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SEPTEMBER II, 1875.] 
GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE. 
323 
value for cultural purposes. To revert to some 
of the plants in this establishment, we may 
mention that Fremontia californica, which m 
people find difficult to propagate, here strikes 
readily enough from cuttings. 
onifers, of course, form an important feature 
of this сунабы, most of the hardy kinds 
ormous сее, and of the 
Wen 
parviflora, Torreya pia eiit: dilatata, 
a Himalayan form, with a nice pyramidal habit 
superior to J. leptoclada. We should, however, 
e if we Ventured to 
ness. Buxu 
the ——XD— that it retains its colour. 
one of the houses we large quantity of 
the newly TU silver variegated Sibthorpia 
europzea, an extremely pretty variegated plant, 
but of course hardly so free a grower as the 
green form. Nertera depressa is also grown in 
quantities, as migh 
р 
found here. Griselinia macrophylla is we 
found to be very serviceable as a window plan 
its thick es and hard skin —— 
ing it comparatively pee by 
Aralia Sieboldi 
burgh саша шышы by the profusion with which 
it is grow 
At the oii time one of the sights of this 
establishment, and it is truly an astonishing 
one, is a house of Todeas. Some idea may be 
formed of this when it is stated that there are 
over 600 good sized plants—not little bits, of 
these elegant Ferns, . 
Varieties are represen 
should be seen by a Баш urgh 
who are interested in ga odd for it is one of 
ter 
cha 
e of our visit a pum of e varie- 
gated E of Phormium tenax was in fruit. 
It will be oe ~ Ted whether the 
Among other nurseries worthy of a visit oe 
those of Messrs. Dicksons bs Co., well-kno 
for their general nursery stock, and as raise ade 
of some of е finest bedding Pokies Cunning- 
ham Fraser, Drummond Brothers, Gordon 
& Sons, nd & Co. ье. Mitchell, 
and Ballantyne & Son, Dalkeith. 
The horticultural tourist on his journey to o 
from vate А dis voee = ыы э, Mr. 
Wm. Thomso neri THEY 
which may be feache d koi Galashiels. "Ther 
is more t 
Ке 8 18; 
and some of the houses figure in. die 
Other places, in or within easy reach 
Edinburgh, which will be found interesting, 
are ;— 
art Аны peewee the Marquis of Tweed- 
dale; M 
уан Direton, Nisbet Hamilton, Esq. ; Mr. 
Kettles gr 
T ; Mr. 
Whitton gr. 
сте Inverkeithing, Fife, Н. Henderson, Esq. ; 
Mr. Fou 
aae CASTLE, Dalkeith, Viscount Melville ; 
Mr. McKinn 
Аан: Mr, ray gr. 
HORNDEN, an ancient place, with many strange 
caves about it. Near to this is 
ROSLIN e HAPEL, one of the most popular sights round 
inbur; 
C , Stow, Earl of Lauderdal 
Hopetous House, Winchburgh, Earl of Hopetoun ; 
Mr. Niv 
TH near Clovenfords ; Mr. Stewart gr. ; one 
of the finest fruit growing places in 
otlan 
PINKIE HOUSE, Edinburgh, Sir Archibald Hope, 
Bart. ; celebrated d its fine collection of Ferns 
NNINGHAME, East Lothian, Earl of Haddington ; ; 
Mr. Brotherston gr. 
THE CASTLE.—Mons Meg, the Armoury, Queen 
Mary's 2 ован. &c.— Regalia of Scotland, 12 noon 
ЛЕР; 
GALLERIES. —National, Princes Street, Statuary.— 
Royal Á—— on. 
GAR — Princes Street. The Queen's Park, foot 
of Canongate, | 
s House, High Teh, Netherbow,— 
Wednesdays "and Saturdays, то to 
M S, —ToScott, Wilson, and Ramsay, Princes 
Street ; BERS ао etin Dugald Stewart, е 
а ational, о! Duke of We 
ville a f Hopetoun, St. q í 
De IV. and Pitt, George Street; Charles II., Par- 
liament Square ; Duke of York and 78th Highlanders, 
С lanade, &c. 
Antiquarian, Royal Institution. In- 
al (Science di An a AES Square. Phreno- 
polar High Schoo Surgeons, Nicolson 
Street. 
PALACE and CHAPEL of HOLYROOD, foot of Canon- 
Dalkeith Palace and Gardens, Wednesdays an 
rdays. 
E 
New Garden Plants. 
OE MC tege as gs чы Мт. 
ATERALI) BRYMERIANUM, 7. sp.* 
Once more one of these curious Ch 
Dendr 
drobia. Т. th reti 
orchidist, since it is a _ connect ting link between | the 
көй эше 
vå is believed to come from one of Mr. Low's ee 
ns of Burmese Dendrobia Vi tained t 
It very satistactory ch an interesting 
plant in England, and I would feel exceedingly 
gratified by the possessors hey would assist me 
next ith fresh flow once more, to see whether 
the plant is constant in its originality, or whether it is 
a monster of a species, probably quite unknown. 
to the bracts, ther but the widely distinct D. cla- 
vatum that can h i 
ess than 400 !) of this 
ecognised yellow-flowered racemose Dendrobe 
with 4 a фе bulbous in the inferior part. May we 
hear more of it ! 77. e Кй. f. 
ORNITHOGALUM (CATHISSA) ,CHLORANTHUM, 
Baker, n. sp.* 
A new species of Othitliogaltin which cam 
Kew from Mr. Wilson Saunders, dnd flowered ey cn 
July, 1875. It is a native of the Cape, but I do not 
is most likely the 
me species, the 
ants ear А 
inum, Lindl ey, =” dn tab. 158. Bulb ovoid, 
OW. branous coats 
B 
nch broad at the base 
ch 
labrous, terete, 1h & t long ; нети with about 
: es ty rather dense flowers, meg when ex- 
ed, 3—4 inches long by 13 inch b ; pedicels — 
patent or erecto-patent, the Sen not ml than 3—4 
ines long ; bracts lanceolate acuminate 
i and v conia 
inch long, a uniform 
rian 
inear, the Mee versa 
ong anthers a line long ; sl 2 lines bag as long 
as round ovary ; ovules many in each cell, hori- 
“бр scent faint. Y. С. rim 
ODONTOGLOSSUM PRJESTANS, Rchb. f., 
Thisis mu p in the w 
tum, Lindl., it is “hae Ak ly dis ee 
ls being internally maro 
Warszw.t 
n 
tum, oom, which all 
lant came but seldom within my rea 
copious ns from W: 
ild specimens arsce 
and from Dr. Lindley, who had the same теме Мг. 
Skinner’s liberality; those appeared to come from 
sen 
ч 
Edgware, London. И. С. Re 
PNE SET 
first notes on this in the Gardeners’ 
es) been 
testimony r. 
reproduce t 
Herbaceo ous plants, Lilies, including L. 
— trees and shrubs, in addi- 
fru and Roses, are among the 
d grown well, in 
important establishment. 
mmediat tely opposite the Botanic Gar- 
а in me erleith Row, is METHVEN’s NUR- 
€usual description of nu stock. The 
c ental beds and borders, formed of d 
Conifers, are very есше were е 
СО. is also at no great distance. is not a 
place, but is lete with trees and 
shrubs, evergreen and deciduous, including 
Most of the rarest and most interesting hardy 
Plants of this character 
Rhe шону: of Messrs. DICKSON & 
SONS is a large an well ch establish- 
hardy trees and 
m, only above the Е E is 
is very nea KP alan for 
es one 
a tumid enoaan pocos that m 
think of plants like Dendro gulatum, W 
The pone of parchment substance are Lae ane two ont on the 
re 
stem hand, 
four), and the Atte end a the s stem is cut away. 
The lateral inflorescence has почт bi 
those of Dendrobium clavatum, Wal 
The long, “narrow, cuneate ores lip, with 
very broad fimbrize ороо мын ж and арек, 
mr uncommon, givesa t pongo 
the who is rather suspici gm 
beautiful lant, that bas a stro our Ка 
aug ur Six Panlo owers had each 
rotten su 
inscribed to W. 
"i use, Dorchester, who flowered it first. 
m Brymerianum, —Dendrocoryne inflor- 
escentia бнт caule teretiusculo > salen supra basin pseudo- 
reve spatium (ripollicare); £ foliis cuneato 
oblongis acuminatis pergameneis ; race o la ateral li paucifloro 
floribus aureis; mento o obtuso par sepalis ligulatis obtuse 
acude ; LL рео ночах labello poc ко асшо 
ionis 
5 
nunc me корн, ‚рег discum et 
ciliato ; lateribus 
anterioribu us longe ciliato fimbriato ; M ambei ет s longis su sub 
ra- 
mosis ; columna „бе floribus 
basi sub- f 
which will add much to the interest pid poen: 
of a history of the genus. The origin of F. 
n 
f 
direct communications I beg to thank Jute 
dents, I have not oar dcn аат іпеа 
respon 
m any of my correspondents, th thee сендей 
of an interesting dried scrap "di Mr, W. Mar 
shall, of Ely, who found it in a second-hand борү 
Са ‘athissa) chioran thuri, Baker, .—Bulbo 
rnithogalum Л ет, atris 
сее tunicato ; foliis 3—4 synanthiis ; memes pedal- 
ibus et ultra facie зод, эрер sere, 14—2 
pedali; racemo subdenso 4 poll ed bracteis lanceolatis 
acuminatis ante anthesin lis 3—4 lin. longis 
patulis vel erecto-patentibus i is 
viridulis dorso late obscure, forbs acto amentis 
aeri ne "us interioribus lanceolatis. 
raj" 
stans, ОБЬ Ё. A p Warszw. ia 
-; Tabelli auri lis ciliatis; 
acuminata - ix basi quatern 
bus, ext ds 3 peu Saves productis $6 dentatis seu 
aristatis. — 0 ;nloglossum prestans, Rchb. f., Warszw., Bon- 
landia .——'* Vultus planta Mesospinidii vulcanici " (Rev. 
m Хот an in па) ane lineari пас Panicula 
C tin ori (usque 15 flori). risa e lanceolata: 
ius rud ovatis pon ia zequantes. Sepala et es lineari- 
acuminata. Labellum tino „Lacin posticæ 
атака sericeo-ciliatze. Lacinia. media S neas i quee 
iaevis. Columna erecta. - Alæ porrecta oes nunc гипсіпабе 
flores flavis brunneo maculati. Sepatorum et tepalorum dimidia 
superiore brunnea, 
