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THE FLORAL MAGAZINE. 



1874. A First-class Certificate was awarded to Mr. 

 Smith, nurseryman, Worcester, for Cytisus Laburnum 

 aureum, a pure, rich, golden-leaved form, which origi- 

 nated as a sport from the common English Laburnum. 

 Unlike most golden-leaved plants, it flowers freely ; 

 and, as a remarkable instance of the power of the 

 scion over the stock, it may be mentioned that, when 

 budded on the common Laburnum, golden shoots are 

 thrown out below the bud or scion, and even golden 

 suckers not unfrequently spring from the root. It 

 stands the sun well, and must be regarded as a valuable 

 pictorial tree. We intend to illustrate this brilliant 

 novelty at an early period. A First-class Certificate 

 was awarded to Streptocarpus Greenii, a hybrid be- 

 tween S. Saundersii and S. Eexi, partaking of the 

 character of the first named in foliage and of the latter 

 in flowers, which are, however, produced more freely, 

 and are of a pale-bluish lilac colour, with a purple 

 throat ; a very pretty acquisition. 



FRUSTA LEICHTLINIANA. 



This is a beautiful and sweetly scented bulbous plant, 

 native of the Cape of Good Hope, with a fibrous-coated 

 bulb, crowded linear-lanceolate glabrous leaves, sheath- 

 ing at the base, and a central, somewhat angular 

 spathe, bearing a one-sided curved spike. The flowers 

 are funnel-shaped, white when they first open, buff- 

 coloured subsequently. The full description is given 

 by Klatt, the monographer of the Iridea?, in the 

 Gartenflora. 



" It is (says the New Plant and Bulb Company, 

 Colchester, to whom we are indebted for the oppor- 

 tunity of giving this illustration) of very easy, culture, 

 potted in a mixture of two-thirds peat and one-third 

 loam, with plenty of coarse sand. Our plants in pots 

 were potted in October, and stood out of doors, with 

 the protection of a hand-light, till the end of November. 

 They were then removed to a coal house, where they 

 have been flowering most profusely in the month of 

 April. The flowers, which are of great substance, are 

 on their first opening quite white, the two lower petals 

 marked with orange streaks. After a few days they 

 assume a primrose tint, and the orange markings be- 

 come deeper in colour. They emit a very grateful 

 perfume, which pervades the whole house — in the 

 opinion of some like that of the Primrose and Auricula, 

 but to our minds most like that of the tea rose. Our 

 plant, which was exhibited at the Royal Botanic 

 Society's show on Wednesday (May 8th), and obtained 

 a Botanical Certificate of Merit, was composed of three 



bulbs. These bulbs had twelve spikes of bloom, four 

 on each. We have others which were planted in the 

 open air during the late winter, which just appeared 

 above the ground at the beginning of May, and 

 from which we gathered blooms in June." 



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FREESIA LEICHTLINIANA. 



NATURAL SIZE. 



