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NEW LACED ALPINE AURICULAS.—SOME NOVELTIES OF 1879. 
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favourable enough (about the end of February) 
the bougbs should be removed altogether, and 
the plants finally sticked. The haulms of the 
early Peas are stopped when they come into 
flower, in order to cause them to pod more 
quickly than they would under ordinary treat¬ 
ment. The kinds grown for early crops are 
Sutton’s Ringleader, Sutton’s Emerald Gem, and 
Laxton’s William I., in the earliness of which 
little, if any, difference is found; but Ring- 
leader is most depended on, being well tested, 
good constitutioned, and prolific. William I. 
bears larger peas, and as it becomes better 
known will be much grown as an early sort.—M. 
NEW LACED ALPINE AURICULAS. 
[Plate 508.] 
S HE new type of Alpine Auriculas de¬ 
picted with so much faithfulness and 
skill by Miss Regel have been de¬ 
nominated Laced varieties, in order to distin¬ 
guish them from the edged flowers now so 
much grown. They were produced by Mr. A. 
Dean, Bedfont, Middlesex, and represent the 
results of careful crossing and patient selection 
for a few years. Some flowers obtained from 
a choice strain of seed received from the Con¬ 
tinent were found to have the edges of the 
segments regularly laced, and the edgings 
more distinctly defined than in the case of the 
ordinary-edged Alpine Auriculas. The aim of 
the raiser, taking the flower he had already 
raised as a basis, was to secure finely formed 
flowers, with smooth rounded segments, having 
the colours distinctly contrasting; and with 
clear, smooth centres, destitute of any taint of 
paste or farina. The varieties now figured can 
fairly lay claim to the possession of these 
qualities. The clear and distinct edge seen in 
the case of Dean’s Captivation (fig. 1), the 
bright claret-crimson lobes being sharply and 
regularly laced with delicate blush-white, gives 
quite a new combination in these elegant 
flowers. The colours in Dean’s Picotee 
(fig. 2) are not so distinct, but the pink lacing 
is well displayed and very pleasing. 
These flowers have yielded seed, after careful 
crossing, that has produced recent seedlings of 
fine character. Much has been done in the 
way of securing rich golden centres of a per¬ 
manent character, in combination with broad 
and distinct white lacings to rich purple 
claret and crimson grounds ; and each suc¬ 
ceeding year shows a material advance. 
These Laced Auriculas have one excellent 
possession—they are of strong constitution, 
growing and flowering with remarkable free¬ 
dom, throwing up stiff, erect, foot-stalks, 
bearing fine trusses of bloom. To have the 
lacing as perfect as possible, the plants should 
be grown in good, but by no means rich, soil, 
of too stimulating a character, or the beautiful 
lacing will become clouded. Nor should the 
plants be over-potted, for they show flowers of 
the best character when pot-bound, care being 
taken they are not allowed to suffer for want 
of moisture at the roots. 
In addition to these figured, Mrs. Cooper, 
Attraction, Mrs. Moore, and Samuel Barlow, 
are all fine and distinct varieties of great 
beauty.— Richard Dean, Ealiny , W. 
SOME NOVELTIES OF 1879. 
S MONGST recently imported New Plants, 
though we have had some useful acces- 
sions to our already extensive collec¬ 
tions, the year 1879 cannot be credited with 
any very startling novelty. New Fruits are 
almost nil, and New Vegetables offer little that 
is really important. The choicest acquisitions 
cf the year have been among seedling popular 
and florists’ flowers, and the several groups of 
Ilippeastrums, Hyacinths, Carnations, and 
Picotees have shown numerous and substantial 
advances. We propose on this occasion to indi¬ 
cate briefly in the following classified list, some 
of the best of the floral productions of the 
year, reserving what are usually called New 
Plants, for another opportunity :— 
Florists’ Flowers, <fcc. 
Amaryllis : The finest is the splendid crimson, 
Mrs. Baker. Other good sorts are :—Duke of Con¬ 
naught, Mrs. Morgan, Dr. Masters, Virgil, Thomas 
Speed, Angus McLeod, Isaac A. Anderson, Queen 
Victoria, Henry Little, and A. B. Stewart. 
Auricula : Head’s Acme (white-edged); Llewelyn’s 
Grey Friar (grey-edged); Horner’s Ringdove 
(dark violet self). Alpines: A. F. Barron, 
Duchess of Connaught, and Mrs. Ball. 
Azalea (indica) : Duke of Connaught, Empress of 
India, Louisa Pynaert, and Madeleine. Of the mollis 
type : Baron Constante Rebecque, Charles Kekulc, 
Arthur de Warrelles, Ebenezer Pycke, and Isa¬ 
bella Van Houtte. Of the hardy hybrid race, the 
double-flowered Graaf van Moran and Narcissi- 
fiora are particularly commendable. 
