FEBRUARY. 
51 
Hibiscus Mspidus. Syn: H. calisureiis. n 
^ ^Carter & Uo. > some, 
II. Ilumboldtii. Parker & Co.^ large- 
flowered species, distinguished by its dark-coloured stems. The leaves 
were three-parted, their divisions lobed. The flowers were large, cream- 
coloured, with an intense black spot at the base of the petals, and having 
the scales of the involucel recurved at the point. It is a very showy 
and desirable plant. 
Hibiscus Trionum. Carter & Co.*^ This resembled the last, but 
c XT ‘ f Carter & Co. > had smaller flowers, and the 
^Veitcn. J stems were pale-coloured; 
the leaves were three-parted and lobed; and the scales of the involucel 
were incurved. It is the Bladder Ketmia, long known in cultivation, 
and not the true H. africanus. 
Iberis umbellata atropurpurea. This variety, which 
c rr- T\ 7 n j , jy. CCarter & Co. >had the habit of 
byn: Fine Dark (Jandytuft. 4 
burner. J the common Can¬ 
dytuft, growing about 1 foot high, and branching from the base, had 
flowers of a tolerably uniform rich deep rosy-purple. Some few were, 
however, of a deeper and richer colour than the rest, and these were 
considered very fine: quite first-class amongst annuals .—Horticultural 
Society's Proceedings. 
PYRAMIDAL HYBRID PERPETUALS. 
Standard Roses, inartistic and unpicturesque as they are, have 
“held their own’’for some years. It is time that some new Rose 
idea was originated, and I hope, ere long, to have standard Roses 
spoken of as things of the past—like stage coaches and road waggons. 
The culture of Pyramidal Roses will require more care and time than 
the culture of standards, which we all know is very simple; but the 
Rose gardener will be amply compensated by such glorious effects as 
have never yet been seen in our roseries. 
Like all really good gardening ideas, the culture of Rose pyramids, 
although requiring more time and care than the culture of standard and 
dwarf Roses, is still very simple, and may be carried out as follows:— 
Some strong two years old stocks of the Manetti Rose should be planted 
in November, in a piece of ground well exposed to sun and air. The 
soil should have dressings of manure, and be sti^’red to nearly two feet 
in depth. In the months of July and August of the following year 
they will be in a fit state to bud. They should have one bud inserted 
in each stock close to the ground. The sort to be chosen for this pre¬ 
liminary budding is a very old Hybrid China Rose, called Madame 
Pisaroni, a Rose with a most vigorous and robust habit, which, budded 
in strong Manetti stocks, will often make shoots from six to seven feet 
in length, and stout and robust in proportion. In the month of 
February following, the stocks in which are live buds should all be cut 
down to within six inches of the bud. In May the buds will begin to 
shoot vigorously ; if there are more shoots than one from each bud they 
