2;3D JOUIiNAL OF THE EOYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Modecca senensis (Passiflonuc), Mo/ani))i(ino and Delagoa Bay 

 {Bol. Maij. lab. 77(^0. - A unisexual plant. Tlic pale yellow calyx of 

 the male is tubular and nlightly intlatcd with a reflexed twist, 1), in. in 

 length ;. the petals, &c., are entirely included. — G. H. 



Model Gardens, German {Die dart. 19, p. 217 ; ei.ii:]it figs.).— 

 An account of tlie fruit nursery of Paul lluber at Hallo in Saxony. 



A. IL K. 



Montbretia crocosmaeflora var. Germania {Die ({art. 14, 



p. IGl ; coloured fig.). — 'I'lie i-csult of a cross l)et\veon M. crocosma aiirca 

 iinpcrialis and one of the numerous Montbretia varieties in cultivation. 

 Flowers large and richly coloured. — A. II. K. 



Moorea irrorata. By G. Schmuder (Gard. Chron. p. 218 ; 

 figs. 94 and 95 ; 20 4/1901). -Described and figured.— C/. *S'. ,S. 



Moss, Fossil [I'x'i hot. Cent. bd. 10, ht. 8).— llerr Adalbert Geheeb 

 records the iliscovery of a form of Hi/j)niun fluitans, L., in a deposit of peat 

 or clay under about 2'r) metres of loam in the neighbourhood of Fulda. 



G. F. S.'E. 



Nandina domestica. ]>y H. Dauthenay (Rev. Ilorl. p. 59 ; 

 January 1901). — Japanese evergreen shrub, with red berries, stated to 

 be quite hardy and well worth growing, though reputed tender, and hence 

 rare.— C. T. D. 



Neillia Torreyi (liosaccce), Rocky ^fountains. (IJot. Mag. tab. 7758). — 

 A shrub with small corymbs, 2 in. in diameter, of white fiowers. Leaves 

 resembling those of the Currant ; from the Arboretum, Kew. — G. II. 



New Plants in Cultivation, iiy M. E. Badinghaus {Rev. Ilort. 

 Beige, March 1901). — The following are described : Salvia splcndcns, 

 Gloire de Stuttgart; S. s. panacli6, a feuille d'Aucuba ; Antirrhinu7n 

 majus, fol. aur. * Sonnengold ' ; A. m. Soleil d'or, an improvement upon 

 Tom Pouce ; Arctotis grandis (stoechadifolia) ; Centaurca dejjrcssa, Roi 

 des bluets. — G. H. 



Nicotiana colossea variegrata. With coloured plate {Rev. Ilori. 

 Beige, April 1901). — A most ornamental species. The leaves are oval, 

 of a bright green with a yellow irregular border. — G. H. 



Nomenclature of Hybrid Orchids. By H. J. Chapman {Gard. 

 Mag. 2470, p. 182 ; 2/3/1901). — The writer pleads for a central authority 

 for the naming of hybrid Orchids, which are now so numerous. The 

 R.H.S. should be the naming authority, and a ''stud book," or "pedigree 

 book," of all hybrid Orchids should be kept by the Society, together with 

 dried specimens and coloured drawings for the purpose of identification. 



W. G. 



