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will b3 a sufficient recommendation ; for it must be confessed that, elegant and beautiful 

 as are many of the newer-discovered species, none equal 0. grande in the gorgeous colouring 

 of its large massive flowers. The subject of our notice appeared in the Hollo way Nursery, 

 and has been named by Professor Eeichenbach in compliment to Mr. B. S. Williams. 



Ia colour much like 0. grande, j>etals shorter, broader, and blunter than in the last-named species ; column 

 with' uncinate wings, as in 0. Insleayi and 0. Schlioperianuiu . Keel sharper than that of 0. grande, with an 

 adventitious angle at each side.— Gardener's Chronicle, N.S., vol. xvi, p. 134. 



Odontoglossum nevadense. A handsome 

 species introduced by M. Linden, through the 

 collector Wallis, who found it in the mountain dis- 

 tricts of New Granada. It is a distinct and 

 handsome species, and will doubtless thrive under 

 the conditions of heat and moisture that are found 

 to answer for the section of Odontoglots that do 

 best with a little more warmth than the cool kinds, 

 of which 0. crispum is the most popular 

 example. 



Pseudo-bulbs ovate pointed compressed, with 

 a pair of linear-lanceolate leaves. The flowers 

 are large and borne in loose penduloiis racemes 

 from the base of the pseudo-bulbs. Sepals 

 and petals narrow, lanceolate, acuminate, yellow, 

 heavily spotted with rich brown. Lip white 

 striped with brown, with two erect crescent- 

 shaped lateral lobes near the base, and with two 

 prominent crests in the middle near the base, 

 and finely toothed at the margin. — Gardener's 

 Chronicle, N.S., vol. xvi., p. 460, with fig. 



Deutzia gracilis. Zuccarini. A 

 fine hardy deciduous shrub from Japan, 

 with weeping branches profusely covered 

 with small white flowers. Belongs to 

 the Syringas {Philticlelpliacece). Intro- 

 duced by Dr. v. Siebold. (Fig. 116.) 



The beauty of such Deutzias as we have in 

 our gardens renders every species an object of 

 considerable interest. This, which inhabits the 

 damp valleys and lofty mountains of Japan, is 

 said to grow naturally about two yards high ; its 

 branches are long, flexible, and drooping, especially when in flower. The leaves are small, wedge-shaped-lanceolate, 

 or ovate-lanceolate, tapering to the point with small serratures, and a coating on both faces of fine starry hairs. 

 The main branches are covered with lateral branchlets, bearing at the point graceful racemes of white flowers about 

 as large as those of a Snowy Medlar {Amelanchier). 



It is necessary to observe that under the false name of Deutzia gracilis there exists in gardens a worthless 

 Callicarp, which Siebold calls C. Murasald. 



Nepenthes Masteusiana. In this we have another hybrid variety raised by Mr. 

 Court, the indefatigable cultivator of these plants in Messrs. Veitclr's establishment. It 



