THE FLORAL MAGAZINE. 



sepals and petals bordered with violet, and spotted 

 with brown ; and the lip yellow at the base and 

 spotted with brown : and Oncidium Keinastiauum, a 

 novelty in the way of 0. Papilio, with shining choco- 

 late-brown flowers, relieved with a blotch of yellow 

 at the base of the lip ; all from Messrs. James 

 Veitch & Sons, and awarded First-class Certifi- 

 cates of Merit. To Geonoma concinna, an elegant 

 pinnate-leaved Palm, with the youngest leaves of 

 a rich dark brown colour; Kentia Wendlandiana, 

 a fine, bold-habited Palm ; Thrinax barbadense, a 

 handsome palmate-leaved Palm, with the long slender 

 leaf-stalks marbled with small silvery spots mixed with 

 black spines : Phaius Blumei, a strong growing plant 

 with pale cinnamon-red flowers, and a large white lip 

 produced on a strong spike : and to Deudrobium 

 nobile atropurpureum, a large flowered variety, in 

 which the sepals and petals are shaded with rich 

 rosy purple. These came from Mr. William Bull, 

 King's Road, Chelsea. To Catakidozanna Hopei, a 

 magnificent cycadaceous plant, introduced from 

 Eastern Australia : Croton Dormanianus, a close 

 growing form with recurved, broad, dark green leaves, 

 with crimson and orange-coloured midrib and vena- 

 tion : and Croton Henryanus, a bold, free-growing, 

 large, broad-leaved form, with the older leaves of a 

 dark metallic bronze colour, and the young ones deep 

 crimson or bronzy crimson ; all from Mr. B. S. 

 Williams, Victoria Nursery, Holloway. First-class 

 Certificates of Merit were also awarded to Mr. H. 

 Parr, for his yellow Abutilon King of the Yellows : 

 to Mr. H. Boiler, for Echino-cactus Pfeiferi : to Mr. 

 C. Turner, Slough, for Alpine Auriculas Unique, Susie 

 Matthews, and Mrs. Ball ; all fine new shaded forms 

 of great beauty ; to H. Little, Esq., Hillingdon, for 

 Amaryllis Hercules, with large bold clear scarlet 

 flowers : to Mr. B. S. Williams, and for Amaiwllis 

 Queen Victoria, a good white variety with a pale 

 greenish centre. 



Some very interesting and valuable novelties were 

 produced at the meeting of the Royal Horticultural 

 Society, on May 13. The new varieties of Azalea 

 mollis, exhibited by Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, 

 were surprisingly fine and varied in colour ; and to one 

 of these, namely, Comte de Gomer, soft rosy salmon, 

 faintly shaded with orange, a First-class Certificate of 

 Merit was awarded. The same award was also made 

 to the following novelties, staged by this well-known 

 firm : — Azalea pontica var. narcissiflora, with clear 

 yellow hose-in-hose flowers, having somewhat pointed 

 segments j Croton Princess of Wales, said to have 



come from the South Sea Islands, the long twisted 

 leaves being of a pale creamy white colour, margined 

 with dark green. Ranunculus Lyalli, a beautiful and 

 rare New Zealand crowfoot, known as the Rockwood 

 Lily of New Zealand, with large saucer-shaped pure 

 white flowers, with a central tuft of golden yellow 

 stamens : it is thought it will prove hardy in suitable 

 positions, but it is said to be a little difficult to 

 cultivate : and to a Hybrid Dendrobium, named 

 rhodastoma, the result of a cross between D. Huttoni 

 and D. Sanguinolentum, but scarcely attractive in the 

 form in which it was shown. The same award was 

 made to Amaryllis Mrs. Morgan, a very pleasing 

 variety of a dark crimson colour, the segments hand- 

 somely margined with white : to Dracasna superba, 

 with narrow arching leaves of a rosy-crimson colour, 

 the older leaves taking on a dark bronzy hue, promis- 

 ing to make a good tal e plant, if not too diffuse in its 

 growth : and Cupania elegantissima, a pretty and dis- 

 tinct Palm, likely to make a good decorative plant. 

 These came from Mr. B. S. Williams, Holloway. To 

 Primrose Gclden Gem, a deep yellow variety raised 

 by Mr. William Ingram, Belvoir Castle Gardens, 

 and very useful for spring bedding ; from Messrs. 

 Osborn & Sons, Fulham : to Polyanthus (Hose in 

 Hose) Prince of Orange, with charming orange- 

 coloured blossoms, very free and distinct, from Mr. 

 Richard Dean, Ealing : to Begonia Comtesse H. de 

 Choiseul, a new tuberous-rooted variety with full double 

 male flowers, opening fleshy pink, then changing to 

 white, and finally to an orange-tint ; from Messrs. 

 John Laing & Co., Stanstead Park Nursery, Forest 

 Hill : to Arnebia Echioides, a hardy rock plant from 

 Asia Minor, with orange-coloured Primrose-like 

 flowers, each division of the segments having a black 

 spot on opening, which fades with age ; from H. J. 

 Elwes, Esq., Preston House, Cirencester; who also 

 had a Certificate of Merit for cut flowers of Tulipa 

 saxatilis, a most distinct and interesting plant, the 

 flowers pink, with the base of the petals orange 

 yellow ; and to Selaginella Kraussiana, the foliage 

 like that of S. denticulata, but of a charming golden 

 colour; from the gardens of the Royal Horticultural 

 Society. Many other novelties were staged, but we 

 have indicated the cream of them, and those that 

 were most deserving of the awards usually made to 

 novelties of sterling character. 



