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Odontoglossum anthoxanthum (Gard. Chron., 1869, p. 388).— Orchidacesc. 

 A species of no importance to cultivators. 



Bbassia arcuigera (Gard. Chron., 1S69, p. 388).— Orchidacece. A pretty 

 species in the way of B. Lanceana. 



Rhododendron caucasicum flavidum {Gartenjlora, t. 560). — Ericaceoe. A 

 handsome hardy evergreen shrub, bearing heads of several largish straw-coloured 

 flowers, thickly spott< d on the upper segments with deep green dots. 



Oncidium andigentjm {Gard. Chron., 1869, p. 416) — Orchidaceaj. A curious 

 little species, with dark yellow flowers, spotted with purple. 



Vanda Denisoniana (Gard. Chron., 1869, p. 528).— Orchidacese. A mag- 

 nificent white-flowered species from Burmah. 



Adiantoi decorum {Gard. Chron., 1869, p. 582).— A very beautiful species 

 introduced from Peru by Messrs. Yeitch and Sons. 



Dendbobium carinifekum {Gard. Chron., 1869, p. 611).— A pretty species, of 

 no particular value to cultivators. 



HnuLLEiiA. Wallisii {Gard. Chron., 1869, p. 611).— Orchidaceas. A botanical 

 curiosity of no particular merit. 



BEGONIA VEITCHI. 



BKGONIA KOS.EFLOKA. 



Begonia Veitchi, Veitch's Begonia (Bot. Mag , t. 5663). — " Of all the species 

 of Begonia known," says Dr. Hooker, " this is, I think, the finest. With the 

 habit of Saxifraga ciliata, immense flowers of a vermilion cinnabar red, that no 

 colourist can reproduce, it adds the novel feature of being hardy in ceitain parts of 

 England, if not in all. It was discovered by Messrs. Veitch's collector, Mr. 

 Pearce, near Cuzco, in Pern, at an elevation of 12,000—12,500 feet, and the plants 

 grown in Mr. Veitch's establishments have already given sufficient proof of their 

 hardihood by withstanding a temperature of 25° Fahrenheit with absolute impunity. 

 Unwilling as I am to pronounce on the probable or possible adaptation of exotic 

 plants to an English climate, I cannot but believe that in the south-western coun- 

 ties and in the south of Ireland, the Begonia Veitchi will certainly prove one of the 

 most ornamental of border plants." 



Begonia rosjEFlora, Rose -Jlotcered Beqonia {Bot. Mag., t. 5680). — A charming 

 begonia of the gioup represented by B. Veitchi. It was imported fiom Peru by 

 Messrs. Veitch and Son. 



Tacsonia quitensts {Gard. Chron., 1869, p. 388). — Passifloraceas. A fine 

 sjecies in the way of T mollissima, but better. 



Dendrobium miserum {Gard. Chron., 1869,p. 3S8). — Orchidaeeas. An insig- 

 nificant species from Assam. 



