1884.] 
REGISTER OF NO'S'RLTIES. 
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edges, very pretty, fine pip, but decidely rough as 
shown. ISwanley Carminata, a very good carmine 
salmon variety, of a tint of colour that requires 
strengthening, tine pip and truss. Princess Beatrice, 
pale pinkish rose, margined with white, pleasing and 
rather novel.— Julia Lee, a ruby coloured variety, 
which blooms freely, and has short stems, with fine 
pip and truss, but rough and fleeting in colour as 
shown; Ist-ciass Certificte R.tl.S.; C. Lee & Son.— 
Princesft Beatrice, a very novel and pleasing lilac- 
coloured variety, fine pip, handsomely fimbriated, 
good habit. Snowdrift, a singularly pure variety, 
quite snow white, and continuing so throughout, 
very early, fine trusses, and very free; a charming 
novelty ; botu the-e from Sutton & Sons. 
Rose {Tea-scented), Sunset. —A sport from Perle 
des Jardins. The flower, instead of being canary 
yellow, is of a rich shade of saffron and orange, 
similar to, but deeper than the colouring of Safrano ; 
Pe'er Henderson & Co., New York. 
Violas. — Columbine, white, with broad margin 
of rosy lilac, a charming novelty ; Bvening Star, 
rich rosy purple, upper petals lilac; Harlequin, 
lower petals fine rich purple; upper petals pure 
white; extra fine; Lady Ahercromby, white, fine 
bold flowers and very free; Lothair, fine rich 
crimson, distinct and very effective ; Northern Light, 
light lilac, free bloomer, and distinct; and Pantaloon, 
fine rich purple, the upper petals marbled wdth 
white, extra fine. The foregoing are new varieties 
announced by Messrs. R. B. Laird & Sons, Edin¬ 
burgh. 
Myosotis, sylvatica compacta aurea. —The merit 
of the old Cliveden Blue Eorget-me-not, particularly 
as a spring bedding plant, is universally recognised. 
This is a new golden leaved variety of that plant; 
the flow'ers are of the same clear bright blue as 
its prototype, and their contrast to the golden 
yellow of the foliage is one of its chief merits. As 
its name implies it is of peculiarly dwarf, compact 
habit, and as a spring bedder it is destined to occupy 
a most conspicuous place ; Hurst & Son. 
Sweet Pea, Princess Beatrice. —A novel and 
charming variety, the flowers of which are of a rich 
and beautiful carmine rose colour, slightl)'^ shaded 
with lighter and darker tints, entirely distinct from 
any other kind; they are of remarkable substance, 
similar in this respect to Violet Queen, but the plant 
has a much more robust and free blooming habit 
than the latter; it is perfectly constant, and the 
perfume is remarkably sweet, more so than in any 
other sort; Ist-class Certificate R.H.S., Aug. 14, 
1883; confirmed when examined as growing at 
Chiswick; Hurst & Son. 
NEW VEGETABLES. 
Potato, Beauty of the IPesif, a round white variety, 
marked with pale purple round the eyes; something 
in the way of Scammell’s Glory but rounder; an 
excellent cropper and very fine table quality; Ist- 
class Certificate, Devizes, Nov. 1883. Purple King, 
a round variety with a pale skin, but tinted nearly 
all over with deep purple, very handsome, a 
great cropper, and excellent table quality. Wilt¬ 
shire Giant, a fine looking deep red kidney, distinct 
in character, wonderfully prolific, excellent table 
quality; good for garden or field culture.—James 
Lye. 
Pea, Bliss’s Abundance, a dwarf variety obtained 
from the same cross as American Wouder, 15 to 18 
inches in height; a second early, ripening im¬ 
mediately after the earliest kinds, very branching 
so that the seeds should be sown six inches apart in 
lines; Howcroft & Watkins. 
Pea, Duke of Albany (Abbott’s). — This Pea has 
proved to be one of the finest yet introduced either 
for exhibition or for the table, and unequalled as a 
main crop wrinkled variety. It is very productive, 
bearing a profusion of extra large well filled pods in 
pairs, each containing from 9 to 12 fine peas, and 
being of a dark green colour are very handsome ; the 
flavour and quality are also excellent; it grows about 
5 feet high, is of a vigorous and branching habit, 
podding freely from the ground upwards, and should 
therefore be sown thinly; Hurst & Son. 
NEW GARDEN APPLIANCES. 
Among the contrivances for Heating Small 
Conservatories those in which Gas or Oil re¬ 
spectively are used are the most economical and 
convenient; and when the apparatus is so arranged 
or constructed that the plants are preserved from 
the fumes of the burning medium, they are thoroughly 
effective up to the limit of their heating power. In 
the case of Gas, for example, an}’’ contrivance for 
holding and circulating the hot water, which should 
always be used as the distributor of the heat, and for 
bringing the flame of the Gas to act upon the water 
will serve the purpose, but it is convenient to be able 
to procure a small boiler designed for the purpose, 
such as Poore & Co.’s Patent Conservatory 
Boileb, which is of reasonable cost, andean be fitted 
inside the building, the gas burner being reached 
from a furnace door opening from the outside. Its 
form will be seen from the accompanying figure. 
Another of those contrivances is the Challenge 
Hot-’water Apparatus; this latter is intended 
to be heated either with Oil or Gas, and consists of a 
strong wrought zinc coil, the two ends of which are 
left open at top for the supply of water, and two 
caps are provided to prevent dirt, &c., from entering 
the coil. The boiler is made of strong copper; the 
flame is entirely surrounded with water, and the heat 
as it escapes strikes the dome at top. The con¬ 
tainer holds about one quart, sufficient to keep alight 
for twelve hours without attention. The gas boiler 
is fitted with a No. 4 fish tail, burning four feet of 
Gas per hour, and the top is fitted with a smoke pipe 
to carry off the non-consumed products of combustion. 
It can be placed in any position either outside or 
inside the house, and the pipes carried to the coil, or 
the coil could be replaced by pipes run round the 
house. 
NEW PUBLICATIONS. 
The Botanical Magazine for December, 
worthily dedicated to Herr Max Leichtlin, figures 
the following subjects :—Eremurus robustus. Regel 
[t. 6726], noticed ante p. 10 .—Gentiana Moorcroft- 
zaw«, AVallich [t. 6727], an annual species allied to 
our native G. campestris, 4—10 inches high, with 
erect slender stems branched at the base, sessile 
oblong leaves, and solitary or cymose funnel-shaped 
pale blue flowers; AY. Himalaya; H. J. Elwes.— 
Aerides Emericii, Rchb. f. [t. 6728], a neat and 
pretty epiphyte, with a short erect stem, distichous 
leathery elongate loriform leaves which are deeply but 
unequally bifid at the point, and axillary drooping 
