258 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. lavent ie 
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given by Salisbury in vol. i. of the Transactions _XANTHOSOMA (?) MIRABILE, Mast. (figs. 53, 54).* in the centre, green towards the margin. In ontling 
of the Horticultural Society. A variety with +o This striking and remarkable Aroid was introduced Wisco ona at the basè ms deeply pa mp 3-sect. 
variegated leaves is, or has been, in cultivation, r gardens p: M. Roe oy fr oa tropical South ae 
but calls for no special notice. Z. M. fe America, Tt w et, an iad sabane By Mr. ae ad are insequilateral and fadceolaha: T 
= = It is a handsome plant, ae stove treatment t, an sink " P g 
it is one that will be a apoa iated by the connoisseur., , > 
New Garden Plants. Its botanical interest ie Orel The plant has a milky he m below, Th edn! and slig 
juice ; its root-stock is tuberous, The leaves are erect espe eo =" a neies 
pS 
COTYLEDON (ECHEVERIA) PEACOCKII, Baker, * 
tha which the are pin shorter. They ar 
This isa well-marked new species Me: I e seen trigonous, and é ed by air via i anan. 
more once menti your columns under its i 6 inches long, curved, glabro slightly convo- 
garden : of t í ii. It was dis- lute for the greater part of its length, slightly con- 
covered by M: Benedict Roezl in New Niisi I stricted above the middle, and then expanding 
to the courtesy of Mr. Croucher fo oblong-acute concave li of a primrose-yellow 
sight of the men whi following col is about two-thirds the length of 
3 made, which flowered in the é fe Set bee from ye it m partially intepat e 
; i ; covered wi 
» Peacock, j h, in the month wers ; the central third, or By, fe er less, bears scat- 
flow 
tered neutral flowers, and rather more than a third of 
The anthers are ae into Madey cuboidal 
masses, each anther opening by two pores beneath 
the apex. The oedtick 2 are ted invent cuboidal, 
truncate, 4-celled, with axile placentz ; style none, 
u us, on long 
of its leaves, but it may be readily recognised at a 
glance by its larger size, much broader leaves, and 
spicate, not vray Bs e inflorescen nce, 
\ micropyle superior. ‘Fruit not seen, 
` Acaulescent. Leaves about 50 in a close rosette half 
| a broad, 5 pr en mi Seco Rg. the Sc — Ser al SeA differs baer ce: monet 
outermost 2—24 in ng, if bs 
\ above the middle, rege slightly red towards je free not coninint oras ries, a as ‘ho T in the sprig 
\ the leaf and the direction of the ovules. From Phyl- 
} the tip, densely persistently glaucous. on both sides, lot NETRE : : f 
ee ne os ihe Sier spreading ones gg ay ta otznium, wit ich it aB es eo. possession of a 
rather concave, the middle 2 lines thick, the back } uberous ‘rodt-atewk, ati differs in lalage, Pota frasi 
faintly keeled’ in the upper half, Stem lateral not shee ovaries, which, me are 4, Bot 2- 
el eee a f ot celled, as Phyllotenium. The agai ` 
. with o different. Ta all probability, when the plants af the 
raring leaves }—3 in order rar revised asa a whole, som ghar Bees a above- 
named will lishéd, ` ur present plant agrees 
ower p fot cme i a a with n e genera yet published in.alf Te 
2 ong, wi at thie Calyx but it is so close to them that ‘unwilling to 
“ie isianaaties pot aii y make a new genus fori iis (S tsoeplion fing s P 
long, erecto-patent, joined a at the very bas = ct PO arge onid- “ gaat sre eet 
Sar: long, ean For amir we do not think it advisitle t 
spherical cup at the base. Stamens and style falling call thi a an n Several particulars sn paba ve: Ke 
} short of the petals. ing, that Phyllotenium itself is hardly 
COTYLEDON ripe sages. mn. IANA, Baker in likely to be fo. Be retained Rees M A- A ; 
Ref. Bot., Mon. No. 10.Ẹ ee Se 
is the most roster in in geograp’ hical range of CULINARY NOTES. 
all th e Ee heverias, as it in the Peruvian Andes, eee. 2 , 
whilst most of them bat ong to Mexic co and the South- t aa te a a Re age ar reali 
Western ‘the 2 States, ‘At the time o cur mono- there is a cookery which will pass 
; Rad à in culti- to know it bett: tisa 
E" i whose mask of meri off 
e ERR neengnlg ar ey net So thought my invalid friend 
pesa Apa yan genc a a avoid tro at ch freq 
S Rech ‘whic the present notes w vas s taken was bad consented, er maid’s approval, to be 
ee Sa 1 by Mr. Green at R nted by in and done for giad and 
3 particular, cooking 
= him to iar Kew collection in the Sini of Jal July of the “How do you Tike pitt lodgings me 
Stem in an old plant not pa than 2—3 inches ee asked, aies sie. Nag bes 7 
two or three d 
oe 3 inch thick. Leaves a thi in a lax x.4 o Sy 
3 inches rob te atesipuaMilatate the largest I dont thank thi ie on shaver e ge 
So Š long T arai -a very eee does not seem to suit my er oeee for, jnstend OF 
gaining, I am losing appetite. 
| And the dinners?” I inquired, with unfeigned | 
me “Very fair ; very fair indeed for “ furnished apart 
Dine here boglay, 
piani gos u will see.” 
—* Well, w what do You 
, the to J Esi $, JWErS 
in a lax equilateral raceme half a foot long. Pedicels 
erecto-patent, 2—3 lines long, shorter than the lanceo- 
ee bracts, Calyx 3—4 lines long, the sepals oblan- 
ceolate acute, — thick, am Corolla $ inch 
_ long, red in the upper, y tow inthe lo pig the rd 
the lanceolate ; acute petal united in a Kon fowl as the val 
Ta tamens | Care $i —XANTHOSOMA (?) MIRA ; cutlets, : : Nhat = 
short of a e petals, deeply perigy- BILE. That’s just what I was saying to Charlotte ibe ' 
eolate minute, oblong, | “ re nial Spadix, both natural size; c, as Side and top day. Shut your eyes, and you couldn’t tell ee 
suddenly into stamens, showing pores, enlarged 4 diam. ; D Pollen | mutton- chops from the oxtail soup, nor the 
7 grin poe mean enlarged 160 diam ; r, ciy Ovary, | duck from ton 
oi — Rip sealer yore calarged, den: | yesterday’s. 
ag eno 
ve Anel i 
. foliis circiter 30 idk rosulati 
aoa saree 2—3, poll. longis glaucis mucrona breve 
turgidis dorso obscure carinatis ; caule laterali triente ‘supremo be ormem acutam ex] + 
florifero, foliis pper lanceolatis ascend entibus reductis | natim aggrega mmum spadicis. vestienti quater- cust do. 
prædito ; floribus ro— racemum æquilateralem laxum dis- | parvo cy ya peed dehisceatibus ; Iris saucers Secu Lae sides Tere: and a 
positis ; ” pedicellis alo paisa tibus flore triplo brevioribus; | dissitis mediam em spadicis Hetit pies eA sides, í 
bracteis lanceolatis pedicellis s superantibus ; sepalis 3—4 lin abl Ca ta 
longis acutis gi glaucis gen seeped petalis sursum rubris deor- 
sum luteis lanceola tis acutis basi in cupulam 7 esr zricam 
_ coalitis lg ibus petalis triente ee ee —Lcheveri 
viana, Reise, i., P. 448; Cg Ms ae aad 
poorer ole ull fe ae: em inferiorem si j z: 
f om 1s quadratis truncatis 4-locularibr us, stylo allo, Ühed: t ik 
latis a eeni Es, micropyle siparo , a axilı affixis.— ow! all can ess ie re his 
Ph P arkis E S »P iz A mind?’ ” n say is 
