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PAXTON'S FLOWER GARDEN. 



petioles, reniformi-orbieular, three, the lowei-most five-lobed ; lobes cuneate, generally again three-lobed and incised or 

 toothed ; upper ones nearly sessile, wedge-shaped, deeply three-lobed, and incised, the lobes linear-cuneate. Flowers 

 one to six upon a stem, on hairy, terete peduncles. Calyx of five ovate-oblong spreading hairy-herbaceous sepals. 

 Corolla two inches broad in cultivation, of five large, oblong, very glossy yellow spreading petals, with fiabelliform, 

 orange-coloured spots at the base. Stamens numerous, surrounding an oblong head of young carpels, which eventually 

 lengthens into a narrow cylindrical spike. — Botanical Magazine, t. 4585. 



Tullpa primulixa. Baker. This plant was found by Mr. H. J. Elwes, in the 

 Aures Mountains three hours west of Batna, in May, 1882, and he gives the following account 

 of it : " It grows on the ridges and open glades in the cedar forest, at an elevation of about 

 6,000 feet, and flowers in May. It is extremely sweet-scented. I previously knew 

 of the existence of such a plant from a drawing and specimen collected by Mr. Hammond at 

 Elkantara, about thirty miles farther in the interior than the place where I found it. It seems 

 quite distinct as a wild plant from T. fragrant, but I dd not know how long it may remain 

 so under cultivation. It was the only good bulbous plant I found in the Djibel Aures, 

 where neither Orchids nor Ferns, and very few bulbs, seem to exist/'' 



Bulb ovoid, an inch long. Stem two inches long below the surface, under half a foot long above it, one flowered. 

 Leaves four to six, linear, green, glabrous, channelled down the face. Peduncle glabrous, two or three inches long. 

 Flower very fragrant. Perianth infundibuliform, pale primrose-yellow, one inch long ; outer segments lanceolate, one- 

 sixth of an inch broad, tinged with bright red all over the back ; inner oblong one-third of an inch broad at the middle. 

 Stamens half as long as the perianth ; anthers bright orange-yellow, oblong, one-eighth of an inch long; filiments rather 

 lighter in colour, flattened, with a dense tuft of hairs at the base. Ovary ampulliform, narrowed gradually to the 

 apex ; stigma minute. 



Allied to T. cretica and T. Loionei. Differs from T. Australia by its pale primrose-yellowfl jwars and strong scent. 

 — Gardener's Chronicle, N.S., vol. xviii., p. 8. 



Masdevallia Aiiminii. Masdevallias, like several other genera of Orchids, have of 

 late been overdone, a good many having been introduced that have not much to recommend 

 them, excepting the singularity in the form of their flowers. We have not seen the species 

 under notice, but from what we- bear of it, still further confirmed by Professor ReichenbacVs 

 description, it appears to be a fine thing. Most likely it will succeed under treatment 

 similar to the generality of other species — that is, moderate heat and plenty of root 

 moisture. 



Much in the way of M. Wageneriana, yet the flower is a good deal larger, fine rose colour tinged with purple. A 

 nice companion for M. Estrada;, and M. ludibunda. It appears to have first been discovered by Schlim. — Gardeners 

 Chronicle, N.S. vol. xviii., p. 102. 



Saxifrage Campos ii. Now when herbaceous and Alpine plants suitable for rock- work 

 are again receiving the attention which they deserve, the Saxifrages hold a prominent plare. 

 They are compact in habit, occupying little room, and increasing faster than most things. 

 This, coupled with a profuse habit of Blooming, commends them to all lovers of hardy flowers. 

 S. Camposii ranks amongst the best of the dwarf-growing large-flowered section. The 

 description is from plants growing at Kew, where it has long been cultivated. It comes 

 from Spain. 



Densely tufted, bright green, forming large patches. Leaves variable, a quarter to half an inch in diameter, 

 flabellately three to five cleft, with simple obtuse or subacute teeth, or broader and deeply three to five lobed, with the 

 lobes three or more toothed; petiole one-half to one inch long. Flower-stems three to four inches high, rather stout, 

 glabrous or sparsely glandular ; }>eduncles and pedicels glandular-pubescent, slender. Flowers corymbose, two-thirds 

 of an inch in diameter, inclined. Ovary nearly globose, densely glandular. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, subacute, longer 

 than the ovary. Petals spathulate, white, twice as long as the stamens. Anthers yellow. Styles slender ; stigma 

 oblong-capitate. — Botanical Magazine, 6640. 



