JULY. 
193 
THE CHINESE AZALEA. 
(Plate 128.) 
The admirers of Chinese Azaleas are certainly much in¬ 
debted to the Messrs. Ivery, for the great attention they have 
paid to raising new varieties of this popular flower. In light 
coloured kinds especially (of which our present plate furnishes 
an example) they have been unusually successful, and their 
hybrids in this class comprise nearly all the best in cultivation. 
In our volume for 1852, page 137, we figured two varieties— 
Criterion and Admiration, raised by Messrs. Ivery, of Dorking, 
which have fully answered the high opinion we then formed of 
their merits, and we now avail ourselves of another production— 
Queen Victoria, raised by Mr. Ivery, of Peckham, belonging to 
the same section, but having larger flowers, with good substance 
of petal, of a clear white ground, striped and blotched with rosy 
purple. It is, we understand, a cross between Iveryana and 
Barclayana. 
Besides the three varieties of light class flowers figured in the 
Florist, the following kinds have originated or have been sent 
out by Messrs. Ivery, of Dorking. 
Iveryana, white, striped with red. 
Barclayana, white, with violet stripes. 
Beauty of Kcigate, white, with rose stripes. 
These, with Admiration, Criterion, and Queen Victoria, are all 
first class flowers, and should be in every collection. 
We give the names of a few other striped varieties by different 
raisers, which should be added to collections, if not already grown. 
The best of them are— 
Beauty de I’Europe, light pink, carmine stripes. 
Striata formosissima (Veitch), white, with deep purple stripes, very fine. 
Madame Miellez, white, with vivid flakes. 
There are several others in cultivation, as Beali, vittata, &c., 
but they are very inconstant, a fault more or less connected with 
many of the striped varieties. Those we have named, however, 
may be depended on to come true under good cultivation, and 
are deservedly admired varieties. 
This section of the Chinese Azalea has undoubtedly been 
derived in the first instance from A. variegata, whose progeny 
has a remarkable tendency to produce blotched and striped 
flowers. They all partake more or less of the variegata habit, 
and should be grafted on a strong growing stock, to form large 
plants, for which purpose there are few better than seedling 
plants of A. phoenicea, which furnish excellent free growing stocks. 
The list of self coloured Azaleas has also received some valu¬ 
able additions since we last noticed them in our pages. We append 
a list of a few select kinds, some of which, though not very new, 
are not so generally seen as we might expect, as they are a great 
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