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Garden and Forest. 



[May 2, 18.SS. 



maining in the soil, form little canals through which water 

 penetrates the hard ground, and grass springs up and flourishes 

 so that certain tracts in New South Wales can now support ten 

 times as many sheep as before their trees were cut. 



No less than 341 species, varieties and hybrids are included 

 in the list of Cypripediums published in a recent issue of Le 

 Moniteur d' Horticulture, and now issued as a separate publica- 

 tion. The parentage of hybrids is given and species with 

 annual leaves are distinguished. 



Recent Plant Portraits. 



Gardener's Ckroiiiele, March 24th. 



UTR1CUL.A.RIA LONGIFOLIA (showing a casc of prolifer- 

 ation). 



HOLOTHRIX LiNDLEANA. 

 Hooker's hones P/antaruin. 



Satyrium PRINCEP.S, /. 1729; a handsome species from 

 Port Elizabeth, with showy carmine fiowers. 



Tabebuia longipes, /. 1738. 



Adinotinus Sinensis, t. 1740; the representative of a new 

 genus of the Honeysuckle Family, witli digitate foliage of 

 a Horse-Chestnut and the fiowers of a Guelder Rose. It is from 

 central China and should be hardy and an interesting addition 

 to garden shrubs. 



Decumaria Sinensis, /. 1741; is also a native of central 

 China and should make a handsome hardy garden creeper, with 

 its obovate leaves and heads of fragrant white flowers. Much 

 interest is attached to the plant as a second representative of 

 a genus known heretofore only in our Southern States. 



Hamamelis mollis, /. 1742 ; a new Witch-hazel from central 

 China. 



CHRYSOSPLENIUM MACROPHYLLUlM, /. I744. 

 AbUTILON Sinense, /. 1750; a native of south-west China ; a 

 shrub or low tree, with beautiful yellow flowers. 



Botanical Magazine, April, 



NympH/EA Kewensis, t. 6988; a very handsome liybrid raised 

 in the Royal Garden in 1885 by impregnating the white flow- 

 ered N. Lotus with the pollen of N. Devonicnsis, itself a liybrid. 

 The flowers are described as nine inches in diameter and as 

 remaining openfor several hours afternoon. 



Brodi.-ea Howellii, t. 6989 ; a pretty white flowered species 

 discovered a few years ago in Washington Territory by the 

 collector whose name it bears. 



Masdevailia gibberosa, t. 6990; a ciu-ious little species 

 from New Grenada; of no horticultural value. 



Cantleya lutea, /. 6991. 



Abies Nordmanniana, /. 6992 ; "A. Nordmanniana be- 

 longs to a group of five closely allied European and wist 

 Asiatic Silver Firs, the limits of which are not yet well 

 defined. Of these tlie type is A. pectinata, the common 

 Silver Fir, which extends from the centre of France 

 eastward to middle Russia, and reappears in Macedonia and 

 Greece, extending to Anatolia in the extreme east of Asia 

 Minor, and according to Ledabour, also in the Caucasian 

 districts of Imperetia and Ossatia. A. Apollinis, with its varie- 

 ties Panachaica and Pegincp Anialicp, is confined to the moun- 

 tains of Greece and Macedonia. A. Cephalonica is more 

 restricted still, being found only in the small island whose 

 name it bears. Both of these last are considered as forms of 

 A. pectinata by Heldreich, the most competent authority, by 

 far, on Greek liotany. A.Cilicica is the most Southern species, 

 lieing confined to the Taurus and Anti-Taurus Mountains in 

 ancient Cilicica, and to the Lebanon ; it is the only Levantine 

 'species, and differs remarkably from the above, and from the 

 following, in the retrorsely hooked angles of the scales. 

 Lastly, there is A. Nordmanniana, to which the geographical 

 limits assigned by Boissier are all the mountains towards the 

 east and south-east shores of the Black Sea, including the 

 south-western spin's of the Caucasus. . . . The nearest 

 ally of all these species is the Afghan and Himalayan A. li'ei- 

 biana, which approaches A. Nordmanniana more nearly than 

 any of the more western species. 



"A. Nordmanniana is a noble forest tree, attaining 150 feet in 

 height, with a trunk six feet in diameter; it inhabits elevations 

 of 2,000 feet ;md upwards, growing with species of Coryhis, 

 Carpinius, Cornus, Philadclplius and other European trees." 

 J. D. Hooker. 



Public Works. 



Central Park, New York. — A section of the park along its 

 Fiilli Avenue boundary, and between io2d and i loth streets, 

 originally a part of Mount St. Vincent Convent grounds, has 

 remained undeveloped because the city did not get possession 



of it at the outset. The whole district was set apart for office 

 and nursery purposes, and the conservatory attached to the 

 convent was allowed to stand until the buildings burned down. 

 For twenty years the ground has been devoted, to the experi- 

 mental growth of plants, and a number of comparatively rare 

 and tender trees and shrubs have been collected here in a 

 somewhat sheltered position. The Park Board has determined 

 to begin the permanent improvement of this area, on the 

 recommendation of Mr. Vaux, the Landscape Architect of the 

 Department, and Superintendent Parsons. The collection of 

 plants that have already succeeded will be extended, and other 

 choice trees and shrubs which will thrive in this protected 

 ampliitheatre will be added. It is fortunate for the city, and 

 for all who appreciate thoroughly good landscape work, that 

 Mr. Vaiix is again in a position of authorityin all matters which 

 touch the design of the park. 



Retail Flower Markets. 



New York, Al'ril sjtli. 



The trade in flowers is very good, especially with Broadway florists. 

 The supply is short and the average quality poor. Paul Neyron con- 

 tinues to hold the lead among hybrid Roses. Baroness Rothschild 

 follows next, and then comes American Beauty. The finest of these 

 Roses bring 75 cts. each, and the second grade cost 40 and 50 cts. 

 Puritans are in good demand, but aie scarce. They are steady at 50 

 cts. each. La France, Catherine Mermet and The Bride sell for $2 a 

 dozen. Catherine Mermets are poor in color and ^•ery ragged. There 

 are not enough first-rate Jacqueminots to meet the request. They 

 cost $2.50 and $3 a dozen. Tulips of first quality. Daffodils and 

 Lilics-of-the- Valley bring $1 a dozen. Lilacs are $1 a bunch. The 

 white variety is strong and full. Scarlet Carnations are abundant and 

 well grown. They cost from 35 to 50 cts. a dozen. Grace Wilder and 

 Buttercups are inferior, and may be bought for 25 cts. a dozen. Both 

 Liliiim langijiorum andCallas bring $3 a dozen. Violets are small and 

 unsatisfactory at prices unchanged. Sniilax is very scarce, and in de- 

 mand at 50 cts. a yard. Asparagus teniiissimus costs 50 and 75 cts. a 

 yard. The tilling of window boxes and jardinieres for court-yards 

 makes busy days for gardeners. Pansies, Forget-me-nots, Daisies 

 and Lobelias are favorite flowers for window-boxes. Vines are more 

 used in their arrangement this spring. 



PlULADEl.rHlA, April 2^ 111. 



Unusually cold weather has kept up a steady demand for all kinds of 

 flowers of first quality, and it has also held flowers in good condition 

 later than in ordinary seasons. Some notable weddings and dinners 

 lia\'e helped to hold up prices by the profusion with which the finest 

 Bovvers were used for decoration. These facts account for the firm- 

 ness of the market, which has ranged during the week at the prices 

 last quoted. Trailing Arbutus is very plentiful, and sells at 10 cts. to 

 25 cts. a bunch. This diversity of prices is not due to a difference of 

 cjuality in the stock, but to the different locations where sales are 

 made. On Tuesday an amateur in Rose culture bought all the fine 

 Roses that were on sale and added them to his ovvn collection for a 

 private exhibition. His own Roses are grown in a house more dian 

 100 feet long, specially constructed, and with every recent appli- 

 ance for the most successful culti\'ation of Roses. Another market in- 

 cident of the week was a single order for more than 1,000 heads of the 

 beautiful pale blue Forget-me-not. This fa\orite is now at its best, 

 the fiowers being cut from plants that ha^■e been kept in cold-frames 

 all winter. With warmer weather and brighter sunshine it will be- 

 come seedy. 



Boston, April 2J Hi. 



The supply of Roses has materially decreased during the past week, 

 and there is now a fair demand ff)r all good stock that is offered. One 

 of the most popular of the new Roses, Ulrich Brliner, is seen occasion- 

 ally, and it sells well. In color it is remarkably bright. Jacqueminots 

 and Hybrids are quite scarce, good blooms of the latter selling for $6 

 to $8 per dozen. The best Jacqueminots bring $4 per dozen. Cariia- 

 fions are rather small, the usual result of warmer and brighter 

 weather. Tlicy cost aljout 50 cts. a dozen. Violets are scarce at 

 S1.50 to %2 a hundred, and Pansies plenty at $1 a hundred. Among 

 the prettiest flowers seen here at this time of the year are the Prim- 

 roses. These coine in all shades of lemon, chrome yellow, bronze 

 and brown. They are beautifully marked and edged, and some of 

 the lighter colored ones are deliciously fragrant. A small bunch 

 costs 50 cts. There is still an abundance of Lilies-of-the-\'alley and 

 Tulips, with a fair stock of Daffodils and Poet's Narcissus. One dollar 

 a dozen is the standard price for these until they bloom out-of-doors. 

 Lilies of all varieties are also abundant at moderate prices. Among 

 the no\'elties are some white Asters which an out-of-town grower has 

 succeeded in forcing, and a few single Sunflowers. Really good .Smi- 

 lax cannot be (obtained at any price. Asparagus, which would make 

 such an admirable substitute for Smilax, seems to win favor but 

 slowly, and the only green used in large quantities is Ferns, the hardy 

 native kinds being used for edges and background of all baskets and 

 designs, and Maiden-hair Ferns for general finish and effect. 



