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proceeds the plaited or furrowed leaves about two feet 

 long. The flower stems are from two feet to three feet 

 high, surmounted by dense clusters of flowers, which 

 expand in succession, two or three being open at one 

 time. It was imported by Sander & Co., St. Albans, last 

 year, and the description given at the sale of its rare 

 beauty is more than confirmed by this plant, which is the 

 first that has been seen. 



Phalcenopsis John Seden, a new hybrid between P. 

 grandiflora and P. Luddeinanniaiw , was shown for the 

 first time by its raisers, Messrs. Veitch & Sons. This, too, 

 is a beauty, its flowers being different from those of any 

 other Phalaenopsis. They are as large as those of P. 

 grandiflora ; the petals and sepals being pure white, co- 

 piously spotted and freckled with rosy purple, with violet 

 and yellow on the lip. The vigorous growth of Ludde- 

 mann's species is transmitted to the progeny, which is 



nette was the best pink variety of this class, but the 

 present novelty eclipses it far and away in color, being 

 several shades darker and brighter, and the flowers are 

 produced in larger clusters. The Polyantha Roses have 

 been neglected, but they will, fast rise in favor now that 

 varieties are produced with rich delicate colors. 



The White Lilac, liLirie Lernoine, is one of the best varie- 

 ties of Syringa vulgaris I know. The flowers shown 

 were, of ' ourse, forced, the clusters were very large and 

 dense, and the flov^^ers of unusual size and snow white. 

 It was certificated chiefly on account of its great value 

 for forcing into early bloom, but, no doubt, it would be 

 equally fine in the open shrubbery. The best White 

 Lilacs we have besides this are grandiflora alba and 

 Marie Legraye, but 1 think Marie Lernoine is finer than 

 these even. . William Goldring. 



London, March 31st. 



fortunate. It is as pretty as the other new hybrid, F. 

 L. Ames, and certainly is more remarkable, and if it pos- 

 sesses the free flowering character of Luddemanniana, it 

 will make a valuable plant. 



Dendrobium crassinode superbani won the unanimous 

 approbation of the committee on account of the large 

 size' and. glowing color of the flowers which thickly 

 wreathed every stem. At first sight one would think it 

 identical with Barber's variety, but the flowers are decid- 

 edly larger, and the bright rose-purple color, instead of 

 being confined to the tips of the sepals and petals, runs 

 half way down, and is in beautiful contrast with the 

 whiteness of the other parts and the golden-blotched la- 

 bellum. This makes the third variety of I), crassinode 

 that has been named, the others being Barberianum and 

 album, the latter having white petals. 



Gloire de Polyantha Rose. — The charming little Poly- 

 antha Roses are now liecoming better known and more 

 popular, and this new sort, raised by Guillot of Lyons, 

 and shown by Paul of Cheshunt, is, perhaps, the best yet 

 produced. Until this sort came out one called Migno- 



New 



Little Known Plants. 

 Brodifea Brido-csii.* 



THIS is a characteristic representative of a large group 

 of umbelliferous liliaceous plants peculiar to western 

 North and South America, and especially abundant in 

 California. They differ from Allium, a genus -which is 

 found in all northern temperate regions, and is also very 

 abundant in the western United States, in the absence of 

 alliaceous odor, in springing from a solid corm instead of 

 a coated bulb, in the less spathaceous character of the 

 bracts which subtend the umbel, and in the character of 

 the ovary. The flowers vary greatly in color and form, 

 being often quite handsome, and are usually jointed upon 

 the pedicels. The most prominent genus of this group is 

 Brodicea, which includes some 20 or 25 Californian species 

 and a number of very little known South American ones. 



*P.. BRlDGEStl, Watson, Proc. Am. Acad. xiv. =37. Scape a foot hii;li ."'' ^°^< 

 from a small bulb ; pedicels 10 to 20, elongated : perianth blue, i: to 15 lines loni;, 

 funnclform, the narrow tube exceeding the lobes : stamens t\ in one row on the 

 throat, the short and nearly equal filaments dilated downward; anthers linear; 

 capsule ovate, much shorter than the stipe. 



