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a pot plant we can really keep it at Stoke Newington, for in severe winters it perishes 

 in the open ground. B. nitens is probably a garden hybrid, largely indebted to B. 

 aquifolium for its existence. When rambling through the rockery at Messrs. 

 Lucombe, Pince, and Co.'s nursery, in the spring of the present year, we saw several 

 new seedling hybrids of Mr. Pince's raising, which J. J. would no doubt like to see 

 too. B. trifurca is scarce ; the last time we saw it was at Messrs. E. G. Henderson 

 and Sons, St. John's Wood ; the plant stood six feet high, and was in a large pot. 

 The most useful of all at Stoke Newington is B. fascicularis hybrida, which forms a 

 very handsome bush.] 



NEW PLANTS. 



ELPHINIUM Triomphe de Poxtoise {Floral 3Iag., t. 314).— Ranun- 

 culacese. A beautiful hardy plant, with double flowers of a pale 

 azure colour. A valuable addition to this useful class of plants. 



Passiflora. FULGENS, Shining Passion- Floiver {Belg. Hort. xvi. 193, 

 t. 13). — Passifloraceee. A handsome stove climber, with leaves like 

 those of the oak, and rich scarlet flowers. 



SiPHOCAMPYLis FCLGENS, Shining Siphocampylus (Flo?'. Mag., t. 313). — 

 Lobeh'acese. A handsonae stove herb, with ovate leaves and axillary tubular flowers 

 of a rich orange scarlet colour. 



Saccolabioi gigaxteum. Gigantic Saccolahium (Gard. Chron. 1867, 26). — 

 Orchidaceas. " The ^S". giganteum was for a long time a fabulous plant, very ill- 

 known from ugly, shrivelled flowers collected in jungles in Burmah by the late Dr. 

 Wallich. Now at length it is to be had in the nursery of Messrs, Veitch. The 

 flowers are nearly of the same shape as those of S. violaceum, but larger. Both 

 sepals and petals are cream-coloured, the petals bearing a row of amethyst-coloured 

 dots. The lip is of a very intense amethyst colour, enlivened by some darker 

 amethyst-coloured streaks over the veins." 



Aquilegia pyrexiaca, Columbine of the Pyrenees {Flor. Mag., t. 322). — 

 Ranunculacese. A beautiful dwarf herbaceous plant, resembling A. alpina, but 

 smaller and with fewer flowers, these being comparatively large, and of a pale 

 lavender blue. 



AxrcuBA Japoxica graxdidextata maculata, Aucuha loith leaves deeply 

 toothed and spotted {Neerl. Plant., t. 28). — Cornacese. A handsome variety of 

 this well-known shrub, and one which bears berries freely when fertilized. 



.Azalea, Her Majesty. — A beautiful variety, of average size and fine form, 

 the colour soft lilac blush, shading to white at the margin, and irregularly striped 

 with purple. 



Corysaisthes picta {Neerl. Plant., t, 25). — Orchidacece. A curious terrestrial 

 stove orchid, with a solitary cordate ovate leaf, and a nearly sessile bilabiate flower, 

 the colours of which are deep purple and yellow. 



Desmodium penduliflorum, Pendulous-Flowered Desmodium {Neerl. Plant. 

 1866, t. 2). — Leguminosoe. A hardy shrub, growing five to six feet high, with tri- 

 foliate leaves and axillary racemes of small purplish flowers. It is eminently grace- 

 ful and ornamental. 



Odontoglossum astranthum {Gard. Chron.y 1867, 404). — A panicled species, 

 like O. odoratum, but it has the novel feature of a fringed anther bed. Its advent 

 breaks down the proposed section, Tyrmenium of Bateman, by connecting that 

 group directly with O. odoratuyn. 



Nanones medusa {Gard. Chron., 1867, 432), — Orchidacese. A curious/beau- 

 tifal, and quite novel orchid from South America. The sepals and petals are ligu- 

 late, the lip is large, sub-rotund, and richly fringed on the margin. 



Odoxtoglossum TRroMPHAxs {Gard. Chron., 1867, ol6).— This is proposed 

 (H. G. Rech, fil.) as the permanent name of an orchid, otherwise known as O. HaUii 

 and O. speetatissimum. It is a fine thing, the pure golden yellow of the flower is 

 revived (? relieved) by the dark crimson brown blotches. The lip is nearly white, 

 with some brownish blotches, but it occurs also yellowish. 



Phajcs inquilixus {Gard. Chron., 1867, 544).— One of Mr. Dominy's hybrids, 



