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Davallia Fijiensis pluniosa is one of the most elegant of all 

 known ferns. Another beautiful acquisition is Gymnograma 

 schizophylla. Amongst Orchids, I'liahcnopsis Stuartii, Phaius 

 tuberculosus, ^.ricles Leeanum, Odontoglossum excellens, Tricho- 

 centrum Pfavii, and Pescatorea Day anus are great gains to this 

 fine family. Amonst otlier stove plants may be mentioned 

 Taccarum warmingianura, a splendid Aroid from Brazil, Begonia 

 Socotrana, introduced by Professor Bayley Balfour, from the 

 island of Socotra. The wonderful Nepenthes Piajah, sent home 

 by ^Ir. Burbidge from Borneo, whose pitchers, when fully developed, 

 are more than a foot long by six inches broad, and which are 

 capable of capturing and 4-etaiuing humming-birds and even rats 

 in their capacious urns ; Xepenthes Northiana is an equally 

 large and fine pitcher plant sent by Curtis, also from Borneo; 

 Bomarea conferta, a climbing Alstrameriad, inay be mentioned as 

 a good greenhouse plant. Amongst hardy plants, Prunus Pisardi, 

 a very handsome dark red-leaved plum I'rom Persia, is a welcome 

 addition. This plant was sent first to France by the gardener 

 to the Hliah of Persia, whose name it commemorates ; Primula 

 jioculiformis, from China, is also a good novelty of this year, 



INTEODUCTIOXS FOR 1882. 



There were introduced during 1882, 251 new plants, consisting 

 of 21 Cryptogams, 1 Gymnosperm, 163 Monocotyledons, and 66 

 Dicotyledons. Amongst the Monocotyledons, no less than 105 

 were Orchids, comprising 11 new Masdevallias, 13 Dendrobiums, 18 

 Odontoglossums, 9 Phalffinopsis, 8 Cattleyas, and 8 Cypripediums ; 

 among the best being Vanda Sanderiana and A'anda Hookerii. 

 Other good plants were Selaginella grandis, and Impatiens sultani 

 is a good addition to flowering plants ; as is also Bomarea Shuttle- 

 worthii, frondea, and Vitellina. 



INTKODUCTIONS FOR 1883. 



Coming to last year, we have been unable to get a complete list 

 of the plants tlien introduced ; but it appears to have been quite as 

 prolific as any of the previous years. Orchids again form the 

 majority, a large number of them being splendid varieties only of 

 species previously introduced. One of the best of these is brides 

 Lawrenciie, a grand new eastern form, related to the well-known 

 brides odorata, for the original plant of wliich the sum of 235 

 guineas was obtained at a public auction sale. Rhododendron 

 Curtisii and Medinilla Curtisii, both introduced by Curtis from 



