July 13, 1892.] 



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ornamental one, with large leaves for a Hypericum, and pretty 

 pink stems. Our specimen was planted in the spring of 1891. 

 It died down to the ground last winter, but is now growing 

 vigorously and has many Hower-buds yet to expand. 



Anotherpretty and rather uncommon shrub isCallicarpa pur- 

 purea, which is a large bush with ovate-oblong toothed leaves, 

 and clusters of small, light pink flowers, now in bloom. A 

 striking peculiarity of this shrub is the tine yellowish dust with 

 which the purple stems are sprinkled. The grains rub off at 

 a finger-touch. They are ornamental, antl, perhaps, some 

 wise botanist has discovered their meaning and use, and how 

 they are produced so freely. The foliage of this Callicarpa is 

 a pretty shade of light green, contrasting well with the purple 

 or plum-color of the stems and with the beginning of the mid- 

 rib of the leaves, which is of the same rich color. The shrub is 

 valuable in fall and winter for the metallic blue of its small 

 polished berries, which remain upon the twigs until spring. 



Another very pretty little plant, which is behaving quite as 

 a well-bred plant ought to do, is Abelia rupestris. Tills is now 

 showing a few very attractive trumpet-shaped white blossoms 

 with small pink sepals at the base of the corolla. The flowers 

 are delightfully fragrant. It has many buds, and will remain 

 long in bloom. It is an evergreen here, with small varnished 



Sander & Co. under the name of T. Brymeriana. It has 

 white sepals and petals flushed with mauve, and a labellum 

 like that of T. Marshalliana, with the addition of a dash of 

 purple on the middle lobe. The two parents of this hybrid 

 have lately been an attraction at Kew. No tropical Orchids 

 are less difficult to cultivate, and not many surpass these 

 Thunias in attractiveness when in flower, the dazzling 

 snow-whiteness of the one and deep amethyst-purple of 

 the other, the large size and abundance of the flowers on 

 well-managed specimens, together with their lasting quali- 

 ties, being all desirable characters in garden Orchids. 



Cattleya princeps. — I should call this nothing more than 

 C. granulosa, van Schofieldiana, although its possessors, 

 Messrs. Sander & Co., consider it distinct enough to merit 

 a name. It has tawny yellow sepals and petals, blotched 

 with purplish crimson, white side lobes to the labellum, 

 and the midlobe covered with maroon papillose spots. 

 The flowers are very large, and to some tastes very ugly. 



Cattleya Amesi^e.- — This is a beautiful albino, much like 

 C. Warneri in the size and form of its flowers, which are 



Fig. 58. — The Ten-ace at HadJun Hall, Derbyshire, Enghxnd. — See page 326. 



leaves and pink stems. Its hardiness has not yet been fully 

 tested here, but it has proved equal to the winters of Washing- 

 ton, where it has been for years, I am told, a conspicuous 

 ornament of the public grounds. It has grown rapidly here 

 since it was planted, and is in partial shade. It forms a neat 

 small shrub pretty at all seasons. 



Hollyhocks, Yuccas and Trumpet Creepers, on this second 

 day of July, are still flowering very lavishly, arid many late 

 Spiraeas, herljaceous perennials and annuals furnish us with 

 an abundance of cut flowers. As yet we have had a favorable 

 season, with no very dry weather, and the grass is still fresh 

 and green. „ , „ , . , 



Ros?Brake, \v. Va. Danske Diindridge. 



Foreign Correspondence. 

 London Letter. 



Thunia Veitchiana X. — This plant was raised in the 

 Chelsea Nurseries from T. Marshalliana and T. Bensonias, 

 and flowered in 1885, when it was named by Professor 

 Reichenbach. The same cross was shown at the Royal 

 Horticultural Society meeting last Tuesday by Messrs. F. 



pure white, with a tinge of yellow in the throat. It was 

 exhibited by Messrs. F. Sander & Co. at the last meeting 

 of the Royal Horticultural Society, and obtained an award 

 of merit. 



SoBRALiA LucASiANA, a Variety of S. macrantha, with short 

 stems, very broad leaves and flowers with white segments, 

 the lip pale rose, with a yellow blotch in the throat, was 

 awarded a first-class certificate, as also was Cattleya Em- 

 press Frederic, from Baron Schroeder's collection. This is 

 a Veitchian hybrid raised from C. Mossiae and C. Dowiana, 

 and is characterized by vi'hite sepals and petals, a deep 

 maroon-purple lip margined with a much paler shade, the 

 whole flower being of exceptional size and beauty. Den- 

 drobium Souvenir d'Alec is a white-flowered variety of D. 

 transparens, and Grammatophyllum Seegerianum is what 

 we have had already under several different garden names, 

 but is probably G. Fenzlianum. 



L.ELiA GRANDis, var. TENEBROSA. — This magnificent Variety 

 of a comparatively mediocre species has recently figured 

 largely at exhibitions in England. It is one of the most 



