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tion; the corolla is deep rich crimson, very wide at the mouth, 
and terminating in five spreading, acute, paler-coloured seg¬ 
ments. The plant has a good habit, grows with as much freedom 
as E. impress a, and is a most profuse bloomer. It was raised 
by Messrs. Low and Son, of Clapton. 
No. 2. E. bicolor . Corolla tube wide, campanulate, four times 
the length of the calyx, of a deep, and very rich crimson, ter¬ 
minating in five spreading, acute, yellowish-white segments. 
This kind greatly resembles, both in habit and appearance, 
E. grandiflora , but the flowers are of a much larger size, and of 
a deeper and richer colour than that species. It was also raised 
in the Clapton Nursery. 
No. 3. E. delicata. Corolla tube four times the length of 
the calyx, white, slightly tinged with pale rose colour ; limb 
divided into five pure white, ovate, acuminate segments. Perhaps 
for delicate beauty and size of flowers, this variety is almost un¬ 
equalled amongst Epacrises ; its growth, too, is free and graceful, 
and the produce of flowers most profuse. — Pax. Mag. Bot. 
FLORICULTURAL HINTS. 
Tulip planting will engage the florist’s principal attention 
this month, and those who enter into the subject with the heart¬ 
felt feeling essential to success, will have employment for their 
leisure evenings for some weeks beforehand. A rigorous ex¬ 
amination of the bulbs, in order to detect signs of ill-health, is 
the first step, and any that do not promise to be what can be 
wished, should be mercilessly rejected from the best bed. Next 
comes the test of quality and condition : the records of last year’s 
blooms must be looked over, and transpositions made in accord¬ 
ance. Never mind about high-sounding names; throw out all 
that are wanting in purity: a good strain of a common flower 
imparts more credit to the bed, than one of the most choice in 
bad condition. The alterations thus occasioned will, unless a 
large reserve is on hand, most likely cause an entire change in 
the bed, a circumstance to be avoided as far as may be prac¬ 
ticable, because it entails a good deal of trouble to find the flowers 
in their new positions after we have become familiar with another 
arrangement. 
