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changing to pink; these are produced in profusion 
from July till late in the autumn. California.—• 
Haage & Schmidt. 
Oncidium fuscatum album. — A very pretty 
and distinct variety of this showy Orchid, in which 
the flowers have a broad white lip marked in the 
centre with a conspicuous lilac blotch.—Veitch & 
Sons. 
Phlox Drummondii hortensleflora alba.— 
A close-growing compact dwarf form of the beauti¬ 
ful Phlox Drummondii, remarkable for its large heads 
of pure white blossoms. The raisers remark that this 
is “ undoubtedly the showiest and most beautiful pure 
white Phlox introduced up to the present time.” 
See accompanying figure.—Haage & Schmidt. 
PHLOX DRUMMONDII HORTENSI2EFL. ALBA. 
Rhododendron Duchess of Connaltght, Hort. 
Veitch. —One of the charming hybrids of the jas- 
minillorum tj r pe. It is of a good free habit of growth, 
and produces compact globular trusses of flowers, 
which are of great substance, and of a bright rich 
glowing red colour; Ist-class Certificate R.II.S., 
July 26, 1881, and also at the Great Exhibition in 
Manchester, August, 1881.—Yeitch & Sons. 
Rhododendron Excelsior, Hort. Veitch. —A 
fine greenhouse evergreen shrub, of free bold habit, 
and of hybrid origin, being the result of a cross 
between R. javanicum and R. Princess Royal , the 
foliage resembling that of the former; it produces 
large compact trusses of pale buff or nankin flowers 
of a lustrous tint, pretty and bright ; lst-class Cer¬ 
tificate R.H.S., March, 1882.—Veitch & Sons. 
Rhododendron Monarch, Hort. Veitch. —A 
handsome hybrid greenhouse evergreen of the jas- 
miniflorum type, the result of a cross between R. 
Princess Alice and R. Duchess of Edinburgh. It 
resembles R. Excelsior in habit and foliage, and pro¬ 
duces dense heads of salmony buff flow r ers, very fine 
and striking in character; lst-class Certificate R.II.S., 
March, 1882.—Veitch & Sons. 
ROSANOWIA ORNATA, L. Van Houtte (Flore des 
Serres, tt. 2423-4).—A very beautiful hybrid Gesnerad 
raised from R. (Biglandularia) conspicua crossed 
with a bright red variety of Gloxinia. The plant is 
of erect branching habit, with red somewhat slender 
branched stems, bearing ovate green leaves with red 
veins, and a profusion of large deflexed gloxinia-like 
flowers, delicately banded outside the curved fur¬ 
rowed tube and at the edges of the two upper limb 
segments with rose-pink, and thickly lined with 
crimson on the gibbous lower side of the throat, 
where the ground colour is pale yellow.—Van Houtte. 
NEW ELOWERS. 
Abutilons. — Cloth of Gold-, clear pale gold, the 
clearest and deepest shade of yellow yet seen; good 
form and free blooming ; lst-class Certificate R.II.S., 
March, 1882. Criterion: maroon-red, a distinct 
and good variety. Dazzle: bright deep red, free 
and of good shape; very effective. Emperor •. in 
the way of Criterion, but rather deeper in colour. 
Enchantress: pale rosy pink, pretty and attractive. 
La Grande: bright crimson red, distinct and very 
attractive, of good form and free flowering, more so 
than is generally seen in the Abutilon; lst-class 
Certificate lt.H.S., March, 1882. Lustrous: pale 
fiery red, good shape ; a promising decorative variety. 
Magnet: clear bright red, very good and striking. 
Mrs. Garfield : silvery-pink, very large flowers and 
widely expanded cup. Orange Gem : orange-red, a 
novel hue of colour, expanding flowers. Splendour : 
bright red, one of the clearest in colour, very showy. 
The Bride : pale fleshy pink, very pretty and distinct. 
—All raised by J. George. 
Amaryllis. — Baron Schroder .- a finely formed 
variety of an intense crimson; green at the base of 
the tube; very striking and extra fine ; lst-class 
Certificate R.H.S., March, 1882. Charles Diclcens : 
a very handsome variety, the flowers of a crimson- 
scarlet marked with a clear white bar on the centre 
of each segment, large and well expanded; lst-class 
Certificate R.H.S., March, 1882. Duchess of Con¬ 
naught : flowers creamy, almost pure white; a fine 
variety giving a near approach to a pure white 
Amaryllis; lst-class Certificate R.B.S, March, 
1880; do. R.H.S , March, 1882. — All raised by 
Veitch & Sons. 
Chrysanthemum (Japanese), George Gordon. 
—A seedliDg from the very popular variety named 
Elaine, of very free habit, with flower-heads of a 
deep crimson colour.—W. Ilolmes. 
Cineraria, Mr. Cullingford. —A rich magenta 
crimson self of fine form, with a pale disk, but 
striking in colour; lst-class Certificate R.II.S., 
March, 1882.—Cannell & Sons. 
Cyclamens (persicum). — Crimson Gem: a very 
fine large-flowered variety with ruby-crimson flowers 
of fine form and substance; lst-class Certificate 
R.II.S., March, 1882. White Gem : undoubtedly 
the finest white-flowered variety yet raised, large in 
size and very pure in colour; ist-class Certificate 
R.II.S., March, 1882. Rose Queen: pale rose, large 
and very free; 2nd-cla«s Certificate R.II.S., March, 
1882.-—All raised by H. Little. 
Fuchsias. — Expansion : bright rose with bluish- 
purple corolla, widely expanded. General: deep 
rose, with large double violet corolla flaked with 
rose. Gerald : rich crimson with large expanded 
purplish-crimson corolla. Imperial: bright rosy 
carmine, with huge corolla of a glossy plum-colour 
flaked with pink. Marvellous: deep rose, double 
rosette blue corolla. Matchless .- crimson, rich purple 
corolla striped with rose. Minstrel: bright rosy 
crimson, the corolla full double ivory-white, striped 
with rose at the base. Monument: rosy-crimson, 
with double corolla deep purple striped with rosy- 
carmine. Startler: deep crimson, with double 
broadly expanded corolla, purple flaked with rosy- 
carmine. Tulip : crimson, with the large expanded 
tulip-shaped corolla purple.—All sent out by IV. 
Dull. 
Pelargoniums (Zonal). —Mr. Pearson offers 
this year the following novelties :— Amy Kohn, rosy 
magenta ; Bianca, white ; Brunhilda, scarlet, white 
eye; Clytie, scarlet shaded with magenta; Imogen, 
salmon ; James McIntosh, crimson, white eye ; Jessie 
Moir, rose; Kale Farmer, salmon; Mrs. Miller, 
dark crimson; Nelly Thomas, crimson; P. Neill 
Fraser, vermilion ; W. II. Williams, dark scarlet 
shaded with magenta, white eye ; Zelia, mageuta. 
The following are also nowbeingsentout:— Crimson 
Vesuvius, a sport from the well-known Vesuvius of 
the same excellent habit, the trusses of flowers 
larger, and the colour a crimson-scarlet, distinctly 
deeper in hue than the old type, and likely to take 
a high place as a bedder.—Hender & Sons. 
President Garfield, also a sport from Vesuvius, the 
flowers a brilliant scarlet like Jean Sisley, with a 
large white eye.—Hender & Sons. 
Pinks.— Of Show Varieties Mr.J. Forbes catalogues 
