Plate 297. 



CHYSIS CHELSONI. 



This represents a hybrid raised at the Eoyal Exotic Nurseries, King's Road, Chelsea, 

 by Mr. Seden, foreman to Messrs. James Veitch and Sons. It was raised from C. Limming- 

 Mi as the seed parent, crossed, it is supposed, with C. bractescens. The flowers are large, 

 the sepals and petals broad and flat, of an orange-red or buff-colour, with a batch of red in 

 the centre. It is quite distinct in character, and a welcome addition to the genus. The 

 plant is of vigorous growth, having more the habit of 0. bractescens than of the other 

 parent C. LimmingMi. It has been awarded a First-class Certificate by the Floral Committee 

 of the Royal Horticultural Society. 



Messrs. Veitch and Sons inform us that they cultivate their Chgsis in small pots filled to 

 half their depth with broken crocks for drainage, and then with very fibrous peat and 

 moss, water being freely given during the growing season. The temperature of the house 

 in which the plants are grown ranges from 65° to 80° Fahr. in Summer, and from 60° to 

 70° in winter. 



Plate 298. 

 BEGONIA ORIEL AMME. 



This is another of the fine varieties of tuberous-rooted Begonias, obtained from the 

 collection in the hands of Messrs. Jno. Laing and Co., Stanstead Park Nursery, Forest Hill. 

 It is described as of a "carmine-vermilion'' hue; it is certainly a singularly bright and 

 effective flower, and an extremely showy, decorative plant. It has been predicted that these 

 Begonias will supersede the Zonal Pelargoniums as decorative plants in houses ; and they 

 are strongly recommended for bedding purposes in the flower-garden. 



Messrs. Laing and Co. recommend that the roots, which go to rest on the approach of 

 autumn, " should be started into growth in spring, much the same way as Dahlias, and 

 shifted on into such sized pots as may be convenient for greenhouse culture, or planted out 

 into beds in the month of June, where, if provided with a free, light fibrous mixture of 

 leaf mould and loam, with a little coarse sand added, — they will make a gorgeous dis- 

 play through the whole summer, and until late in the autumn." Mr. W. E. Griimbleton, 

 of Belgrove, Queenstown, Ireland, to whom we were recently indebted for an interesting 

 descriptive paper on these Begonias, has been most successful in employing them as bed- 

 ding out plants in summer ; and in communications made to us, Mr. Gumbleton writes in 

 the highest praise of their effectiveness and durability. 



