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24 — Le florifere, — Bruant. 
Plant bush}’, robust, leaves large, elongated but not as thickly set as in some 
other species, nerves bordered with deep green, but the rest of the leaf pure white; 
very remarkable for its early and abundant flowering, the flowers being similar to 
B. Discolor. 
25 — Perle Poitevine, — Bruant. 
Leaves moderate, of a magnificent metallic white, very brilliant, with rose-color 
reflection, and a small, dark, bronzy-^reen centre forming a very unique contrast; 
flowers, soft, rose color; a superb variety. 
26 — Alegatiere, — Bruant. 
Large and fine leaves supported by long leaf-stocks, leaves cordiform, dark green, 
centre and borders violet with the remainder of leaf of a sandy white and the zone 
of B. Rex perfectly designed, underside of the leaf rosy purple; plant very tall 
growth and extra vigorous; flowers similar to B. Discolor. 
29 — Baronne Leroy, — Bruant. 
Plant very vigorous, fine foliage, form and grandeur of B. Discolor, a tender green 
color, centre faint violet, border edged violet; all the surface regularly covered with 
small white points with very pretty effect. 
34 — Professeur Poirault, — Bruant. 
Plant short, each branch also short; beautiful leaves, with a large white zone and 
metallic tint, the borders and the centre green powdered with white, nerves promi- 
nent, flowers, large, rose-color, in fine clusters on long peduncles. 
27 — Mme. J. Menoreau, — Bruant. 
Leafage similar to B. Discolor with same manner of growth and magnificently 
streaked ; large, clear white satin-like spots disposed in a zone, centre violet marbled 
white; edge clear green equally marbled with white. 
4% — Ed. Pynaert , — Bruant. 
Leaves of good size, black-bronzy, with large pure white zone, neatly designed, 
surrounded with lively green on its outer edge; a magnificent variety. 
BEGONIA DAVEAUANA AND LINGULARIA MACROPRYLLA. 
These were exhibited by M. Godefroy Leboeuf at a recent meeting of the French 
Horticultural Society. The former is a plant of small dimensions with beautifully 
colored foliage. It grows well in the shade, not becoming drawn when thus circum- 
stanced. It is a native of the mountains of Badong, in the Gulf of Siam. Lingularia 
macrophylla belongs to the Composite, and attains large proportions, the flower- 
stems rising from a tuft of large oval, oblong leaves to a height of over 6 feet. The 
flowers are yellow. It is a native of Central Asia . — The Garden. 
BE G ONI A FRCEBELI INCOMP ARABILIS . — Frcebel. 
This is a cross between B. Frcebeli and B. Polypetala, (a brilliant new species as yet 
only in possession of the introducer, Herr Otto Frcebel, Zurich.) Its growth is much 
stronger than that of the type, B. Froebeli, while the leaves, the petioles and the 
flower-stalks are of the same large size as those of B. Polypetala . — Otto Frcebel, in 
The Garden. 
A NEW LILY. 
Mr. C. H. Allen, of Garden City, Mew York, while collecting native Lilies in the 
Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts, found two clumps of double-flowering Lilium Phil- 
adelphicum. The flowers were in all respects similar to that species excepting in the 
large number of the petals, which are numerous as those of the L. Tigrinum fl. pi. 
When he saw the first one he supposed it a twin flower, but upon examination, find- 
ing the several bulbs in each clump producing the same double flowers, the conclu- 
sion was that they were a distinct variety, likely to prove constant. We shall watch 
the flowering of these Lilies another season with much interest. 
