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nts dense, е attaining but small ference in the parentage and the meee qualities 
dimensions, o-bulbs long-oviform, strong] of C, x Lord Derby being pointe 
d, 4 to 55e other hybrids of reputedly the same „ have 
compressed, дерү 1 ни, two-leave 
road, Lea 
long, 3 to 35 c aves stiff, papy- 
raceous, каныш abruptly cuspidate, 15 to 
18 cm, long, 1 to 1’ wer - spike 
not inclined to branch 
nine to fifteen flowered. Sepals 
oblong, contracted i ong ligulate pointe, aad 
borders, 35 to 
slightly nodulate ^ the 
06 to 08 em. broad, clear yellow, blotched 
tals a little 
abruptly contracted into a с convolute 
35 to 45 cm, long, 15 18 cm. 
crimson, 
like laciniz, of which the two 
A nto villose cirrhii, 
is are densel column, diatir.- 
pni by а deep stigmatic cave, bears at the apex 
on either side a narrow cirrhiform spreading auricle, 
and i in of a light A sd Tae staminode is pro- 
trac and bent upright into а e ipie: point, 
ain. shield- ks "ine бәт tellum 
Habitat, Colum Grow tree 
emt on the abi бшем. dt c ieri ries 
пса, 2200 to 2500 mésres above the sea, 
(Vi id, Plant. Lehmainnie, No, 10021; Lehm., їс. 
Pl., t. 1001.) F. C. Lehmann, Popayan, August, 1895. 
Ceroreaia ревплз, N. E. Brown (n. sp). 
Таһаг flstteued, with a short woody neck, E 
dacing several slender weak stem: as mach as 
и 
under cultivation, glabrous, Leaves rather distant, 
half to 1 inch long, and about half to 
of ve e pde alent, subterete, al 
та ний petioles 
bowl line long, glabrous, green. Pedunc 
r to half и эче long, glabrous, bearing оп 
to ом flowers а apex. Bracts minute, "Pedicela 
ter, cylindric and 
narrower above, scarcely ‘asin arged at the mouth ; the 
outside is glabrous and pale parplish, the inside is 
iri 
connate tips, linear from a “deltoid base, replicate, 
greenish, with a blackish-purple keel iaside, ieu 
рачак covered with rather long, curly parple hairs 
on the inner face, The outer corona isa a 
line din eh shaped, with five short crenations, and 
slightly ciliate along the 
co-onal-lobes e long, erect, narrowly 
ob emp acute, and ш. pre ted at their 
| the outer corona е partitions; the 
— pes кай ыг peculiar species was 
“0 Gardeners’ С icle Office 
y I learnt 
Mr, :. 
dont Fh heit in ае 
ae from Mr, x 
J. Bachana 
. land. It c differs f from all us other sp»cies known to 
me by its weak, pendulous stems, N. E. Brow own, 
.CYPRIPEDIUM x LORD DERBY 
~ (ROTHSCHILDIANUM x SUPERBIENS). 
5 Oor omm (fiz. 66, p. 357) represents s 
e Sed амына by Thom 
Whitefield, Manchester 
), at at the g of the 
the committee thought it similar to G membe 
карша (Rothechildianam x au S ET 
been — but the fact remains that neither in 
size nor stately beauty of the flowers, or in the 
iris of their colours, has anything comparable 
to Mr. Statter's production been publicly exhibited. 
The upper sepal is white, with a greenish tinge at 
the base, and with some fine purple lines ; the petals 
(à ig c — with purple, and the lip pape et 
far between do such rewards fall t 
the. lot A the pere hybridist, and Mr. Statter is 
aera to be congratulated on his very handsome 
pro 
THE SEED TRADE. 
LOVER SEED Crops.—The returns 
as 
factory crops. Meadow Foxtail Grass is but a poor 
yield, as the late spring frosts did the plants con- 
siderable injary, and the drought setting in when 
the seed was maturing, се farther loss of crop. 
Seed of this d іг expected to be very scarce 
and high in price, especially as home-grown crop 
waved-air (С гава а flexuosa 
the t is es dec for sheep pastures in dry 
ernal is a fine crop, and 
ass, Avena 
elatior, has yielded a crop decidedly below the 
average. 
b. the Brome Grasses show a good yield, but as 
are for the of a roug uality, 
p dos but little — and disliked * by 
cattle generally, the t much employed in 
this country for ыг: наф purposes, Tne Prairie 
rass (B-omus Schro ler г more properly В, 
р 
commulatus, appears to be the only one in use i 
this country, probably on account of ita herbage in 
nis is а grass natural to high and dry pastares and 
sheep-downs, where probably no other species is more 
valuable, not only on account of the compactness 
of its fiae short foliage, which is highly agreeable 
to the c emanate. ae * that feed upon them, 
but because owing to the depth to which the roots 
penetrate, it remains green during the drieat parte 
of the summer, or at least, long after most other 
species have withered, Cock’s- — (Dactylis 
glomerata) shows a good crop in the Ua 8 сораг, 
quite one-fourth larger than last year, an thon 
pra is all that can be desired. From Naw Z :aland 
omes good bright seed, but it does not germinate 
hes well. It is a valuable grass, generally liked by 
when allowed to coarse through 
“neglect. Feacue Grasses а varying yield; 
a 
Sheep’s and hard Feacues, чына, not a full crop, 
appears to be ample, 
is large, and seed of very fine 3 dis been 
harvested; tall Fescue is a qe average crop of 
fine quality, 
T orkshire сва Grass (Holcus MD. shows 
а satisfactory yield of good samples, g 
w 
t`often is on moist 
peaty lands, it wonderfully increases the bulk of 
the p^ bees though hay is soft and spongy, 
It is mmended * when the hay in which 
Кг ins deca is carried, sprinklings of salt 
ould be given to make it more palatable, The 
CHRONICLE. 
[SkrrRMBER 98, 1895, 
Meadow Grasses (Ром), к show a good yield also; tha 
rough-stalked (P. trivialis) is excellent in quality ; 
the smooth-stalked (P. pratensis) gives a large yield 
of very fine seed, 
The Red Canary Grass (Phalaris АРЕ 
shows a large crop in Germany, though it is used in 
this country to а very limited extent, the h dere being 
too coarse to be liked by €: generally, though 
it is said that the creeping shoots have a sweeti 
ur, and are greedily heec by pigs, who 
doubtless find them nutritious. i 
many parta jd ^: uri on the 
Of Ti 
to be bringing good yields this year, and especially 
so the white variety. Alsike, Trifolium incarnatam, 
Trefoil, and Sainfoin all promise well, but the yield — 
will depend upon the weather, whether favourable or 
otherwise. Pisum. 
ASTILBE LEMOINEI. 
Unnper the generic term of Astilbe we inclade the 
whole of a group of plants with perennial stock, 
herbaceous stems, the foliage deeply cut, and large 
branching inflorescences composed of а multitude of 
include them all in one single gen 
Astilbe, as most of them have bee 
through the easiness with which they cross, an 
incontestible proof of kinshi ip. 
The name of Spiræa should be at once n: 
rejected, Spirsas belong to the order Rosace, and 
are characterised by the existence of — 
stamens, and of a pistil formed of from three to five 
о, usually free.  Astilbes, on the contrary, are 
xifrages, and have from five to ten stamens an 
2. аак — more or less united—at any 
rate, at vm эн 
Y 
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3 was founded on A. ee 
temperate regions of the Himalaya 
Bhotan; it has spreading rhizomes, ipsi radical 
day twice divided into "ipe the divisions dentate, 
the petioles furnished w umerous dull-coloured 
white, and the eight or 2 stamens are pure W. 
Astilbe rivularis does well in a gravelly — 
where it is fresh, and йу shaded, it forms а пісе 
decoration for the borders of lakes, &¢., but it is 
necessary to cover it with leaves daring the severe 
cold of our winters, me 
nder the name of Astilbe rubra, Hook, 
ago, a parr 94 
a, and 
was introduced, more than forty years ag 
indigenous in the mo antains of Khasya, 
Astilbe decandra, from America, was 
into England about 1812; it is i» like the preceding - 
have als 
name of Hotera ; we believe it is quite jastifiable to 
ingle ge 
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