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Water Lilies in the Garrleii at Buitenzor"; — Se 



shrubs that has been shown for a long time. It is said to 

 be quite hardy in the open air in the Coombe Woiid 

 nurseries near London, hence it is a most vahiable acquisi- 

 tion. Messrs. Veitch also showed flowering twigs of the 

 pretty S/jrax /apotiica (considered by some to be a form of 

 ^. serndata virgala). The flowers of this species are white, 

 also, and, as they hang thickly on the twigs, they remind 

 one of our old favorite, the Solantini Jasininoides. This 

 Styrax is also hardy at Coombe Wood. 



The hybridization of stove Anthuriums has been carried 

 on in Belgium to a great extent, and has resulted in a 

 multitude of hybrids, some few of which are excellent and 

 decided improvements upon their parents. The principal 

 species that have been used in hybridizing are .-1. .-l?2(:^/-e- 

 aniun and the old A. ScJierscriaiinin. One of these new 

 hybrids was shown yesterday by IM. Linden, of Brussels, 

 and the committee gave it a first-class certificate. It is 

 called A. Desmetianum, after one of the Ghent nursery- 

 men. The plant is a good deal like A. Andreanum in 

 growth, having similar heart-shaped leaves, and also a 

 heart-shaped flower-spathe about four inches long, but, 

 instead of being of the usual bright scarlet, it is of the 

 deepest blood-red-crimson, a color not hitherto seen 

 arnong Anthuriums. It is certainly a break from ever)-- 

 thing yet produced, yet it may be "only a seminal form 

 of A. Aiidreanum. 



A new Sarracenia named 6". Williamsil was shown by 

 Mr. B. S. \\'illiams and was certificated. It is a hybrid 

 between the dwarf S. piirj>urea and one of the tall pitch- 

 ered species, such as ^. Jlava or S Drianmondii. The pitch- 



ers are about fifteen inches high, of massive size, and 

 very handsomely shaped about the lid and mouth. They 

 are of a cheerful apple-green, marked with a tracery of 

 heavy crimson veins. Though we have such a large 

 number of hybrid Sarracenias, there is certainl}"- room for 

 such a handsome sort as this. \Y, Goldrin<r. 



London, June i3fh. 



New or Little Known Plants. 



Amelancliier oligocarpa.* 



ALL of the American forms of the Shadbush or June- 

 berry have long been grouped together as varie- 

 ties of one species, Amelancliier Canadensis. Of late years 

 the western species, A. alni/olia, which was figured in a 

 recent number of Garden and Forest, has been recog- 

 nized as distinct. A figure is now given of one of the 

 eastern varieties which seems to be equall)'' worthy of 

 specific rank. 



Unlike our common Shadbush, which is often found in 

 dry, open woods, this is an inhabitant of cold swamps 

 and mountain bogs, and is found only northward, from 

 Labrador and Rupert's Land to Newfomullantl, New 

 Brunswick, northern New England and New ^'ork. and 

 the shores of Lake Superior. It is a low shrub, rarely 

 more than from two to four feet high, and the smooth 



* A. OLIGOCAKPA, Roein. Svn. M.^nop;., iii. 145. A low l)Usli ; leaves olilotii^ or 

 i-arelv ohlons-ovate, acute at eacli end, sharply serrulate, i^labrnu.'* (somewhat 

 pubescent when youni;} ; flowers one to four, loni^-pcdicellate ; pet;il3 obovate ; 

 rruit dark purple, obovate to short-oblong. 



