Notes and Gleanings. 49 



New Plants, i86S. — Among the many new or showy plants figured in the 

 French and English illustrated magazines, the following are especially worthy 

 of notice : — 



Lilitiin Leichtlinii. — A new and very showy lily ; flowers drooping ; color 

 pale yellow with maroon spots; probably hardy. — L^ Illustration Horiicole, pi. 

 S40. 



Epidendntm atropiirptcreuvi, var. roseum. — A charming orchid, with deep 

 purple flowers, with bright rosy lip ; native of Guatemala. — Ibid., pi. 542. 



Maranta Baraqziitiii. — A very fine-foliaged plant, leaves beautifully pencilled 

 with white from a dark-green centre to deep edge of green. Requires stove- 

 treatment. — Ibid., pi. 542. 



Giisnera Exotiiensis. — A charming species, producing masses of orange- 

 scarlet flowers with yellow throat during the winter. The foliage is dark, rich, 

 and velvety, studded with minute red hairs, which, in some lights, give it an ap- 

 pearance of plush. This is, probably, one of the most valuable of recently-intro- 

 duced plants. — Floral Magazitie, pi. 381. 



Crotoi viaximiis. — A fine species with rich golden leaves with green bands. 

 As they are often a foot long, the beauty of the plant can be appreciated. A 

 stove-evergreen growing in loam and peat. — Ibid., pi. 382. 



Pelargojiium Mile. Nilsson. — One of the zonale section, chiefly remarkable 

 for a large truss of delicate pink flowers. — Revue Horticole, March, 1868. 



Passijlora trifasciata. — A very pretty-foliaged passion-flower, the leaves of 

 which are reddish maroon, purple beneath, and deep green, heavily marked with 

 maroon, above. — L'' Illustration Horiicole, pi. 544. 



Calodracon {Draccena) terniinalis, var. Moorei. — A charming variety of a well- 

 known plant. The old dracasna has been greatly subdivided as follows : — 



1° Drac(2na Vandelli, pi. — Type and only species D. Draco and its varieties. 



2° Cordyline Commers, pi. — Type D. rejlexa, Lamarck. 



3° Draccenopsis, pi. — Type D. australis, W. Hook. 



4° Calodracon, pi. — Type D. terininalis, Jacq., b^c. 



5° Charlwoodia, Sweet. — Type D. conges ta ejusd. 



6° Co/inia Kunth. — Type D. Mauritiana, Willd. 



Our plant belongs to the fourth of these divisions, and is a great improvement 

 on what is generally known as '^ Draccena" ter/ninalis. The foot-stalks are 

 blood-red, and all the coloring is brighter. — Ibid., pi. 532. 



Dalecha/npia Roezliana rosea. — This plant owes its beauty, like the Bou- 

 gainvillea, to the bright colors of the bracts. They are of a rich rose-color, 

 and are freely produced. The plant succeeds and flowers well in small pots. A 

 specimen was exhibited by William C. Harding at the annual exhibition of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society. It is a fine plant, but will hardly equal 

 the expectations of cultivators. — Floral Magazine, pi. 373, 374. 



Qnisgualis pubescefts. — A charming climber, with rosy flowers. It is a 

 stove-plant, seldom attacked by insects, free-flowering, and desirable. — Revue 

 Horticole, February, 1868. 



Rhododendron Ravelin. — A hybrid between 7?. arboreiun 2ind Dakitricutn. 

 Flowers fine scarlet, of medium size ; being larger than one parent, and smaller 



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