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obtain handsome specimens, and by removing all 

 flower buds the very instant they are noticed, so 

 as to prevent the plants froin exhausting them- 

 selves by excessive flowering. Ordinary care 

 will be sufficient to keep the plant free from all in- 

 sect pests, and propagation is easily effected by 

 cuttings of the half-ripened wood, which will root 

 in about ten days ; then they should be potted off 

 and encouraged to grow. The plants often flower 

 when quite small, and it does not appear to weaken 

 or injure them in the least. 



The generic name is derived from " penti," 

 five, in reference to the number of petals and 

 stamens, Rubiaceous plants usually having but 

 four, and the specific in allusion to the color of the 

 flowers. Queens, N. Y. 



color. It has been very highly spoken of in the 

 London horticultural journals. It was exhibited 

 at most of the prominent rose shows during the 

 past season, and came off with flying colors every 

 time. Chestnut Hill ( IVyndmoor), Phila. 



NEW ROSES. 



BY EDWIN LONSDALE. 



Mr. John N. May, Summit, N. J., is the fortu- 

 nate possessor of a new rose, which is destined to 

 make its mark — a white one — in the near future in 

 this flower-loving world. This candidate for pub- 

 lic favor is a sport from the well-known Catherine 

 Mermet, than which there is no better shaped 

 flower amongst the whole list of roses, and its off- 

 spring is like it in every respect, excepting in 

 color, which is pure white. 



Strange as it may appear, this rose originated in 

 two different establishments at about the same 

 time; viz., Mr. Taplin's, Maywood, N. J., and Mr. 

 De Forrest's, Summit, in the same State. Mr. 

 May wisely secured all the plants from both the 

 proprietors of the places where it, or they, origin- 

 ated. It is understood that the stock of both will 

 be kept separate and thoroughly tested, to ascer- 

 tain if there is any difference between them. 

 Some persons may think that this procedure is not 

 necessary; but when we consider that Mabel Mor- 

 rison, Merveille de Lyon and White Baroness all 

 originated as sports from Baroness Rothschild, 

 and as it will not involve much trouble to keep 

 them separate, even if they should eventually 

 prove to be identical, it will be infinitely more 

 satisfactory to know that there is no essential vari- 

 ation between them. It has not yet been decided 

 when this rare novelty will be distributed. 



Mr. C. F. Evans has secured two more of Mr. 

 Henry Bennett's celebrated roses, one of which is 

 pure white, a Hybrid Tea in character. It is the 

 result of a cross between Mabel Morrison and 

 Devoniensis. The other is a Hybrid Perpetual — 

 Mrs. John Laing — a beautiful shade of pink in 



DENDROBIUM DEARII. 

 BY EDWARD NORMAN. 



I would like to say a few words in praise of 

 Dendrobium Dearii, which I think ought to be in 

 every collection of Orchids ; for with about half a 

 dozen plants you can always have some of those 

 frosted white blooms to look at. With us they do 

 not seem to have any special blooming season, but 

 keep on pushing up spike after spike, either from 

 the old or young growth. Of course, it is not such 

 a fine flower as D. eburneum giganteum, which is 

 now in bloom here ; but where Eburneum lasts one 

 month, Dearii will keep in bloom three. We had 

 two spikes opened May 20th, and now as fresh 

 as can be. We have a good spike just now open 

 with eighteen flowers on it, which is about the best 

 we have ever had. They are grown in the Cattleya 

 house. I think that is the best house to grow them 

 in, for they are pushing up some fine growths 

 which promise to be as good as those made in 

 their native woods. 



The plant that has the eighteen blooms was im- 

 ported only this spring. Lee, Mass. 



EDITORIAL NOTES. 



The Sea O.nion. — This is the common name of 

 a singular plant often found in old greenhouses 

 and windows, and which the hardest treatment 

 will not kill. The bulb is of a greenish tint, above 

 ground, and shines like glass. The flowers are 

 in a long greenish white spike, and peculiar for 

 the long bracts under each family. It belongs to 

 the " Star of Bethlehem " family, and is known 

 botanically as Ornithogalum longebracteatum, or 

 long-bracted, from the peculiarity above noted. 



The Palm House at Glasnevin, near Dub- 

 Li.N. — M. Joly, in the proceedings of the Central 

 Horticultural Society of France, gives an inter- 

 esting account, with illustrations, of a recent visit 

 to this grand horticultural structure. It is 73 feet 

 high, sufficient to grow to perfection most of the 

 Palms under cultivation, and is no feet long by 

 90 feet wide. It was built by Boyd & Co , of 

 Glasgow in Scotland, famous in connection with 

 the building of gigantic hot-houses. It cost 



