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turned wri i the variety William I., seeing that ball, and was poms S by Corypha Sieboldi, the ba), remarkable for the delicacy of colouring 
the nd was made in the Valley of the , and which bas ai alas of the flower; Lælia — bl a fine dark 
— 
“ BOTANICAL MAGAZINE. = 9 plants 
are figured in the current num 
Crinum Schimperi, — (in Garten Flora, 
1889, p. 561, t. 1309), t. 7417.— A fine Crinum with 
umbels of funnel-shaped white flowers, with segments 
reflexed at the apex. i 
Trichocladus 
greenhouse shrub from the Trauen 
shortly stalked stellately - —— 
leaves, and terminal clusters of wh I, each 
with five long, wavy, strap- shaped — 
Ribes x. eosum Douglas, t. 7419.—A dabey shrub, 
native of North Western America, with palmately- 
lobed, 232 leaves, and long, erect, many flowered 
um ramosissimu t. 7420.—A 
shrub with the habit and —— . —— of some 
species of Pyrus, Leaves oblanceolate ; 
flowers in subsessile corym heir — cylindric; ; 
pos 5 bai fruit globose, edible, Native 
4428 Franchet et, t. 1 —A Chinese and 
but prostrate, with 
a moat desirable 
HORTICULTURAL CLUB.—The last dinner and 
conversazione for the season 1894-95, were held on 
Windsor, 
aul, 6. Laing Paul, J. Walker, 
A. H. Pearson . 2 Oost ett, H. Seifo Leonard, 
T. W. Girdlestone, the Rev. J. H. Pemberton, and 
the Secr . The subject for discussion was, 
“Single Roses for Garden Decoration,” ch was 
opened by an interesting paper by Mr. George Paul, 
alt with so 
— a des 
ore prominence should be given — o hi class at our 
— Rose shows, as the onging to it are 
mostly over by the beginning of . except, it may 
be, in the North of England. A cordial vote of 
thanks was given to Mr. Paul May his paper, which 
i Rosarian’s Year Book 
year em 
gardens in North Finchley, * a visit to Hatfield 
House and gardens. 
Ma. HucH F. McMILLAN, of the Royal 
Gardens, Kew, has been appointed Carator of 
the Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya, Ceylon. 
Mr. McMittaw will sail on the 25th inst. 
COMINGOFAGE OF MR. J. W. WaTT.—There was 
BALLANTYN we, Carlisle, on Tuesday 
his twenty-first birthday on that day, and the em- 
ployé’, over 200 in number, seized the occasion 
present him with a writing-stand and 
tained, par 
of the jury, a special Diploma of Merit for wo 
magnificent group of Lælia purpurata and 
T 
tically arranged under the dome of the great centre 
unusual dimensions; and C. Mossia with a lip where 
various shades of yellow predominated, especial! 
golden-yellow. Some of the specimens attained ex- 
ceptional size, as, for instance, one which measured 
2} feet in diameter by about 2 feet i in height, and bore 
owers. From ne er, I would select 
or mention a C. Mosse alba var. coolestis, the 
variety amethystina, C. — Hn — so &c. 
A fine specimen of rege Mareballiana, very 
— bore twelve racemes of pretty flowers, The 
was — with a hundred delightfal 
— of — m Claestanum. Dr. — 
showed a fine — selligerum majae, with 
very fall lip, and some fine Cattleya Mendeli, 
M. Mrreav staged some * 
of excellent colouring. M. Mapovx 
several fine specimens of Odontoglossum crispum, 
well marked and large 
spotted: one bore very 
FIG. 117.—PROTEA CYNAROIDES: FLOWERS PINK, 
12 INCHES IN DIAMETER, 
brownish-red spote, and dots of purplish-lilac ; 
another was remarkable for ite pure white 
Fine also we 
splendid lip; and 
inal lobe of which were beautifully velvety. 
M. A. Van Iusnoor flowered specimen 
of O. Phalænopsis, Cattleya Alberti (C. intermedia x 
tint, and a aa ng in full dower. 
M. very pretty variety ol O. crie- 
pum, the petals plentifally dotted with red, and the 
lip well marked. Lastly, M. LIE was agi 
represented by some noteworthy plants — Balbo- 
phyllum Deari, this new f 
miniature B. anceps, obtained a Botanical Certificate. 
Very interesting were the hybrid of Odontoglossum 
crispum X luseo purpureum, and Vanda Marriottiane, 
purplish-rose, which deepens gradually into 
8 na and, moreove A it bore a aseli dni paali 
Unis — a fine broad petals 
{ which are a charming lilec colour, veined 
ri purple, and the dark lip is of unusual size; a 
Merit, par ccolamation, was awarded for 
— the lip go 5 fringed, waved, with a 
e border a * nd splendidly 4 — 
vey much * Lalia elegans of un- 
usual size, the anterior men of the lip very dark, the 
lateral lobes much developed, the colouring of the 
whole splendid, One plant of Saccolabium ampel- 
laceum bore four fine 8 wo I must 
allude to a Cattleya Mossi RIENEVERY ; 
the flower white, shaded — lilac, half 4 the lip of 
a tender baa tint. Ch, De Bossohere. 
Fru FROM THE ANTIPODEs.—The Panin- 
salar — Oriental Company's steamer Wan 
arrived on Monday last with the following consign- 
a of Apples From Hobart, 16.615 cases, 
small cases, and 100 half cases; from - 
se cases; and from Adelaide, 146 cases; 
or a total of 17,244 cases, large email, 
Wye CoLLece. — Old Kentish men—we beg 
pardon— Men of Kent” will be interested in the 
new eee of this establishment, which torme- 
prominent a feature in the old village of Wye. 
The —— the e 
Orchids and other 
presume, a board of other 
hereditary, appointed by the County Councils of Kent 
and Sarrey, and other public bodies. 
LONDON PaNsY AND VioLET SocieTy.—A 
ng of the members of thie Society took place 
on the 17th inet, In the unavoidable absence of the 
President (Mr. WX. Rosmsos), Dr. Suacureron, of 
Sydenham, occupied the chair. A nae ber of 
nal arrangements 
PROT EA CYNAROIDES. 
te of their noble foliage 
interest. 
Oar illustration (Bg. 117), taken from a pho- 
