708 IHE 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[DECEMBER 4, 1875, = 
venerable papa appearance of the bunches 
of carpels, is a very general designation for the 
plant. Itis stated, pea d boe that uve Aye 
awns have bee Fran the 
ась of paper uti it seems hardly likely 
that such an experiment, if tried, would be 
attended with much success. ild Climber 
and Withyw and are names which explain them- 
selves ; while * Crocodile," by which singular 
title we learn on good au thority the plant is 
known to the boys of Folkestone, is one of those 
names Pico P ffle all conjecture as to their 
origin, and can only ей epa dated by some 
local Айа ог хры 
far as we have inse able 
there is no TU lorc connected wit 
he 
to ascertain 
ith the Cle- 
ike 
saw lately, connected 
with a cust radition -w nd 
echo, not only on tbe continent of DN but 
wh e and 
orld; while a handso 
striking plant like the Clematis is red of 
popular legend or association. B. M. 
Shinde Garden Plants. 
NCIDIUM BIFRONS, Lindl. 
Oncidium bif ss recently lower ered at Kew, an 
although -— particularly attractive from a ho ы 
1 view is decidedly too interesting a prine 
= be ма lost sight of, for i it seems 
o have been entirely overlooked te ‘the Orchid king, 
Руы. Reichenbach, who is generally extremely 
careful and accurate in such matters: at least in his 
n sw — ар of the aem in Walper's seat 
vol. vi., no eg mg made of e sp 
do S. be hein тарцовай. і ап 
description ; this "go 
besides inal 
Gardener? Chr Chronicle for 1857, p. 84, "тн. а pe 
the 
given, but as t escrip- 
on is rather ^ ast one, the following, made from 
fresh imens, may be acceptable to so: 
Pseudobulbs compressed, ovate, 13 —2 inches long, 
чс шы ые, апа from 3 inch thick, [oa 
two oblunbeclate, ое to neat-lanceo late 
мү es long. c about 
E, + gr h a 
ct at each aed 
10—12 flowered ; se 
obtuse, undulated the two lateral sepals directed 
downwards and joined together for two-thirds their 
length; 1 e o-thirds its 
lobes, with a mucro between 
: eate, апос small, tooth-like ; crest 
consisting of three raised lines (the central on ng 
i ed 
The : mire orte d to come from Mexico ; 
belongs to the ача" ‘tetrapetala micropetala,” а: 
is pes by тот. p een O, cucullatum and O. 
pubes. JV. Æ. Brown 
STEUDNERA рано Hort. Bull. 
f which Mr. Bullin e for X 
and 
wi 
hia, C. 
in Regel's poena , vol. xviii; 
P. 323, t. 633, and in Z'Z/wstration | Horticole, 
vol xix., t. 90), and Mr. Bull’s plant, but which 
e not consider cient to found a 
e 
The two plants are quite 
tinct, and may 9 be recognised by the йан 
contrasted characters 
S. colocasie folia, C. Koch. | S. discolor, Hort. Bull. 
| (S. colocasiafolia, Bot. Mag. 
Leaves scarcely ма at |. Leaves og notched at 
oO E blotches. e ive беске ар 
e sheathing bract | 
Is and petals oblong-lanceolate 
THE S dai OF pe rom m 
TER-COLO 
ы view 9 the ГА winter exhibi- 
tion (ok sketches and studies made by the members 
of the above Society took place at 5, Pall Mall East, 
on Saturday morning last, The single room in ics 
the pictures are exhibited contains seven works 
Sir еы Gilbert, the President of the wed Es 
by Birket Foster, and numerous pictures such 
excellent water: emer painters as MIN BLdley, 
Dobs eth, Naftel, 
Society has suffered great losses in the deat 
men as Frederick Walker, J. G. Pinwell, and A. 
Houghton 
The speciality of the Gardeners’ Са being, in 
ne horticulture, botany, and landscape, we rally 
first glanced over the walls for subject falling ader 
ped qwe — hes first wr de 
наам Har 
udy © of the domns leaved 
t so indiffe ded 
On rea. 
nam 
been transposed, for this 
e Bog Pimpernel, but 
ew, or “Dio oserica  Rotundi;” pon 
any, t the drawing, and the Раса аге 
н vicious as possible. The flow f the 
Bo are el are ae furnished “with five 
petals, thereon re pM paint them with six! The Bog 
Narthecium (N. ossifragum) is shown in the back- 
ver Ы" removed , from Эре 318, 
of Mi р ote " by the same uei is 
Hedge 
duction, showing incapacity, to even appreciate the 
зари s of the flower ere * ЖаШ ^ to such 
Б: isa less ure to turn from the more careless 
drawings to beautifully uate -up к> te studied 
f irket 
the stormy sky, the rocks, the waves washing back 
from the rocks, ‘the seaweeds tossed in the waves, Ps 
the birds, are all positively true an 
picture is in no way overlaboured isa mis 
masterpiece, and: Пу occupies one of -€ best 
positions in the room. .15 
9, ** Woodland 
Birket Foster, is an exquisitely 1 TL amd pe 
pi of a woodland lan 
icture of a wo with a 
large and perfectly-paint ambelliferous plant in t ге 
ае Birket Foster is an ho does no! 
den 1 
vers of pictures by paint pa rot women ad 
children Е scarlet cloaks in his landscapes 
Nothing i 
ore irritating than to see these staring 
si [v esi by some other — of pex 
rs figures are always 
v . excellent artis 
gives ws. NS "AR Роза by the 
Эз a lovely and 
TA Ее? ( (as the carelesaly- 
it), “Оп тм йы Common,” 
both by Bir Birket Tu 
Sir John Gilbert, the Presid dent, has sent a number 
of his sapra dashing, and richly coloured figure- 
subjects of interiors, with vince Henry and Канай 
and Hots spur re ү Glendour (vide e e), 
wire. 5 iege: with knigh 
war- use 
off in 
er pe i 
artist. Sir John Gilbert also contributes two frames 
of ** Studies for mene p and 367), d up 
in colour, a nd outlined w n and i 
nk. 
vea d 
distance are well touched in and not ov 
se Dog," Basil Вг 
d "Edward D 
tiful picture of this well-k 
teenie rand true to Nat 
186, ** The Cottager's "Golden Harvest," Walter 
Goo dall, is a beautiful рн both i E e» 
colour. 190, ‘‘ Birch Trees," Paul J. N 
and natural, like all wor м T this desler p^ " 
the Wood at Capel Curig,” by the same, is a spirited — 
ma b pec representation о A wood and 1 
stre 226, ** Winter," C. Bra MM BE 
shore: landscape, with blacksmiths m red setting E 
sun, and snow. 238, ackberry Gathering" - 
R. W. Ma cbeth,” is a чему c coloured victus all 
the manner of F. E — sier Peeli E 
the artist, is f i | 
vel fished, D зо overlabour 274,0 
curious and pretty sketch of - 
неба ней simos peel in Indian yellow. The 
cup-bearers are the front, and the celestial gods | 
к Bei are in the background. 78, *' Kirkstall - 
bey, ae hire," and 300, ountains Abbey, 
узар 9 S E h 2 unsatisfactory. Why does 
V. а Padel oe artist, attempt buildings before bi 
ol pastored the ents of architecture and perspec- _ 
Bei e i in i 
Majesty,” let us hope his flowers are better than 
; his pictures in this exhibition p 
bygone ime. 
A large number of creditable € even excell 
pictures in vs exhibition, as thos .Wi 
and others, we have not space ечи notice, | Agl 
at the catalogüe will show that many are by our 
known artists on the illustrated Press, whose pict 
Graphic 
may he or Лиз 
ndon News.: A considerable number of ihi pict 
are very bad as no newspaper woul 
gra 
[11 The 
whilst other j 
of straggling bushes and grass are d to be from the | 
andish parts of Wales, the name of the рге 
Oak Tree," “A Ken 
a Cottage, 
tish Yew,” &c., 
tches 
Ha elo Westpha: alia, and drown 
River Wese eser, as Robert Browning says— 
** Great ds small ps. lean rats, posl rats, 
Brown rats, black rats, grey rats, tawny rats ; 
but the compilers of the catalogue seem to have quite 
overlook e fact that No. 426 (merely 
t‘ Children » is the pair and sequel to the а 
icture, the piper piping th 
the parents who would not 
t oppelberg Hill, whic 
to the outsiders who 
favour that these titles are ptem йип c аво 
substantial things." 
VARIEGATION IN PLANTS: 
AN ATTEMPT TO ILLUSTRATE ITS rs CAUSE. i 
THERE are two distinct sets of ey which ™ 
be well to f Natur appeat- 
€x 
to the first set OF ficti, ые can 
trees, &c., which re been cut down tc 
lopped, injured, or 
