THE FLORAL MAGAZINE. 



fell much short of their usual high-class quality; and 

 this was explained as having resulted from the severe 

 frosts which affected the growing plants in Holland 

 last spring. Two new Hyacinths were awarded First- 

 class Certificates of merit, viz., King of the Blacks, a 

 very dark variety of a shining black-purple hue, large, 

 well-formed bells and hue spike ; from Messrs. 

 Veitch & Sons ; and to Grand Master, a fine and 

 distinct single purple variety, with large bells tinted 

 with pale blue and striped with porcelain blue ; from 

 Messrs. Cutbush & Sons. First-class Certificates of 

 merit were also awarded to Magnolia Halleana, a 

 striking and valuable white flowered species from 

 Japan, the flowers rather small, but quite distinct in 

 character; very free flowering. It is thought this 

 will form one of the hardiest of the Magnolias : and to 

 Bollea Patinii, with massive wax-like flowers ; the 

 sepals and petals alabaster, tipped with dullish purple ; 

 both from Messrs. Veitch & Sons. To Odontoglossum 

 pardinum, with a one-branched spike of deep yellow 

 flowers, the petals and labellum being densely spotted 

 with brown ; a fine and showy subject, the clear yellow 

 of the flowers being very striking ; from Mr. Mill, 

 gardener to Lord Rendlesham, Rendlesham Hall, 

 Suffolk. To Narcissus incomparabilis Leedsii aureo- 

 tinctus, which, the Gardeners' Chronicle truly remarks, 

 is a terrible name for a modest Daffodil, having a 

 bright golden yellow perianth, and orange cup mar- 

 gined with scarlet ; from Messrs. Barr & Sugden, 

 King Street, Covent Garden. It was considered to 

 be superior to varieties known as Leedsii and Leedsii 

 aurantiaca, all being seedlings, raised by the late Mr. 

 Leeds, of Manchester. A Botanical Commendation 

 was awarded to the singular little white flowered 

 Dendrobium lingufeforme, from the gardens of the 

 Royal Horticultural Society at Chiswick. 



A. bunch of finely coloured flowers of Cattleya 

 Skinneri, came from Lord Rendlesham ; Messrs. 

 Veitch & Sons had an example of their new hybrid 

 Cypripedium porphyreum, a very cuiuous novelty, one 

 of Mr. Seden's new productions from cross-fertiliza- 

 tion between species. Messrs. W. Rollisson & Sons, 

 Tooting, had a flowering plant of their new double 

 Japanese Azalea Rollissoni ; and Messrs. John Laing 

 & Co., Stanstead Park Nm*series, Forest Hill, sent a 

 most interesting novelty in Caladium La Perle du 

 Bresil, the leaves of which are almost transparent, 

 and more resembled silvered tissue-paper than the 

 leaves of a living plant. There were other novelties, 

 but these were the most interesting among them. 



NEW CHRYSANTHEMUMS FOR 1878. 



The varieties comprehended under the large-flowered 

 section increase but slowly since the death of the late Mr. 

 John Salter, of Hammersmith, and owing to the fact 

 that Mr. George Rundle, of Devonport, has given up 

 raising new varieties. The most promising appear to 

 be those offered by Mr. F. F. Davis, Park Nursery, 

 Plumstead, viz., the Rev. C. Boys, the ground colour 

 shining ci-imson, with a slight shading at the tip of 

 the petals; a large and distinct looking incurved 

 flower. Mrs. W. Shipman, a sport from Lady Har- 

 din ge, which is generally regarded as one of the most 

 constant and attractive of incurved Chrysanthemums, 

 but instead of the delicate silvery lilac, we get 

 a very pleasing shade of fawn ; and James Lang, 

 having that glow of metallic yellow, so noticeable in 

 the Chrysanthemum, with a dark shading at the base 

 of the petals. Golden Empress of India was distri- 

 buted last year, but the fine condition in which it was 

 shown last autumn, and the fact of the Royal Hor- 

 ticultural Society having awarded it a First-class 

 Certificate, has given it a deserved prominence. It 

 is a first-class exhibition variety, as is seen in the 

 illustration of it which appeared in the last Number 

 of the Floral Magazine. Another new variety is 

 Cannell's Bronze, which is offered by Mr. H. Cannell, 

 Swanley, Kent ; this is a reddish bronze-coloured sport 

 from the primrose-coloured George Glenny, which in 

 its turn originated as a sport from the pure white Mrs. 

 George Rundle. It has all the excellent qualities of 

 the last named. 



The leading new Japanese variety is Fulton ; and in 

 this we get a very fine line of clear bright yellow ; 

 the flowers of medium size and finely incurved. In 

 regard to its form, it comes nearly to the finely incurved 

 section, yeb a true Japanese variety. Of other newer 

 forms of Japanese Chrysanthemums, Ethel, W. Barnes, 

 R. T. Biggs, Sarnia, Sultana, Fulgare, La Nymphe, 

 Nuit d'Hiver, and the Czar, are well deserving 

 atttention. 



The new Japanese varieties of 1 876 are yet some- 

 what scarce. Four varieties in particular should be in 

 every choice collection, viz., Diamond, figured in the 

 last Nnmber of the Floral Magazine, Peter the 

 Great, Red Gauntlet, and the Khedive. These are 

 robust growers ; with fine stout, healthy foliage, and 

 are equally adapted for growing in small pots for 

 decoration, or large one for exhibition. 



