ON THE CULTURE OF LISIANTIIUS RUSSELLIANUS. 
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Circe. —Rosy violet, streaked and painted with white. 
Bouton de Venus. —Capitule small and neat, double, of a delicate rose colour. 
La Fiancee. —Very pure white. 
Piquillo. —Of bright crimson. 
Flise Meillez. —Rosy purple, tipped with white. 
Pactole. —Amber yellow, very pretty. 
Paquerette. —Capitule small, rayed with rose, disk yellow, tubular. 
These eight novel varieties have been obtained by M. Lebois. M. Pele, a distinguished horticul¬ 
turist of Paris, has also obtained many varieties, the most interesting of which is called Madame 
Pepin, and which flowers constantly about a month before the others. It is probable that this new 
type will furnish other varieties as early, which will impart a novel and important quality to Chry¬ 
santhemums. The other varieties of M. Pele are the following:— 
Abbe Grieux. —Capitule medium size, with ligules carminated below. 
Adele Couvelet. —Capitule of medium size, of a lilac colour ; white at the centre. 
Antonia.- —-Capitule large, rose ; centre orange. 
Astree brilliant .—Capitule large, bright yellow, mixed with salmon. 
Astree. —Capitule of medium size, yellow and red. 
Domage. —Capitule of medium size, purplish. 
Docteur Mercier. —Capitule very large, brilliant yellow. 
Duchesse de Grammont. —Capitule of medium size, of a rose colour, tinged with claret. 
Gama. —Capitule large, red and yellow, mixed with carmine. 
Leverrier .—Capitule of medium size, salmon yellow. 
Mademoiselle Duby. —Capitule small, with lilac ligules. 
Madame Guillaume. —Capitule medium size, violet; centre white. 
Mount Etna. —Capitule medium size, lively carmine. 
Paganini. —Capitule medium size, ligules rosy white above, carmine below. 
Pulcherie. —Capitule of medium size, white, slightly tipped with lilac. 
Battier. —Capitule large, bright red. 
Tullie. —Capitule medium size, white, tipped with rose. 
Vicomtesse de Belleval. —Capitule large, white above, carmine below. 
ON THE CULTURE OF LISIANTHUS RUSSELLIANUS. 
By Mr. JOHN GREEN, C.M.H.S. Gardener to Sir Edmund Antrobus, Bart. 
T HE following remarks on this splendid plant were written a few years back, and communicated 
to the Horticultural Society. I have seen no reason to alter my practice since, and therefore the result 
of it is quite at your service, and I hope your engraving of the plant shown at Chiswick may induce 
many more to undertake the cultivation of so useful an autumn plant. 
This beautiful and much-esteemed plant was introduced into this country, in 1835, from Mexico. 
Being found to be capable of producing ripe seed in abundance, a large stock of plants was soon dif¬ 
fused among our best cultivators, wdio hailed it with delight. Nevertheless, strange to say, its 
successful cultivation, except in a few instances, still remains a desideratum—a fact amply proved by 
the paucity of really well-cultivated plants produced at our great metropolitan exhibitions. 
Having been somewhat more successful than some of my neighbours in growing and flowering this 
plant, truly magnificent when well managed, I will give my plan, which is as follows:—I sow early 
in spring; I first fill a six-inch pot half full of potsherds, over which I place one inch of sphagnum 
moss; I then fill the pot within one inch of the top with rich light sandy soil. When all is pressed 
down equal and firm, and a smooth surface made with the bottom of a small pot, I sow the seed, and 
cover it very slightly with dry white sand. I cover the pots with bell-glasses, and place them on a 
shelf in a shady part of an early vinery, keeping the surface constantly moist by pouring water on the 
outside of the glasses. As soon as the plants have come up, air is admitted, and increased as they ad¬ 
vance in growth. When sufficiently strong they are pricked out into small pots, having the same 
drainage, moss, and mixture as the seed-pots, and are again shaded with hand or bell glasses until 
the plants become established. In three weeks or a month they require to be potted off singly into 
small pots; and I encourage their growfih as much as possible by placing them in a shady part of either 
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