A more recent novelty sent from Japan by Mr. Hogg, is the "New Climbing Hydrangea," which he describes as clinging to trees to the height of fifty feet, producing corymbs of white flowers of the size of ordinary Hydrangeas. It clings exactly like the Ivy, and must produce a striking effect when in full bloom. It is entirely hardy. Mr. Peter Henderson was the first to offer this novelty here and in Europe. Elegantissima is a novelty truly with its leaves flaked, bordered and striped with golden yellow. I do not know whether it blossoms or not, it is handsome enough without flowers.
HELIOTROPE.
The new Heliotrope Le Negre is the darkest of this genus, and Snow Wreath the nearest approach to white we have yet had; truss very large, growth compact, and fragrance exquisite. Garibaldi is almost white; Mrs. Burgess is dark violet, and Duc de Lavendury is a rich blue, dark eye.
Sweet Alyssum is another of the essential flowers for the border, admirable for edgings, for its dwarf habit and continuity of bloom. The great novelty of last year was the new double variegated Sweet Alyssum—"The Gem." The flowers are very full, and the foliage broad with a mid-rib of light green, bordered on each side with pure white. It is a fine, compact grower, and far superior to anything of this species yet offered.
Lantanas, I think, add greatly to the attractions of the garden, so rich in color and profuse in blooming. Clotilda, pink with yellow center, and Comtesse de Diencourt, flower bright rose and yellow center sulphur, are very desirable. Alba perfecta, pure white, is fine, so also is Alba lutea grandiflora, white with yellow center. Mine d'Or is a new variety, with bright orange and crimson flowers, and golden variegated foliage. M. Schmidt is a beautiful novelty. Flowers of a brilliant yellow, passing into purple vermilion; grows in the style of a Petunia.