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Pelargonium (fancy) Rosy Morn [f.o.]. —Pink, shaded with rose, and wire- 
edge of white, striking white throat; fine form.— Mr. C. Turner: May 20. 
Pelargonium (fancy) The Shah [f.c.]. —Rose-shaded maroon, and wire-edge 
of pinkish white ; form, extra fine.— Mr. G. Turner: R.B.S., May 20. 
Polyanthus purpureus [f.o.c.]. —A fine large crimson-purple fancy or 
bedding variety ; the pips of great size, and forming a bold truss.— Mr, li. Dean: 
B.II.S.^ April 1. 
Rose (h. p.) Perle des Blanches [f.c.]. —A very free-flowering pure white 
variety, producing its flowers in large clusters, and well adapted for garden 
decoration.— Mr. W. Paul: R.B.S.^ April 22. 
Rose (h. p.) St. George [f.c.].— Shaded crimson, a fine full globular flower 
of excellent quality.— Mr. W. Paul: R.B.S.^ April 25. 
. Rose (tea) Duchess of Edinburgh [f.o.c.]. —A fine high-coloured variety 
in the way of Cheshunt Hybrid, with large globular flowers of a rosy lilac-purple 
hue, and very fragrant.— Messrs. Veitch 4' Sons : P.H.S.yMay 13. 
Rose (tea) Mdlle. Marie Arnaud [f.c.]. — A charming pale-yellow flowered 
variety, of the build of Marechal Niel, and of a soft and pleasing glow of colour. 
— 3fr. W. Paul: R.B.S..^ April 22. 
Viola White Swan [f.o.c.]. —A large-flowered pure white variety of the 
lutea-grandiflora section, very free, remarkably early, and continuing in blooming ; 
will be of great value in spring gardens.— Mr. R. Dean: R.IT.S., 13. 
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^JiHIS plant, now so common in our stoves and greenhouses [known also as 
Selaginella denticulata., but more correctly as S. Kraussiana, the true S. 
f denticulata being quite different], is, I presume, very much hardier 
than many cultivators of it are aware of. In the summer of 1870, a 
large plant of Agave americana variegata was turned out into a subtropical 
bed in the flower garden. Round the edge of the pot, which was about two- 
thirds sunk into the bed, was-growing a healthy batch of this Lycopod, covering 
the upper portion of the pot so as nearly to render it invisible. While in this 
open-air position it had established itself on the ground adjoining, where it 
remained undisturbed until the following spring, when I was astonished to find, 
while the men were digging over the bed, some plants fresh and green, which 
had lived through about six weeks’ frost of such severity, that it had penetrated 
freely a foot deep into the ground. This severe test of its hardiness induced me 
to make a trial of it as a hardy edging plant. The place chosen was round 
some stone-work forming a margin to a hardy fernery. In case of its not suc¬ 
ceeding, it was mixed alternately with a hardy dwarf Sedum. The situation has, 
however, suited it so well, that it has remained undisturbed for the last three 
years. The growth through the summer months is very dense and compact; and 
it forms a pretty and interesting edging for the fernery, in connection with the 
Sedum. The beds are well drained by stones and brick-bats, and the soil light and 
open. The situation is well sheltered, but with full exposure to the mid-day sun.— 
J. Webster, Gordon Castle, 
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