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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ January 18,1887. 
the root tissue in the form of yellow bladder-like balls (of the nature of 
haustoria or.j sucker) surrounded by numerous filaments,” and that these 
“ transform the humus matters into such as are more easily utilised by 
the Orchid, thus doing it a physiological service.'’ It may interest some 
fungological readers to know that the fungi specially observed are in¬ 
cluded in the genus Nectria, bnt it is probable that Orchid growers will 
be quite willing to dispense with the supposed services of those very un¬ 
reliable alies. 
CYPRIPEDIUM SCHOMBURGIUANUM. 
At Mr. J. C. Stevens’ rooms, Covent Garden, last Thursday, one of the 
principal attractions among the Orchids offered for sale was a newly in¬ 
troduced Cypripedium under the above name. It has been known to 
botanists for more than forty years, as it was discovered by Dr. R. Schom- 
burgk near the Roraima Mountain in Central South America in 1842. It 
seems that in 1884 Mr, Im. Thurn rediscovered it in another locality, 
though attempts to introduce plants proved unsuccessful. Since then 
another collector found it in the locality where it was first observed by 
Dr. Schomburgk, and a considerable number of plants were imported in 
good condition. As far as the foliage and growth are concerned it closely 
resembles Cypripedium Pearcei (or Selenipedium caricinum) which has 
dark green narrow Sedge-like leaves very distinct from most other Cypri- 
pediums, even those of the Bame section. The flower spike is described 
as resembling C. Schlimi, and “ the flowers are about 2J inches in 
diameter. They are of deep brown colour, the dorsal sepals lighter and 
veined, pouch reddish.” It is also said to be fragrant. Many of the plants 
realised from 20s. to 25s. each. 
ONCIDIUMJMONACHICUM. 
This can only be regarded as a curiosity, but it is worth a place in a 
general collection, as all such add to the interest of the Orchid houses 
It is a relative of 0. metallieum and O. serratum, being very suggestive 
of the latter in its habit of flowering ; the flowers themselves are, how¬ 
ever, very singular. They are brownish in colour and slightly edged 
with yellow. The dorsal sepal is large, arched and undulated at the 
margin, the two petals being curved inwards, giving somewhat the 
appearance of a hood ; the lateral sepals are curved outwards and strangely 
stalked, the lip being small. It has never been very plentiful in cultiva¬ 
tion, but a considerable addition to the number,; of plants was made re¬ 
cently at Protheroe & Morris’s Rooms, where a large consignment was 
disposed of by auction last Friday.— L. Castle. 
ORCHIDS AT WOODHATCH .'LODGE, REIGATE. 
The following Orchids were in flower on New Year’s Day in the 
admirable collection formed by T. B. Haywood, Esq. :— 
iErides Leeanum 
Calanthe vestita oculata' 
„ ,, rosea 50 plants 
„ Veitchi 
Cattleya Holfordi 
„ maxima 
„ Warscewiczii delicata 
Cypripedium barbatum nigrum 
,, callosum 
„ calurum 
„ concolor 
„ insigne 
„ Leeanum superbum 
„ longifolium 
„ Lowi 
., Roezli 
,, Sedeni 
,, Spicerianum 
Dendrobium bigibbum 
„ coerulescens 
,, Deari 
Laelia albida 
,, ,, bella 
,, autumnalis atro-purpurea 
Lycaste Skinneri 
„ alba 
Masdevailia Chelsoni 
„ chimara 
„ coccinea 
„ infracta 
Masdevailia ignea 
„ „ superba 
„ Schlimi, grand var. with 
6 flowers to a spike 
„ tovarensis, 20 plants in 
48's,many of tlieuf carry¬ 
ing 150 flowers 
,, Veitchi 
„ „ grandiflora 
Odontoglossum Alexandras, about 
100 spikes 
„ cirrhosum 
„ constrictum 
„ Lindleyanum 
„ odoratum 
„ Pescatorei 
„ Ro3sii majus 
„ ,, rubescens 
„ soeptrum 
„ tripudians 
Oncidium cucullatum macrochilum 
„ ornithorynchum 
„ Rogersi 
„ unguiculatum 
Phalrenopsis Schilleriana 
Pescatorea Lehmanni, 2 varieties 
Saccolabium Boxalli 
„ giganteum 
„ „ magnificum 
„ violaceum 
BLACK HAMBURGH GRAPES IN FEBRUARY. 
Your esteemed correspondent, Mr. Taylor, in his well-timed remarks 
in your issue of the 23rd of December on 11 Appearance versus Flavour ” 
touches a question which to me is of much interest and importance ; and 
1 venture to say to many other gardeners who have to supply their 
employers with Black Hamburgh Grapes to the exclusion of all other 
black Grapes as long as it is possible to have this Grape in anything like 
presentable condition. Christmas, according to my experience, is the 
latest time one may expect to see Black Hamburgh in fair condition, and 
a statement coming from a grower of Mr. 'Baylor’s standing that’it is 
possible to have it in good condition up to the beginning of February 
will come upon many as a surprise. 
Mr. Taylor will be eonfening a boon upon maDy hv detail :■;» the 
treatment necessary to secure tbis, and as wtll as upon— Druid. ° 
P.S.—Could you not, Mr. Editor, prevail on tbe Committee of the 
R.H.S. to eff-r prizes for this Grape—say at thfir first meelin' in 
Felruary, 1883 ? ° 
NEW PLANTS OF 1886. 
Abbreviations. — B. HI, Belgique Horticole.— B. M., Botanical Magazine. 
Cat. C. C. d’H., Catalogue of the Compagnie Continentale d'Horticul- 
ture.— G. C., Gardeners’ Chronicle.— Gfl., Gartenflora.— III. H-, L’lllus- 
tration Horticole.— L, Lindenia— R., Reichenbachia.— R. H., Revue 
Horticole.— IF. O. A., Warner & Williams’ Orchid Album. 
Infl., Inflorescence.— L., Leaves.— FL, Flowers.— Fr., Fruit.— II., Hardy. 
—H.H., Half hardy.—G., Gre nhouse.— S., Stove.— Per., Perennial.— 
Shr Shrub.— In., Inches.— Lin., Line == One-twelfth of an inch.— 
Ft., Foot or Feet.— Diarn ., Diameter.— Pet., Petals.— Sep., Sepals. 
N.B.—Unless specified, all Orchids may be consid ;red to be stove epiphytes. 
Acer colchicum, var. tricolor. (B H. 1880, p. 371.) Sapindace®. 
H. tree. An exc;tdingly ornamental form, with handsomely variegated 
foliage. The young 1. are of a bright violaceous red, shot with rose pink, 
shading off here and there in an irregular manner into all shades of dark 
red or crimson to creamy white. Garden variety. 
Acer dasycarpum and A. pseudo-platanus. ( B . H. 1836, p. 358.) Some 
ornamental garden forms of these are described at the above place. 
Acer platanoides, var. compactum. (G/Z. 1886, p. 117.) H. tree. An 
ornamental variety, producing a round compact head, something like the 
Ball Acacia. Girden variety. 
Aconitum dissectum. (G/Z. 1886, p. 223, f. 16.) Ranunculace®. H. per. 
much in the way of A. Napellus, but more hairy, and differing principally 
in the narrower helmet of the fl. Himalayas. 
Adiantum Birkenheadii. (G. C. xxv., p. 648.) Filice3. A fine Fern 
of tufted habit, with tiipinnate fronds about 2j ft. long and 1 ft. broad, 
deltoid acuminate ; pinnae alternate, distant, and long-stalked towards the 
base, closer together and sessile near the apex, the lower ones bipinnate, 
the upper ones pinnate ; pinnules obtusely oblong-trapezoid, cut on the 
upper edge into shallow lobes. Garden seedling. 
Adiantum Capillus-Veneris, var. grande. (G. C. xxvi., p. 103.) H. 
A very handsome variety, of larger size, denser, and more bushy in habit 
than the type. Garden variety. 
Adiantum Oollisii. (G. C. xxv., p. 681.) A good decorative Fern, of 
bushy habit, with very broad, decompound, spreading fronds, the ultimate 
pinnules finely stalked, very varied in size and form, ranging from a quarter 
to half an inch long and broad ; stipes glossy black. Garden seedling. 
Adlintum eleGans. (G. C. xxv., p. 200 j Williams' Cat. p. 22.) G. 
evergreen Maidenhair Fern of graceful habit, with triangular ovate quadri- 
pinnate fronds. The long-stalked distant pinn® are ovate or deltoid, with 
stalked pinnules; pinnulets very small, 2 to 3-lobed, roundish, the larger 
ones slightly trapezoid, the terminal ones shortly cuneate. Stipes blackish 
purple. Garden seedling. 
Adiantum monochlamys. (Veitch Cat. p. 9.) G. An elegant Maiden¬ 
hair Fern, with glossy dark brown stipes, and spreading ovate-deltoid tri- 
pinnate fronds, with small close set pinnules, pea green above, silvery 
beneath, the fertile ones with a single sorus in a notch in the upper edge. 
Japan. 
2Echmea brasiliensis. ( Cfl. t. 1202.) Bromeliace® S. A fine Bro- 
meliad, with a lax rosette of narrow, ascending, and spreading 1., 2 to 3 ft. 
long, spiny on the margins, bright green, slightly mealy beneath. Fl. 
stem about 3 ft. high, bright red, as well as the bracts and calyces of the 
blue fl., which are disposed in a dense spike like panicle. Brazil. 
2Erides Bernhardianum. (G. C. xxiv., p. 650.) Orchide*. A very dis¬ 
tinct and fine species. The raceme has the appearance of 2E. quinquevul- 
nerum, the 1. is narrow, strap-shaped, and unequally bi-lobel, the lip has 
the side lobes overlapping each other, and the front lobe covering both in 
front. Borneo. 
JErides Godefrotanum. (G. C. xxv., p. 814.) A very fine species 
with fl. comparable to those of iE. maculosum, they are light rosy-white 
streaked and spotted with amethyst on the sep. and pet., and the whole disk 
of the lip rich amethyst. Lip triangular, with a retrorse hooked solid tooth, 
and a very small angular spur. Cochin Chita. 
Afzellia africana. (Gfl. 1886, p. 551.) Leguminos®. S. per. An 
ornamental plant, with bluish-green pinnate 1., and dense racemes of white 
fl. The seeds are about the size of a small bean of a shining blackish 
brown, with a coral red area around the hiluin. Tropical Africa. 
Aganisia cyanea. (G. C. xxv., p. 720, erroneously printed A. coerulea, 
corrected on p. 804 to the above.) Orchide®. A fine handsome Orchid of 
distinct character, with creeping stems, and large pear-shaped one-leaved 
bulbs. Peduncle arising from the base of the bulb, 2-3 flowered. Fl. about 
2 in. in diam.,sep. and pet. light blue outside, yellowish and light blue in¬ 
side. Lip brown with a dull orange callus, behind which is a pouch in the 
stalk of the lip ; the blade of the lip is transversely reniform, with wavy 
margins. Rio Negro. 
Aganisia tricolor. ( L. pi. 45.) A fine Orchid, much like A. cyanea, 
but the sep. are whitish on both sides, the pat. fight blue, and the callus of 
the saddle-shaped orange-brownish lip is different in shape. Amazons. 
Albuca corymbosa. (G. C. xxvi, p. 38.) Liliace®. G. bulb, allied to 
A. juncifolia, with 6-8 terete 1., a ft. or more long. Peduncle 6 in. long, 
with 5-6 fl. in a lax corymb, pe ianth 1 in. long, yellow banded with green, 
inner segments hooded, connivent ; outer stamens without anthers. Port 
Elizabeth. 
Alnus japonica. {Gfl. 1886, p. 549.) Betulaoe®. H. tree. An Alder, 
with elliptic or elliptic-ovate, acuminate, serrate 1., acute at the base, 2 to 
4 in. long, 1 to 2 in. broad. Cones ellipsoidal obtuse, ^ to f in. long, 5 to 
6 lines thick. Japan. 
AloCasia Augustiaxa. (III. H. pi. 593 ; Cat. Comp. Cont. d'Sort., p. 5.) 
Arace®. S. foliage p’ant. A fine Aroid allied ta A. zebvina. The petioles 
are rosy spotted and handed with brown. The blade of the 1. is deeply 
cordate-ovate acut ■, bright deep green above, paler ben ath. Fl. unknown. 
Papua. 
Alocasia grandiS. (G. C. xivi., p. 390.) S. per. A noble and orna¬ 
mental foliage plant, with blackish petioles 3 to bi ft. long; large ovate- 
sagittate blades 20 to 24 in. long by a ft. broid, bright green above, black¬ 
ish-green beneath; and flue white apatites marked, with carmine lines oat- 
Fide, with a short mottled green tube on peduncles about 10 in. long. East 
Indian Archipelago. 
(To be continued.) 
