Dkcf,mi3er is. COUNTPiy GENTLEMAN’S COxMPANION, 
'Poison ij'Or (Golden Fleece),—A large, late, golden- 
yellow flower. A dwarf, stout plant 
' -TnroMPHE. —A fine, large, golden flower; and a good 
pot-plant. 
I 'Pirnais EnunxKA (The ivory tower). — A fine white 
flower. 
UuANiE (The planet Uranus).—A fine, large ama- 
■ ranth, pencilled with white. 
Yrsta (Another planet).—'A fine, pure wlilte flower. 
■i=ZKimA.—A mottled liluc-and-white flower. 
ANEMONE-FLOWEEEP TOMPONES. 
*Ariane (xVrion, a Greek poet).—Amaranth and gold 
i centre. A fine, bold flower. 
! ^=Cedo Ncllt (I yield to none).—A fine, white flower, 
with brown tops; sometimes quite full in the centre, 
i Cybele (Sybil — the witch of Endor was a Sybil).— 
This is almost a single-flowerj amaranth, with a golden¬ 
eye, and very pretty for variety. 
I =::Juanita.— Blush and yellow eye ; very conspicuous. 
I Lais.— A large, dark flower; useful to mix with blush 
and white flowers out-of-doors. 
■:= Marguerite de Valois ('Phe Queen of Henry the 
' Fourth of PTance).—White, with a yellow centre. 
I =:■=:= Marguerite be Wildemer. —'Phe best in this 
section; sulpliur and gold. 
-Reine ues Anemones (Queen of the Anemones).— 
A fine, white flower. 
'Pile following are quite new, having only been “ let 
out ” last spring for the first time. 
■:=Aigle d’Or (Golden Eagle).—Canary-yellow. 
=i=ALEXANDRE Pele— A bronzed-red flower. We have 
heard of M. Pele’s Pompones from Mr. Iveir, but not the 
names of four particularly good kinds he had iu .1854. 
^Aureole. —A fine crimson-scarlet, or the nearest 
shade that way. 
=::Creole —A dark red salmon. 
-lUluRUELET.—An excellent kind for a pot, with rosy- 
violet flowers. 
-Mrs. Westwood. — A silvery-black; a seedling of 
this season only. 
-Air. Dale. — Brassy and Crome-yellow. This is 
also a seedling of this season. 
-Queen of Lilliput.—A small, rosy-blush flower. 
PtEGULUs. —Cinnamon, and of the Anemone section. 
Sainte Thais. —Cliesnut-red, and a distinct kind. 
--'Prophee. —The double-star denotes one of the very 
best of them—a fine rose. 
I *VicoMTE UE Caumont. —A fine mixed colour of red, 
i brown, and yellow, D. Beaton. 
BOUVARDIA. 
This is a beautiful family of semi-herbaceous, semi- 
shrubby plants, with tubular flowers, and growing from 
one-and-a-half to three and more feet iu height. All 
of them are very beautiful, and besides being well 
fitted for ornamenting the greenhouse, are also hardy 
enough to suit the flower-bed in summer, or to bloom in 
a warm spot, or at the base of a south or west con¬ 
servative wall. P’or the first, or common bedding, one 
of the oldest, triphylla, is very useful, and so are its 
varieties, glahia, puhescens, and more especially splendens, 
the latter being a brighter scarlet than "the others 
mentioned ; coccinea is also very good, and, perhaps, the 
best of all for this purpose is Houteana, with very 
fine scarlet flowers; longijlora, a white flowered species, 
has also been tried, with fair success, for a bed by itself 
and mixed. Some of the other principal species are 
(uujustifolia, with narrow leaves and red flowers ; Jlava, 
with yellow flowers; strujillosa, yellow and bristled; 
and versicolii, red and a sort of mottled. With the 
exception of inphjVa and its varieties, I would adviso 
j a warm place for all the others when tried out-of-doors, | 
I and if sandy-peat is mixed with the loam they will i 
I bloom all the better. All of them are good greenhouse 
I plants in summer. j 
. Propagation. —All, and especially the most woody, : 
I are easily propagated by small side-shoots, taken oft’ in I 
^ early spring, and inserted round the sides of a pot in I 
' sand, and placed under a bell-glass, in a mild, sweet ' 
I bottom-heat. The easiest mode, however, is to divide j 
the roots in spring, just as vegetation is commencing, i 
. into pieces ot from hall an-inch to one inch in length ; | 
cover them slightly, but rather firmly after being placed 
I in sandy-peat and loam, and plunge them then in a hot- 
I bed, with a temperature of 70° to 75°. 'They will soon 
make their appearance, and must be treated to more air 
I and exposure as they grow. 
Presercing in Winter. —'The last mode of propagating 
furnishes the key note to this. 'The more woody kinds 
may be kept much in the same way as a Fuchsia iu a 
PPf rather, dryish, but not dry—and the stem,or stems, 
being pruned in, flowers will be more quickly produced 
, than upon shoots made from the bottom the same 
season. 'This jdan will secure the maximum of early 
bloom, with a minimum of foliage and luxuriance. Any 
place will do for keeping these plants, under a stage, or 
^ otherwise, where a temperature of from 35° to 40° iu ■ 
winter can be obtained. For dense, bushy plants, 
j chiefly for tlm flower-garden, the plants will require 
, similar winter treatment, and to be dryish rather than 
i wet, and to have the stems cut down just as is generally 
done with beds of Fuchsias iu the open air. I used to 
find, in their case, just as in the Fuchsia, that the old 
steams left, though they produced early flowers, were far 
inferior, ultimately, tor massing, to those plants cut 
I down and started afresh; the smaller shoots being 
thinned out to give room to the stronger. 1 have also 
tried to leave the roots of triphylla and coccinea in the 
, ground, covered with ashes and moss, just as is done 
with the finer outdoor Fuchsias, but I cannot say 
much of ray success, and I would, therefore, advise the 
; raising of such roots before frost, and either potting 
I separately, or packing them in earth, in narrow wooden 
j boxes, and placing them beyond the reach of frost for 
I the winter. 
Culture. —Propagation has been referred to. By the 
I first or the middle of March, the plants will be moving, 
and may either be repotted, or one pot made into several, 
by division, if the stool is at all large. Sandy-loam ami 
, peat, with a little leaf-mould, will grow them w’ell. A 
j close atmosphere after pottiug will encourage growth, i 
and if not planted out, a cool greenhouse, or a cold pit, 
' will suit them admirably. A whiff of tobacco will bo 
rfecessary, now-and-tben, to clear the young shoots from 
i Green-fly, and frequent slight syringings before the 
flowers begin to appear will keep them clean and 
healthy. For conservative walls, especially for covering 
the lower parts of them, the whole species and varieties 
i would be useful. If planted out-of-doors before the 
I middle of June, a protection of evergreen boughs will 
j be necessary. If kept in-doors, plenty of air and plenty 
I of water will be required during summer, until the 
days shorten in the autumn, when water should be 
' gradually withheld, in order to ripen the base of the 
I shoots especially. When planted out, they will keep 
[ as well it lifted before the cold, heavy rains common 
towards the end of October commence. 
A'ERBENA VENOSA. 
This is a fine, old, useful plant, which was next to 
forgotten until Mr. Beaton introduced it to notice, in 
, unison with the old variegated Scarlet Geranium, for 
forming his celebrated shot-silk bed, than which 1 can 
I testify few things are more beautiful. It is one of the 
; very l|ardiest of the Verbenas, standing out in moderate 
