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66 Wahlenbergia undulata, Cham. — A straggling herbaceous 

 plant, which may be grown in suspended baskets, so that 

 its thin leafy stems may hang and display its companulate 

 deep blue flowers. It has been introduced from the Cape to 

 Kew. 



" Among popular greenhouse-plants, perhaps the most 

 noteworthy additions last year were the beautiful dwarf 

 cannas, whose large, richly-colored flowers and good nature 

 under ordinary cultivation have made them prime favorites in 

 England. Two pretty Japanese varieties of Azalia amcena, 

 hardy in England, were sent out by J. Veitch & Sons. 

 This firm has also added many new varieties of greenhouse 

 rhododendrons and hippeastrums. 



6i Herbaceous Plants. There was an extraordinary number 

 of varieties of popular harbaceous plants introduced last 

 year, such things as dahlias, gladioli, paeonias, carnations, 

 rudbeckias, delphiniums and irises being considerably rein- 

 forced by additional sorts of first-rate character. Of new 

 species there were very few, the best of them being as fol- 

 lows : Chionodoxa grandiflora, a variety of C. Lucilice, with 

 erect racemes and larger flowers than the type. It was pre- 

 viously known as C. gigantea (T. S. Ware & Co.). Galan- 

 thus Alleni, Baker, a pretty addition to cultivated snow- 

 drops, characterized by short broad leaves and pure 

 white flowers (Caucasus). G. nivalis var. Elsce, Burbidge, 

 a variety with larger flowers and broader leaves than G. Cor- 

 cyrensis, from Macedonia. Another variety, named Rachelice, 

 Burbidge, has larger flowers than the last-named, and 

 blossoms in October and November. Iris Fosteri, Baker, is 

 a handsome species of the Caucasica group. It has yellow 

 flowers blotched with deep violet. Liliuni Brownii var. 

 chloraster, Baker, is a new introduction to Kew from western 

 China, and differs from the type in having broader leaves, 

 larger flowers, with a broad green midrib to each segment, 

 and deep red pollen. L. Martagon X Hansoni, Baker, is a 

 hybrid raised by C. G. Van Tubergen, Haarlem, from the two 

 species indicated in the name. Watsonia densiflora var. alba 

 is a very pretty Cape bulb which has so far stood outdoors 

 at Kew, where it flowered for the first time last year. It has 

 erect spikes eighteen inches high, with the flowers in a dense 

 head like a ripe wheat-ear, pure white." 

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greenhouse 

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herbaceous 

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