374 THE PLOEAL WOELD AND GAEDEN GUIDE. 



RoDuiGUEZiA Batemaxi {Gavd. Chron., 18G6, p. 1042). — Orchidese. An elegant 

 South American plant, formerly described as Burlingtonia ruhescens. It has small 

 bulbs, long leaves, and a spike of whitish flort'ers with a purplish violet hue. 



Dexdrobium parcum {Gard. Chron., 18G6, p. 1042). — A poor-looking species 

 with a branclung stem in the way of _D. ramosissimum, having narrow grassy leaves 

 two to three Indies long and racemes of small greenish flowers. 



Bifkenaria inodora var. xantiiina [Gard. Chron., 1866, p. 1042). — Orchidese. 

 " It is very remarkable to see a splendid yellow variety of _tliis well-known plant 

 witli green or purplish flowers and a purplisli lip." 



Brachystelma Baeberi^ {Bot. Mag., t. 5607). — Asclepiadese. This is an 

 extraordinary plant — a native of South Africa. The root is a depressed tuber, as 

 large as a turnip, tlie stem very short. The leaves are three to four inches long, 

 linear-oblong ; the flowers in a sessile globose head, four to five inches in diameter, 

 dingy purple, speckled with yellow in the di">k. The lobes of the corolla terminate 

 in slender tails, one inch long, which arch inwards and cohere over the centre of 

 the flower, producing over the whole of the_; strange flowery ball an elaborate and 

 elegant net- work. 



Nierembergia rivplaris, Water Nieremhergia {Bot. Mag., t. 5608). — 

 Solaneaj. A pretty little species from La Plata. It has slender, creeping stems, 

 variable leaves, and flowers an inch and a half in diameter ; the colour yellowish 

 white. 



THE GARDE^J" GUIDE FOE DECEMBER. 



Flowers of the Month. — Greenhouse: Echeveria retusa, E. secunda, E. 

 Scheeri, Andromeda pliillyrea3folia. Daphne Indica, Echium fastuosum, Globulea 

 hispiJa, Ilermannia plicata, Pittosporum flavum, Mesembryanthemum bifidum, and 

 crassifolium, Witsenia Maura, Fuchsia serratifolia. Salvia splendens, Citriobatus 

 pauciflorus, Jasminum nudiflorum, Gardenia Florida and citriodora, Gesnera zebrina, 

 and splendens, China Roses, Indian Azaleas, Camellias, Chinese Primulas, Russian 

 and Neapolitan Violets, Cytisus of sorts, Coronilla glauca, Mignonette, Cyclamen 

 Persicum, various hardy shrubs, such as Lilacs, Rhododendrons, etc., according to 

 the extent and orders of forcing.— ^nVa? .- Formosa, Gracilis, Hyemalis, Imbricata, 

 Solandriana, Transparens, Pyriforme, Ardens, Westcottiana, Pellucida, Concinna, As- 

 surgens, Jacksoniana, Versicolor, Radiata, Cnpiessina, Prcestans, Scabriuscula, Ignes- 

 cens, Grandinosa, Denticulata, Rpcurvata, Reflexa, Sebana. — Garden : Though there 

 may not be a single flower found, a December list of plants that maif he in bloom will 

 not be without its use, as in warm seasons the gardens in favoured districts are occa- 

 sionally quite gay with flowers up to Christmas : Aconitum autumnalis, Cacalia 

 hastata, PoleiHonium Richardsoci, Bottonia asteroides. Campanula colorata, and 

 Burrelieri, Chrysanthemum tripartitum, Malva lateritia, Pinguicula orchidoides, 

 CEnothera serotina, Chrysocoma virgata, Lobelia syphilitica, Aster cornifolius, sero- 

 tinus, blandus, patens, radula, Eupatorium truncatum. Coreopsis ferulasfolia, Liatris 

 elegans, Hibiscus incanus, Galium capillipes, Corydalis pcenifolia, the varieties of 

 Primula vulgaris, Violets, and Wallflowers. — Orchids : Limatodes rosea, L. rosea alba, 

 Odontoglossum maculatum, 0. membranaceum, Barkeria elegans, Lailia albida, L. 

 anceps, L. anceps Barkeriana, L. peduncuhiris, L. prestans, Oncidium bicallosum, 

 0. incurvum, 0. oblongatum, 0. unguiculatum, Lycaste Skinnerii, L. Skinnerii 

 alba, L. Skinnerii rosea, L. Skinnerii superba, Leptotes bicolor, Zygopetalon bra- 

 chypetalnm, Z. crinitum cterulum, Brassavola Digbyana, Cattleya Warscewiezii, 

 Coelogyne Gardneriana, C. Cummingii, Cypripedium insigne, C. insigne Maulei, 

 Cymbidium giganteum,^ C. Marstersii, Dendrochilum glumaceum, Miltonia 

 cnneata. 



QAEDEX AVORK. 



Kitchen Garden. — There is not mirch to be done here now, the ground is mucky, 

 there is nothing growing, and the weather will not peimit of much ground work. 

 On dry warm soils, peas and beans may be sown, but it is useless to sow them on 

 heavy, damp soils in cold districts. Deep trenching of the ground should be carried 

 on during fine, dry weather, in fact, the more digging the better, it is impossible ever to 



