NOVEMBER. 
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The Floral Magazine for September and October contains representa¬ 
tions of the following plants :— 
Ivy-leaved Pelargonium Silver Gem. —The leaves of this variety are bright 
green, heavily edged with white, and while young are prettily zoned with 
pink. The flowers are larger than in the common form and of a lilac rose, 
blotched in the upper petals with purplish crimson. Its chief recommendation, 
however, is its foliage, which renders it peculiarly well adapted for the edgings 
of beds and for baskets. 
Rose Mrs. Ward. —A Hybrid Perpetual obtained by Mr. Ward, of Ipswich, 
the raiser of John Hopper, from Jules Margottin crossed with Comtesse de 
Chabrillant, and described as partaking of the qualities of both parents. “The 
outer petals have that brilliant rosy pink colour which the Countess possesses, 
while the centre of the flower has the colour of Jules Margottin; the petals 
are of great substance, thicker almost than those of any Rose with which we 
are acquainted. In shape also it is midway between the two, and we believe 
no better model for a Rose exists ; the wood is stout and thorny, and the foliage 
large and ample, and the plant has the merit of being a good autumnal 
bloomer.” If the good properties ascribed to this variety be verified by further 
experience, it must prove a first-class addition to our English Roses. 
Urceolina pendula. —Described many years ago by Dean Herbert, and 
figured in the “ Botanical Magazine ” for 1864. The plant from which the plate 
is taken was found by Messrs. Veitch’s collector, Mr. Pearce, in the woods of the 
Andes of Peru. It bears large umbels of drooping golden yellow flowers likened 
in shape to an inverted pitcher, and having the limb green edged with white. 
Orchis maculata superba. —A fine variety of the well-known Spider Orchis 
found in Ayrshire, and which this year received a first-class certificate from the 
Floral Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society when exhibited by Messrs. 
Osborn, of the Fulham Nurseries. 
JDipladenia amabilis , figured and described at page 209. 
Clematis Rubella and lanuginosa Candida. —The former was raised by Messrs. 
Jackman, of Woking, to whom we also owe those fine varieties Jackmanni and 
rubro-violacea figured in a former volume, and which were the forerunners of 
a new race of Clematises. Rubella , one of the finest of these, has been several 
times exhibited, and has received first-class certificates both from the Royal 
Horticultural and Botanic Societies. Its flowers are of a rich velvety reddish 
violet, and are stated to be more constant in having five or six petals than 
any of the other varieties. Lanuginosa Candida is white, slightly tinged 
with purple towards the edges of the petals, and will prove useful for mixing 
with the richer-coloured varieties. It is believed to be of Continental origin. 
The mode of cultivation pursued by Messrs. Jackman in the case of these and 
other varieties is thus stated by Mr. George Jackman, jun.:—“ When we put 
our specimen Clematises out, we plant them permanently out of pots in the 
open ground; in pots they will flower freely, but will not produce flowers in 
equal number or of so fine a quality, because the Clematis, having a fleshy 
root, cannot take up sufficient moisture to develope its flowers so finely as 
in the open ground. The soil they luxuriate mostly in is one composed of rich 
manured loam, and when possible fine calcareous sand. They should be pruned 
back in the spring, about February, leaving a quantity of good breaking buds; 
but there is this difference—some kinds will only flower on the old well- 
ripened wood of last year’s growth, therefore discretion must be used. C. 8tan> 
dishii, Fortunei, and all the varieties of azurea grandiflora are of this character ; 
while others, such as the hybrid seedlings of which C. Jackmanni is the type— 
rubro-violacea, rubella, Prince of Wales, and all the viticellas—will grow and 
flower quite as well and as vigorously on the spring’s growth, as the other 
