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Dendrobium Veitckianuru, dedicated by the late Dr. Lindley to Mr. James 

 Veitch, and reduce it to the Dendrobium macrophyllum of Richard [D. macrophvl- 

 lum, Hort. being the D. superbiens, Rchb.~\. We did, indeed, our best, when naming 

 in honour of Mr. John Gould Veitch a Dendrobium Johannis, and a Dendrobium 

 Gouldii ; yet the spirits of the chieftain of the Veitchian family may not be 



quite reconciled to the loss of the tiger-flowered Dendrobe, with the hispid 

 ovaries and the shining leaves. Corrigeons la fortune ! Let us try to gratify 

 the feelings of our highly valued correspondent by the dedication to him, under 

 the above name, of this splendid novelty." M. 



FRUIT PEOSPECTS IN NORTH NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. 



fN April there was a promise that we should have a great crop of nearly all 

 kinds of hardy fruits in North Nottinghamshire, but the peculiar weather 

 m$ of May and June has thinned them very much. Pears and Apples will, 

 Tj> however, be yet nearly an average crop in most orchards in this locakty. 

 With me, Pears as pyramids and bushes on the quince stock show heavy crops, as 

 do most kinds on the walls. Apples grown as pyramids on the paradise stock 



