October 36, 1912 



THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



NEW PLANTS, ETC. 



♦ 



COTONEASTER ZABELI. 



A strong-growing shrub that promises to 

 become a small tree when well established. 

 It is semi-evergreen, and has pointed, ovate 



COLUMNEA GLABEA. 



A handsome Costa Eican speeies with 

 somewhat pendulous growtli^ that bear erect 

 scarlet flowers three inches long. These 

 flowers are solitary and produced from the 

 upper axils in the leafy ends of the twig.^. 

 A freely-flowered, twiggy branch presentt^ a 

 handsome appearance. An intermediate 



(iovernor of Fiji, in the ishuid of Efate. 

 The growtlus are from 8 to 4Aft. high, thick 

 nnd leafy, and l>ear mauy-iiowered axillary 

 racemes towards t he tdjw of the pseudo- 

 bulbs. The flow^'i^ arc of medium size, 

 wliile, witli lilac marks <iii the side ]ol>es of 

 the lilt. The ..cpaLs arc spirally twisted, and 

 the petals curved upwards at the endfi. 

 Bot. Mag.,'* t. 8,452. 



G.M 4(35 



CIIRYSANTHI-MrM MKS. (i. l.i.; ) V D-W UUi. 



. f nrU hcv the flowers large, the colour soft vrll<nv. 



A distinct Japanese variety described ^^^^JJ^;^"'^ Mesil Wells and Co., Merstham. 



A.M., R.H.S.. 



'•^aves between one and two inches long. The house suits it and cuttings root readily. 



dull -•- - ■ " l^nt Mapf.. t. n -i-^o. 



^ill crimson l>erries are produced 

 mit the colouring is not nearly so effective as 

 l^" the case of C. salicifolia rugosa. A.M., 

 ^•H.S., October 8. Hon. Vicary Gibbs 

 'gardener, Mr. E. Beckett, V.M.H.), Alden- 

 "'^w House, Elstree. 



Bot. Mag.;- t. H 45:5. 



DENDROBIUM IMTHURNI. 

 A -y robust-growing and beautiful ^J.*-" 

 cies from the New Hebrides. It was dis- 

 covered by Sir Edward Im Thurn. when 



It 



BERBERI8 vi:i!i;r( rL(>sA. 



4n attractive Cliiiu-o ..|hch -. collected 

 Western Szechunu hy Mr. i:. H. ^\ >l-oii. 

 forms a dense, low, sturdy bu.h t!u,t should 

 hnd favour in the rock gardi'u. ^1"' t«^g^ 

 are very short, and bear frou. thre<> to hve 



