Plate 401. 
ONCIDIUM GARDNERII LIND. 
It is from Mr. B. S. Williams’s fine collection of Orchids, at tlie Paradise Nurseries, 
Holloway, that the subject of our illustration was obtained ; and it is figured because, 
though not new, it is yet a singularly fine and distinct species, well worthy of a place in 
every choice collection. 
Oncidium Gardnerii was described by Hooker in the London Journal of Botany as 
far back as 1843. The flowers are “panicled, sepals oblong obtuse, the lateral ones 
united half-way down, twice the size of the petals, stalked roundish wavy ; lip transversely 
notched auricled at the base, its crest provided with numerous tubercules, viz., two 
largest on the forepart with an intermediate smaller one, two linear ones at the sides, 
two other circular ones at the base, and with some warts in the middle ; wings of the 
column short rounded.” 
In its native habitat it is found on trees in forests ; it is allied to 0. Crispum and 
0. Forbesi, but separated by the peculiar form and tuberculation of the lip, and by the 
very small wings of the column. 
Mr. B. S. Williams considers 0. Gardnerii to be a first-class Orchid, and superior to 
0. Crispum. 
PlxYte 402. 
DOUBLE CINERARIA, MR. THOMAS LLOYD. 
As far back as thirty years ago there existed double Cinerarias. It would appear 
but little interest was excited over them, and nothing more was heard of them till some 
ten years or so ago, when Messrs. Haage and Schmidt, Seed Growers, of Erfurt, Ger- 
many, sent some double forms to this country, which were favourably noticed at the 
time, but were soon nearly or cpiite forgotten. 
This interest in Double Cinerarias is again revived by the advent of the variety now 
figured. It is far away the finest double Cineraria produced up to the time of its 
introduction ; and the raiser, Mr. R. Greenfield, the Priory Gardens, Warwick, is to be 
complimented on obtaining such a very fine and striking variety. The flowers are 
decidedly larger than those of any previous introduction; bright rosy-crimson in colour, 
large in size, and handsome in shape, and produced on the plants in bold and symmetrical 
heads. When exhibited at one of the meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society, a 
short time since, it was awarded a First-class Certificate of Merit. It will be distributed 
by Messrs. James Veitcli and Sons, Chelsea, who have purchased the stock of it. 
