THE FLORAL MAGAZINE. 
described above. Also to Primula Sinensis meteor, a 
deep crimson-coloured variety, very showy (H. Little); 
Amaryllis International, a handsome variety, with 
finely- formed flowers of a deep crimson tint, and a 
greenish-yellow centre (H. Little) ; Hyacinth, Lady 
Headley, a pretty peach-coloured flower of great pro- 
mise (Captain Palton) ; to Cyclamen Rosy morn, and 
Picturatum, both from Mr. H. B. Smith, Ealing Dean, 
the former a bright shade of rose, the latter delicate 
blush, both large-flowered types of great size and 
beauty ; and to Chorozeana aurea florabunda, appa- 
rently identical with the old, though somewhat uncom- 
mon, C. flava, very free-flowering, the flowers pure 
yellow, with white wings (W. Kaile) : certainly a large 
list of honours. 
Another of the fortnightly meetings of the Royal 
Horticultural Society took place on Tuesday, April 
13th. On this occasion, the plant which overshadowed 
all other new subjects was Anthurium Andreanum. 
This very striking plant was exhibited at Ghent a 
week previously, where it attracted much attention; 
and a similar reception awaited it in London. It is 
described in the Gardener’s Chronicle as “an aroid of 
tufted habits, with oblong, cordate, glabrous, leathery 
leaves, dark green above, pale beneath, and marked 
by comparatively few but prominent nerves ; the leaf 
stalks are ascending, cylindrical, slender, and thickened 
at the top, the blade being attached, as it were, hinge- 
wise, so as to allow of varying positions, deflexed or 
spreading. The flower-stalk is double the length of 
the leaf-stalk, erect, slender, and bears at the summit 
a spreading, heart-shaped, acute, leathery spathe of a 
brilliant, shining scarlet colour, the surface irregularly 
corrugated, like the cartilage of the ear, and of so firm 
a texture and brilliant a colour as to suggest the idea 
of an artificial rather than a natural production.” 
Indeed, it is a very artificial -looking plant, with a 
harsh and somewhat forbidding aspect ; nevertheless, 
it is a great novelty. “ The spadix, which is about 
three inches long, and of the thickness of a swan-quill, 
is ivory-white at the base, greenish-yellow at the tip.” 
The plant is a native of New Grenada, where it was 
discovered by M. Andre, after w r hom it has been 
named, and by him introduced into Mr. Linden’s 
establishment at Brussels, who exhibited it on this 
occasion, when it was awarded a First-class Certificate 
of Merit. The same award was made to Messrs. James 
Veitch and Sons, King’s Road, Chelsea, for Huntleya 
meleagris, an old, but somewhat rare South American 
Orchid, which is also known as Batemannia meleagris. 
The specimen shown had five of its large and strikingly 
singular flowers, the somewhat reflexed and pointed 
sepals and petals of which were yellow at the base, 
and brown towards the apex, and the lip nearly white. 
To the same exhibitor, for Amaryllis, Prince George, 
a grand variety in point of size and effectiveness, the 
colour beiug a dark shade of crimson, with dark 
shaded lines ; and also for Colanthe tricarinata, a 
hardy species, with an erect spike of small flowers, of 
the same pale grass-green colour as the foliage, ex- 
cept as regards the lip, which is of a dark shade of 
brown. 
Mr. B. S. Williams, Victoria Nursery, Holloway, 
exhibited an excellent specimen of Clioisya ternata, 
an old introduction from Mexico, and it is remarkable 
that it should not have been brought into such pro- 
minence before. It bears a profusion of pretty white 
orange-like blossoms, having a delicious and powerful 
hawthorn perfume ; and supposing it is not difficult to 
cultivate it in the form in which Mr. Williams had it, it 
is an invaluable greenhouse plant ; in addition, it is said 
to be nearly or quite hardy. It was deservedly awarded 
a First-class Certificate of Merit ; and the same dis- 
tinction was conferred on Coleus, Mrs. G. Simpson, a 
remarkably haudsome variety, with a robust habit of 
growth ; the large leaves of a rich deep velvety 
crimson colour heavily mottled with a deeper shade. 
From the Cranston Nursery Company, Hereford, 
came an unnamed species of Hoya, which was shown 
under the provisional name of H. Globulosa, and as 
such it received a First-class Certificate of Merit. It 
is a handsome species, with large thick leathery leaves, 
similar to those of H. imperialis; the flowers, which 
are comparatively small, are of a waxy whiteness, and 
are produced in great numbers in dense globular 
heads. 
The same award was made to Mr. W. Howard, 
Southgate, for Chrysanthemum frutescens, Etoile d’Or, 
said to be a yellow-flowered variety of the Paris Daisy, 
though it appears to have the character of a distinct 
species. It is a very useful decorative plant, the 
flowers large and of a clear yellow colour, and it is 
said they keep fresh in a cut state for a long time. 
A similar honour was conferred on Frittilaria Mogr- 
gridgei, from Messrs. Backhouse and Son, Nurserymen, 
York. It is, according to Mr. Baker, merely a dwarf 
broad- leaved, yellow-flowered form of F. delphinensis 
(which is purple- flowered), and a native of the Mari- 
time Alps. It produces bell-like flowers, larg’e in size, 
and of a good yellow colour, faintly spotted on the 
outside with chocolate, but copiously checquered 
within with the same colour. 
