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VOL. XXXT. No. 2 
WHOLE No. 1302. 
[Entered according to Act of Coneresa. In tbe year 1875. by the Rural PubMainry Company, in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.] 
Hackney, London, and was first exhibited 
by that firm at the Royal Horticultural 
Society, at South Kensington, early in 1873, 
at which time it was awarded a first-class 
certificate by the Floral Committee of that 
Society. It partakes very much of the ex¬ 
ceedingly dwarf character of the old favorite 
lobelia pumila ; its flow era are quite double, 
of a deep, rich blue, and produced in such 
abundance as soon to form a mass of flower. 
When 1 6atv tills plant the past summer in 
full flower, In the beautfully arranged beds at 
the Crystal Palace, Victoria Park, and other 
places in the vicinity of London, where it was 
used in largo numbers, planted In combina¬ 
tion with tho Golden Calceolarias, Altemau- 
thera.-. Coleus, Golden Feather, Variegated 
Ice Plant, Ecfltverlns, and other succulents, 
it appt ared to me everything that could be 
desired ns a blue bedding plant. In this 
country it will become a valuable plant for 
pot culture for fall, winter and spring 
flowering; but whether it will endure the 
summer's heat, when planted out in the 
flower beds, remains to bo seen, as we have 
not yet had an opportunity of giving it a 
fair test; but at! tho single flowering forms 
succeed admirably as bedding plants in most 
localities, 1 think that wo may reasonable 
hope that this will do the same. The ac- 
com puny i J.g- out is a fair representation of 
one of our plants in full flower, and conveys 
a. good idea of its exceedingly dwarf free- 
flowering habit, H. E. Clctty. 
Paterson, N. J. 
HARDY AZALEAS. 
Mrs. P. T. W. is* informed that the hardy 
Azaleas are beautiful, showy and desirable 
on lawns, especially if planted among tho 
dwarf or lower growing evergreens. They 
bloom in profusion before any leaves show 
upon their stems, henco the contrast result¬ 
ing from mingling them with ovorgreers, as 
suggested, is liigbly effective and satisfac¬ 
tory, since ono hightens the neauty of the 
other. The color of the flowers varies in dif¬ 
ferent varieties, ranging from pure whito 
through all the shades of pink striped with 
white, yellow, orange, variegated purple, 
rod, &c. They grow most vigorously in rich, 
turfy loam, though they thrive in any good 
garden soil. They always give great satis¬ 
faction when planted in proper relation to 
other shrub-. 
The Pontic species (of which we illustrate 
one variety) have slightly larger flowers than 
our natives, and there is a greater variety 
simply because more attention has been paid 
to their culture and a greater number of 
seedlings raised therefrom. The illustration 
of Analea Pontic w coednea herewith given 
gives a very good idea of the form and size 
of the flowers. In color they are pale scarlet 
tinged with orange, approaching that of our 
native species, A. oalendulftcca ,which is quite 
common in Virginia am] further South. 
LOBELIA PUMILA GRANDIFLORA PLENA 
This plant originated as a chance seed 
Under the above name, we have a very | in the nurseries of Messrs. Dixon & Co. 
PHYLLOXERA IN ENGLAND 
A late London Garden says : — The Phyl¬ 
loxera, we hear, has made its appearance 
among us in several ranges of vineries, the 
vines in some of which havo had to be up¬ 
rooted and destroyed, a fact which deserves 
the most serious consideration. There seems 
to be a reluctance among gardeners to ad¬ 
mit that they have got it on their vines ; but 
if something fa not done at once to stamp it 
out, it will by ami-l>y bo impossible to do so. 
It is, therefore, exceedingly important that 
any case of Phylloxera , whether in a private 
or public establishment, should be made 
known, if any practical measures are to be 
adopted for its extermination. It has been 
suggested, as a means of staying its ravages 
in France, that instead of introducing Ameri¬ 
can vines, the. wild vine*, abundant in many 
parts of that country, should be carefully 
cultivated ; they produce, in a wild state, 
excellent fruit, and as they are very hardy, 
it is thought they would withstand the at¬ 
tacks of this pest. 
VINEYARD N0TE8 
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