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New Plants. — Passijlora g!auca {G:xr(l. Chron., 1867, 1070). — Passiflora- 

 cece. An aborescent species from New Grenada, with fine large glaucous-green 

 foliage. The flowers are white, succeeded by medium-sized fruit, which is bright 

 yellow when ripe. Will probably do well in a cool greenhouse. 



Cypripedhcvt Stonei, var. Platyncevzum (Gard. Chron., 1867, p. 1 1 18). — Or- 

 chidaceas. A fine variety of this well-known species, with long and beautifully- 

 spotted petals. 



Acer Frederici Gulielmi (Rev. Hort., 1S67, t. 391). — A beautiful Japanese 

 maple, of a slender growth and spreading habit. The leaves, when young, are 

 of a brownish-red, which changes, when older, to a greenish-red, sometimes 

 streaked with rose and white. 



Acer ornatutn (Rev. Hort, 1867, 391). — A beautiful deciduous tree, with 

 feathery branches, bearing the leaves on slender petioles. Their divisions are 

 deeply cut, with toothed segments of a dull red, and afterwards becoming green- 

 ish-red. It appears to be the same as the plant with the inconveniently lengthy 

 name of ^. palinaticm dissectunt foliis pinnatijidls roseo-pictis. Native of Japan. 



Clematis Davidiana (Rev. Hort., 1867,90). — Ranunculaceae. A desirable 

 and show hardy perennial, growing about two feet and a half high, bearing blue 

 tubulose flowers, which are mostly produced in clusters. The more numerous 

 flowers render it superior to C. tiibulosa, to which it is allied. Native of China. 



Lilium auratu77i rubriim (Rev. Hort., 1867,371). — Liliaceae. A charming 

 variety of this noblest of all lilies, differing from the ordinary form in having 

 the band of golden yellow on each pe'al exchanged for a similar band of a 

 rosy red. 



Lilmm pseudo-tigrinuDi (Rev. Hort., 1867, 411). — A very pretty hardy bulb, 

 quite distinct from L. tigrinum^ growing about three feet high, with linear leaves, 

 and solitary flowers of a dull red color, dotted with small dark-brown spots. 



Rhus Osbecki (Rev. Hort., 1867, in), — Anacardiaceae. An elegant shrub, 

 of spreading, branching habit, with smooth bark and large leaves. 



A7itliiiriii7n Geitneria7tu77t (Gartenflora, t. 540). Orontiaceas. A stove j^eren- 

 nial, with dark-green leaves on long petioles, and a spadix, with green leathery 

 spathe, supported on a long scape, 



Clerodc7idro7i seroti/tH77t (Rev, Hort., 1867, 351). — Verbenaceas. A branched, 

 vigorous-habited greenhouse or half-hardy shrub, suitable for the summer garden. 

 The flowers are sweet-scented, pure white, with an angular rose-colored calyx, 

 and are produced in large panicles a foot or more across. 



07icidiii77i 77iacropus (Gard. Chron., 1868, 125). — Orchidaceas. The bulbs of 

 this species are similar to O. 7/iacra7ithu77i, and the flowers yellow, with blotches 

 and bars over the surface ; of little value to cultivators. 



07icidiii77t Porrigens {Qxzxdi. Chron., 1868, p. 125). — Orchidaceae. A species 

 of no merit. Sepals and petals brown ; lips cinnamon. 



Acacia Atisfeldii (Gartenflora, t. 550). — Leguminosae. A greenhouse ever- 

 green shrub, with linear phyllodes, and axillary peduncles bearing many-flowered 

 capitules of yellow blossoms. Native of Australia. 



Prunus Padu77t (Neerl. Plant., t. 48). — Rosaceas. An early-flowering plum, 

 with large semi-double flowers, white, or more or less tinted with rose. 



