98 THE 
GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
[JULY 24, 1875. 
ist be mentioned, although it is a mere 
cda of that species, ignored by Harvey and 
De Candolle, and scarcely if at all distinguish- 
Geranium, and was first raised by the late Dr. 
Fothergill about the year 1780. Itisa gne ss 
easy culture, and to be met with in alm 
every garden. Its abundance of course lessens 
its value, but can never diminish its bea y 
From this form the modern * Nosegay " "en 
goniums have been derived. 
Pelargonium inquinans, the “ Scarlet Gera- 
nium," was cultivated by Dr. Compton, then 
Bishop of London, at his garden at Fulham, in 
1714. It is a softer and more viscid plant than 
P.zonale;and has no horse-shoe mark on the 
nd the flowers are shorter and broader. 
f the * Scarlet 
р, inquinans renders 
origin of any pee as variety with certainty. 
Linnzeus says that the leaves stain the finge ers 
the plant its specific 
found this effect produced by the leaves, and 
Mr. Lowe describes them as * not staining the 
This species 
y ; but the 
d 
he regarded the * Nosegay Geraniums " as dis- 
tinct, although sometimes confounded with it. 
e white-margined variety of P. zonale has 
already been mentioned. The corresponding 
yellow variety, * Golden Chain," is referred by 
2 Grieve to 
tion. He says: “ Аѕ to the data of the origin 
of dis n there may possibly be some little 
ert that it is a sport from Pelar- 
the Roy 
ety by Mr. Wills, then of Huntroyde, the 
origi of this variety is put at about 1844. But 
I am inclined” to think that it originated long 
previous to this date, for I have been informed 
‘ N.S. Hodson, ., of the Botanic 
Gardens, Bury St. Edmunds, v vas in possession 
of a somewhat large and apparently old plant 
of this variety as early as the year 1822 or 1823. 
I can myself testify that about the year 1847 or 
1848 the late Mr. D. Beaton had commenced 
to use it with excellent effect as a bedding plant 
at Shrubland, near Ipswich.” 2. 
(To be continued. 
AM. 
New Garden Plants. 
OLABIUM PUMILIO е 
lea 
Sac sp. 
A чну plaut with short leaves Б жду more than 
3 inches long, Á— I wide, dark green, purplish 
bin The mall flowers — in a bent cylin- 
ook rather Sarcan- 
| Saccolabium pumilio, Rchb. ©. n. sp.—Minutum ; foliis 
ех сае Бка : 
dae ae з breviori ; bracteis tri oer ovaria рей кейга 
| че 
{т кунй тыгы ‚ in medio, 
oblonga obtusa, calcari planiusculo 
retusa, us i poi caudi 
angulata. H. С. Ксйё. f. 
on the blade. Iwish I had not m the MM — e 
expected before we 
learned the totality of all known species. The most 
b Li 
sa "s ious botan even a ley, cannot ss 
— connecting ink ta maya on the ай All 
state most sincerely what see. 
we to 
Lo ied the novelty from Mr. Bull, who iéleodutall 
lla. 
the plant from Mani 
MASDEVALLIA (FENESTRATA:) GRACILENTA, 22. 5p.* 
Botanic Garden. Æ. G. Reli Z 
CYRTANTHUS oe AT MACOWANI, 
~ Baker, n. sp.t 
is a handsome 
This i vinh species of Cyrtanthus 
which I have known for several 
years, which is 
now preity widely spread in cultivation, but which 
has not yet been technically d bed. It ative of 
Kaffraria and the e provinces of Cape Colony 
I first saw it living in the gar Е Mr. Saunders at 
Reigate in I Ar. MacO wan, 
b. 503), b 
glass from "Aer "iyi 
arr re u 
glabrous, fleshy. herbaceous, ‘channelled downt the face, 
acuminate, half a foot long, an eighth of an inch broad. 
Scape yu d chess a little overtopping the leaves. 
Umbel bearing 6—8 flowers, 
six lines loot the two outer spa 
an long. Ovary green, oblong-trigonous, 2 lines 
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, with a minute 
tube, tricuspidate at the very tip. F. 
DENDROBIUM vomit oe et Rchb, f. ALBI- 
FLOR 
I have citi edt i inflor with 
pure white flowers, except the "t yellow di disk c on nd 
lip. It is a very nice thing, se e by Mr. 
It belongs, no doubt to the last Ente a cartesian 
of Moulmein Orchids. Æ. G. Rchb. f. 
THE peer dE 
is hardly probable that Rosa bracteata, th 
ict ake rtney Rose, s A be e utterly extinct to 
the world asa s beca 1 
British Islands, it would най likely be still NEL 
in its native home, the regions of China, whence Lord 
ROSE. 
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* Masdevallia gracilenta, Rchb, f., n. sp.—Caule gus, — 
wae es amplis ; folio a basi petio olari oblongo acuto 
ulato, minute tridentato ; — solitariis seu | geminis P 
nam folii Мегой um more ; bracteis triangulis ovariis asper- 
ulis „кор! үп vineis nervum medium asperulis 
nnatis, ores apice cohzrentibus 
mbeis apice subserratis, triner- 
viis; labelli ungue lato, E asperulo, lamina sagittiformi, 
multo longiori ; columna tri tropurpurei illis 
Endres! е fenestratz, Lindl upk osta Rica, 
+ Cyrtanthus ( Monella) Macowani, Baker, n. sp.— Inodorus, 
Бо. rodeo E tunicato ; foliis 1—3. synanthii vir viridibus anguste 
pect bacei s facie atis; scapo tereti 
rover’ 3 пори: 
era 
Mtr brought it, bie ы climatal condime suit 
For its disappearance with us, supposi ing it to 
c b 
petals, and its Apricot-like sce sa bracteata 
s single ; what nurs an would think it worth 
while to propagate any single-flowe ose for sale, 
v he t a specime r the gratification of the 
botanical taste whic urserymen, to t 
m 
round асы otanic 
arden, althou ermit "himself to 
reserve a private little no k for favourite rarities, It 
is in vain to urge that several single Roses are charm. 
ing —wit ness the wild Highland Rose, which sug. 
gest 
0, E uve 's like the melodie, 
That's sweetly play'd in tune,” 
In spite of = that, and more RS usi be yos mos 
s will not se culture is conse 
hardy, are no en the MM 
Au exc тайы r, or t copper-cólonred he (the Rose 
Capuc r Nasturtium Rose, of the French) so 
showy while i it Deng but fleeting. It is still to be had 
in extensive and multifarious ae te oe like 
Van Ho кык. {лир t, but with the ening 
public it has been supplante ted by C Prat o Debi 
ube pkg Ее а дна. ian Yellow. 
s catalogue at hand is the single 
Macartney ч ‚© т oa its do abe hoa 
ts are offered for sale. vesse, of 
DM grower, ер amongst 
s, and truly p 
mad; very es for Aching walls, arbours, bowers, 
ike. But the great effort, on the part са 
d the * 
ае has been to obtain double Macartney - 
in , 
R hough le s d make as striking . 
dis sp as ее» if they could bat Im" mas - 
abun continuously. ivers Kos 
Amateur? "сай (iis pr Kd says that the single - 
Mac ow forms the original o Р 
fam ly; its : 
beautiful feature ; А-5 ong to see numerous - 
varieties, w uble flowers of че ѕате brilliant 
hues as ou хав fine Roses poss I think 
is not eg uch to aioe rake P ultimately, we 
shall not be анг: unless all o ; n the 
MO OS€ 
ping of w 
— sis pices osa i 
raised from a variety of Ros 
re interesting in Rose: 
w flowers and evergreen leaves ! 
ht 
e 
жер thought ever not t 
preservation of ans is curi 
uüderv 
rd and i 
escape, while Heating! Mer pe prettier birdi in nthe ae 
Secondly e 
Rose belongs to i Might. fist oti int 
known by the treacherous title of ‘‘ half. 
