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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Lselio-Cattleyas, Winter Flowering". By W. H. Young (Gard. 

 Mag. 2627, p. 169, 5 3/04). — A detailed account of the numerous 

 varieties of these hybrid Orchids that flower during the winter season. 



The writer, a well-known Orchid-grower, gives clear practical hints 

 upon their culture. 



Illustrations of some of these hybrids accompany the article. — W. G. 



Lantanas, The. By Angiolo Pucci (Bull. B. Sec. Tosc. Ort. 10, 

 p. 313, Sept. 1904). — This is one of those old plants which have 

 almost vanished from our gardens. It belongs to the Verbenacecz, and 

 constitutes a group of more or less robust and vigorous shrubs with 

 deciduous leaves, and having a long resting period. During this latter 

 they are put aside in a room, and kept dry like bulbs and tubers. At the 

 proper season they are taken outside again and pruned and repotted. 

 They can also be planted in the open ground, remaining there until far 

 on in the autumn. When cultivated in pots they prefer full sun- exposure 

 and can bear placing on a pavement or against a wall where the sun's heat 

 is greatest. They prefer a soil in which clay predominates, to which old 

 dung is added. 



Soon after the leaves are on, flowering begins and continues well on 

 into the autumn. The inflorescence is corymbose, and in many species 

 the flowers composing it are of different colours. The typical Linnean 

 species bears the name Camara, and is native in South America. This 

 species has a very compact corymb, and the flowers are at first yellow and 

 then rose-coloured. Numerous varieties have come from this species, of 

 which the following are amongst the most remarkable and distinct : — 

 Rongier-Chauviere, Solfatare, Miracle, Queen Victoria, Alba grandiflora, 

 Brilliantissima, Pulcherrima, Victor Lemoine, Compacta, Triomphe, 

 Fulva, Variegata, &c. 



L. nivea, from Brazil, possesses pure white flowers ; the vars. grandi- 

 flora and mutabilis come from it. 



L. Sclloiciana, from Brazil, bears reddish-violet flowers tinged with 

 white, which are longer than those of any other species. 



L. crocea differs little from V. Camara, having the tube of the flowers 

 slightly more elongated. 



L. odorata, from Trinidad, has pure rose-coloured flowers. 



The propagation of the Lantanas is by cuttings, struck in a warm 

 frame or in a box, and by seed. The plants produced from the latter 

 flower the same year. — W. G. W. 



Lathrsea clandestina. Anon. (Gard. Ghron. No. 906, p. 292, figs. 

 126, 127, May 7, 1904). -This curious parasitic plant was growing very 

 freely on the roots of Beech and Willow in the gardens of the Royal 

 Botanic Society in Regent's Park. It is a native of the south-western 

 part of France, but has been introduced into many gardens in this 

 country. It is very effective when growing in masses ; the flowers are 

 rosy-lilac, and the bracts ivory-white. — G. S. S. 



Lawns, Garden. By II Giardinaggio (Bull B. Soc. Tosc. Ort. 3 

 p. 91, March 1901).— The grass most in use for their formation is the Ray- 



