196 NOTES ON NEW OR BARE PLANTS. 



P. Judy. — Foliage green. Flowers good form, in large heads, of a 

 pretty rosy-salmon colour. There is a bed of it at Kew, which has a 

 very pretty appearance. 



P. Peach Blossom. — The leaves are large, similarly marked to Lee's 

 Flower of the Day. A free bloomer, flowers good form, of a salmon 

 colour. 



P. Commander-in-Chief. — The foliage is green, with a very pretty 

 horse-shoe mark of velvet and yellowish red. The flowers are of a rich 

 orange-scarlet, good form, and produced in large heads. An excellent 

 variety, either .for beds or pots, and very handsome in any situation. 

 The young stems as well as flower-stalks are of a yellow-cream colour, 

 almost pure transparent, and have a very pretty appearance. 



P. Princess Alice (Ingram's). — The foliage entire green, similar to 

 Lucea-rosea. The flowers are produced in large heads, good form, and 

 of a very rich rosy -pink. A very beautiful variety, the best of its 

 class. It was raised in the Royal Gardens at Frogmore, near Windsor. 



P. Princess Royal. — A neat dwarf-growing variety, blooming very 

 freely. The leaves are of a deep green, with a most distinct black 

 horse-shoe mark. The flowers are of a deep crimson-scarlet. Remark- 

 ably neat ; a pretty variety, either for beds or pots. 



P. Lilac Unique. — All who see the Purple Unique admire its rich 

 purple flowers, borne in such profusion. The Lilac Unique is a charm- 

 ing companion to it, of a pretty lilac, with a distinct dark spot on each 

 of the upper petals. The flowers of similar size to the purple variety. 

 Both are admirable for beds or pots, and bloom well during winter 

 in-doors. 



P. Scarlet Defiance. — Foliage green ; flowers good form, of a bril- 

 liant scarlet, with a white eye, produced in large heads, of a dwarf 

 habit. 



P. Sir Joseph Hume. — The foliage green, and the flowers of good 

 form, a rich scarlet, with white eye. Very pretty and showy. 



Pleione humilis. The Humble. (Synonym : Epidendrum bu- 

 ndle, Caelogyne humilis, Cymbidium humile.) — Dr. Buchanan Hamil- 

 ton discovered this little gem in Upper Nepal, among moss, on the 

 trunk of trees. Mr. Lobb has sent it to Messrs. Veitch from the 

 lvhasijah Hills. It is an Alpine herbaceous plant. The flowers appear 

 before the leaves. Each blossom is three inches across. Petals and 

 sepals narrovvish, but the lip is broad. The former are of a pale lilac 

 colour, and .the latter white, having at the sides a broad margin of 

 yellow, dotted numerously with red spots, and the end of the lip too. 

 Each flower-stem rises about two inches high. (Figured in Paxton's 

 Floioer Garden.} 



Pyxidanthera barbulata. The Bearded. (Synonyme : Dia- 

 pensia barbulata, D. cuneifolia.) — A small tufted, procumbent, creep- 

 ing, and wide-spreading shrub. It grows in the warm "pine barrens" 

 of New Jersey. Sir W. J. Hooker states, " Early in the month of 

 May I was gratified, on the arrival of the Royal mail-steamer from 



