36 THE GARDENER. [Jan. 



anthinum, a new Brazilian species imported by the exhibitors. It 

 has the habit of O. bifolium, and was thought by some to be inferior 

 to it. It was ultimately awarded a first-class certificate. In this 

 group were such fine things as the brilliant yellow-flowering Oncidium 

 Rogersi, really more striking in hue than the larger and nobler form 

 of Oncidium macranthum hastiferum; Dendrobium bigibbum, a rare 

 and very beautiful species ; and some small plants of Aphelandra aur- 

 antiaca Roezlii, with flowers of a showy deep scarlet hue. Mr Bull 

 also sent a group of plants, among which was a capital example of 

 Litobrochia undulata, an elegant and robust-habited Fern, that obtained 

 a second-class certificate some time since, but on this occasion was so 

 much improved in appearance as to warrant a first-class certificate. 

 Mr Linden also sent a group of plants from Brussels. Among them was 

 Maxillaria splendens, a white species, said by Mr Bateman to have 

 flowered in this instance for the first time in Europe. It was in the 

 way of M. venusta, but with stouter top petals, which, together 

 with the sepals, were white, the lip bright orange, with the edges tipped 

 with rose. In this group was a flowering-plant of Oncidium macran- 

 thum hastiferum, but not so finely developed as the form of it in the 

 possession of Lord Londesborough. A first-class certificate was awarded 

 to Mr Green, gardener to W. Wilson Saunders, Esq., for Siphocam- 

 pylus Humboldtiana, a stove-plant allied to the Lobelia that is said 

 to be always in bloom, but must be kept in a damp atmosphere or it 

 will lose its leaves. The flowers were of a deep blood-crimson hue. 

 Mr B. S. Williams also contributed a good group of plants. Among 

 them was Masdevallia tovarensis, a pure white form, thought to be 

 identical with M. Candida, recently exhibited by Messrs Veitch & 

 Sons. A first-class certificate was awarded to it conditionally with its 

 proving to be distinct from M. Candida. In Mr Williams's group was 

 also a good specimen of the fine Cymbidium Mastersi superbum. An 

 example of Sarcanthus bigibbum was also exhibited by Mr Marshall, 

 gardener to W. Marshall, Esq., and awarded a first-class certificate. It 

 has lemon-coloured petals, and a white and orange lip. 



Messrs Downie, Laird, & Laing contributed a group of seedling 

 bedding Pelargoniums of unusually fine promise : two especially stood 

 out with marked distinctness from the rest — namely, George Peabody, 

 with large and striking vivid orange-crimson flowers of the finest form 

 and substance, a novel hue of colour, notwithstanding the number of 

 flowers classed as partaking of crimson hues ; and Pink Queen, deep 

 rosy pink, very fine and distinct. Possibly the lateness of the season 

 might have had something to do with intensifying the colours of these 

 fine flowers ; it was therefore requested that they be sent again next 

 season. 



