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THE FLORAL MAGAZINE. 



tory. Wallis considers this plant not to be the epiphyte 

 described in our nurserymen's catalogues ; for he says it 

 is only at times found upon trees, and very often upon 

 the naked soil. The inflorescence stands upon stalks 

 from 11 to 2 feet high, the broad younger bracts snowy, 

 the more mature ones scarlet, and the flowers white. 

 Wallis also mentions here two other species, one now in 

 the possession of the Messrs. Veitch, and the other a 

 ne plus ultra of the highest effect, not yet introduced 

 alive to Europe, growing naturally 5000 feet above the 

 level of the sea, and surpassing both the species above 

 mentioned in texture, beautiful colour and high growth. 

 A collection of fine j>lants of Tillandsia Musaica may 

 now be seen in Mr. Ball's collection at Chelsea, 



PLATYCERIUM WALLICHII. 



We are glad to be able to record that this handsome 

 member of the very remarkable genus of" Stag's Horn 

 Ferns,'-' known under the name of Platycerium, is at last 

 to be seen in a living state in this country. Mr. B. S. 

 Williams, of Upper Holloway, has a collection of healthy 

 living plants, with fertile fronds, belonging to the abave- 

 mentioned species, growing in great luxuriance in one 

 of his new plant houses. 



SUTTON'S SPRING CATALOGUE FOR 1875. 



There can be no doubt that this handsome book of 

 127 pages is one of the best got up and most useful 

 issues ever sent out by the famous Reading firm. The 

 paper, typography, illustrations, and general arrange- 

 ment of the book are alike most commendable. Many 

 of the woodcuts are in themselves works of art, and in 

 this respect they contrast strongly with the common, 

 coarse, and aged cuts which are too often forced to do 

 service in seedsmen's lists. The book before us abounds 

 in all sorts of useful information about flowers, vege- 

 tables, farm roots, and other matters, and when it is 

 remembered that all these subjects are illustrated with 

 artistic engravings of high finish, coloured plates, and 

 an elaborate calendar of operations, it will be seen that 

 the book is almost indispensable for those who have 

 flower and kitchen gardens and farms. One of the most 

 striking plates in the book is a double one, printed in 

 colours, of three new peas, the larger group of the three 

 representing a distinct new pea, appropriately named 

 " Giant Emerald Marrow." The illustration represents 

 an uncommonly large, vigorous, and apparently extremely 

 prolific pea of great size and beauty, and, judging from 

 what the introducers say, backed up as it is by the 

 strong recommendation from the Queen's gardener at 

 Balmoral, the Archbishop of Canterbury's gardener at 



Addington, a id several of our best known gardeners and 

 horticult mists both in Great Britain and elsewhere, this 

 pea must be considered, a really first-class acquisition for 

 the table. The illustration we here print of a couple of 



pods of this novelty engraved direct from nature, will 



speak for itself. The book is furnished with a good 

 common-sense index and is a model of what a thoroughly 

 good catalogue should be. 



The elegant and well-known "Little Book/-" issued 

 by Messrs. J. C. Wheeler and Son, of Gloucester, is at 

 last numbered with things of the past. The increase of 

 trade and the desirability of getting a large page equal 

 to the proper display of good coloured plates made the 

 "Little Book" altogether too small. The Messrs. 

 Wheeler are now issuing a series of Illustrated Trade 

 Catalogues larger in the page than either of the well- 

 known lists of Messrs. Sutton, or Messrs. Carter and 

 Co., and nearly equal in size to the large page sent out 

 by the Messrs. Henderson, of St. John's Wood. 



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