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[Number 244. 



under the name of Aristolochia grandiflora, or Pelican 

 Flower, which Mr. Watson of Kew afterward (vol. iv., 546) 

 stated should be known under a different specific name, or 

 A. Gigas. Large specimens of these blossoms, in cultiva- 

 tion, have measured eighteen by twenty-two inches across 

 the face of the open flower, and, moreover, they are pro- 

 vided with a curious tail-like appendage three feet long. 

 The forms of the flowers of these exotic species are quite 

 as strange as in our Dutchman's Pipe, those of A. Gigas re- 

 sembling a pelican or duck, especially when in bud. They 

 seem to be constructed so as to entrap insects, and many 

 of them give out a very strong and disagreeable odor. 



We ought to add that our illustration is a view of the 

 house of i\Ir. S. B. Parsons, of Flushing, Long Island, and 

 that on another part of his grounds the Aristolochia which 

 shows so well in this picture is used w^ith great success to 

 form such a screen as we have spoken of. In the pretty 

 composition in this picture the tree at the left corner of the 

 house is a thrifty young Kentucky Coffee-tree, which illus- 

 trates well the open character of its foliage at this stage of 

 growth. The two plants in the foreground of the extreme 

 left are a Japanese Juniper and a golden-tipped Arbor 

 VitEe. The compactly grown shrub in the centre is a good 

 specimen of Berberis Thunbergii, and the plant at its right 

 is a pyramidal Arbor Vitag. 



Yun-nan Rhododendrons. 



THE current number of The Garden contains an ad- 

 mirable illustration of Rhododendron racemosum, 

 which is a charming little plant, and since it is likely to be 

 quite hardy in England, it will be a first-rate plant for the 

 rock-garden. It is not more than nine inches high, with 

 healthy bright green leaves an inch long clothing the entire 

 stems. The flovi'ers are terminal axillary clusters nearly 

 an inch across, pale pink, margined with rose, and slightly 

 fragrant. The plants in cultivation all came from thesame 

 batch of seeds, which were sent to Paris from Yun-nan by 

 the French missionary Delavay. There is some doubt as 

 to the correct name of this plant, but, whatever it may be, 

 the plant is a welcome addition to our garden treasures. 

 In fact, it seems that the Yun-nan Rhododendron may prove 

 quite as useful in the garden as the Himalayan and Ma- 

 layan species. Altogether there are some sixty-five spe- 

 cies of Rhododendrons in China so far as is known, includ- 

 ing such old species as Rhododendron Fortune!, R. Dauri- 

 cum, R. ovatum and the so-called Indian Azalea. These Chi- 

 nese Rhododendrons are not so magnificent as the giants 

 of the Himalayas, but they have a charm of habit, flower 

 and color which is their own. 



New or Little-known Plants. 



Cypripedium Warnero-superbiens. 



THE new hybrid Cypripedium illustrated on page 511 

 was described in the Gardeners' Chronicle for Sep- 

 tember ID, 1892, by Mr. Robert M. Grey, gardener to Mr. 

 H. Graves, Orange, New Jersey, in whose collection it has 

 recently bloomed. This Orchid, C. Warnero-superbiens, was 

 said to be intermediate between its parents, with foli- 

 age five inches long, acute, broad near the base, reticulated 

 with dark green on a pale ground. The flowers are soli- 

 tary, on pubescent brown scapes, the dorsal sepal propor- 

 tionately large, white with radiating green nerves and a 

 stain of vinous red across the centre. The inferior sepal is 

 much smaller and of the same color. The petals are 

 narrow, white, tinted with vinous red at the apices and 

 closely veined with green, ciliate and warted on the mar- 

 gins, with an occasional spot on the surface, and some 

 brown specks near the base. The lip is of a rich glossy 

 brown color, slightly concave below the opening and 

 speckled on the unfolded lobes. The staminode is pale 

 green, with darker green reticulation. 



New Orchids. 



Odontoglossum Owenianum, Rolfe. — A distinct and pretty 

 Odontoglossum which flovi'ered in the collection of Messrs. 

 F. Sander & Co., of St. Albans. The sepals and petals are 

 yellowish white, the former with the whole of the disk 

 chocolate, and- the latter with or without a chocolate 

 blotch. The lip, which approaches that of O. Pescatorei in 

 shape, is wholly white. It may be a natural hybrid. 

 Gardeners' Chronicle, August 13th, p. 178. 



Zygopetalum graminifolium, Rolfe. — An elegant little 

 species allied to Z. maxillare, Lindl., with narrow leaves 

 and an erect raceme of largish flowers. The sepals and 

 petals are light green, heavily blotched with dark brown, 

 and the lip of a uniform bright purple-blue. It is a native 

 of South Brazil and was imported by Messrs. F. Sander & 

 Co., with Lomaria Boryana, on the trunks of which it 

 creeps by its slender rhizomes. — Gardeners' Chronicle, 

 August 13th, p. 179; Lindenia, t. 339. 



L^LiA X OwENiANA, Hort. — A very pretty hybrid raised 

 from Lselia pumila Dayana crossed with the pollen of L. 

 xanthina. The sepals and petals are white, the tube of 

 the lip bright yellow, and the limb dark maroon with a 

 white tip. It was exhibited by Messrs. F. Sander & Co., 

 of St. Albans, at a meeting of the Royal Horticultural 

 Society on August 9th last, and received an award of merit. 

 — Gardeners' Chrotiicle, August 13th, p. 191. 



L^.lio-Cattleya X Ingramii, Hort. — A fine hybrid raised 

 from L^lia pumila, var. Dayana, crossed with the pollen 

 of Cattleya Dowiana. The sepals and petals are light 

 rose, and the lip dark purplish crimson with an obscure 

 lighter tracing. It was exhibited by C. Ingram, Esq., of 

 Godalming, at a meeting of the Royal Florticultural Society 

 on August 9th last, and was awarded a first-class certifi- 

 cate. — Gardeners' Chronicle, August 13th, p. 191. 



Vanda vitellina, Kranzlin. — A species allied to V. coeru- 

 lescens. Griff., but with yellow flowers of far smaller size. 

 It was imported by Messrs. Seeger & Tropp, of East Dul- 

 wich, and flowered in the Royal Botanic Garden, Berlin.— 

 Gardeners' Chronicle, August 20th, p. 206. -t 



Cattleya x " Baroness Schroder." — A hybrid raised be- ■ 

 tween C. Trianoe and C. dolosa in the collection of Baron 

 Schroder, of The Dell, Egham. The sepals and petals are 

 veined and tinged with clear rose-pink, and the lip white 

 with rose-colored margin and an orange throat. It was 

 exhibited at a meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society 

 on August 23d last, and was awarded a first-class certifi- 

 cate. — Gardeners' Chronicle, August 27th, p. 249. 



EuLOPHiOLLA Elisabethce, L. Lind. & Rolfe. — A very in- 

 teresting and handsome new genus, with something of the 

 habit of Catasetum. It has an arching raceme of largish 

 white flowers, with some maroon-purple on the back of 

 the sepals and a deep yellow disk to the lip. The pedicels 

 and the entire scape are of a deep lurid vinous-purple. It 

 was introduced by Messrs. Linden, L'Horticulture Inter- 

 nationale, Brussels, and flowered in their establishment. — 



Linde7iia, t. ^2S. ,, , „ 



Kew. A A Roue. 



Foreign Correspondence. 

 London Letter. 



Prunus Jacquemontii. — This is an interesting species of 

 Plum, the introduction of which we owe to Dr. Aitchison, 

 who sent seeds of it from Afghanistan to Kew, where it 

 flowered in May, 1887, and was figured in the Botanical 

 Magazine. It has fruited freely this year, and is now a con- 

 spicuous ornament in the Arboretum, the rich crimson fruits, 

 as large as those of the Cherry Plum (P. myrobalana), being 

 abundant on the twiggy spineless branches, upon which 

 the brown tinted ovate leaves still remain. The fruits are 

 in appearance as tempting as cherries, but their taste is 

 not agreeable, being acid and astringent. The plant is, 

 hov\'ever, worth growing to look at. According to Hooker, 

 it is the plant referred to by Brandis in his Forest Flora, 



