The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . l Novelties. PAPAVER LtEVIGATUM. This, a native of the Levant, Caucasus, &c., isintroduced by Messrs. Ilaage & Schmidt, of Erfurt,to whom we are indebted for the accompanying illus-tration (fig. 4, p. 21). The plant is about Ik feet inheight, much branched and bears flowers of about3 — 4 inches diameter. Their colour is dark scarlet,with a spot of black at the base of each petal, thespot itself being bordered by a white band. Thetwo exterior petals are nearly twice as large as tiieother two. It is sta
The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . l Novelties. PAPAVER LtEVIGATUM. This, a native of the Levant, Caucasus, &c., isintroduced by Messrs. Ilaage & Schmidt, of Erfurt,to whom we are indebted for the accompanying illus-tration (fig. 4, p. 21). The plant is about Ik feet inheight, much branched and bears flowers of about3 — 4 inches diameter. Their colour is dark scarlet,with a spot of black at the base of each petal, thespot itself being bordered by a white band. Thetwo exterior petals are nearly twice as large as tiieother two. It is stated that the plant is very flori-ferous, and that the cut flowers will remain freshfor several days, which generally is not a character-istic of Poppies. We give the above particulars onthe authority of Messrs. Haage & Schmidt, but theiraccount does not tally in all points with the plantof this name described in Boissiers Flora Orientalis,vol. i., p. 114. GoDETiA Faihy Queen. This, another novelty from Erfurt, is a compactdwarf plant after tiie style of Lady Satin Rose. Tiie. Fkv. 3.—cjodexia faihy queen ; AND ROSE. FLOWERS WHITE flowers are white, edged with flesh, and each petalhas acarmine spot at the base, as shown in theillustration (fig. 3). Home Correspondence. FUELS AND STOKINQ.—There are very fewprivate places in the country where a man is regu-larly employed to do the stoking, the work beingperformed by the young gardeners as a part of theirduty, and it is patent to every gardener who hasmuch glass under his charge that some young menshow more aptitude than others as stokers. A goodknowledge of stoking is a very important item in agardeners education. There are some young menwho are constantly going from one extreme to theother; the pipes are either too hot or too cold(these are both ugly evils), and are what one mightterm fuel-wasters ; but to have a man attending fireswho studies thera and his temperatures is a boon,and such a one should always receive credit
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