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become pale yellow either over their entire surface or only- 

 above the middle, not because they are drying up or ripen- 

 ing but apparently from an insufficient supply of chloro- 

 phyll. The effect that the plants produce at this time is 

 curious and interesting, and when seen from a distance 

 growingon a mountain-side or on the banks of a stream they 

 appear like huge bushes covered with pale yellow flowers. 



Fig. 15.— The Edge ot the Karrens, Broad Top, Pennsylvania. — See page 



This fine plant is still little known in cultivation, but if it 

 flourishes in New England like Actinidia arguta it will 

 form a most valuable addition to our shrubberies. 



Actinidia Kolomikta, which is found also in Manchuria 

 and northern China, is much less common in Japan than 

 the other species. I saw it only on the rocky cliffs 

 of a hill near Sapporo, where it was growing with 



Rhododendrons and Menziesia, and where it was a deli- 

 cate, slender vine, with stems only a few feet in length. 

 Unfortunately, there were no seeds to be obtained, and I am 

 doubtful if this species has ever been introduced into our 

 gardens, although the name often appears in nurserymen's 

 catalogues. C. S. S. 



Foreign Correspondence. 

 The New Plants of 1892.— III. 



THE plants of interest among those intro- 

 duced by Continental growers, and 

 described in foreign periodicals, are suffi- 

 ciently numerous to be dealt with in an 

 article by themselves. As in the case with the 

 plants introduced last year into English 

 gardens, Orchids predominate both in num- 

 ber and interest. A few of them, such as 

 Cattleya Alexandrse and Epidendrum God- 

 seffianum (Capartianum), are both foreign 

 and English introductions. The majority of 

 the following we owe to the enterprise of 

 the Messrs. Linden, L'Horticulture Interna- 

 tionale, Brussels : 



Bulbophyllum anceps, Lindenia, t. 351, is 

 an elegant little Bornean species with stout 

 rhizomes, large flattened pseudo-bulbs, bear- 

 ing each a single oblong fleshy leaf and 

 loose racemes of flowers, which are one inch 

 across, creamy yellow, striped and spotted 

 with maroon-purple. 



Cirrhopetalum Amesianum, Lindenia, t. 

 314, is a pretty little species with umbels of 

 from six to ten flowers, each an inch and a 

 half long, and colored yellowish white and 

 bright rosy purple. It is a native of Java. 



Epidendrum Mantinianum (Linden), a 

 dwarf species with large solitary white and 

 purple flowers, and E. Ortgiesii (St. Peters- 

 burg Botanic Garden), which is in the way 

 of E. amabile, with rather large flowers, 

 colored red and white, with a purple lip, 

 are noteworthy additions to this large, varied 

 genus. 



Eulophiella Elisabethas, one of the most 

 interesting and distinct of recent introduc- 

 tions, is described on pages 304 and 510 of 

 the last volume of Garden and Forest. It 

 was introduced by the Brussels firm, who 

 do not divulge its habitat, and is dedicated 

 to the Queen of Roumania. 



Hybrid Cypripediums. — Six of these have 

 been raised on the Continent, and two de- 

 serve mention here. C. Albertianum was 

 shown in flower by Monsieur Jules Hye 

 at Ghent last November, and was awarded a 

 gold medal. Its parents are C. Spicerianum 

 and C. insigne, van Wallacei, and it is, of 

 course, A^ery near C. Leeanum. The other 

 hybrid is C. La France, raised from C. niveum 

 and C. nitens. 



Coryanthes macrocorys is a Peruvian spe- 

 cies, introduced by L'Horticulture Interna- 

 tionale, Brussels, and figured in Lindenia, t. 

 342. It has large Stanhopea-like flowers, 

 creamy white, spotted and dotted with purple. 

 If the several known species of this genus 

 were less difficult to flower they would be 

 much more in favor than they are at present. There are few 

 Orchids with flowers more remarkable in form than these. 



Odontoglossum Pescatorei, van Linden ise, Lindenia, t. 

 329, is a beautiful addition to the many fine varieties we 

 already possess of this most useful garden Orchid. It is 

 remarkable for the large blotch of chestnut-brown' on each 

 of the flower segments, including the lip. 



