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is one of the present year’s novelties, and was recently certificated 
at Regent’s Park. D. rhodostoma is a beautiful form, with neat 
flowers, the sepals, petals, and lip white tipped with rose. The 
largest plant in cultivation of this Dendrobe is now in Raron 
Schioder’s collection, having been purchased for fifty guineas. 
Amongst the Oncidiums the well-known useful purplish 0. cucul- 
latum and the bright yellow 0. concolor are very abundant, and 
are tastefully arranged with the Odontoglossums in the long 
corridor. A distinct species is 0. nigratum from British Guiana, 
which has flowers strangely like a diminutive Odontoglossum 
cirrhosum. The panicle is about 4 feet long, the branches short 
and close ; the sepals and petals are narrow, white, and wavy, 
with dark purplish blotches, the lip being light yellow. Odonto- 
glcssum cordatum, 0. cirrhosum, O. Halli, and many others, not 
omitting the beautiful 0. vexillarium, contribute charms to the 
display in the corridor. The richer coloured Masdevallias Harryana, 
ignea, and Lindeni, with M. Fraseri, a fine hybrid between the 
two last-named species, are very effective. We feel reluctant to 
quit the Orchids, but there are other departments to be noticed, 
first being the 
GLOXINIAS. 
Messrs. Yeitch have given much attention to these plants for 
many years, and they have succeeded in raising some of the finest 
varieties in cultivation. The erect-flowering type is most strongly 
represented, and are evidently the chief favourites, though there 
are several good representatives of the drooping group. The 
blooms are all distinguished by excellent form, broad rounded 
lobes, and bright or delicate colours. Probably the two finest 
scarlets are Radiance and Garibaldi, both free and intensely 
bright, the darkest violet purple form being Brunette, a new 
variety with large velvety flowers, very handsome. Some of 
the best of the others new and recent are the following — 
Yacoob Khan, purple, with a white edge, dotted with violet; 
Czar, rich purple: Cordelia, white, with numerous small purple 
dots, fine shape ; Purity, white, fine and free ; Jeanne Meuret, 
white, dotted with violet, round lobes ; Macbeth, crimson, bluish 
margin, dotted ; Bayard, very large flower, white, dotted with 
violet; Miranda, rich purple ; Coronet, beautifully spotted with 
violet down to the base of the throat; Fabiola, very bright 
crimson ; William, Robinson, a fine flower, rosy crimson, netted 
in the throat; Aginor, purplish mauve ; Ariadne, bright purple ; 
Clytie, pink-spotted ; Crimson Queen, very rich crimson; and 
Lewis Castle, neat flower, margin purple, centre of lobes and 
throat white. Many other handsome varieties are coming on, 
and will continue a display for several weeks. 
TUBEROUS BEGONIAS. 
A houseful of seedlings from a fine strain is now a blaze of 
colour, scarlet in various shades predominating and producing a 
most brilliant effect. Very few varieties are now named, as the 
strain has been raised by continued selection to such a high 
standard that it would be difficult to name all that are good. 
The plants, too, are of very good habit, strong without being 
coarse, compact and floriferous. 
NEPENTHES. 
The extensive collection of these is now in grand condition, 
though the pitchers are slightly less numerous than they were a 
few months since. N. Mastersiana is exceedingly good, and 
proves its claim to be considered one of the finest of the genus 
in a decorative point of view. The dark and light varieties appear 
to be equally free, and some of the pitchers are now attaining 
great size—nearly a foot long, and richly coloured. The wonderful 
N. Northiana is at present in a very small state, and it will be 
some time before the pitchers attain the surprising dimensions 
they do in their native habitats. The distinct N. Ve~itchii, how¬ 
ever, has numerous fine pitchers. The Sarracenias, Droseras, and 
Cephalotus, which are so well grown in the little houses specially 
devoted to them, are in capital condition, and are alone well worth 
a visit. 
STOVE TLANTS. 
Prominent amongst these just now are the Anthuriums, A. 
ferrierense, with its large peculiar crimson spathes and long 
white spadix, being very abundant and beautiful. The old and 
well-known A. Schertzerianum occupies a house which now con¬ 
tains some hundreds of spathes, mostly broad, rounded, and 
brightly coloured ; while A. Andreanum has its strangely blistered 
spathes of considerable size. The Alocasias Thibautiaoa and 
Yeitchii are in superb condition, their handsome foliage being 
beautifully coloured, and several allied forms are also notable. 
The large yellow-flowered Wormia Burbidgei, which was recently 
certificated, is still in bloom, but its broad handsome leaves 
render it distinct at any time. The charming rosy scarlet Impatiens 
[ June 7, 1883. 
Sultani is in strong force, and in a slightly cooler department 
are the hybrid Rhododendrons, of which so many grand forms 
have been raised. One novelty, at present unnamed, has salmon- 
coloured flowers of great size, about 3 inches in diameter, the 
largest yet obtained ; the lobes are rounded, an inch or more in 
diameter, and the trusses are full. 
As much more might be written respecting the nursery, which, 
at the present time, is full of interest to visitors. 
BATH AND WEST OF ENGLAND SOCIETY. 
BRIDGEWATER. 
At the Bridgewater meeting, commenced on the 28th ult., the 
floral portion of the Exhibition, as usual, constituted an important 
feature, particularly the Orchid tent, which is superintended by the 
Hon. and Rev. J. T. Boscawen. In this several handsome groups of 
Orchids were tastefully arranged, and greatly admired by the visitors. 
The ten-guinea cup was won by Mr. Powell, gardener to W. E. 
Brymer, Esq., M.P., Ilsington House, Dorchester, for a magnificent 
collection of well-grown plants, many being superbly flowered. The 
species and varieties represented were as follows, the number of 
spikes and flowers being stated in the most important cases :— 
Aerides Fieldingii, Vanda suavis, Cypripedium niveum, thirty blooms ; 
C. Laurenceanum, Dendrobium Dearii, D. moschatum, eighteen 
spikes ; D. thyrsiflorum, nine and eleven spikes respectively ; D. 
Devonianum, 120 flowers ; Cattleya Mossiae, C. labiata Warnerii, 
C. Skinnerii, twenty spikes, a beautiful plant, for which the five- 
guinea cup was awarded as the best specimen in the Show ; C. 
Mendelli, Laelia purpurata, Cymbidium Lowianum, Epidendrum 
prismatocarpum, E. vitellinum, twenty spikes ; Masdevallia Harryana, 
two dozen flowers ; M. Shuttleworthii, Odontoglossum Alexandra, 
O. cirrhosum, 0. vexillarium, O. Pescatorei, O. citrosmum, 0. 
Wilckeanum, and Oncidium Marshallianum. 
Mr. Perry, gardener to Mr. Cruger Miles, Bristol, showed a beauti¬ 
ful group. Amongst other fine plants was a good specimen of 
Cattleya Mendelli, also several examples of Cattleya Mossiae, Aerides 
Fieldingii, with two branching spikes p a fine specimen and grand 
variety of Odontoglossum vexillarium, Cypripedium caudatum, and 
other good species and varieties. There was also an attractive group 
from Mr. Garland, gardener to Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, M.P., 
Killerton Park, Broadclyst, Devon. Two large plants of Yanda 
tricolor, each with two spikes, several good plants of Anguloa 
Clowesii, two large pans of Cypripedium barbatum, two plants of 
Calanthe veratrifolia, and others. Mr. Denny, gardener to Sir W. 
Marriott, Bart., Down House, Blandford, sent a fine specimen of 
Cattleya Mossiae with ten flower spikes ; and from Mr. Bowring of 
Windsor came a very handsome specimen of Odontoglossum vexil¬ 
larium with sixteen flower spikes. 
Miscellaneous groups and collections of cut flowers were numerous 
and good. Messrs. R. Smith & Son, Worcester, contributed large 
and handsome groups of Clematises, herbaceous plants, and Maples, 
including many interesting varieties. Mr. Hooper of Bath had a 
collection of Pansies ; Messrs. Kelway & Son, Langport, had blooms 
of single and double Pyrethrums, including many fine varieties, 
Roses, Amaryllises, &c. ; Mr. Fricker, Bridgewater, staged collections 
of Tuberous Begonias; Mr. R. Nicholls, gardener to Earl Fortescue, 
Castle Hill, South Molton, exhibited the large specimen Palms and 
other plants, which at the close of the Show were sold by auction 
by Mr. J. C. Stevens of Covent Garden. Mr. J. Lawless, Exeter, 
and Mr. R. G. Evered, Otterhampton, also contributed to the display. 
VARIETIES OF HELLEBORES NIGER. 
I send with this note foliage of four distinct kinds of Christmas 
Roses (Helleborus niger). No. 1 I had from the late Miss Hope 
several years ago, and is the kind she named Helleborus niger 
angustifolius. This is the earliest-flowering of the group. The 
variety that comes nearest to it in the general appearance of the 
foliage is that marked No. 3. The segments of the leaf are narrower 
throughout in No. 1, the serrature of the leaflets not so deep, the 
venation less defined, and the general appearance smoother and 
slightly deeper in the shade of green. The leafstalks are also 
much longer. Nos. 2 and 3 were found in farmers’ and cottagers’ 
gardens for the true Christmas Rose. They are, however, quite 
distinct; No. 2 flowering before the other, with the blooms more 
open and less cup-shaped, while the back of the petals is a dirty 
pink, No. 3 being of purest white. The foliage is larger in all its 
parts in No. 2, though the general appearance of the two are alike, 
with the exception of the larger being much more “ wrinkly ” in 
appearance. No. 4 came from Miss Hope, named “ H. niger 
maximus.” It is the latest to flower of all, and in all ways the 
most distinct of the group. The foliage is larger, leafstalks stronger 
and longer, with the colour of the foliage darker, the appearance 
smoother, and the serrature of the edges very much smaller than in 
any of the others. Moreover, several of the leaflets are bifurcated. 
Our plants were all lifted, divided, and planted on a south border 
last year, but they took unkindly to the change and yielded hardly 
