The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . stant, the uppermore crowded, each with a small bract, level withor just below the insertion of the petiol. on the oppo-site side of the stem. The flowers have a stout petiole\ of an inch in length, a many-ribbed calyx aboutI inch long, divided half-way down into five narrowsubulate lobes, and a conspicuous corolla, which hasa slender tube 3 to 34 inches in length, slightlythickened in the upper third, and suddenly enlarged atthe mouth, especially on the upper side, and a spread-ing limb nearly 3 inch
The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . stant, the uppermore crowded, each with a small bract, level withor just below the insertion of the petiol. on the oppo-site side of the stem. The flowers have a stout petiole\ of an inch in length, a many-ribbed calyx aboutI inch long, divided half-way down into five narrowsubulate lobes, and a conspicuous corolla, which hasa slender tube 3 to 34 inches in length, slightlythickened in the upper third, and suddenly enlarged atthe mouth, especially on the upper side, and a spread-ing limb nearly 3 inches across consisting of fiveovate bhmt segments, which are white on the inner,greenish, like the tube, on the outer side, and takingon more or less of a purple tint as they fade. Thesurface of the corolla appears reticulate, and alsoshows a depressed midrib, which forms a ridge on theouter surface. In the evening the flowers exhale adelicious perfume, which pervades the atmosphere inthe vicinity of the plants. The whole plant, exceptthe inner surface of the corolla, is covered with hairs,. NICOTIANA J. Wolstenholme & Son, Grimes Street, Mill Street,Ancoats, Manchester. — Holly-wood and Box-woodlabels. Rev. H. Ewbank, St. Johns, Ryde. Isle of Wight,—Wood labels, with iron wire supports. These are paintedwhite, and a coat of black paint added, which, whenwet, is removed where the letters are required, in orderto show the white ground beneath. J. Wood, Woodville. the Spring, KirkstaU, Yorks.—Zinc labels, with galvanised iron wire supports. Walter J. Todd, 32, Angel Road, Brixton, —Wood labels, with wire supports. C. Yates, MorUake.—Zinc labels of various patterns ;ink for writing on same. S. Mount, Harbledown, Canterbury.—Painted ironabels, J. C. Turner, Salisbury Road, Blandford.—Zinclabels. J. Dowdney, i, Montpellier Villas, West Street, Croy-don.—Wood labels, with wire supports. Rev. C. WoUey Dod.—Iron and wood labels. There is also an iron label
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