THE ILLUSTRATION HOMKOLE. 



Palm called Areca Dicksoni, which we believe to be a 

 distinct species from Coromandel; a variety of Corypha 

 australis with reddish brown petioles; Pandanus Van 

 Geertii a permanently dwarf form with glaucescent foliage 

 tinged with orange towards the base ; a handsome Thuiop- 

 sis dolabrata, and a large plant of Genethyllis (Hedaroma) 

 tulipifera in flower. 



We must not forget, either, the collection of Palms exhi- 

 bited by Messrs. Haage and Schmidt, comprising sixty 

 species, some of them very rare. 



W Moore of the Botanic Garden, Glasnevin, exhibits 

 a handsome plant of Ouvirandra fenestralis , and an inte- 

 resting hybrid Sarracenia, the history of which will ap- 

 pear elsewhere in our columns. 



Returning to the native exhibitors, a grand group of stove 

 and geeenhouse plants, comprising a very rich assortment, 

 the property of Comte della Gherardesca , arrest our foot- 

 steps. The most noteworthy are : Agnostus sinuatus, La- 

 tania, Cycas circinalis, Musa ensete, Epacris, Boronia 

 Sterculia, Adenandra, and large Azaleas. 



In the Marquis Ridolfi we meet with a distinguished and 

 clever florist, whose splendid Show, Fancy and Zonale Pelar- 

 goniums and charming Azaleas, fairly earn him the title. 



The Comtesse Giulia, of Florence, sends fifty species of 

 Palms. We particularly noticed : Areca monostachya, Arenga 

 Bonneti, Bactris maraja, Brahea nobilis, Cocos Bonneti and 

 Geonoma pumila. 



One of the secretaries, M. Fenzi, of Florence, is an ama- 

 teur of succulent plants. 85 species of Agave and Fourcroya, 

 11 of Dasylirion, 22 of Yucca, and 22 of Sempervivum, 

 indicate collections of considerable extent, and they are not 

 wanting in rare species. 



Another very numerous collection, perhaps the most 

 numerous belonging to a single genus, is a group of Ma- 

 rantas exhibited by M. F. Luppis, ofFerrara, comprising 

 no fewer than sixty-one species. We do not remember ever 

 having seen so complete a collection. 



The Comtes Papadopoli brothers, of Venice, have also 

 sent a collection of M arantaceae, another of Caladiums with 

 coloured foliage, comprising 100 varieties , and 120 varieties 

 of Coleus. We confess our inability to discover the interest 

 attached to the innumerable, scarcely distinguishable, forms 

 of Coleus ; it appears to us to be overdoing the thing. A careful 

 search does not reveal more than twenty really distinctand desi- 

 rable varieties, even for growing under glass. The forms of 

 Phormium belonging to the same gentlemen , although repre- 

 sented by small plants, include pretty well all that are 

 present : Ph. tenax, tenax variegatum, tenax 

 -* atropurpureum , tenax nigro-pictum , Cookii 



-«, Jasminum geniculatum, Hoya 

 jasnnnoides, and Jamin 

 their fine growth and abundant infloreaoa 



The very finest specim, 

 saw, belongs to M. SantareUi, of Ron • C€ 



Messrs. Palazzi brothers, of Venire t 

 merous collection of Bromeliaceae; but th 



including many rare and interesting s n ,n 

 tivated. 



We must not forget to mention th" diet 

 attained by M. J. Versehafielt . oft ,h< i,t 

 and other succulents. We observed u 

 dealbata, hyttrix, VertchaffeUi oarien 

 giauca, Gtibeyi, and other pretty plants 

 The Cereus section was represented' I 

 penstaedtii , senilis, l)a,',t,r,i 

 Haage and Schmidt. 



M. Gillion-Mangilli , of Venice. , x hil 

 variety of the Japanese Medlar. Erioboi 

 slender merits. 



A fine example of Areca monostachi 

 M. Spaletti, is five feet high, and is al 

 spathes of flowers, giving a mure favours 

 that species than one usually entertains. Tl 

 has a few other nice Palms. The Bavar: 

 Society contributes its forced fruits and v. 

 namental plants. The Azaleas are good 

 Gleichenias and Rhododendron Nuttalli, z 

 a good will. The Aroids from the Botanic C 

 are not wanting in interest; they include, 

 only a few years, Anthurium Martimwui . i 

 agregium, Galeotlii. and pimuttifulin,,. . 

 Munich , has a handsome specimen of the st 

 Sapotaceous plant known under the name 



Thcophrasta 



raneiKUKu,. 



known 

 Veitchi 

 and Colensoi 



The stoves plants brought by M. Schmitz , of Florence , 

 give evidence of superior cultivation. Amongst these we 

 noticed Latania Commersonii, Balantium 

 a tric olor, Calamus gracilis, Zamia \ 

 Vegans, etc., all in good health and perfect in habit. 

 The Count Boutourlin, of Florence, sends an interesting 

 :eedingly large, old, well grown plants, 

 literally covered with blossoms 



collection of 

 p olygala buxifoli 



Placed by the side of some gigantic Kalmias. Stephanotis 

 oribunda, is just opening its pretty white flowers. Car-mi- 



chaelia 



Rhynchospernum jasminoides , Murray a \ 



Prince Troubetzkoi,a distinguished amati ur who possesses 

 a well-stored garden of interesting plants at Intra , (Lago 

 Maggiore), furnishes a collection of Bamboos, embracing 

 13 species, as well as some interesting Eucalypti. 



Messrs. Krelage and Sons, of Haarlem, anxious to pre- 

 serve the reputation of their country, and their house in 

 particular, for the first rank in growing bulbous-rooted 

 plants, sent a quantity of charming Tulips, flowering in per- 

 fection, and they arrived here in capital condition, notwith- 

 standing the long journey from Holland to Italy. — We were 

 delighted with the Azaleas, pot Roses and Rhododendrons 

 exhibited by M. Scarlatti, of Florence. 



In a splendid lot sent by M. Ricci, we observed Strelitzia 

 Augusta, Dasy ■■' (superb), Bonapartea 



giauca , Dracaena indivisa, (under the name of Freycinetia 

 Baueri !) D. cannaefolia (under the name of Cordyline Storckii) 

 and a very beautiful Yucca Guatemalensis (under the strange 

 name of Y. Bassinica t) 



A few fine Azaleas and some late Camellias show that 

 M. Franchetti, the celebrated Florentine grower is not far 

 off, and they are pretty good evidence of what he would 

 have sent had the exhibition been two months earlier. 



Passing from the interior of the Exhibition to the tempor- 

 ary' gardens outside, we find numerous other interesting 

 collections, which, however, from lack of space we can by 

 no means exhaust. 



