April i8, iS88.] 



Garden and Forest. 



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two petals, the broad one resembling- a lip about an inch wide. 

 The color is a bright purple, intensified by the ricli blotch of 

 orange yellow on the lip. It is a plant of singular beauty, and 

 those who love Orchids must admire this BJadderwort. For- 

 tunately it requires the same treatment as many Orchids, being 

 best grown in a suspended basket in an intermediate house. 

 It is a native of tropical South America. Sir Trevor Lawrence 

 showed the specimen. 



A new single white Violet, called The Bride, exhibited by 

 James Veitch & Sons, also won a certificate. It flowers pro- 

 fusely, small plants showing masses of pure white and fra- 

 grant bloom. The large and alumdant foliage indicates a 

 plant of strong growth and of good promise for market pur- 

 poses. 



A modest little Rock-Sa.xifrage, with cushions of primrose 

 yellow flowers, won the third certificate. It was named 5. 

 Frederici-Augusti, but it may prove identical with or a form of 



Among a group of plants from Veitch's nursery were three 

 iudispensaljle kinds for the green-house in March. One was the 

 Rhododendron Early Gem, 'a hybrid from the early flowering 

 R. Dauricuiii, but very much superior in every way. The plants 

 shown were only aljout a foot high, but were sm'othered with 

 bloom, each flower being two inches across and of a rich violet 

 purple. It has been known here for some years and is popular 

 among gardeners, as it requires but little or no forcing, and a 

 group of a dozen plants makes a fine effect. 



Another early shrul) was Azalea altaclerensis, an old variety 

 raised at Highclere, the Earl of Carnarvon's estate in Berkshire, 

 famous for the Rhododendrons and other hylirids raised a 

 generation ago. This Azalea is similar to the well-known A. 

 Pontica. The flowers are large, of a bright clear yellow borne 

 in large clusters, and rendered most effective, by the tender 

 green of the new foliage. The third is the new Boronia hetero- 

 phylla, a native of Australia, one of the so-called New Hol- 







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6'. liiteo-purpiirea. It is a charming little plant for an open 

 rock garden, as it flowers profusely in defiance of frosts and 

 snow, and so does S. Burseriana, which was shown beau- 

 tifully by the same exhibitors, Paul & Son, of Cheshunt. 

 Among other exhibits not cerfificated there was the new Rose, 

 Lady Alice, a paler flowered sort than Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, 

 one of Bennett's seedlings, from which it is a sport. The 

 flowers are more globular, and the tint is a delicate blush, just 

 a shade away from white. It is extremely floriferous ; so 

 much so, indeed, that, like its relative, it does not make growth 

 enough for the nurserymen. Mr. Paul tells me that the plants 

 he showed, a dozen in number, all with several fine flowers, 

 were from a lot taken into a slightly heated house in Decem- 

 ber, where, for the past six weeks, they have been supplying 

 cut blooms. A miniature Rose, called Red Pet, also new, 'was 

 also exhibited from Cheshunt. The flowers are small, but 

 abundant, and the color, a rosy crimson, is bright. Being very 

 dwarf, it is well adapted for pots in the green-house in spring. 



land plants. The plant most nearly resembling it is B, elatior, 

 but this novelty is finer in every respect. The growth is slen- 

 der, yet bushy ; the flowers, like tiny bells, are of a brilliant 

 carmine-crimson and hang on the erect branches so thickly as 

 to obscure the narrow leaves. I consider it one of the finest 

 green-house plants introduced for many years. If hard- wooded 

 green-house plants find much favor in the United States, this 

 should be remembered as one worth having. 



Among the Orchids the most remarkable were the following: 

 P/iajus tuherculosus sttperbtis, a truly superb variety, having 

 larger flowers than those of the species and with broader and 

 whiter sepals and a more richly colored lip. The new Angrtrcum 

 SanderianuDi was shown to perfection by Sir Trevor Lawrence, 

 the plant having four spikes nearly a foot long of snow-white 

 flowers, showing how wonderfully free it is in flowering. But 

 the finest Orchid in the show was Cyrtopodiuni Sainilegerinnum, 

 which much resembles the old plant named by Lindley C. 

 punctatuin. It bears a huge branched panicle of flowers, each 



