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THE FLORIST. 
Petunia ntctageniflora, v. Eclipse. [Flor. Mag. t. 30.) Solanaceae. 
A handsome variety, of which the flowers are very large, 3 inches across, with 
broad overlapping wavy segments, and very effectively marked; the colour is 
mauve purple, forming sometimes five broad bars radiating from the centre, two 
or three of these being at other times confluent into a large purple blotch, while 
the rest of the surface is veined with mauve on a white ground. An English 
variety. Mr. G. Smith. 
PiNus LOPHOSPERMA. {Gard. Chron. 1860, 46.) Pinacem. A new Pine 
tree, which it is said for beauty of foliage is unsurpassed by any other kind. 
Leaves in fives, rigid, 8—10 inches long. The cones resemble those of the Stone 
Pine, but are larger, and the ends of the scales more erect and two-edged. 
Lower California. 3Iessrs. Low and Co. 
Primula Fortunii. {Flor. Mag. t. 7.) Primulacese. A fine dwarf hardy 
or half-hardy perennial, with Primrose-like leaves, and large dense heads of pale 
lilac yellow-eyed flowers. Probably Indian. Messrs. E. G. Henderson and Son. 
Primula pr^nitens (sinensis), v. atrorosea plena. {Flor. 3Iag. t. 2.) 
A beautiful variety of the Chinese Primrose, of vigorous habit, producing 
umbels of numerous large double flowers, fully 1^ inch in diameter; deep rose- 
colour, fringed on the margins as in fimbriata, of which this is a double-flowered 
form, accidentally produced. An English variety. 3Ir. Turner. 
Primula pr^enitens, v. carminata. A very desirable new form of the fringed 
Chinese Primrose, the flowers being of an entirely new strain of colour, a kind 
of salmony-rose, likely to render the variety not only useful as an ornamental 
plant, but also as a breeder. A German variety. M. Senary. 
Primula pr^nitens, v. fol. variegatis. A variegated-leaved form of the 
fringed variety of the Chinese Primrose, with the variegations well marked. An 
English variety. 3Ir. W. Lee. 
Pyrethrum roseum, V. atrosanguineum. {Illust. Bouq. t. 38.) Compositse. 
A fine new variety, with the flower heads nearly 3 inches across, the rays violet 
crimson. Of continental origin. 3Iessrs. E. G. Henderson and Son. 
Quercus bambus^folia. {Gard. Chron. 1860, 170.) Corylaceae. A fine, 
evergreen Oak, supposed to be hardy and of an ornamental character. The 
leaves are linear-lanceolate and leathery. China. Mr. Fortune. 
Richardia hastata. {Bot. Mag. t. 5176.) Araceae. This is the pretty 
yellow-flowered species noticed in our last year’s list under the prior name of 
R. oculata. 
Rosa SERIOEA. {Bot 3Iag. t. 5200). Rosacese. A hardy bush, of mode¬ 
rate size, producing single, white, four-petaled flowers. India. Kew. 
Saponaria calabrica, V. ROSEO-ALBA. A pretty, free-flowering variety, 
with blush-white flowers, forming a pretty contrast with the rose-coloured 
form of this useful annual species. An English variety. 3Iessrs. Carter and Co. 
Sph.®rostema marmoratum. {Illust. Bouq. t. 40.) Schizandraceae. A 
fine hothouse climber, with bold, acuminately, heart-shaped leaves, beautifully 
marked with silvery fleece-like spots or clouds on the green surface. Borneo. 
Messrs. Low and Co. 
Spir^a Fortunii. {Bot. Mag. t. 5164.) Rosaceae. A very handsome 
hardy shrub, commonly known in gardens as S. callosa. Its large cymes of 
deep rose-coloured flowers are very ornamental. China and Japan. 
SpiRjEA Nobleana. {Bot. Mag. t. 5169.) A very fine, hardy shrub, inter¬ 
mediate in character between S. Douglasii, and S. callosa (Fortunii), having 
oblong lance-shaped sharply toothed leaves, and short, dense panicles of 
purplish-rose-coloured flowers. A garden sport or hybrid. Mr. C. Nohle^ and 
others. 
Stokesia cyanba. {Illust. Bouq. t. 42.) Compositae. A fine, long-lost, 
re-introduced, half-hardy perennial, with lance-shaped leaves, and large, 
purplish-blue Aster-like flower-heads, 3-5 inches in diameter. North America. 
Messrs. E. G. Henderson ^ Son. 
Taxus baccata, V. erecta. Taxaceae. A distinct and elegant form of the 
common Yew tree, remarkable for the regular and compact pyramidal or cone- 
shaped figure of the plants, which taper upwards to a slender point; the branches 
being erect, close and regular, clothed with shortish recurved dark-coloured 
bluntish leaves. An English variety. Mr. W. Crowder. Under the same 
