150 NOTES ON NEW OE BARE PLANTS. 



NEW PLANTS NOTICED IN NUUSEKIES, &C. 



Dendrobium (new species). — Exhibited at the Chiswick show by 

 Messrs. Veitch. The flowers are produced in erect racemes, (of ten 

 or more), yellow, witii a spot of deep crimson in the throat of the lip, 

 wliich is fringed at the edges. No. 2 is yellow, with the labellum 

 fringed. No. 3 has flowers of a delicate rose colour, having a large 

 blotch of briglit yellow in the lip. 



Azalea, variety, Fielder's "Wiiite. — This variety is very beautiful, 

 the flowers are a pure white, with green spots on the upper petals, very 

 large, and fine shaped. 



ViBURXAM (new hardy shrubby species). — No. 1 has been bloom- 

 ing in the Horticultural Society's garden at Chiswick. The flowers 

 are produced in large heads similar to tlie Hydrangea, and of a pure 

 white. Each blossom is an incii across. No. 2 produces its flowers in 

 heads about four inches across, pure white. Each blossom is about 

 half an inch across and semi-double. 



Rhododendron metropolitana. — This is a noble flowering hardy 

 variety ; the flowers are a deep rose colour, handsomely spotted ; they 

 are produced in large heads of twenty or more. A sej)arate blossom is 

 four inches across. 



Rhododendron fastuosum, flora plena — The flowers are very 

 large, each being near four inches across, and a very pretty lilac 

 colour, and is what are denominated double, the pistil and stamens 

 becoming petal-like. A very handsome variety. 



Rhododendron mutabilis. — When the flowers of this variety are 

 in bud, tliey are of a bright crimson, then changes to a rosy carmine, 

 and finally becomes nearly white; so that the different shades, appearing 

 at the same time over tiie entire plant, produce a very interesting 

 appearance. It is quite hardy. The above sorts may be had at the 

 nurseries aroimd London. 



AcHiMENES cupreata. — The flowers are not large, but of a beau- 

 tiful scarlet, with a yellow throat. The plant appears to be a creeper, 

 lianging over the sides of the pot two feet. It is a singular, pretty 

 species. 



FoRSYTHEA viRiDissiMA. — This is One of the valuable plants which 

 Mr. Fortune discovered in China, and sent to the Horticultural 

 Society's Garden. It is a deciduous shrub, growing nine feet high, in 

 the north of China. It has flowered in the Society's garden at Chis- 

 wick, and proves to be of superior beauty. The flowers appear before 

 the foliage is fully unfolded ; they are of a rich golden-yellow colour, 

 and the plant is loaded with them, being highly ornamental. It was 

 found growing in a garden at Chusan, along with the beautiful Wei- 

 gelia rosea. It also grows wild on the mountains. It is a free grower, 

 and readily increases by cuttings or layers. 



Spirea pubescens. — A small neat shrub, growing two feet high, 

 which appears to be hardy : it flourished, and bloomed beautifully with 

 us, in a greenhouse. The flowers are produced in smallish umbels, a 



