THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 



Bletia sp. Japan.— Mr. Standish.— A pretty plant, with plaited grassy leaves and rosy 

 violet flowers, having an undulated lip with five frilled crests on its surface. It was thought 

 a promising plant as a greenhouse Orchid, and was invited to be shown again when it blooms 

 more abundantly. 



Camellia Filippo Parlatore.— Messrs. Veitch & Son, Chelsea [F.C.C.].— This was a 

 very handsome variety, quite first-class in character. The habit was vigorous, the foliage 

 bold, and the flowers remarkably smooth and symmetrical, of the cupped-petalled class. The 

 colour was a blush white, freely striped with rosy carmine, the petals remarkably smooth 

 and even at the margin. 



Camellia Giardino Santaeella.— Messrs. Veitch & Son. — A neat and pretty sort; 

 red, freely blotched with white. The flowers are sometimes entirely white-margined. The 

 bloom shown was not now sufficiently advanced. 



Dendrobium lituiflorum. — Messrs. Yeitch & Son [F.C.C.]. — A rare and handsome 

 Orchid, with drooping stems abundantly clothed with blossoms. The sepals and petals are 

 violet-rose ; the lip white, tipped with rosy violet, and having a very rich-looking eye, of a 

 deeper tone, of the same colour. 



Pelargonium (forcing) Mrs. Lewis Loyd. — Messrs. Jackson & Son, Kingston 

 [Com.]. — A free-blooming showy variety of good habit ; the flowers deep rosy crimson, with 

 dark veiny spots on the upper jjetals, and a bluish centre. It was regarded as a useful 

 forcing sort, but not so good as one called Pline. 



Phjedranassa obtusa. — J. Anderson-Henry, Esq., Edinburgh. — The curious green and 

 red-flowered Amaryllid, with an umbellate inflorescence of drooping flowers. 



Primula sinensis filicifolia.— Messrs. E. G. Henderson & Son, St. John's "Wood 

 [S.C.C.]. — This distinct and handsome variety of Chinese Primrose had already received 

 commendation. (See Free. E.H.S., i. 477.) It was now shown in a more vigorous and 

 highly developed condition, and proved to be a decided acquisition amongst subjects adapted 

 for conservatory decoration. The two forms— alba, with blush white, and rubra, with 

 rosy-coloured flowers — were both shown, and a certificate was awarded, to each. 



Wallflower Yellow Perfection.— F. J. Graham, Esq., Cranford [Com.]. — A large- 

 flowered, single, bright clear yellow Wallflower, remarkably sweet-scented. It had been 

 obtained by Mr. Graham by careful seeding and selection through several generations. It 

 will be useful as a bright-coloured spring flower. 



April loth, 1863. 



Alocasia zebrina. — Messrs. Veitch & Son, Exeter and Chelsea [F.C.C.].— This plant 

 was introduced from the Philippine Islands, and had already received a medal at the summer 

 shows. Its leaves are green, on stout erect stalks, which are singularly marked with zigzag- 

 bands of deep green. 



Anthurium sp. — Mr. Bull [Com], — A South- American species of bold and striking 

 character. The mature leaves were deflexed from the toj) of the erect, polished, slender stalks ; 

 the blades of moderate size, deep green, rather veiny, cordate, and of a thick leathery consis- 

 tence. It was not in blossom. 



Auricula Ensign. — Mr. Turner [S.C.C.]. — A pleasing grey-edged sort with a purple 

 band surrounding the paste. 



Auricula {alpine) Supreme. — Mr. Turner [Com.]. — A handsome shaded maroon crimson, 

 with bright golden ring around the eye. 



Azalea Beauty of Dorking. — Messrs. Every & Son, Dorking [S.C.C.]. — A dull white 

 with greenish stain on the upper part of the tube ; in all respects excellent, being of a hand- 

 some trumpet -shape, and remarkably smooth form and even. The white ground was marked 

 with numerous bars and flecks of carmine. It will prove a first-rate sort if the green stain 

 passes off. 



Azalea Louise "Von Baden. — Mr. Turner, Slough [F.C.C.]. — A remarkably fine 

 Indian Azalea, the striking feature of which was the extreme purity of its white blossoms, 

 which had great substance, and a clean smooth surface and margin. It is quite an acquisition. 



Azalea Madame Verscuaffelt. — Messrs. Veitch [S.C.C ]. — A very handsome decora- 

 tive sort of Belgian origin. The flowers are of a veiny pink, paler and frilled at the edge, 

 and conspicuously marked with a large deep red blotch on the upper segments. 



B ou g ain viLLiE A speciosa. — Mr. Turner; Mr. Bull [Spec. C.]. — Small plants of this very 

 beautiful stove plant Were shown blooming freely. It was understood that the merit of 

 blooming the plant, in considerable quantity, and in small pots, was due to Mr. Turner, 

 who had obtained his stock from Mr. Keene's plant at Swyncomhe. These plants had been 

 blooming in an intermediate-house since Christmas as freely as a Cineraria, a result attri- 

 buted to their having been thoroughly ripened last year. 



CerasuS sp.— Mr. Standi-h [Com'.].— A double-flowered J apanese Cherry. The blossoms 

 were large, semidouble, of a purplish-stained white. 



Cheilanthes Borsigiana. — Messrs. Veitch & Son [F.C.C.]. — A small-growing South- 

 American Fern, with triangular fronds, clothed on the lower surface with golden powder. 



