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.lichtly drier dining the winter niontlis, 
,hev require no decided period of reet. A 
few oMhe species are pretty, especially 
Iren Vvered with numbers of th^ir sma 1 
rlite flowers, and these are often fol- 
Cld by clusters of creamy-white fruite 
having a dose resemblance to the 
common mistletoe when in fruit. The 
Wlowing species are rewmmended: B. 
tetragona, R. gracilis. R. Casytha, R. 
some quick-growing stock, such as 
Pereskia aculeata. 
E. tr uncat urn, the type of which is 
hrighi red, has a large number of very 
beautiful garden forms in a considerable 
range of colours, from almost pure white 
to deep violet and red. P. Raissellianum 
has rich rose-coloured flowers; P. Gaert- 
neri has brilliant scarlet flowers; P. deli- 
catum, a recently-introduced species, has 
BEGONIA MRS- PETER 
BLAIR- 
Among the many fine (begonias exhi¬ 
bited at the great Chelsea Show by Messrs. 
Blackmore and Langdon, scarcely one at¬ 
tracted so much attention as the variety 
Mrs. Peter Blair. For size, purity of its 
whiteness, sturdy habit, and good form it 
GM7A7, 
■RPnoNIA MRS. PETER BLAIR. 
iry fine white variety exhibited by Messrs Blackmore and Langdon at the Chelsea . ow. 
meaembryanbhoides, R. funalis, R. cris- 
pata, and R. salicornioides. 
Epiphyllum. 
Making up a genus of about half a 
zen species of warm greenhouse or stove 
rubs, the epiphyllunis are all of dwarf 
r railing hahit, and devoid of spines. 
„ rather slow growth, and are 
^kat account usually grafted upon 
aches deeply lobed at the apex, and 
cate pink or ro6e-.coloured flowep. 
y thrive test if placed in a racist 
4 during the growing period, af^r- 
ds removing them to a warm green- 
56 , in a temperature of 50 or 55 de- 
es F to ripen their gro\mis. 4he 
rers are ,pendulous, and borne on the 
the branches. C. P. Raffill. 
(To be continued.1 
is Lard to beat, while its refined symme¬ 
try is such that the most conservative 
florists could find no fault with it In 
form the blooms combine the s^^sUnce 
and regularity of a camellia with the depth 
and grace of a fine rose. Mrs. Peter Blair 
is certainly one of the test of 
tuberous-noted begonias introduced by 
Messrs. Blackmore and Langdon, Iwertou- 
on-Avon, Bath. 
