Plate 285. 



ONCIDITJM MARSHALLIANUM. 



This splendid Orchid, now illustrated, has lately flowered with Mr. William Bull, Kings 

 Road, Chelsea, the panicle being taken from one of a fine lot of plants received by Mr. 

 Bull from his collector in Brazil. It is of comparatively recent introduction, and was 

 flowered for the first time by William Marshall, Esq., formerly of Enfield, after whom it 

 was named. The panicle of flowers is branched, the blossoms are bright yellow, and 

 somewhat grotesquely marked ; and of large size, measuring nearly or quite three inches in 

 each direction ; the sepals are small and less brilliantly coloured than the petals ; while the 

 lip is very large, clearly bright yellow in colour, spotted only on the constricted portion. 



This magnificent form is one of the most handsome of the yellow-flowered Oncidiums, 

 the large panicles are very striking and showy ; the great size of the blossoms and their clear 

 rich colour rendering them extremely attractive. Mr. Bull informs us that it succeeds 

 admirably in an intermediate house. 



Plate 286. 



NEW THEE OR PERPETUAL CARNATIONS. 



We are indebted to Mr. Charles Turner, Royal Nursery, Slough, for the opportunity of 

 figuring these fine varieties of winter-flowering Carnations. Osman Pasha is quite new and 

 of a brilliant red colour, and indeed it is difficult to accurately represent the rich glow that 

 suffuses this flower ; it is of large size and full substance, and was a short time since awarded a 

 First-class Certificate of Merit by the Floral Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society. 

 Sir Garnet Wolseley has a buff ground colour, striped and edged with bright red, is quite 

 distinct, and the flowers of large size. Tricolor has much novelty of marking to commend 

 it ; the ground colour pale yellow striped on the edges of the petals with magenta and purplish 

 crimson. They are all seedlings raised at the Royal Nursery. 



The present race of Tree Carnations, of which the foregoing are such striking repre- 

 sentatives, are generally of compact bushy growth, and remarkably free of bloom. They 

 come into flower under glass early in September, and continue to bloom up to April and 

 May. It is no wonder such useful and appreciative subjects are in such demand. 



