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Louise Odier — briglit 

 rose. 



L'juise Peyronny — delicate 

 rose. 



Unie. Boll — briglit carmine- 

 rose. 



Mme. Charles Crapelet— 

 briglit rose. 



lime. Charles Wood— rich 

 carmine. 



Mine. Claire Mathieu— soft 

 rosy pink. 



Mme. Clemence Joigneaux— 

 reddish-lilac. 



Mme. Creyton— light car- 

 mine. 



Mme. de Cambaceres — rosy- 

 carmine ; large and full. 



Mme. George Schwartz- 

 soft shaded pink. 



Mme. Hector Jacquin — 

 rosy-lilac ; large. 



Mme. Knorr — deep pink, 

 with rosy centre. 



Mme. Lacharme — pale blush; 

 very chaste. 



Mme. Laffay— one of the 

 sweetest and best of the 

 rich purples. 



Mme. Marie Cirodde— bright 

 rosy-pink. 



Mme. Elvers — soft bright 

 flesh. 



Mme. Victor Yerdier — 



bright red. 

 Mile. Bonnaire — delicate 



rosy-pink. 

 Mile. Eugenie Verdier — 



crimson. 

 Mile. Th^rese Levet — 



bright rose. 

 Marchioness of Exeter- 

 bright rose. 

 M*A'guerite Jamain — deep 



flesh-coloured. 

 Marquise de Castellane — 



bright rose. 

 Maurice Bernardin — rich 



vermilion. 

 Miss Hassard — soft pinky. 



Mrs. Harry Turner — rich 



crimson-scarlet. 

 Paul Neron — rich deep 



rose. The largest Eose m 



cultivation, and a capital 



autumnal bloomer. 

 Peach Blossom — delicate 



pink. 



Perfection des Blanches — 

 pure white ; thin. 



Prt'fet Limbourge — crim- 

 son, shaded purple ; fra- 

 grant. 



Prince Arthur — rich deej) 

 crimson. 



Prince Camille de Rohan — 

 rich velvety-crimson; very 

 sweet and good. One of 

 the very finest for bed or 

 border. 



Princess Christian — chaste 

 and soft rosy-peach. 



Princess Mary of Cambridge 

 — pale rose. 



Queen Victoria— pale pink. 



Eed Dragon, Eed Gauntlet, 

 Eed Eover — three com- 

 Tiaratively new bright 

 Eoses, of robust habit and 

 sterling merit for the 

 garden . 



Souvenir de John Veitch — 

 rich crimson, shaded pur- 

 ple. 



Souvenir de la Eeine d'An- 



gleterre — large ; bright 



rose-colour 

 Souvenir de Victor Verdier 



- red, shaded violet. 

 Thyra Hamiiierich — rosy 



flesh-colour. 

 Triomphe deFrance— bright 



carmine ; very fragrant. 

 Triomphe des Beaux Arts — 



fiery -crimson. 

 Vivid — very bright red. 

 WilliamGriffith — soft satiny 



rose. 



William Paul— bright crim- 



OECHIDS. 



By William Hugh Goweb. 



To these garden Eoses two welcome additions have 

 recently been made, albeit they are single — Paul's 

 •Crimson and White Perpetual. These Roses, though 

 so opposite in colour, are both alike furnished with 

 yellow stamens that add very much to their distinct- 

 ness and beauty. The whole of the White Hybrid Per- 

 petual Roses should also be reckoned among the 

 very best for the garden ; and, indeed, few or none 

 are sufficiently full to be included among show 

 Roses. 



This batch of white will complete our list of garden 

 Roses — ■ 



Louise Darzens. — Full; white-cupped, tinted with 

 pale flesh. 



Elise Boelle. — White, tinted with pale flesh. 



Madame Fran<;ois Fittct.- — White; good grower. 



Coquette des Blanches. — Pure white ; large and free. 



Boule de Neige. — Pure white ; small, but perfect in 

 form and full of fragrance. 



Mabel Morrison, White Baroness, and Merveillc de 

 Lyon, are all sports from Baroness Rothschild, and 

 are aooong the largest and most striking of all pure 

 white Roses for the garden. 



Huntleya. — This genus was named, upwards of 

 forty years ago, in honour of the Rev. Thomas 

 Huntley, who was a most enthusiastic lover of 

 plants. The genus, however, is still very little 

 understood, for this, together with BoUea, Fescatoria, 

 Warsceiviczella, Warrea, Zygopetalimi^ and Batemania, 

 are very much jumbled together, and it is very 

 difficult to strictly define their distinctions. 



Huntleyas and their relatives have been somewhat 

 uncertain plants, and have rather puzzled the culti- 

 vator to kee]3 them alive for many years. Even 

 where they grow and flower profusely, they have a 

 bad habit of casting their leaves from the previous 

 years' growths, so that it is not often that one sees 

 very large specimens. These plants must never be 

 allowed to suffer from drought, for although during 

 our dull winter days less moisture is necessary, it 

 must never be entirely withheld. In potting, rough 

 fibrous peat should be used without sphagnum, and 

 this only as a thin covering to the roots, the pot 

 being filled with drainage. They are found growing 

 at some 6,000 to 8,000 feet elevation, oftentimes in 

 the company of Trlchopllias, Fllumnas, and similar 

 jDlants, and should be kept at the cool end of the 

 Brazilian House. 



H. alhido-fulva. — This plant has always been 

 scarce. It produces broad ligulate leaves, which are 

 dark green above, paler below, and arranged in a 

 distichous manner. Peduncles erect, one-flowered; 

 sepals and petals oblong-acuminate, sub-equal, the 

 basal half white, the tips tawny-yellow. Lip white 

 tipped with rosy-red, crested at the base. Summer 

 months. Brazil. 



H. cerina. — The name of Waxy Huntleya is mcJst 

 applicable for this species. It was originally dis- 

 covered by that veteran amongst plant collectors, 

 Warscewicz, in 1851, growing in abundance on the 

 volcanic mountain of Chiriqui, in the companj^ of a 

 host of Trichojnlias, at nearly 8,000 feet elevation. 

 The leaves are arranged in a two-ranked manner, 

 they are oblong-acuminate, narrow, 9 to 12 inches 

 long, and deep green; peduncle erect, shorter than 

 the leaves, one-flowered. Flowers large, thick and 

 wax)", upwards of three inches in diameter. Sepals 

 and petals nearly equal, thick and fleshy, and of a 

 uniform very pale straw-colour. Lip ovate, rich 

 yellow, ornamented near the base with a lunate 

 fringe, composed of numerous raised plates. It 

 flowers during spring and early summer, lasting long 

 in full beauty. Central America. 



lonopsis. — A small genus of very beautiful epi- 

 phytes, very nearly allied to Biirlingtonia. The name 



