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THE GARDENER'S AIONTJILY 



{^August, 



Thoy are of a pnro whito color, wliii-Ii contrasts 

 agreeably with tlie purplisli eolor of the stem 

 and flower-stalks. IL husts a loiiij time in good 

 coiididoii. It is quite a recent introduction, 

 having heen sent to Kew from higli elevations 

 in temperate Sikkim ; therefore it is quite hardy 

 in this vi\\\\\{\s . — Cnrdtn. 



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SCRAPS AND OURRIliS. 



Name ok Plaxt. — " Subscriber," Pittsburg, 

 Pa. We cannot name jour plant from the por- 

 tion fif a leaf sent. It is not a Wistaria, if the 

 whole leaf has but three leaflets, as in the por- 

 tion sent to us. 



Amakvai.lis Li)X(;iKOLiA— a Sacketts Harbor 

 correspondent sends us a dry, over-blown flower 

 of what ap[)ears to be this plant, of which she 

 saj's: "There are eighteen to twenty leaves, 

 from a yard to two yards long, greatest width 

 two inches and a half, rising from the trunk or 

 body not a foot high ; nape two feet, bearing 

 from two to fifteen lilies. A very beautiful 

 plant." 



Dauk-leaved Norway Maple. — With spe- 

 cimenss of an unusually dark green Norway 

 Maple, we have the following from a correspon- 

 dent at Old Westbury, N. Y.: " I enclose a few 

 leaves from a Maple, which is different from any 

 variety I have seen. It came in a lot of im- 

 ported trees, is symmetrical, and resembles in 

 its growth a Norway, for which it was purchased, 

 and the bark is darker. About ten feet high, 

 three-quarters of an inch in diameter, leaves 

 dark, shining green, like a gooseberry, and is 

 very pretty. Bark smooth, not like English 

 Maple in any way. As thee is acquainted with 

 more kinds than I am, I hope thee can give its 

 name." 



A Hardy Gladiolus.— A Doylestown, Pa., 

 subscriber says ; " I enclose flowers of a thor- 



oughly hardy Gladiolus, which has remained 

 out during the Winter for several years pa.st 

 where originally planted, and, a.s I understand, 

 without any protection. It now forms a superb 

 clump, and the flowers arc; certainly very showy. 

 Will you be kind enough to name the variety?" 

 [This is the riludiolus coMimunis, not unknown 



; in American collections of hardy herbai'eous 

 plants, and well worthy of the interest our cor- 

 respondent takes in it.| 



Variatton in the Cit-leaved Jiiucii.— 

 A Rochester, N. Y., correspondent says : '' I 

 send you herewith a couple of sprigs taken from 

 cut-leaved Birch. The tree is fifteen years 



, planted, and large. A few feet from the ground 

 a limb branches out from the body ; three feet 

 from the trunk of the tree this branch forks, 

 each of the two resulting limbs ])eing four or 



1 five feet long. One of these limbs bears the cut- 



I leaf one, the other the plain leaf. It struck 

 me as being a curious freak, and I thought it 



; might interest you, so I send you a sample of 

 the same." 



[This return of the Cut-leaved Birch to its 

 original form is now and then seen, and is 

 curious. — Ed. G. M.] 



I AxDROMEDA SPECIOSA. — With specimens of 

 this beautiful hardy shrub, which is undoubtedly 

 A. speciosa, a Ilingliam, Mass., correspondent 

 writes: " Having read the article on the various 

 species of Andromeda, in the Gardener's 



i Monthly, I take the liberty of writing you to 

 inquire can you judge from the enclosed if 

 this is the A. speciosa. I have had it twelve 

 years, and it is said to be that. Do you know 

 the A. pulverulenta? I thought this not the 

 speciosa. The one I have has been very hand- 

 some, having many spikes, covered with these 

 beautiful white flowers from eight to ten inches 

 long. Our Boston Society gave me, last week, 

 their bronze medal." 



Green House and House Gardening. 



COMMUNICA riONS. 



COOL HOUSE ORCHIDS-L/ELIAS. 



BY C. II. S., BALTIMORE, MD. 



This beautiful genus of orchids is closely a botanical one, too scientific for the 

 allied to Cattleya, and some of the Brazilian i amateur cultivator of orchids, for whose bene- 

 varieties are found in catalogues, sometimes as ; fit these articles are intended. But a far greater 



Lselias, and in others as Cattleyas. I think that 

 they all come from Mexico and Brazil, except 

 L;«lia superbiens, which is from Guatemala. 

 The difference between Lailias and Cattleyas is 



reneral 



