THE FLORAL 



MAGAZINE. 



a white Clove of great purity. All the foregoing were 

 shown by Messrs. James Veitch and Sons, Chelsea. 

 Also to Lilium Parryi, a new Californian Lily with 

 bright yellow flowers of medium size, spotted copiously 

 with chocolate ; Masdevallia Harryana atro-sanguinea, 

 Sarracenia limbata, Aphelandra punctata, Odonto- 

 glossum Vexillarium rubrum, Davallia Lorrainei ; 

 Ksempferia Gilberti, an attractive plant, having large 

 broad leaves of a deep green, with a broad margin of 

 white ; and Antigramma brasiliensis, a plant of dwarf 

 growth, with narrow leaves having a band of white 

 running through the centre of each. The foregoing 

 were shown by Mr. William Bull, King's Road, Chelsea. 

 Croton Bergmani, a handsome variety of robust yet 

 compact growth, having broad leaves elegantly marbled 

 with green and yellow ; and C. Baron Frank Selliere, 

 also very attractive, with broader leaves than the last 

 but similarly variegated : from the General Horticul- 

 tural Company (John Wills), Limited. To Croton 

 Laingi, a long narrow-leaved variety, handsomely 

 variegated with golden- yellow crimson and bronzy- 

 green; Caladium Mithridate, C. J. R. Box, C. candi- 

 dum, and C. Comtesse de Condeixa; all superb 

 varieties : from Messrs. J. Laing and Co., Nurserymen, 

 Forest Hill. To Odontoglossum Vexillarium atro- 

 roseum : from Mr. J. Croucher, The Gardens, Sudbury 

 House, Hammersmith. To Pelargonium Sunbeam 

 (Foster), a fine large-flowered type, with intensely 

 brilliant crimson flowers of fine form : from Mr. C. 

 Turner, Royal Nursery, Slough. And to Heliotrope 

 White Lady, a capital variety with pure white flowers : 

 from Mr. H. Cannell, Nurseryman, Swanley. 



At the meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society, 

 on July 12th, First-class Certificates of Merit were 

 awarded to Croton rubro-lineatus, Lgelia Philbrickiana, 

 a beautiful hybrid, raised between Cattleya Acklandise 

 and Ltelia elegans, having rich purple and chestnut- 

 brown spotted flowers ; and for Carnation Gloire de 

 Nancy, a fine white variety of Continental origin : all 

 from Messrs. James Veitch and Sons, Royal Exotic 

 Nursery, Chelsea. To Clenskowskia Kirki, a remark- 

 ably handsome Gingerwort from Zanzibar, with stalked 

 oblong acute leaves, milky on the under surface, and 

 erect club-shaped spikes of large pale violet flowers 

 with a yellow eye ; Oncidium Gardnerianum, having 

 lemon-yellow flowers, spotted and barred with chestnut- 

 brown on the sepals and petals, and the broad yellow 

 lip margined with the same colour; Iris Ksempferi, 

 Seraph, a semi-double variety, with a white or lilac- 

 tinted centre, and the outer portion or margin dark 



lilac : from Mr. William Bull, King's Road, Chelsea. 

 To Pelargonium Henry Cannell, a double zonal variety 

 of a deep crimson colour, spotted with scarlet, and 

 very attractive : from Mr. Lemoine, Nancy, France. 

 To Delpkinum Leon Dubois, an extremely fine variety, 

 having long spikes of large and perfectly double 

 blossoms of a rich violet-purple hue : from Mr. H. 

 Cannell, Nurseryman, Swanley. And to Athyrium 

 Felix-foemina acrocladon, a variety of dwarf growth, 

 having the fronds finely divided and tasselled in a very 

 elegant manner. 



Other novelties in the way of plants included Pothos 

 aurea, a climbing Arad with handsome leaves mottled 

 with yellow ; Dendrobium cerinum, a Bornean species, 

 with small creamy-yellow flowers ; Spergula pilifera 

 aurea, a golden-leaved variety of this useful plant for 

 carpet work; and the handsome Anthurium Kalbreyeri: 

 all from Messrs. Veitch and Sons. Mr. Bull had the 

 handsome Rhopala Jonghei ; Catakidozamia Hopei, a 

 Cycad possessing large pinnate leaves, borne in an 

 elegant manner; the true Masdevallia chimasra, differing 

 from the spurious kinds by the flowers being borne 

 erect ; and Disa grandiflora Barrelli, an extremely fine 

 form of this terrestrial Orchid. 



HYDRANGEA PANICULATA GRANDIFLORA. 



We can hardly imagine a more useful and attractive 

 plant than this for the conservatory during the summer 

 season. It is of free growth, and flowers with great 

 freedom also, throwing up several handsome panicles 

 of t French-white flowers, that last in bloom for a 

 considerable time. It is said to be quite hardy ; but 

 it is, perhaps, well to give it shelter during the winter 

 months. It is a good method of treatment to turn 

 the plants out of the pots as soon as they have done 

 blooming, divide them if they will admit of it, and 

 plant out in good soil, treading it firmly about the 

 roots, and keeping the plants well watered during dry 

 weather. Here they make a summer and autumn 

 growth, and then can be lifted in October or Novem- 

 ber, and potted for summer flowering. It is one of 

 the most useful of many valuable plants Messrs. 

 Veitch and Sons have imported from Japan. 



