20 THE FLORJST. 



GenetyJlis Ilookeriana. A fine shrub, less showy than G. macrostegia ; figured 



by ":Sir W. Hooker under the latter name, and known in gardens as G.fuch- 



siuidcs. Bracts purplish red. W.Australia. Greenhouse evergreen shrub. 



Messrs. Cunningham & Fraser, and E. G. Henderson & .^on. 

 Gciu'li/llis macrostegia. A fine shrub, known in gardens as G. tulipifera. 



Bracts white, streaked with red, pendent, arranged like a tulip-flower. W. 



Australia. Greenhouse evergreen shrub. It is the Hederoma tidipifenim 



noticed last year. The names of this plant and the preceding have recently 



been rectified by Prof. Meisner. Figured in the Florist for July. E. G. 



Henderson & Son, Garaway & Co., and Low & Co. 

 Gilia daiil/ioides. Pretty, dwarf, and suitable for beds; flowers rosy lilac; 



Hardy annual. Messrs. Veitch. 

 J/oya grandijiora. Similar to H. imperialis, but the blossoms are pure white. 



Java. Messrs. Rollisson & Sons. 

 Iloya lacunosa. Curious ; the habit neat ; the flowers small, cream-coloured. 



Eastern Archipelago. Stove evergreen trailer. Messrs. Veitch. 

 Iluntleya cerina. A lovely Orchid, of a delicate canary colour ; very showy, 



and one of the handsomest species of this section. St. Paul. Messrs. 



Eollisson & Sons. 

 Ixora affinis. Stove evergreen shrub with scarlet flowers. Amboyna. Messrs. 



Rollisson & Sons. 

 Jxora amboinensis. A stove shrub, and truly magnificent, with orange and 



scarlet blossoms, in heads eighteen inches in diameter. Amboyna. Messrs. 



Rollisson & Sons. 

 Jacarai.da velutina. A very fine shrub with velvety leaves, and splendid blue 



bell-shaped flowers. S. America. Stove shrub. M. Linden. 

 Juniperus pyriformis. A low tree, 10-12 feet high. California. Messrs. Veitch. 

 Lajmgeria rosea alba. A greenhouse climber of great merit, with large pendent 



white bell-shaped flowers. Fiench Gardens. 

 Lepiodactylo', californiciim. A lovely dwarf sub-shrubby plant, with the 



appearance of a Phlox ; flowers delicate rose-pink. California. Half-hardy 



sub-shrub. One of the best plants of the season. Figured in the Florist for 



October. Messrs. Veitch. 

 Lilium nepalense. A fine hardy bulb ; flowers yellow, or in the garden specimens 



greenish, speckled inside with purple. Nepal. Horticultural Society. 

 Loasa Schliiniana. Curious ; flowers yellow, of singular form. New Grenada. 



Half-hardy annual. M. i inden. 

 Locheria magnifica. A handsome Gesneraceous plant ; flowers scarlet, lined and 



dotted on the face with dark, purple. New Grenada. Stove perennial. 



M. Linden. 

 Lycaste mesochlcena. A fine epiphyte, with large green flowers having a dull 



yellow lip, which is fringed on the lower half of its middle lobe. In the wild 



state, it is said to have ivory-white flowers. S. America. Stove epiphyte. 



M. Warczewicz. 

 Lychnis Sieholdii. A fine white-flowered herbaceous plant, with the habit of 



L. grandiflora. Japan. Hardy perennial. M. Van Houtte. 

 Mandirola laiutta. A very curious Gesneraceous plant discovered by M. 



Ghiesbreght in Mexico. M. Linden. 

 Maiidirola picturata. Handsome variegated leaves, and deep rosy lilac spotted 



flowers. A hybrid stove peienuial. M. Van Houtte. 

 Mavdirola Roeziii. A fine Gesneraceous hybrid ; flowers large lilac ; leaves 



blotched like Gesnera zebrina. Stove perennial. M. Van Houtte. 

 Meyeim erf eta. A beautiful shrubby plant ; flowers Achimenes-like, with a 



wide tube ; rich deep violet purple, with a yellow throat. W. Africa. Stove 



shrub. One of the best plants of the season. Messrs. Rollisson & Sons. 

 Nepenthes javanica ]iv ta. A distiuct and compact growing Pitcher plant, from 



Java. Messrs. Rollisson & Sous. 

 Nicotiana fragrans. Fragrant white flowers, with a long slender tube. Isle of 



Pines. Half-hardy perennial. Kew Bot. Gardens. 

 Nyviphwa Boucheana. A handsome flesh-ooloured hybrid stove aquatic, between 



N. Lotus and N. rubra, raised by M. Bouche in the Berlin Bot. Gard. 

 Oncidium Skinneri. One- of the finest of the yellow-flowered species ; flowers 



