The fine variety which we now figure is one of the numerous 
progeny which have been originated at the Bagshot Nursery 
by Mr. John Standish, and is named after a very enthusiastic 
florist, with whom we have ourselves entered the lists in for¬ 
mer days in Ireland, and who, to his other successful attempts 
in the floral warfare, has lately carried off the principal prize 
for Gladiolus at the Autumn Show T of the Royal Horticultural 
Society of Ireland. Mr. Standish is still successfully bringing 
forward many choice kinds, and his catalogue this season will 
show us what wonderful varieties of colour and marking this 
beautiful flower is assuming. M. Souchet, too, the equally 
celebrated raiser at Fontainebleau, has some new flowers of con¬ 
siderable merit it is said, which are being introduced to the 
public by Messrs. Thibaut and Keteleer; they are Flore , Be 
Candolle , Imperatrice Eugenie , Stephenson , and John Wat ever: of 
these Imperatrice Eugenie is said to be the greatest novelty yet 
seen; it is more than likely, however, from the description we 
have seen of it, that it is not unlike the flower we figured [Mrs. 
Eombrain) in an early number of this volume. 
The variety now figured is in colour a bright crimson-red, 
the three lower petals having a broad blotch of buff and a crim¬ 
son feather in the centre. There are also deep crimson spots 
in the throat of the flower, making it altogether not only a 
pretty but a striking flower. 
