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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
271 
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of fertilisation in the 3 Breer of the plant. 
markable in several 
k purpl 
in his description of t 
1 . t Woolwarà suggests that this curious 
excresc acts as a counter attraction to unbidden 
guests, affording — a meal right at tlie entrance 
of the flower, and thus checking their further 
advance, “This surmise,” says the author, is 
founded on the fact shat in almost all the numerous 
ha 
muscosa, 80 called from the mossy hairs covering 
Consul Lehmann is described Perham h some- 
times in the same paragraph 3 ar and yE 
conveying the impression o 67 6 o per The 
however, are the only fa faults to "be soii i with chia, 
the most recent issue of a beautiful and useful 
monograph. A. B. Rendle 
ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, 
EDINBURGH 
BuRCHELLIA CAPENSIS.—This plant, as its specific 
name implies, is a native of the Cape, the generic 
name being in compliment to a botanical traveller, 
W. Burchell. 
said to grow 
6 or more R 
as is of a Bits bush-like habit, 
its native habitat to a height of 
The foliage i is evergreen, the leaves 
Fig. 37.—MP. STEVENS’ NEW STRAWBERRY; COLOUR PALE PINK. 
the flower-stalke, “ probably intended to prevent 
‘insects from making their way up the stem 
katean the flower.” The most remarkable feature 
easing the sensitive lip, ae closing upon 
curved petals wh the central part, 
Nr aons as in a trap any insect b alighting upon it. 
tharp hai margins of the lip are edged with stiff 
tat "rs, effectually . any passage, 80 
* dy in * efforts to ould have to force 
aden ont from above, probably dislodging the 
in 4 in its struggles. Then „ik again 
aca flower, it would, of eee briag the 
8 contact with the viscid-stigmatic 
Again in lip — 75 d itself at dusk, and opens 
is somewhat loosely a H in 
to iet the n masses ; and 
> draw attention to the way in which 
ovate and opposite, and set upon very short petioles. 
The inflorescences are in terminal heads, and usually 
flowers of a scarlet colour, 
According to the Z 
five synonyme have at various times been to it. 
stove temperature is required, with sufficient light in 
the growing season to ensure a thorough ripening 
the wood. : 
hea rufibarba.—This Brazilian plant is now 
flowering sipan and these, which are of a light yellow 
colour, are very showy. They are produced upon 
short spikes rising about 2 inches above the soil, 
by large b covered with dark 
large fruits as 
being touched, immediately, with a spring-like 
mechanism, bends over to form almost a cire 
The leaves are borne upon sheathing petioles, the 
blades of the leaves being bent to almost right 
St. Petersburg Botanic Garden in 1891, is now in a 
6-inch 
upatorium ianthinum.— A batch of this free- 
although it may be grown in a warm 
the temperature of the stove seems to be most 
ducive to the full development of its flowers; these 
are in terminal corymbs, and ofa * violet — 
The dark green foliage is deeply serrated at the 
margin. After flowering the apm — be pruned 
1 and started i in a rich c 
Dalechampia Roezliana, — "Al ough this plant 
cannot be called one of horticultural importance 
yet it is well worthy of a place in a collection of 
stove plants, on account of the remarkable inflo- 
rescences, It is erect in _— e, reaching a 
foot in height, The foliage is lar evergreen, 
and in the axil of the sendin arise the inforesoenos, 
the flowers of which are enclosed between two large 
pink bracts, these making quite a pretty — if a 
large pan of it be grown. variety, D. Roezliana 
alba, with white bracts, is occasionally . met with, It 
is a native of Mexico. 
Aérides Vandaru 
con- 
m,—Tbis slender, and as its 
specific name implies, resembles somewhat, with 
te stems, some members of th 
In 1857 this plant was figured i 
r. Parker, of Hornsey. A de on is give 
u the above name by Rchb. f., in the Gardeners’ 
Chronicle of 1867, p. 997 e a are white, 
generally in two-flowered r , the sepals and 
petals undulated, and with a ae ane, 2 The 
flowers ar ted, and last a 323238 
time. e of the Sikki ayas and 
bout feet, it 
should not be subjected to too great heat. E. L. H., 
Edinburgh. 
A NEW STRAWBERRY. 
N our issue of eet ruary 16, we had occasion to 
refer in our Answers to Correspondents” column 
to a new variety of Nee which had been sent 
e, 
excellent; pulp 3 and h 
soni 
a good one for . tao and we know of no 
Anii which for the time of year could pwe 
fruits equalling it in appearance or quality 
e firmness of texture of the pulp it Should iis a 
valuable Strawberry for market growers and others 
remarkable for its small size and short leaf-stalks. 
OUR POULZSAS 
By HARRISON WEIR. 
ight.) 
(Continued from p. 202.) 
that even 
in ae hive 
proverbial 2 its as 
where a few years ago 
scores of dozens of the finest of fowls Hl table, 
it is now difficult to find an eighth of this number. 
hy this is the case, negra 
mek eee bes, I chia be oo, then’ 
wn for the market, pay: 3 
