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WATEEEE’s new HAEDY azaleas.-DESCEIPTIONS OF THE BEST CAENATIONS. 
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WATERER’S NEW HARDY AZALEAS. 
[Plate 617.] 
^ OME months since we published a plate 
illustrating a couple of Mr. Anthony 
Waterer’s splendid new Hardy Azaleas. 
These varieties are so immensely 
superior to all others yet known and dis¬ 
tributed, if not to all that have hitherto been 
raised, that we no^ give figures of some other 
sorts, so as, if possible, to impress on the 
horticultural mind, by interation, a lasting 
sense of the great merits of these brilliant- 
flowered shrubs. 
We have already stated the points in which 
the merits of these novelties consist, but we 
may repeat here that it is in size of flower, 
in substance of petal, in brilliancy of colour, 
and in the accompaniment of foliage that these 
claims to distinction may he allowed to rest. 
At Knap Hill they may be seen by hundreds 
at the proper season, presenting immense 
variety of form and colour ; and even those 
who would visit them during the next month 
or two would not be disappointed, as the 
autumn-tints of the foliage of many of them 
are splendid. 
Fig. 1 of the accompanying plate repre¬ 
sents a variety named H. H. Hunnewell, a 
splendid flower of the most brilliant glowdng 
scarlet, with a fiery orange blotch on the upper 
segment; no artificial colours can do it justice, 
but the artist has caught something of its 
character in the lowermost flowers whence the 
orange blotch is very distinctly seen, the paler 
orange portions of the other flowers represent¬ 
ing the reflection of light on the intensely 
brilliant surface. It is sturdy in habit, with 
a good broad well-developed leaf, and the truss 
is also bold and fine, formed of very large 
well-expanded flowers. 
Fig. 2 stands sponsor for a charming 
flower, certainly the best in its section. It is 
named Mes. Waltee Deuce, and, as will be 
seen from our illustration, is a variety of sur¬ 
passing beauty, the flowers being large, well- 
expanded, with broad flat segments, a little 
wavy at the edge, which adds to their charms, 
pure white, with a w^edge-shaped blotch of 
orange-tinted yellow on the top segment; the 
filaments have a touch of rose-colour at their 
base, which though slight is quite apparent, 
and gives a finishing touch to the painting of 
the flower. It is a free-growing sort, producing 
foliage with the flowers, and is altogether a 
first-class Azalea. 
We owe our thanks to Mr. Waterer for the 
materials whence the figures were drawn, 
and we trust the publication of them may 
help to bring the Hardy Azalea again to the 
front. The improvements effected at Knap 
Hill wdthin the last half dozen years or so, 
have been marvellous, for as we have already 
said, “flowers in size and quality equalling 
those represented, and of nearly all colours— 
yellows of all shades, crimsons with orange 
blotches, rose-pinks, coppery-reds, whites, and 
various other pleasing combinations of colour 
have been secured; and not only singles 
in splendid variety, but also doubles of 
striking beauty and excellence. Thus im¬ 
proved in quality and size of flower, thus 
varied in colour till one almost feels as if 
nothing further need bo desired, thus set off 
by the fresh foliage which is now put forth 
with the blossoms, we may, on behalf of the 
Hardy Azalea, challenge comparison with any 
early-blooming flowering shrub existing in 
our gardens.”—T. Mooee. 
DESCRIPTIONS OF THE BEST CARNATIONS.—VH. 
S HE group which comes next before us 
is a very beautiful one, and comprisas 
many gems both for the exhibition 
^ table and the home stage. It is that 
of the 
PuEPLE-EDGED PiCOTEES. 
Alliance [FeUon'cs). — Heavy-edged. Raised 
at Shotesham Rectory, Norfolk. First bloomed 
in 1870, sent out in 1873. A fine full 
flower, with a broad, smooth, and fairly stout 
petal, and good white. A very desirable 
variety and good grower, though somewhat 
shy to root, and occasionally apparently in¬ 
clined to sulk in the late autumn months. 
Will carry two blooms. 
Alice (Lord ).—Raised at Todmorden from 
seed taken from Mrs. Hannaford, fertilised with 
pollen from Mrs. Bayley. An exquisite 
variety, a narrow-edged heavy, in the south 
probably frequently a light edge, but whether 
in the one character or the other is unbeatable 
for its high quality. White, and colour rich, 
sparkling and full of life ; petal broad, smooth. 
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