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THE FLORIST. 
„ 11 - n *7 7 * fVan Houtte.7 This plant, introduced 
Browallia Uzerwiakowski. < x.\ -n ^ ■ 
^Carter & Co.3 through the Belgian 
gardens, proved to be the same as B. elata, a pretty old-fashioned 
annual for pot culture, and in this case succeeding tolerably well in the 
open air. The flowers were blue, numerous, and showy. 
Calliopsis bicolor nana. (Carter & Co.)—A dwarf-growing variety, 
forming a compact bush, about 15 inches high. The plants were not 
fixed in character. 
Calliopsis bicnlor speciosa. Syn. C. bicolor nigra speciosa. (Carter 
& Co.)—A good dark form of garden Coreopsis, the florets being of a 
dark crimson or maroon-crimson, very rich and effective. 
Calliopsis bicolor tubulosa. Syn. Coreopsis, new quilled. (Turner.) 
—The flower-heads were yellow and crimson, the florets rolled up into 
a tube. It was very inferior to the usual forms, as regarded its orna¬ 
mental qualities. 
Callistephus chinensis. —Of the very beautiful family of China Asters 
a large collection was grown, but the season proved so unfavourable, 
that no detailed report could be drawn up. Seeds were furnished by 
Messrs. Carter & Co., Messrs. Fraser, Messrs. E. G. Henderson & Son, 
Mr. W. Thompson, Mr. Turner, Mr. Veitch, and MM. Vilmorin- 
Andrieux & Cie. The few varieties enumerated below were the only 
ones that proved really fine : — 
§ 1. Dwarf Chrysanthemum-flowered. 
These, which belong to the series called French Asters, grew 4 to 6 
inches high, producing large flat double flower-heads, arranged so that 
the central head and from 5 to 7 laterals form a flat-topped bouquet. 
Some of the more perfectly formed plants were very handsome ; and 
this group seems adapted to furnish beautiful pot plants. The varieties 
of this habit are sometimes called “ Dwarf Perfection.” 
“ Hose ” (Fraser), light rose or pink. 
“ Carmine and White" (Carter), light rose with white centre. 
“ Lilac" (Fraser), light blue purple. 
“ Dark Blue" (Carter), dark purple. 
§ 2. Pompone. 
These grew about 1 foot high, the plants moderately and compactly 
branched, with close ranunculus-like flower-heads, formed of crowded 
flat florets, the whole mass constituting each “ flower ” having an even 
convex outline:— 
Indigo" (Henderson, Vilmoriii), very deep purple. 
“ Rosefonce" (Henderson), deep rose. 
'■^Pompone blanc" (Henderson, Vilmorin), pure white. 
Rouge fonce" (Vilmorin), rose colour. 
§ 3. Large-flowered French. 
These were of the ordinary stature, the plants being moderately 
branched, and producing flower-heads of large size, consisting of flat 
expanded florets, arranged so as to form a flat-faced “ flower— 
“ Rose came" (Henderson), flesh colour, or very pale rose. 
Lilas" (Henderson), bluish lilac. 
“ Rose lisere blanc ” (Vilmorin), light rose, white striped centre. 
“ Snow White" (Veitch), pure white. 
