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DOUBLE-FLOWERED MIMULUSES. 
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From the coloured figure accompanying the description, the plant appears 
to have very much the general aspect of G. Lauchecma cjigantea^ raised some 
years since by M. Stelzner, of Ghent, but would seem to be of dwarfer habit.— 
T. Moore. 
DOUBLE-FLOWEEED MIMULUSES. 
WITH AN ILLUSTRATION. 
JUR plate represents some novel varieties of Mimulus, or Monkey-flower, in 
which the development has been carried so far as to result in the produc- 
tion of double-flowers. It will be seen that in these double-flowered 
varieties a small tuft of petaloid bodies is produced in the mouth of the 
tube, which gives them quite a distinct appearance. The large size and varied 
colouring and markings of the flowers render them very effective. The names of 
the double-flowered varieties represented in the accompanying illustration are 
Galatea (fig. 1), Crown Prince (fig. 2), Spotted Gem (fig. 3). A glance at 
the figures themselves will convey a better idea of the richness of their colouring 
than any description in words, though in a general way we may describe those 
we have selected as having straw-coloured or sulphur-yellow grounds, with bold 
blotchings and spottings of crimson, the corollas being more or less flushed with 
rose-colour, and with orange-yellow on the palate. Various other combinations 
of colour, however, occur amongst them. 
The horticultural world is indebted to Messrs. E. G. Henderson and Son, of 
the Pine-apple Nursery, for the production of this fine race of novelties, which, we 
are informed, was obtained by continually following up a chance sport, casting 
aside the single or poor varieties, until the character became fixed as the mark 
of a distinct and permanent section. We have to thank these gentlemen for 
the opportunity of laying the accompanying portraits before our readers. 
The remaining figure in our plate, that of Fire-King (fig. 4), represents a 
brilliant large-flowered strain, obtained by crossing with M. cupreus ; the deep 
scarlet and bright yellow tints to be found here are very striking, and are relieved 
by the orange-yellow and the deep crimson spotting which adorn the palate. In 
a collection this will prove remarkably telling. 
We may also mention in this connection the splendid strain of single-flowered 
spotted Mimuluses for which the Wellington Road and Pine-apple Nurseries have 
of late years become famous. The extraordinary size which has been reached, 
and which one often sees developed on the tiniest of plants, in thimble-sized pots, 
is perfectly startling, the flowers appearing at first sight larger than all the rest 
—plant and pot—put together. Iii this strain also, which has been originated 
by the intercrossing, over a period of many years, of the races distinguished by 
the names pardinus^ tigrioides^ qidnquevulnerus^ cupreus^ ^'C.. there is an almost 
endless variety of colour-tints and of markings, which render them particularly 
striking as ornamental plants. A selection of the best of them is now grown, 
under names, upwards of forty sorts being thus offered in Messrs. Henderson’s 
catalogue for the present year.—T. Moore. 
