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THE FLORIST AND POMOLGGIST. 
[January, 
also which having long been lost may be re¬ 
introduced, as well as others which, though not 
strictly new, may happen, for the time, to 
come prominently to the front. Of such as 
may yield us suitable material we shall be glad 
to give a few descriptive notes. 
NEW PLANTS. 
Aster gymxocephalus, A. Or. —A pretty half- 
bardy annual composite, from Southern Colorado and 
New Mexico. It grows 12 to 15 inches high, is of 
slender, bushy branched habit, the leaves narrowly 
lanceolate, bristle-toothed, the flower-heads 1£ inch 
across, with rose-coloured ray florets. Flowers in 
summer and autumn.—W. Thompson. 
Eustoma exaltatum, Oriseb. —A handsome 
greenhouse biennial, a Mexican congener of Lisianthus 
Russellianus. It grows 1J foot high, with opposite 
elleptical stem-clasping glaucous leaves, and tunnel- 
shaped flowers of a deep gentian blue, spotted at the 
base.—W. Thompson. 
Gkindelia grandifloea, Book .—A showy, 
hardy composite biennial, from Texas, introduced 
some 30 years since, but then lost. It has tall 
corymbosely branched stems, with spathulate lower 
leaves and sessile cordato-ovate dentato-serrate upper 
ones, and large showy terminal orange-j'ellow flower- 
heads. It blooms the first year, if sown early.—- 
W. Thompson. 
Mimultjs Feemontii, A. Or. —A pretty dwarf 
perennial, from California, suitable for pot culture. 
Its tufted stems are 2 to 4 inches high, and have 
spathulate to oblong blunt leaves, and crimson 
flowers f inch long, with a spreading limb- 
W. Thompson. 
Nama Paeryi, A. Or. —A desirable half-hardy 
Hydrophyllaceous perennial, from California, having 
woody stems 4 to 5 feet high, lanceolate, repandly- 
toothed leaves, and branched panicles of lilac-purple 
flowers arranged in dense scorpioid clusters, each 
flower about an inch in length, funnel-shaped, with 
a five-lobed spreading limb.—W. Thompson. 
Pybetheum ( Parthenium ) AUKEUM SELAGIN- 
oides. —A very neat and distinct form of Golden 
Feather, dwarf and compact in habit, with flat 
shallowly-lobed leaves so cut as to somewhat resemble 
a sprig of Selaginella, and of a bright yellow-green 
colour; “ it does not flower the first year.”— 
Hurst & Son. 
Sidalcea Candida, A. Or .—An interesting hardy 
Malvaceous perennial, from Colorado. It grows 
2 to 3 feet high, having erect branched stems, with 
roundish seven-lobed glossy long-stalked leaves, and 
erect terminal racemes of pure white flowers, an inch 
across, produced copiously and in considerable 
succession.—M . Thompson. 
Trichostema Paeishii, Vasey .—An interesting 
half-hardy Labiate perennial, from South California, 
growing 1^ foot high, half-shrubby, with simple 
stems, entire linear leaves, and long virgate inter¬ 
rupted spikes of bluish-purple flowers having very 
long projecting stamens, the whole inflorescence 
clothed with woolly purple hairs.—IV. Thompson. 
NEW FLOWERS. 
Ageeatum Favourite.—A charming bedding 
plant, 8—10 inches high, very compact in growth, 
and free blooming ; the colour a delicate mauve.— 
Canned & Sons. 
Ageeatum Improvement.— A decided advance 
upon the older favourite, Swanley Blue, producing 
large clustered panicles of the button-like flower- 
heads of the finest blue colour.—Canned & Sons. 
Aster Fair Rosamond.—A new type of the 
quilled series of the annual Aster (CalUHemma 
hortensis), having the quilled centre pure white sur¬ 
rounded by dark purple guard petals.—Betteridge. 
Calceolaria Cloth of Gold. — The finest 
yellow Calceolaria ; it is one of the grand herbaceous 
strain grown by Mr. Rapley, and was awarded a 
First-class Certificate by the R.H.S.; flowers very 
large (3 in. broad), of good form, and of a pure 
canary yellow.—Carter & Co. 
Chrysanthemums (Japanese). —So rapidly are 
these fine, distinct, and handsome decorative kinds 
being produced, that every year sees batches an¬ 
nounced. The year 1881 appeared to be wonder¬ 
fully prolific of new varieties; among these we made 
a note of the following as especially good when 
seen in flower :—Agrements de la Nature : flower- 
heads large, the florets, which are of a golden yellow 
colour, heavily shaded with reddish-brown, much 
twisted ; distinct and striking. Duchesse de Gerol- 
stein : flower-heads large, full, and finely recurved; 
colour bright rose and white ; a very fine exhibition 
variety. Etoile du Midi: agate red, flushed with 
orange; flower-heads large, florets broad, somewhat 
recurved; very fine. Flambeau : rich orange crim¬ 
son, the reverse of the florets golden yellow; the 
centre ones incurved, the outer reflexed, giving the 
bloom a most distinct appearance; extra fine. 
Illustration : dull red, flamed with golden yellow ; 
flower-heads large and full; distinct and pleasing. 
Ilece de Printemps: habit dwarf ; flower-heads large 
and very double ; colour dull rich violet carmine ; 
distinct and fine. Riche Bouquet: very pale lilac 
shaded with rose, the florets margined with white ; 
very early, dwarf habit; very good. Rubra striata : 
pale gold, flamed and streaked with violet and 
crimson-red; when the markings are perfect, this is 
a singularly attractive variety ; a great novelty. 
Striata perfecta: flower-heads large and double; 
colour white, flamed and streaked with rosy violet; 
extra fine. 
Of the Incurved varieties distributed in 1881, 
Angelina must take a high place; the colour is 
golden amber shaded with cinnamon, full, finely 
incurved, of handsome outline, and extra fine for 
exhibition. An older sort named Mr. Bunn has 
been so fine during the autumn as to deserve special 
mention. It is a sport from Beverley, but with 
longer and better florets, and deeper in colour. 
The following new varieties of Pompons were 
raised by Mr. C. Langlois, of Jersey; they are 
seedlings of 1880, and are well worth attention:— 
Mrs. C. Langlois: the flower-heads of this variety 
are about two inches across, of a pretty lively 
rosy pink colour, the florets remarkably broad 
for the size of the flower, which is quite full to 
the centre. Miss Lavinia Hutchings: rather 
smaller than the former, and peculiarly close and 
button-like; the flower-heads measure about an 
inch across and are about the same in depth, the 
florets small and very compactly set, forming a full 
globular head; the colour is blush-white, the florets 
being tipped with purple at the back, and these being 
evident in the centre of the flower-heads until it is 
quite fully open, thej' give it the appearance of 
having a purplish centre. The flower-heads in 
this variety are clustered near the ends of the shoots. 
Eschscholtzia ( californica) Rose Cardinal. 
—A very pretty, distinct, and novel annual, selected 
from the variety called Mandarin, from which, 
however, it is very dissimilar, the colour being of a 
soft clear delicate satiny tint of purplish rose.— 
Carter & Co. 
Fuchsia eubea. —A very attractive winter- 
blooming greenhouse shrub, raised between Domi- 
niana and serratifolia. It is of robust habit, with 
bold dark green leaves, and clusters of long-tubed 
handsome flowers, of which the tube and sepals are 
