STOVE AND GREENHOUSE PLANTS 



VEITCHIA JOHANNIS, Wendl. 



Gard. Chron. 1883, vol. xx. p. 205, fig. 32. 



A specimen commemorating the late John Gould Veitch, who intro- 

 duced the plant to European gardens from Fiji. 



First discovered by Dr. Seemann, it was sent to the Sydney Botanic 

 Gardens, but an attempt to introduce it alive to England proved a failure. 



The plant is of slender, elegant growth, in a young state with some 

 resemblance to Kentia Exorrhiza, with which it has been confused. The 

 fruits, at first green, gradually turn to a bright orange, ultimately red 

 at the base, the much-branched panicle is highly ornamental, and in 

 cultivation this Palm is rare. 



VEETICOEDIA NITENS, Schauer. 



Syns. Chrysorrhoe nitens, Lindl. 

 Bot. Mag. t. 5286. 



An interesting plant of the Myrtle family, first made known from 

 specimens collected in Western Australia by Captain Mangles, and 

 described by Dr. Lindley as "the magnificent Chrysorrhoe nitens, whose 

 yellow flowers of metallic lustre form masses of golden stars some feet in 

 diameter." Long a desideratum, it was at last raised from seed sent by a 

 correspondent in Australia, and flowered for the first time in August 

 1861. 



Under cultivation it did not attain that perfection expected, and is now 

 apparently lost to British gardens. 



VITIS ENDEESII, Hort. 



Syns. Cissus Endresii, Hort. Veitch. 

 Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1876, p. 8, fig. 



A stove climber collected in Costa Eica by Endres, named in com- 

 pliment. 



The upper surface of the leaf is of a rich velvety green, reddish 

 prominent veins and midribs, the younger leaves and tendrils strongly 

 tinged with a rich purple-crimson. 



WOEMIA BUEBIDGEI, Miguel. 



Bot. Mag. t. 6531; Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1885, p. 13. 



Discovered by F. W. Burbidge in Northern Borneo, related to the 

 Hibbertias of our glasshouses, and interesting as the first species of the 

 genus to flower in Europe. The blossoms golden-yellow in colour, 

 are 4 to 5 in. across. 



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