THE FLORAL MAGAZINE 
NEW SERIES.] APRIL, 1880. [No. 100. 
HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITIONS. 
Prominent among the new plants exhibited at the 
meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society on March 
9th, was the new Bornean Pothos ceratocaulis, a hand- 
some and interesting climber, introduced from N. W. 
Borneo by Mr. F. W. Burbidge, lying perfectly flat 
upon the surface it climbs over, being held in position 
by its numerous adventitious roots, and as it is a rapid 
grower, it is admirably adapted for covering walls, 
trunks of Tree Ferns, &c. The leaves are of a rich 
dark green on the surface with a slight velvety sheen ; 
the under surface is pale-green and minutely crystalline. 
Each leaf overlaps the base of the one above it in such 
a manner that the stem is entirely concealed : hence its 
specific name. It was exhibited by Messrs. James 
Yeitch and Sons, Exotic Nurseries, Chelsea, S.W. 
The same firm had a plant of the handsome Dendro- 
bium crassinode Barberianum, a fine variety with 
deeper-tinted flowers than the type. The plant 
shown had flower-stems nearly a yard long, and of 
proportionate girth, though the pan in which it was 
growing was but six inches across and two and a half 
inches in depth. It was awarded a Cultural Commen- 
dation. A First-class Certificate of Merit was awarded 
to Polystichum tripteron, a Japanese species, with 
pinnate fronds of a bright green colour, remarkable 
for their narrow outline, and for the two much-enlarged 
basal pinnae. The bright green tint of the fronds and 
the dwarf, compact habit of the plant, render this a 
highly desirable greenhouse Fern, and it may possibly 
prove to be hardy. This also came from Messrs. 
Yeitch and Sons. The same award was made to Mr. 
H. Cannell, Nurseryman, Swanley, for Fuchsia pendu- 
Iseflora, a showy and attractive plant, with the character 
of F. corymbiflora in miniature, but which is believed 
to be the same as F. boliviensis; as it would appear 
there is no species known as F. pendulseflora, though 
there is one called F. pendula. It is of a good habit 
of growth, with pendulous clusters of long-tubed deep 
crimson flowers. 
One of the finest double Cinerarias yet seen came 
from Mr. R. Greenfield, the Priory Gardens, Warwick. 
The flowers were fully double, large and almost globu- 
lar ; symmetrical, and of a rich deep shade of purplish 
magenta. It was awarded a First-class Certificate of 
Merit ; but as a variety it can be propagated only by 
cuttings sent up from the base of the flowering stem, 
and it is said that fine double varieties are very slow of 
producing stock. We hope to figure this fine variety 
before long. The same award was made to a seedling 
Cineraria, named Master Harold, raised by Mr. J. 
James, the Gardens, Redlees, Isleworth. It repre- 
sented a variety remarkable for the fine shape and 
substance of its flowers, and the rich magenta colouring 
of the margin, which was so broad as to almost con- 
stitute it a self flower, but it had the defect of a grey 
disc, and a narrow irregular ring of white round it. 
From Mr. Wiggins, gardener to H. Little, Esq. 
Hillingdon Court, Uxbridge, came a fine variety of 
Primula sinensis, named Meteor, a new seedling, with 
flowers of an intense rich crimson colour, relieved by 
a bright greenish-yellow eye. The flowers are of 
medium size, of good form, well fringed on the edges ; 
the leaves are deeply cut, and the stalks have a reddish 
tinge, which imparts to the plants a distinct appear- 
ance. 
Among interesting subjects of a novel character 
were flowers of Rhododendron fulgens, obtained from 
trees growing in the open air, sent by Mr. J. Cox, 
from Redleaf, Penshurst ; and some blooms of R. 
barbatnm, also cut in the open air, came from Mrs. 
Yivian, Singleton, Swansea. These two belong to the 
group of Himalayan Rhododendrons that are early- 
flowering, and are beautiful in our gardens when not 
destroyed by the early spring frosts. From Mr. T. 
Speed, gardener to his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, 
Chatsworth, Chesterfield, came a fine flowering speci- 
men of Renanthera coccinea, from seven to eight feet 
in height, and bearing two branching spikes of its 
deep scarlet flowers ; in addition, there were the 
remains of several previous blooming spikes. Messrs. 
James Carter and Co. exhibited a scarlet-flowered 
species of Fuchsia, received from Mexico, and which 
has the peculiarity of producing its flowers on the old 
wood before exhibiting leaves. The flowers are tubular, 
two inches long, of an orange-scarlet tint, borne in 
clusters ; and this tendency to show its flowers before 
producing leaves is certainly very unusual. A new 
Tea-scented Rose, named Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, 
represented by three plants, came from Mr. H. 
Bennett, of Stapleford, near Salisbury ; the flowers 
are of fine form, with reflexing petals, which are of a 
delicate blush tint. It is a very promising variety. A 
