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and Narcissus triandrus ; sgh from the end of 
April to the middle of May t an Ner ation of нс 
5 on the Geriz ii ona 
resembled that of Corbularia indir but the pron 
ments were broader.and reflexed like those of Nar- 
cissus apr a The four specimens obtained in 
the years 1885 and 1886 were growing intermixed 
with is. supposed parents, 'This is, I believe, the 
only known hybrid Corbularia 
AFRICA. 
Now, crossing to North Africa, two west European 
forms occur on the 
direction of Algiers has not be 
n the province of Oran, as at Beniza, near Sidi- 
bel-Abbés, at Saida and Djebel Santo and other 
localities, „the nearly white Corbularia monophylla 
the longitude of Algiers, or a little further east than 
the eastern limit of EA. depen a urope. It grows 
abundantly near the Cedar forest at poro el-Ahd, 
and in the spring of 1873 I imde in flowe 
Boghar, 70 miles south of Algiers, pe again at 
Guelt-es-Stel, 150 miles south of Algiers; but яе 
ast is the most south-eastern point from which i 
has been recorded, and is probably sm the akc 
eastern limit of the range of the genu 
It will be ича. an these io гай that, а 
the sconti on of C. monophylla, there is no e. 
line of demarcation hemes the various forms of E 
genus which pass into each other by invisible grada- 
tions, and that even in their geographical ۽‎ айкы 
hod are scattered through the region the 
а very irregular way, both as regards altitude and 
locality. сони Maw, F.L.S. 
PLANTS NEW OR NOTEWORTHY. 
LAELIA ELEGANS hl EA nov. тат, 
Ix the midst of the seventh decade of our century 
it was quite proverbial that those is liked to admire 
Lelia elegans had to make a pilgrimage to 
J. Day, who had expanded his loving hands over the 
whole bulk of a most lucky importation of Messrs. 
ow d we may say that for nearly 
fort rty years this rare plant has been seen Misc 
though generally er And d su 
rval re now а 
e light 
Petals Pede with purple 
t the top on both sides. Broad central lacinia of 
ie lip of the warmest darkest purple, as in the 
best сте superba. Disc between the triangular 
æ purple, side areas white, top of the 
Column white with some purple lines 
and streaks and spots. earn that only two such 
— plants have iip at Мт. F. Sander's. 
e passed into the hands of Mr. R. J. Measures, 
of Streatham, who, by-the-bye, appears on the scene 
аз а keen rival of the best orchidists. H. С. Rchb. f. 
ORNITHIDIUM OCHRACEUM, 7. Sp.* . 
san interesting plant, much in the way of 
нандан Tafalle, also of parviflorum and vesti- 
* Ornithidium ochraceum, n. sp.— —Aff. Ornithidio Tafaliw, 
Rchb. f.: caulescens; is nunc parce, vu кел ultum 
inter se dev te ellipticis ancipitibus obsolete ureque 
um griseo ochraceis, pointer egi folio cuneato- 
longo тае acuto cartilagineo, stipante cequali 
— na late cartilagin D flori ibus us ex vaginis ful- 
Ji pi 
ober ure obtusangulo, labelli ungue canalieulato in lacinias 
currente, lacinia mediana multo гон 
ngula crenulata — 'саПо transverso retuso in ba 
ices lacininrum lateralium, Ех N, Gran, Mis, 
ся Wendland, H, G. Rchb. f. 
tum. Its bulbs stand alone near one another, gener- 
ally at wide distances, on an ascending stem. They 
are elliptical, ancipitous on both sides, X ith a few 
very obscure ribs nearly as large as th 
flexuosum, but thicker, with a cuneate oblong unequally 
acuminate cartilaginous, leaf and side one under the 
bulb half a span lon g nearly 2 2 inches i in breadth. The 
fi 
Aon cis 
ochre-coloured, with a few mauve-purple : spots. Lip 
m 
are the meritorious part of the plant with unusually 
strong, remarkably unequally acute 1 
from New Grenada. It was kindly sent by Herr 
Oberhofgártner Wendland, of Herrenhausen. HM. G. 
Rchb. f. 
DENDROBIUM X ScHNEIDERIANUM, f. hyb. art. 
This new hybrid is a lucky one, inasmuch as it is 
combined from two species which may well be found 
growing wild together—Dendrobium aureum an 
Findleyanum, the | last one кеше the seed-bearer. 
was sown in the garden of one of my most enthu- 
oer рана of Mr. 
Range, Fallowfield, Manchester, now 
Charlotentóhe Braunschweig. Mr. William Holmes, 
w gardener of Mr. C. Moseley, Grange Thorpe, 
Said, coms has been always the grower 
of the plants, which having mer the pride of Mr. 
chneider are recommen e named in 
€ белөн. which Ido with great ear. Decidedly 
Moseley, th 
> Tiag eem + play to the elucidation of origin. 
from Holmes that the plant is like that 
of the Rev. C, S. Parish h's суа Findleyanum, 
but much stronger in its he bulb is 
6 inches high, 2 inches thick, aid has but three 
leaves wer is sweet-scented, making one 
hink a of that of Dendrobium Falconeri 
itself. Sepals and broader petals white, tinged 
vey 0 е 
with a thick oblong area of light short velvet at 
the base, wherefrom reddish dark MAE lines 
emanate, which are longest in front—a itish 
area around this, washed with lightest мац 
Apex of م‎ lilac- -purple. Column painted with 
some purple lines in front, and a purple dash on 
white anther. H. G. Rchb. f. 
VAR, ROSEA, new variety.‏ و 
Victor oria and Paradise Nur-‏ , 
series, P: arenosis 
being the first time it has 
Flowers loosely co orymbose, "dndi- 
iddle lobe linear, we рыр 
о ай; villous at the bas pals 
petals viia lateral lobes and base of middle ibo of 
labellum deep crimson-purple; the villous processes 
at the base deep purple tipped with orange. 
This plant is allied to Dendrobium barbatulum, 
Lindley. 
The original D. barbatulum of Lindley is a native 
of the Bombay hills, and has very robust pseudo- 
bulbs ; the small lateral rags of the labellum of D. 
um are small, ac te, and not rolled over one 
in its FE allies, the 
labellum- bead pea-green. Thus we have a regular 
progression of colour in these plants, which is very 
interesting, viz.:— 
um,—Flowers white, the hairy pro- 
cesses on the eye being p 
. Fytchian with occasionally 
а тозу Hairy 
the foile p petals. 
low. 
rosea, Flow 
Bigi. hairy processes on the labellum rich je. 
Oscar Schneider, 
f 
All these are probably forms of an original pins 
isolation for centuries accounting for specific 
racters. The two Burman forms are 200 ik 
apart, while the Indian form is separated from thim 
more than 1000 miles. Emeric S. Berkeley. 
RO: 08 SES, 9. 
THE CLASSIFICATION | OF EXHIBITION 
ROSES. 
Tur ResuLTs or Smart Turxos.— I know that 
one cannot but see that good results have followed 
from these very points of peculiarity, and although 
e eyes of scientific men our dissensions seem 
stoutly for our opinions, and we are n 
ashamed of the results which have followed in the 
wake of our efforts. If Nature abhors a vacuum, so 
it seems do botanists a circle, and the worst descrip- 
ve ры 4 flower is am it rob: a Meng 
tion we gi 
utline. * Look e wild flowers; see,” w told, 
“how elegant ы маны they е, апі ay they 
abhor your torturings and twistings!” Well, let it 
be so; if they are nile во are we. 
ongst the flowers beloved by all florists and town 
florists especially must be classed the Rose, though I 
aye seen a ipsi ied up his virtuous nose at the 
bonne c umann; and it is with 
regard to "ie clasilcation of thine that H wish to 
It i not. easy, for 
ti 
E 
ou are 
try ing to injure them. All very well as long as you 
fi ены woe to you if you venture to criticise. 
They remind me ofan exhibitor of bygone days, whom 
many ill recollect : if he were successful champagne 
was freely offered to Abs dae P on бе other hand, 
he failed, the language was 
the people with tender feet and thin skins can hardly 
believe it 
Тик ExHIBITION Roses, 
hat are exhibition Roses? I think we must 
entirely dismiss from our ideas of them all of what are 
. called summer Roses, however мын many ofthem 
finds fault 
may be in form and colour, 
‚ With such flowers as байра Eo Charles Lawson, 
Chenedole, &c. o thy all these ae Chinas, hybrid 
bons, Prov oss, &c., are out of the running, 
for the simple б жайы that they are - dl over before 
cept in some backward 
Roses brought forward at the National shows 
to be:they contain a good m many of ‘second-class 
hybrids or Teas, in order to make up t 
qaired. Then, however beautiful a йы rm is d 
bud—and I think there are few more exquisite things 
—yet in full bloom it is the very reverse of beautiful ; 
on Фі. "o4 E + ^d +1. А 1 з. у 1. г. 3 
amongst either hybrid perpetuals, Teas, Noisettes, 
and Bourbon, but mostly amongst the last 
flowers. Some of the Noisettes, such as Maréchal 
Niel, are always to the fore. and occasion 
Souvenir de la Malmaison is found there, bnt never, 
Ithink, to the advantage of the “у= апа lately 
a i been 
coarse 
classes—hybrid perpetuals and 
7 вена furnished the greater number of flowers, 
