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hybrids that have been raised from I). Fraseri. At the same time the leaves are thicker in 

 texture than those of which I), ierminalis and I). Cooperi may be taken as examples. 

 They are also much more enduring ; plants that have attained a height of five feet 

 have their foliage quite fresh down to the bottom. The leaves are lanceolate-acuminate, the 

 ground-colour bright green, with broad marginal bands of yellow, suffused with a shade of 

 green. The foliage is elegantly recurved, like that of D. Cooperi. 



Ljslta Crawshayana. During recent years there has appeared a number of Orchids 

 that have the unmistakable stamp of being hybrids, and that must have been produced 

 naturally in their native wilds, which goes far to shake the belief hitherto entertained as to 

 very many that have in times past been set down as species, but which have no more claim 

 to be admitted as such than the plant under notice. This, as a matter of course, is a 

 circumstance that concerns botanists much more than gardeners, who are satisfied with a 

 plant if its flowers are sufficiently handsome and distinct from others already in cultivation. 

 This variety is an acceptable addition to the Lselias, which already stand high in the ranks 

 of cultivated Orchids. It has appeared in the collection of Mr. De B. Crawshay, Rose- 

 field, Sevenoaks, Kent. 



Bulbs of Loilia albida and autumn alis a little flattened. Leaves one to two, nearly those of L. albida. 

 Peduncle long, as in L. anceps, but thinner, and with shorter and narrower sheaths ; flowers two, with narrower 

 shorter bracts than those of L. anceps, as well as narrower sepals and petals of a fine amethyst colour. Lip open 

 near the slender column, with obtusangled antrorse side lacinise and a cuneate abruptly blunt middle lacinia. 

 Tips of the side laciniae and the greater part of the middle lacinia fine purple. Disk, middle line yellow, with 

 three keels, and fine divaricate dark purple paint over the lateral veins. Column slender, greenish -white outside, 

 white front, with purple spots. — Gardener's Chronicle, N.S., vol. xix., p. 142. 



Microglossa albescens. Now, when plants that will thrive in the open air are 

 receiving more attention than at one time, this pretty species is worthy of notice. It is found 

 in Sikkim, where it inhabits the Himalaya range at a high elevation, some nine to twelve 

 thousand feet, but nevertheless it is not likely to be hardy in the northern parts of England. 

 It grows at Kew under the shelter of a south wall, where we saw it in flower about the end 

 of June, which, we believe, is its regular time of blooming. It is a distinct plant, its large 

 heads of combined blue and yellow coloured flowers having a pretty appearance. 



An undershrub, two to four feet high ; branches slender, under side of leaves pubescent, whitish, three to five 

 inches long, shortly petioled, lanceolate, acuminate, quite entire, nerves inconspicuous, base acute, light green above. 

 Heads one-third of an inch in diameter, very numerous, in copiously branched axillary and terminal corymbiform 

 peduncles ; branches and peduncles slender. Involucre campanulate ; inner bracts narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, 

 outer shorter. Ligules pale blue, quite horizontal ; disk flowers prominent, yellow. Achenes narrow, angled and 

 strongly ribbed, pubescent ; rather shorter than the red pappus. • —Botanical Magazine, 6672. 



Odontoglo^stjm tripudians Harryanum. This is evidently a fine form of 0. tripudians. 

 It has appeared at Messrs. Veitch's Chelsea establishment, and adds one more to the host 

 of fine plants which have made their debut in this celebrated nursery. 



Sepals and petals almost black inside, only tipped with light yellow and with a few similar marks at the base 

 of the petals. The lip is light yellow, but nearly the whole base is covered with the richest mauve. — Gardener's 

 Chronicle, N.S. , vol. xix., p. 210. 



