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this trouble is hardly necessary. After | 
crue7ita^ L. jmicea and L. grmidifloi^a | 
are the best known, the last a very j 
handsome plant fully as fine in colour j 
as cruejita and now offered by some 
of the Dutch houses, and doubtless to ' 
be had also through our own trade 
firms. The iollowing species have been 
in cultivation : — 
L. comprcssa. — An old kind from the Cape, 
with broad blunt leaves of greyish-green colour 
and curled at the edges, and spikes of bluish- 
purple flowers in September upon 
branching stems of 9 inches. Syn. 
L. cmceps. 
L. corymbosa. — Another very old 
kind now almost unknown spite of 
its fine blue flowers an inch across, 
with a starry white patch prettily 
outlined in black just at the throat. 
These flowers appear in June as a s^w 
compact flat cluster on stems of 6 to 
10 inches, the foliage consisting of a solitary 
sword-shaped leaf. Syn. Anomatheca ovieda. 
L. cruenta. — The best known of the group, 
under its old name of Anomatheca cruenta. Leaf 
narrow and erect, 6 to 9 inches high ; flowers 
soft bright crimson with darker blotches. 
L.Jissifolia. — An old plant now very scarce, 
coming near corymbosa but with rosy or violet 
flowers, very narrow in the tube, and 2 inches 
long. The leaves measure about 6 inches, 
tapering finely, and, unlike others of the 
genus, the flowers are fragrant. 
L.grandifiora. — A new species brought from 
Delagoa Bay, with a long season of beauty, 
and flowering finely in the open air during 
late summer. Flowers 2 inches across in sprays 
of four to ten, bright red in colour with darker 
spots at the base of each of the three smaller 
segments, and rosy-white in the throat. Leaves 
grasslike, 6 to 1 2 inches long, and small round- 
ed bulbs spreading by means of stolons. Com- 
ing from a warmer part of S. Africa, this 
species is somewhat tender and should be win- 
tered in a greenhouse or frame. 
L. juncea. — -A plant with a habit so like a 
Gladiolus as to have been classed with them 
as G. junceiis. It is profuse in its bright pink 
or pale red flowers, with darker spots at the 
base of the segments. Leaf strap-shaped and 
very narrow. An old kind brought from the 
Cape in 1791, and now rare, though fully 
hardy in southern gardens. 
L. rosea. — Fine rosy flowers with a richly 
glowing centre, appearing in early summer. 
B. 
F[,ower-.Spra\ of the Vranja Quince. 
[Engraved Jor ^' Flora.") 
THE NEW SERVIAN QUINCES. 
We are pleased to give some further 
account of these new fruits, briefly no- 
ticed on page 3 8 o of our second volume. 
These giant Quinces have been grown 
for generations amid the Balkan Moun- 
tains in their native districts of Lesco- 
vac and Vranja, but only of late have 
their merits become known to the outer 
world. Both of these kinds are now 
growing and have fruited with Mr. 
Chambers of Grayswood Hill, Hasle- 
mere, who believes that they will prove 
