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Garden and Forest. 



[Number 226. 



has creamy white flowers with a blotch of yellow at the 

 base of the lip. Cattleya Rlendelli, Cookson's variety, has 

 very large flowers, with an exceptionally long, broad 

 labellum and very richly colored. Epidendrum Randii, 

 E. GodsetManum and a white-lipped variety of Miltonia 

 vexillaria, called Sanderiana, were also noteworthy. Mas- 

 devallia Measuresiana, the interesting hybrid, and a still 

 more interesting hybrid, namely, Miltonia Bleui, were also 

 among INIr. Sander's many choice things. How comes it 

 that a hybrid between two true Miltonias — namely, M. 

 Roezlii and M. vexillaria — has been elevated to the rank of 

 a new genus, and called Miltoniopsis .' Mr. Sander had 

 his plant labeled. Odontoglossum Bleui, var. splendidissi- 

 mum ; it had large flowers, white, the petals rose-tinted, 

 with radiating lines of red-brown on the labellum. 



Messrs. Shuttleworth, Charlesworth & Co., of Bradford, 

 exhibited many beautiful Orchids, including a grand lot of 

 Oncidium macranthum, Lselia purpurata, L. tenebrosa, 

 Odontoglossum Wilkeanum nobilis, a large-flowered va- 

 riety with broad pale brown blotches and a tinge of yellow 

 on the lip. Cattleya intermedia alba, the flowers abso- 

 lutely white throughout, and a grand specimen of Oncidium 

 crispum crowded with flowers. Messrs. B. S. Williams & 

 Son contributed a large collection of well-grovi^n specimens 

 of Vaudas, L^elias, Miltonias, Oncidium concolor, ever- 

 green Calanthes and Geodorum citrinum. J. Cypher, of 

 Cheltenham, famous for excellent cultivation of Orchids, 

 sent a fine lot of Cattleyas, Laelias, Cypripedium caudatum 

 and Epidendrum radicans, the last-named bearing eight 

 bunches of bright orange-scarlet flowers. Messrs. Hugh 

 Low & Co. sent Cattleyas, Phalttnopsis, Dendrobium 

 superbum, Odontoglossums and Laelia grandis tene- 

 brosa. 



The same firm contributed a beautiful group of Ericas, 

 small plants well-flowered, their names being Ventricosa 

 grandiflora, V. Bothwelliana, V. superba, V. globosa alba, 

 V. coccinea minor, Perspicua nana, P. erecta, Sindryana, 

 candidissima, hybrida, depressa. Pimelia Hendersoni, a 

 dark-colored variety of P. decussata, attracted a good 

 deal of attention, as also did a fine group of Cytisus sco- 

 parius Andreanus. This beautiful hardy shrub was also 

 well shown by Mr. Anthony Waterer, of Knap Hill, who 

 also sent a collection of his improved varieties of hardy 

 Azaleas, including the double-flowered forms. It is scarcely 

 necessary to recommend Mr. Waterer's Azaleas even to 

 American horticulturists, as they are now as famous as 

 his Rhododendrons. There vi'as one, however, w^hite- 

 flowered, and called Mrs. A. Waterer, which shared with 

 Baron Schrceder's Coelogyne the chief honors of the exhibi- 

 tion. Imagine a compact bush with ovate soft green foliage 

 of good substance, and clothed with compact clusters of 

 pure white flowers, with a pale blotch of yellow, the flowers 

 as full as those of a good Indian Azalea. As a hardy plant 

 this new seedling has a future of promise, and it looks very 

 likely for forcing. Messrs. Laing's Begonias were mag- 

 nificent, but they were not far in front of those sent by Mr. 

 Cannell and Messrs. T. Ware & Son. 



Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons had a large group of seedling 

 Streptocarpus, another of Gloxinias, and another of the 

 beautiful hybrid Disa Veitchii. In the largest tent the 

 group of hardy plants from the same establishment was 

 worthy of its reputation. It consisted chiefly of hardy 

 Azaleas, Hydrangeas, Andre's Genista, Spireea astilboides, 

 Azalsea amcena splendens, a great improvement upon the 

 type ; Cytisus scoparius pendula, grafted on stems four 

 feet high, and forming pretty little weeping specimens ; 

 Ribes pumilum aureum, a dwarf plant scarcely three inches 

 high. Mr. William Paul's Roses were as fine as ever ; so, 

 too, were Turner's specimen Pelargoniums, and R. Smith 

 & Sons' Clematis. A Carnation called Almira, from the gar- 

 dens of Leopold de Rothschild, was worth special notice. 

 It grows to a yard in height, and has large pale sulphur- 

 yellow flowers with streaks of red. 



Messrs. J. Backhouse & Sons, of York, sent a choice col- 

 lection of hardy alpines, arranged in flat boxes with sand- 



stone, so as to represent a miniature rockery. This exhibit 

 was greatly admired. 



Messrs. Linden, of L'Horticulture Internationale, Brus- 

 sels, sent a collection of new stove foliage-plants, beautiful 

 in themselves and beautifully grown. The beautiful yellow- 

 flowered Calla Elliottianavi.'as shown by its lucky possessor, 

 who, we were told, had refused an offer of ;^50o for it. 

 There is no doubt about its great beauty, flowers as large as 

 those of the common white Calla, colored a rich citron- 

 yellow, the leaves spotted with white. I am told that other 

 people have, or soon hope to have, newly imported plants 

 of this Calla. It is certain to become a general favorite. 

 Mr. Rivers, of Sawbridgeworth, sent a grand collection of 

 fruit-trees in pots, and bearing a good cropi of ripe fruits. 



Londun. W. WaiSOH. 



New or Little-known Plants. 



Cape Iv}' (Senecio macroglossus). 



THIS is a pretty yellovi'-flowered greenhouse-climber 

 which deserves to be generally grown. It is rarely 

 out of bloom at Kew, where it is trained against a rafter 

 in the cool end of a large house devoted exclusively to suc- 

 culent plants, a position which probably it has occupied 

 for at least twenty years. Its shoots and leaves are very 

 similar to common Ivy ; indeed, I have been told that it 

 narrowly escaped being destroyed for Ivy when it was 

 first introduced. Planted in a well-drained border and not 

 overwatered, it grows rapidly, draping in a year or so a 

 rafter ten feet long with its elegant shoots. These are 

 especially floriferous in winter and spring, the bright 

 canary-yellow flowers almost sparkling in the sunshine. 

 They are useful for cutting, lasting a week or so in water. 

 Each head has usually eight ray-florets, with broad, elliptic 

 spreading limbs, toothed at the apex. The disc-florets are 

 also yellow. Sir Joseph Hooker says this is the largest-flow- 

 ered species of the enormous genus to which it belongs, 

 and which contains nearly one thousand species. It is a 

 native of south Africa, from Algoa Bay to Natal, whence it 

 appears to have been sent to Kew by Mr. Sanderson in 

 1868. It ripens seeds under cultivation, and it is easily 

 multiplied from cuttings. In some parts of Italy and south- 

 ern France S. macroglossus is not uncommon as a climber 

 on verandas, and upon trees in the open air. 



The German Ivy (S. mikanioides), which has thinner 

 and larger leaves with smaller flowers, is grown as a win- 

 dow-plant in some parts of Germany. 



London. rV. Vvatson. 



Cultural Department. 



Notes on Shrubs. 



T ABURNUMS have this season produced a fine display of 

 -L- ' blossom in the vicinity of Boston. Like many other plants, 

 they appear to have "off" years, when comparatively few blos- 

 soms are produced. I once had the impression that Labur- 

 nums should not be' considered very hardy here, but after 

 seeing their size and habit of growth in places near their na- 

 tive home, there seems good reason to believe that they ought 

 to thrive here almost as well as they do there. In the vicinity 

 of Boston and near the sea-coast there are specimens of La- 

 burnum vuls^are as strong, well-branched and shapely as could 

 be desired. Yet the Laburnum is comparatively rare here, and 

 this is probably due to several causes. It does not thrive if the 

 situation is too wet, and in such places the stems are liable to 

 be killed in winter. It will be found to do best in well-drained 

 soil or on a comparatively dry bank. It is not a long-lived tree, 

 its branches are easily broken, it seems liable to attack by 

 borers, and destructive fungi soon get a foothold if the stem 

 sustains any serious mechanical injury which tears the bark 

 and exposes the wood. The Laburnum will grow and thrive 

 fairly well in the partial shade of other larger trees or on the 

 borders or edges of woods. In such situations it, of course, 

 grows somewhat tall and spindling in habit, but grown as a 

 single specimen, with plenty of light and air, it should become 

 a compact, rounded little tree. 



It is not commonly known that there are two species of La- 

 burnum grown in gardens, and of these there are a numberof 



