THE FLORAL 



MAGAZINE. 



colour bright orange-scarlet, with a light centre ; also 

 for Azalea Roi Leopold alba, an exact counterpart of 

 the well-known variety Roi Leopold, but pure white, 

 the flowers of medium size and fine substance. To 

 Mr. H. B. Smith, Ealing Dean Nursery, for Cyclamen 

 Queen Victoria, a very fine pure white flower, with 

 petals of handsome shape. To Messrs. Barr and 

 Sugden, King Street, Covent Garden, for Narcissus 

 pseudo-narcissus plenus albo-aureus, a large double 

 flower, the yellow tipped with silver ; very showy and 

 distinct. To Henry Little, Esq., Hillingdon, for 

 Cyclamen Ruby Gem, already described by us, and 

 remarkable for its dark ruby-crimson colour. 



The first of the bi-monthly meetings of the Royal 

 Horticultural Society, held in April, took place on the 

 12th ult., and the weather being more favourable for 

 the production of tender plants, some fine novelties 

 put in appearance. Eight First-class Certificates of 

 Merit were awarded on this occasion to the following 

 subjects : — Ccelogyne cristata alba, a lovely form, with 

 spotless white flowers produced in great profusion. 

 The flowers differ somewhat in form from those of the 

 species, the tip being larger and more concave, and 

 the petals and sepals narrower. The Garden considers 

 this one of the finest additions made to orchids for a 

 long time. It came from Mr. William Bull, King's 

 Road, Chelsea. To the following novelties from Messrs. 

 James Veitch and Sons, Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, viz. : 

 Dioscorea retusa, an elegant stove-twining plant, the 

 flowers produced in catkins one inch to two inches in 

 length in pendulous clusters in the axils of the leaves. 

 Gymnogramma Schizophylla, an elegant Fern recently 

 introduced from Jamaica, the fronds a foot or so in 

 length finely cut into delicate segments, which render 

 them extremely beautiful ; an excellent Fern for sus- 

 pending in a stove or warm greenhouse : Adiantum 

 monochlamys, a Maiden-hair Fern, with delicately- cut 

 fronds of a soft green tint, which give the plant a very 

 pleasing appearance. It is a Japanese species, and 

 therefore somewhat hardier than the exotic kinds : 

 and Omphalodes Krameri, a beautiful little Japanese 

 plant, with flowers of a rich deep blue colour, about 

 half-an-inch across, and borne in loose clusters ; it is 

 said to be perfectly hardy. To Messrs. F. Sander and 

 Co., St. Alban's, for Pinguicula Barkeriana, a plant 

 already described as P. caudata, which has recently 

 been imported from Mexico. To Messrs. H. Cannell 

 and Son, Nurserymen, Swanley, for an Ivy-leaf Pelar- 

 gonium named Anna Pfitzer, bearing a large truss of 

 double flowers of a delicate rosy-pink hue, and one of 

 the best varieties yet exhibited. Also to Mr. R. Dean, 



Ealing, for Primrose Amaranth, a variety with large 

 and finely-shaped flowers of a rich, deep amaranth 

 colour, with a conspicuous orange-yellow centre. 



In addition, a magnificent variety of Cattleya 

 Mendelli, named superbissima, came from Messrs. 

 Veitch and Sons ; the flowers were unusually large, the 

 petals and sepals pure white, and the lip finely crisped, 

 and of a rich amaranth tint. 



PRIMULA INTERMEDIA. 



This pretty species or sub-species is well worthy of 

 notice for flowering in pots in spring. It originated 

 from crossing the Alpine Auricula with P. marginata 

 or some other form, and the result was a rare inter- 

 mediate in character, of dwarf growth, and bearing 

 profusely trusses of flower of a clear reddish-purple 

 hue. Seedlings from it show some variation, both in 

 the size and colour of the flowers. 



P. intermedia is a plant of easy management, as 

 hardy as the common Alpine Auricula, but as it flowers 

 early in spring should have the protection of a cold 

 frame or a greenhouse. It succeeds well in a gritty 

 loam well enriched. 



REVIEW. 



Familiar Indian Flowers. By Lena Lowis. London : 

 L. Reeve & Co. 



This volume depicts in thirty plates, printed in 

 colours by Messrs. Hankart, after drawings by the 

 Author, a series of the more familiar flowers cultivated 

 in India. The plates are accompanied by a popular 

 description of the plants, their varieties, uses, cultiva- 

 tion, &c. Though making " no pretensions to being 

 either a manual of gardening or a treatise on botany, 

 but a simple chronicle of some of the familiar flowers 

 in our Indian gardens," " the Author hopes the book 

 may be valued by old Indians, who have, perhaps, spent 

 many happy leisure hours in the culture of these lovely 

 plants." To such it will doubtless prove an acceptable, 

 as it is a beautiful, reminiscence. 



