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THE FLOKIST AND POMOLOGIST. 



[ April, 



FLOWER-VASE HOLDERS. 



^*n] RAWING-EOOM Gardening and Window Gardening will be greatly 



^XJt- facilitated by the elegant contrivance of wliich we subjoin a figure. By 



"Sii/ i^'S means, either ornamental pots, or flower-vases, or hyacintb-glasses can 



X be so fixed to a window-sash that the window may be opened without 



removing the pot or glass, thus permit- 

 ting windows to be decorated with flowers 

 both in summer and winter. The holders 

 may also be fixed to mantelshelves, or 

 other projections. They are the invention of 

 Mr. Bachhoffner, of Hatton Garden, and 

 are made in two forms : — 1. What are 

 called temporary holders, with a thumb- 

 screw as represented in the figure, and of 

 these some are adapted for holding hya- 

 cinth-glasses, some ornamental pots, and 



some flower-vases ; they are made either with a 



long curved arm as here shown, or without 



the arm. 2. What are called fixed holders, which 



are without the thumb-screw, but are connected 



with a plate, which may be fixed by screws to any 



available surface. Both the temporary and fixed 



forms are made either with a single branch, or with two branches. Various uses 



will readily suggest themselves ; but for indoor gardening, which most concerns 



us and our readers, they are quite an acquisition. — T. Mooee. 



RHODODENDRON BROOKEANUM FLAVUM. 



^^HE Rhododendron Brookeanum was one of several epiphytal species of this 

 vVi^ noble genus originally brought under the notice of botanists by Mr. Hugh 

 y^\v Low, jun., having been collected by him during his residence in Borneo. 

 ^sf These were described by Dr. Lindley in the Journal of the Horticulhiral 

 Societij (iii. 81). The species just mentioned is a close ally of H.Javanicinn, from 

 which it differs in its naiTOwea- leaves, less prominent stamens, and less undulated 

 corolla. The first plant, introduced to our gardens by Messrs. Veitch and Sons, 



