ol callas (or nchardias, as they should more properly be 

 called) is as great in the United States as in Great Britain. 

 But here the old R. sEthiopica, often called lily-of-the-nile, 

 is grown more or less in every garden possessing a glass- 



vated in immense quantities to supply the flower markets of calla * 

 London and other large cities. Up to within the last two 

 years this white-flowered species was the only one of any use 



species or forms with yellow flowers have been, or are about 

 to be, put in commerce. The first of these was Richardia 

 HUiottiana. which was exhibited at Westminster three years 

 ago, and for the stock of which several hundred pounds was 

 offered. During the past year, however, it has been some- 

 what eclipsed by a new species quite distinct from it, which 

 has been called Richardia Pentlandii. Its spathes (commonly 

 called flowers) are of a rich buttercup-yellow, and as large as 

 those of the old white species. This is undoubtedly the most 

 noteworthy greenhouse plant of the year, and it is to be hoped 

 that it, as well as R. Elliottiana, will soon exist in sufficient 

 quantities to be available for general cultivation. Within the 

 last month of the year it was announced that a Monsieur 

 Deleuil, of Marseilles, had raised a hybrid between Richardia 

 *lbo-maculata and R. hastata, both thirty-year-old plants in 

 gardens, but neither of them much grown. This hybrid is 

 also said by its raiser to have fine yellow flowers, and is 

 thought to be identical with R. Elliottiana. Before anything 

 definite, however, can be said on this point or on its horticul- 

 tural value, the plant itself must be seen. Equally vague, 

 too, will have to be the reference to the fourth 'yellow calla.' 

 In the last week of December a hundred tubers of a richardia 

 were sold at a London auction room. They were named, 

 Provisionally, 'Pride of the Congo' and said to have been 

 collected in Central Africa, near Lake Nyanza. None, of 

 course, have yet flowered. 



"Of the other plants referable to this class, the following New 

 are selected as of most importance : Chirita depressa, intro- green- 

 duced to Kew from Kuantung, in China; it is a dwarf plant, 

 w 'th rosulate leaves and purple flowers shaped like those of 

 a gloxinia. It has been figured in the Botanical Magazine t. 

 7213. Cyrtanthus Galpinii is a handsome species sent to Kew 



