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finest hardy Rhododendron ever raised, a close 
and bold well-shaped truss of deep pucy-rose 
flowers, marked with a large and very distinct 
black spot. This a fine and distinct half-dozen- 
The sorts we have mentioned b}' no means 
exhaust the list, nor do they form anything 
like a full selection of the best sorts grown : 
they are simply a record of some, new and old, 
which especially attracted our attention as 
having escaped unhurt, while many others have 
been sorely punished by the severity of the past 
winter.—T. Moore. 
NEW FUCHSIAS. 
T has been observed that the Fuchsia has 
made little or no advance during the 
last few years, but this is a great mis¬ 
take. For instance, Bland's New Striped, re¬ 
presented in the accompanying engraving, is in 
every way a first-class Fuchsia, and c[uite equal 
in shape, colour, and growth, &c., to Mr. Banks’s 
best; indeed, it very much resembles the well- 
known Enoch Arden, from which it must have 
been a seedling. The striped kinds have hither¬ 
to shown the markings in their corollas very 
faintly, but this presents a very bold, distinct, 
and regular stripe, and when seen in its best 
state, it is the admiration of all beholders. 
Je-anne d'Arc, by reason of the pei'fection of 
its unequalled flowers, leaves all those varieties 
with a white corolla far behind; its peai'ly- 
white is most lovely. In fact, it is in all re¬ 
spects a most charming Fuchsia, its corolla 
being very large and spreading. 
Kinpsburi/ema has something of the same 
character, but has a double corolla, which is 
very large and spreading. In this flower part 
of the corolla is attached to the calyx-tube; and 
in some flowers, these parts are connected for 
quite half the length of the under-side of the 
reflexed sepals. It is a strong grower, and very 
showy. 
^Vh^te Giant is another somewhat similar to 
the preceding, with immense double flowers. 
This, with Miss Luc>/ Finnis, shows a decided 
advance on all others in the class of varieties 
with white corollas ; and they are now grown 
for market in great quantities, both in Europe 
and America. 
Mr. Lye has added several very strong-grow¬ 
ing sorts, carrying immense large racemes of 
blooms. Thus Blvshiiig Bride is particularly 
striking, and may probably some day form a 
good-sized tree, in some sheltered situations. 
It has a white tube and sepals, with scarlet 
corolla, and is in all respects a very good 
flower. 
Lord Beaconsfield is a very strong-growing 
novelty, bred from F. fulgens, and producing 
large bunches of flowers almost continuallv 
throughout the year, so that for cut flowers it 
is especially valuable ; and although its colour 
is not very striking, it makes a capital outdoor 
kind. 
Aurora Svperha is another very desirable 
kind, somewhat resembling the preceding, but 
with far more attractive-coloured flowers, which 
present a decided yellow shade, not previously 
seen in the Fuchsia. 
Ethel is one of the varieties with a pure 
white tube and sepals, the tube being most 
unusuallv long, often three to four inches in 
length, with well-reflexed sepals, and a bright 
lake-coloured corolla, which peculiarity,together 
with its long tube, gives it such a remarkably 
distinct appearance, that few forget it who have 
once seen it,—II. Cannell, Swanlei/, 
