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favourite of all the late blooming kitids we: possess at’ present. It is of 
continental. origin, however, and if it should: unfortunately prove as 
inconstant in, its colour, &cij.as Beauty of Europe and some» other 
varieties from there, it will not.realise the description given of it in the 
‘«Tllustrated Bouquet,” by the: proprietors) of that work, who’ have 
distributed it in'this country. | But judging from how it has bloomed, 
wherever we haverseen it, this season, it) will prove superior to the 
description given of it—certamly to the Messrs.oH. G. Henderson 
& Son’s. description of. it in: their list of Azaleas in their catalogue of 
1859, where it is describedvas ‘large round lobed: white.” ~The other 
variety figured. is one in the possession of Messrs. Ivery, ‘of Dorking, to 
whom we are: indebted for many of the finest varieties in cultivation, 
and this promises to prove:worthy of the reputation which ‘these gentle- 
men deservedly possess as-improvers of the Azalea. We have confidence 
in both varieties, and believe that our readers will thank us for having 
introduced them to their notice;. and) we recommend all lovers of 
Azaleas to use their best endeayours to secure good-sized: specimens’ of 
Etoile de Gand as soon as ‘they possibly can. - Having said: that this 
variety is similar in habit to variegata, we need hardly add that it 
should be grown only in plants worked upon pheenicea, and that plants 
‘upon their own roots may be expected to be liable to die suddenly, after 
the fashion of an Erica and some other hard-wooded plants. if 
We have, in previous numbers, given lists of those varieties which 
we considered the best in cultivation. These were, however, perhaps 
too extended for many persons commencing their culture; and we will 
now give a list of the twelve kinds which we should select, if we could 
grow only that number of specimens, and add to this a farther selection 
of those: we consider to: be the next best twelve varieties. Our selection 
of twelve would be as follows :—Admiration, Criterion; Etoile de Gand, 
Extrani, Gem (Ivery), Gledstanesi, Sir H. Havelock (Frost), Iveryana, 
Juliana, Perfection’ (Frost), Perryana, variegata. It willbe observed 
that this short list: contains several comparatively old kinds, but these 
are fine in every respect, and we are not satisfied that they are surpassed 
by any of more recent introduction.: ‘The: Messrs. Ivery have sent out 
two, viz., Flower of:the: Day and variegata superba, and recommended 
them as being superior to. _Iveryana and ‘variegata. We hope: that 
they will prove to be so, but must see more of them than we ‘have yet 
done before displacing those fine varieties to: make room for'them: ‘The 
next twelve we should) select would be as: under, viz.:—Beauty of 
Reigate, Chelsoni, crispiflora, Distinction, Due de Brabant,’ Illustris 
nova, Leeana, Perfecta elegans, Rot» Leopold, rosea’ elegans, ‘yosea 
superba, Standard of Perfection (Epps). Here, as in the former list, 
it will be observed that a considerable proportion are not of very recent 
introduction, but we have not seen amongst’ the newer varieties any 
which we consider worthy of being placed before the older varieties. 
We must remark, however, that those we have named are all that we 
would select. for exhibition purposes; and that if we were making a 
selection intended for decorative purposes principally, it would probably 
have included such varieties as arborea purpurea, Barclayana, Eulalie 
van Geert, Glory of Sunning Hill; Louis Napoleon, Miltoni, Georgiana, 
