THE LADIES' FLORAL CABINET. 
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Fuchsia Veiiiista. 
In a notice of this plant in Flove, des Terras, reference 
is made to the occasional outbreak of extravagant tastes 
in hortioultiu'e, and a demand for a blue Fuchsia is 
cited in iUustration. Many of orur readers wU remembei- 
that, a few years since, Mr. Bull brought out a gaiden 
Fuchsia, under the name ‘‘True Blue,” the corolla of 
which come so near in color to that of cobalt, as known 
to artists, that the simple fact made an end of the allega¬ 
tion of extravagance of taste on the part of any one in 
respect of this particu¬ 
lar flower; but the 
tinth is, there is not a 
shadow of blue in its 
composition, and 
therefore we are lost 
to account for the 
strange discursion of 
the wi'iter referred to. 
The Fuchsia Venusta 
was raised from seed 
in the nurseries of M. 
Linden, and first flow¬ 
ered there in the year 
1847. It was discover¬ 
ed by Humboldt and 
Bonifland in New Gra¬ 
nada, where it clothes 
with luxuriant and 
lovely vegetation alti¬ 
tudes of five to eight 
thousand feet. It is 
a plant of robust 
gi’owth; the leaves are 
somewhat elongated, 
but must be described 
as elliptic; the flowers 
ai’e also elongated, the 
tube being cylindrical 
and terminating in ca¬ 
lyx lobes of the same 
length as the corolla, 
which has divergent 
divisions—a somewhat 
unusual character— 
and therefore far aw'ay 
from the florists’ no¬ 
tion of a proper Fuch¬ 
sia. The coloring of 
the plant is distinct, 
but in no way remark¬ 
able; the young stems 
are red or purple, the leaves deep rich green, the flowers 
light pinky-red, the tips of the calyx lobes or sepals, 
gi-een. A well-gro^vn specimen will j ustify by its beauty 
all the care required to produce it .—The Gardener^s 
Magazine. 
New or Rare Plants. 
Ellwanger’s New Seedling Roses.— The editor of 
the Gardener's Monthly, while at Rochester, recently, 
was very much interested in Mr. H. B. Ellwanger’s seed¬ 
ling roses, though they were not then quite in bloom, 
and says: “The crosses are between such unlikely 
things as Teas and Hybrid Perpetuals, and similar dis¬ 
tinct races; but the foliage and general characteristics 
of the seedlings showed that the experiments were com¬ 
plete successes, so far as uniting the races were con¬ 
cerned, and it is no wonder rose giDwers awaited with 
much interest the actual floricultiiral results. Since re¬ 
turning home we have a blossom of one he marks “ No. 
5,” which is a remarkably large, sweet-scented flower, 
and of vei-y beautiful form. The exact value will, of 
coume, have to be tested by comparison of the plant 
with others already in existence, but so far as we can 
judge from a single 
flower, we feel safe in 
saying if there are 
many equal to this one 
the race of roses does 
not need much im¬ 
proving. Mr. E. de- 
seiwes _the thanks of 
all level's of roses for 
the enthusiasm with 
wliich he pursues rose 
culture.” 
Gynora aurantia- 
CA. —^The Belgian pa¬ 
pers are in raptures 
about tills new bed¬ 
ding plant. It is said 
to be a Composite, 
with violet, velvet¬ 
looking foliage and 
orange flowers, “ The 
aspect of the plant is 
really splendid,” says 
N. E. Brown, an A- 
merican horticulturist 
settled in Belgium.— 
Ibid. 
Large Cocks¬ 
combs. 
The Garden (Lon¬ 
don), in speaking of 
some remarkably 
large Cockscombs, 
says: “The plant is 
dwarf, not more than 
nine inches high, and 
very stout and vigor¬ 
ous; the broad-crested 
flower-head, which 
measured fourteen 
inches along the top, is surrounded by healthy green 
foliage, which shows the bright crimson of the plush- 
like comb off to advantage. The gardener who raised 
it had nearly a hundred plants as fine as this one.” 
We have before us a head of the Glasgow Prize (which 
is, by far, the best variety yet introduced), taken from a 
lot that are being grown for the Cabinet Seed Premiums, 
that measure twentyrone inches over the top, while most 
of the five hundred plants in the bed have heads from 
fifteen to eighteen inches across. 
■We do not throw this out as a ch^lenge to England, 
but simply to notice this plant, it being one of the most 
useful for border decoration. 
Fuchsia Venusta. 
