage plant which had been exhi¬ 
bited for some years. At the Boyal Botanic Society’s Spring 
Show, on the following day, this expression of general admiration 
was confirmed by the award of a certificate. It was also noticed 
that the plant appeared to better advantage there than it did in 
the somewhat dark Council-room at Kensington. 
The introducers of this handsome novelty, Messrs. J. Yeitch and 
Sons, Chelsea, obtained it from Borneo through one of their col¬ 
lectors, so that it requires the temperature of a stove to secure it 
in good condition, especially if it is desired to forward its growth ; 
but doubtless well-established plants will thrive in an intermediate 
house. As shown in our engraving, the leaves are pinnate, each 
having two pairs of leaflets, and a terminal one, all of equal size 
namely, 3 or 4 inches long by 2 inches in breadth at the widest 
portion, and tapering to the apex and base. The ground colour is 
a deep velvety green, with a clearly defined central band of 
silvery white—most effective and distinct. The young leaves are 
remarkably pretty, of a reddish bronze tint. The habit is compact, 
while the plant appears to be a strong and free grower, and is 
