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The HorticHllnrisL and Journal 



Cf/rtatUhern Clwi/sostejihaiia.— An il- 

 lustration is given in this number of a new and 

 very distinct species of the tropical American 

 genus Cyrtanthera. It is of elegant habit, 

 and conspicuous for the vivid red color of the 

 midrib and nerves of the leaf beneath. The 

 flowers, instead of being disposed in a dense 

 thyrsc, or in axillary cymes, as in most spe- 

 cies of the genus, are collected into a crown- 

 like corymb at the tips of the branches, and 

 are of a bright golden color. It is a plant of 

 easy culture, and considered a most desirable 

 acquisition, for it produces its showy flowers 

 in midwinter. 



Dracreua Shepherdli. — Originated and 

 named by W. Bull after Mr. Shepherd, a 

 well-known nurseryman of Sydney. It is a 

 a very noble form of Dracaena, and considered 

 one of the finest in cultivation. Mr. Bull 

 says of it : " Unlike most of the forms already 

 known, which color most on the free young 

 growth of vigorous plants, this plant takes on 

 its distinctive coloring gradually on the older 

 leaves, the young ones being green, and show- 

 ing paler green stripes on those parts which 

 take on a later period the peculiar bronzy 

 orange hue. It is very free growing, of ample 

 proportions, the broad oblong linear leaves, 

 2| feet long and five inches broad, being ar- 

 ranged in a distinctly spiral manner, and hav- 

 ing channelled marginate petioles, six inches 

 long, tinted at the edge with the same bronzy 

 orange color, which is continued along the 

 marginal portions of the lower half of each 

 leaf." 



New Hifhrld Raspberrif Norwood.— 



This new sort has been introduced by Messrs. 

 Ilovey & Co., of Cambridge, Mass., who speak 

 of it as follows : 



" This is an entirely new variety of the 

 raspberry, quite unlike anything in cultiva- 

 tion, being a hybrid between the Red Rasp- 

 berry and the Black Cap, having the large 

 berry of the former, and the strong growth and 

 prolific bearing of the latter. Its growth is 



truly astonishing, the canes attaining the 

 height of six feet or more, and an inch in 

 diameter at the base. These shoots produce 

 numerous side branches, which are covered 

 with fruit. Its productiveness is enormous, 

 and it continues to bear for a long period. 

 Berries large, many of them measuring three- 

 quarters of an inch in diameter, light purplish 

 red, with a rich, brisk flavor. It does not 

 sucker, and can only be propagated from the 

 tips of the shoots. It is perfectly hardy." 



The fruit must be a perfect curiosity, if de- 

 scription is correct. 



New Grape, the Canibridf/e.— This is 



a new seedling grape which originated in the 

 garden of Mr. Francis Houghton, of Cam- 

 bridge, Mass., six or eight years ago, and has 

 now been in continued bearing for four or five 

 years. With regard to its special merits, we 

 quote the recommendation of Ilovey & Co. : 



" It is a black grape, somewhat resembling 

 the Concord, but with more oval berries. The 

 bunches are large and shouldered ; berries 

 large, with a very thin skin, covered with a 

 delicate bloom, and adhering firmly to the 

 bunch ; flesh rich, brisk and refreshing, with- 

 out pulp, and more nearly approaching the 

 Adirondac in quality than any other native 

 grape. Its period of ripening is a few days 

 before the Concord. The vine has all the 

 luxuriance of growth and the firmness and 

 handsome foliage of the Concord, while it is 

 quite as hardy, if not hardier than that grape, 

 not an inch of wood ever having been injured 

 by our coldest winters. The parent vine has 

 never been protected since it sprung up from 

 seed. It is entirely free from mildew, not a 

 leaf having been affected." 



New Liliptitiati Pelargoiiinin Com- 

 modore Niitt.— This is one of a strain of 

 liliputian pelargoniums originated by Hovey 

 <fe Co., a few years ago, and the Commodore 

 Nutt is of the same style as the Dolly Dutton. 

 It grows only 10 or 12 inches high ; very 

 compact in habit, with small leaves, and en- 

 tirely covered with large trusses of flowers, of 

 a deep rosy lilac, spotted on the upper petals 

 — a very beautiful acquisition. 



