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NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 
Rosa Damas Leda is a flower that cannot fail to excite the admiration of all 
that are fond of roses. Its novelty alone will recommend it, but it is also a hand- 
somely formed flower composed of regularly disposed petals, of a beautiful white ; 
the outer rows are pleasingly decorated with blotches of bright purple, which give a 
very pleasing- appearance. FL Mag., No. 14. 
CLASS II.— PLANTS WITH ONE COTYLEDON (MONOCOTYLEDONE^). 
THE CORN-FLAG TRIBE (iRIDE^). 
Gladioli candidus and incarnatus. Candidus produces a pure white 
flower of a good size and bold appearance. 
Incarnatus produces flowers of a pale pink colour, larg-e and well-formed. In 
a word, both are extremely rich and beautiful, and to be desired in every collection. 
They are both hybrids, produced by Mr. Miller, of Bristol Nursery, between 
Gladiolus blandus and Gladiolus cardinalis. Fl. Mag.., No. 14. 
THE ORCHIS tribe (oRCHIDE^). 
Epidendrum Skinneri. Mr. Skinner's Epidendrum. This beautiful species 
of epiphytal orchideae flowered in James Bateman, Esq.'s, hothouse at Kny- 
persley, in January last. It was sent to him in the summer of 1835, from the 
neighbourhood of Guatimala, by his most excellent friend, G. U. Skinner, Esq. 
Ep. Skinneri is among- the most free flowering- of its tribe, every one of its shoots, 
both great and small, having- been invariably succeeded by a spike of flowers. 
Dr. Lindley says, " this species is in the way of E. elongatum^ and, I presume, 
requires the same management as that species." Eot. Reg., 1881. 
Oncidium Lanceanum. Mr. Lance's Oncidium. This remarkable plant has 
lately been published in the Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London, 
whence the following account is extracted : — 
" In the year 1834, John Henry Lance, Esq., upon his return to England from 
Surinam, where he had been residing several years, brought with him a considerable 
collection of orchideous epiphytes, which he presented to the society. Among 
other interesting species was the subject of the following memorandum; a plant 
than which a more acceptable addition to the hothouses of this country has seldom 
been made. 
" The genus oncidium already includes several very beautiful species, in par- 
ticular O.Jlexuosum^ hifolium, ampliatum, and crisp um ; but all these have flowers 
in which yellow or brown are the only colours ; they owe their beauty to the 
graceful arrangement of their branches, and to the singular form of their petals, 
rather than to their colour ; and moreover, their blossoms are destitute of fragrance. 
When, therefore, it was ascertained that among Mr. Lance's plants there existed an 
oncidium with violet-coloured sweet-scented flowers, great interest was excited, and 
no pains were spared to ensure its successful cultivation. Many plants were soon 
distributed by Mr. Lance's orders, one of which blossomed in the hothouse of the 
Messrs. Loddiges, and another shortly after in that of the society. The plant was 
found by no means difficult to manage, and in point of beauty and fragrance it more 
than answered all the expectations that had been entertained of it. 
" The roots are flexuose, slender, simple elongations of the base of the stem, 
