ii8 Notes and Gleanings. 



Large Fuchsia. — It may not l)c generally known that the Fuchsia endures 

 the winters of the south of Ireland in the open ground. The following extract 

 from the Floral World gives an account of an enormous specimen : — 



" Friends who have lately visited me here (Valentia) encourage my conceit 

 about the size of my fuchsias. I have just measured one plant of Riccartoni 

 which was planted in the year 1854, on a sloping grass bank in my flower garden. 

 It measures just ninety feet in circumference, taken around the extremity of the 

 branches. It would certainly have measured eight or ten feet more if it had not 

 been cut away to prevent it from encroaching on a gravel walk. The garden 

 slopes to the sea, with an easterly aspect. The plant in question stands, per- 

 haps, ten or twelve yards from the edge of the sea bank." 



Superior Bedding Pelargonium. — Among a rare collection of scarlet 

 pelargoniums, by far the most beautiful bedder I have this year is Bayard, raised 

 by Mr. Pearson, of Chilwell. In a trying situation, and through two months of 

 a trying season, whether in heat or cold, wind or rain, it has been in brilliant 

 beauty, the trusses many and large, and the intense crimson unimpaired. My 

 gardener finds it equally good for forcing ; and, indeed, like its namesake of old. 

 I think it sans reproche. Sans Peiir, in English Joittiial of Horiicnltirre. 



New Plants. — Dendrobiuni dcnsifornni., var. albo-lutea (Bot. Mag., t. 

 5780). — " Of all the varieties of Dendrobitini densijlornm^ this is certainly the 

 most profuse flowerer, and in many respects the most elegant, resembling D. 

 Farmeri in the laxer raceme and contrast between the color of the lip and the 

 sepals." 



Mo7-a:a bnlbifo-a (Bot. Mag., t. 57S5). — A beautiful yellow-flowered species, 

 one of the most beautiful of the genus. 



Grijfi7iia dryades {V>oV. Mag., t. 5786). — A fine species, quite eclipsing the 

 noble G. Bhnnenavia. The scapes contain ten to thirteen flowers, of a fine, clear, 

 blue-lilac color, white in the centre. 



Aphelandra aattifolia (Bot. Mag., t. 5789). — A glorious stove shrub, of the 

 acanthaceous order, native of Peru, New Granada, and Surinam. The leaves 

 are oblong-ovate, four to eight inches long ; the flowers in terminal spikes, of a 

 bright, deep, vermilion-red color. 



Kpidendnun conspicuinn (L'lllust. Hort., t. 592). — A good figure of this 

 pretty orchid, interesting because of its neat habit and the fresh, mauvy tint 

 of its flowers, which is enhanced by the pleasing harmony of the deep, pucy 

 purple lip. 



Lasiandra ?nacrantJia (L'lllust. Hort., t. 594). — This magnificent Pleroma(for 

 such it may be designated) has been several times noticed in these pages. The 

 present figure sliows a flower measuring nearly six inches in diameter, the color 

 an intense cobalt blue, with shades of violet and purple. Striking as the picture 

 is, it falls far below the beauty of the flower ; in fact, it is not in the power of the 

 artist to portray it accurately. One of Mr. Bull's best acquirements. Every 

 lover of fine plants should have it. 



