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there is a fortune in this Grape.” My father was never very sanguine 
in fortunes being made by fruits, more especially when the prediction 
was made by an amateur, but he was enthusiastic about Grapes, and he 
was very willing to test the merits of this particular variety. The 
Ryton Muscat was planted in a vinery with the ordinary Muscat of 
Alexandria. The excellence of the Grape consists, as pointed out by 
Mr. Devenish, in its precocity. It will ripen much earlier than the 
Muscat of Alexandria in the same temperature, and might bring its 
fruit to perfection in a very hot summer without any artificial heat. 
The fruit differs in no respect from the Muscat of Alexandria in appear¬ 
ance, but early maturity imparts a superiority in flavour often noticed 
by those who have tasted the two Grapes at the same period of the year. 
The absence of any notices of this Grape probably .arises from the fact 
that many changes often take place in an establishment before a Grape 
Vine bears fruit, and thus the distinctive name is lost. To an ordinary 
observer there would be no apparent difference, and the precocity would 
be attributed to the accident of soil or the position of the house. As far 
as this nursery is concerned the advantage, if any, possessed by the 
Ryton Muscat has been given to the public, as it has never been dis¬ 
tributed as a new Grape at a high price, the remarks in the catalogue 
setting forth its true character for the benefit of those who are disposed 
to believe in the description. 
Mr. Devenish was one of the first discoverers of the superiority of the 
Gros Colman as a late keeping Grape. My father looked upon this 
as a large black fruit of indifferent flavour, and not any better than 
the Barbarossa. Mr. Devenish advised him to keep it until April, and 
sent him a bunch of large size and excellent quality in this month. 
The great popularity which the Grape has since attained has fully 
justified this opinion. 
The General de la Marmora, received from M. Vibert of Angers, was 
planted in a ground vinery, in which it grew and ripened its fruit for 
some years, but by an unlucky mistake the “ accursed spade ” of a 
labourer killed the Vine. The fruit so closely resembles Buckland 
Sweetwater as to be almost identical; the name, however, points to an 
earlier introduction, as the great Italian General de la Marmora was 
famous in 1849, and, if l remember rightly, the Buckland Sweetwater 
was not brought into notice till some years after that date. Under the 
ground vinery the fruit of the General de la Marmora did not attain the 
bright amber of the Buckland Sweetwater when grown in a vinery, but 
it was remarkable for its fertility, size, flavour, and hardiness, the differ¬ 
ence of colour arising possibly from the different conditions of growth. I 
have not planted it in a vinery, for Grapes are marketable commodities, 
and this variety, though valuable in a private garden, would not bring 
a remunerative price in Covent Garden. The Grapes Gros Colman, Gros 
Maroc, General de la Marmora, and Long Noir d'Espagne, or Trentham 
Black, were all received from M. Vibert of Angers. The latter was sent 
by my father to Mr. Fleming of Trentham Gardens, who thought so 
highly of it that he proposed the substitution of Trentham Black for the 
Long Noir d’Espagne as being easier to pronounce and more distinctive. 
A “ Scot ” does not appear to believe the description which I have 
given in a catalogue for which I am responsible, and I do not write the 
above account to induce him to plant the Grapes, but simply to tell 
what I know of them.— T. Francis Rivers. 
NEW PLANTS OP 1886. 
(Continued from page 28.) 
Inti., Inflorescence.— L., Leaves.— Fl., Flowers.— Fr., Fruit.— 3., Hardy. 
— 3.3., Half-hardy.— G., Greenhouse.— S., Stove.— Per., Perennial.— 
Shr., Shrub.— In., Inches.— Lin., Line = One-twelfth of an inch.— 
Ft., Foot or Feet.— Diam., Diameter.— Pet., Petals.— Sep , Sepals. 
N.B.—Unless specified, all Orchids may be considered to be stove epiphytes. 
Alocasia Lindeni. (III. 3., pi. 603.) A handsome and distinct S. 
Avoid, with ivory white petioles, and cordate acuminate 1., of a bright green, 
with distinct yellowish midrib and primary veins. Peduncles 3 to 4 in. 
long, ivory white. Spathe convolute, pale green. Spadix included, cylindric; 
ovaries, small, scattered, numerous, pale green, rest of spadix white. 
Papua. 
Alocasia sinuata. (G. C. xxiv., p. 678; Gfl. 1886, p. 157.) S. foliage 
plant, with sagittate 1., having sinuate margins, the upper side of young 
leaves is of a very dark green along the principal veins, with a lighter 
cheerful green between them, older J. are dark green, the underside is 
whitish-green. Peduncles about as long as the petioles or longer, light 
green. Spathe 3 in. long, entirely light green. Spadix shorter than the 
spathe, the reBt white. Philippines. 
. Aloe heteracantha. (B. M., t. 6863.) Liliacese. G. A distinct Aloe, 
with a rosette of lanceolate acuminate 1. 6 to 12 in. long, 1J to 2£ in. broad, 
unarmed, or with a few teeth on the margins, and with 1 or 2 raised lines 
down the face. Fl.-stom branching. Spike elongating, dense. Fl. lj in. 
long, bright coral-red. Country unknown. Probably the same as A. 
inermis. 
Anemone Fanninii. (G. C xxv.,p. 432,f. 84.) Ranunculace®. G.per. 
A very fine Anemone, with very large palmately lobed 1., and a tall 2 to 
3-flowered stem bearing handsome white fl. 2} to 3 in. in diameter. Natal. 
Anemone polyanthes. (B. M., t. 6840.) H H. or H. per., very 
attractive, and suitable for rockwork. L. on long petioles, 2 to 4 in. in diam., 
orbicular, lobed and toothed, cordate at the base. Peduncle stout, beanne 
a branching many-flowered umbel of pretty white fl. li to 2 in. in diam° 
surrounded at the base by a leafy involucre of broadly cuneate, lobed and 
toothed, sessile 1. Himalayas. 
Anemone trifolia. (B. M., t. 6846.) H. per herb, 6 to 10 in. high. 
L. all trifoliolate, the radical ones on long stalks, those on the stems on 
short stalks, in a whorl; leaflets lanceolate acuminate serrate. Fl. solitary 
erect, pedunculate, 1£ in. in diameter, white. Central and South Europe. 
Angilecum apiculatum, var. Dormanianum. (G. C. xxiv., p. 456.) 
Orchide®. A small-flowered var., with vermilion-flaked ovaries, and ver¬ 
milion tips to the sep. 
Angr.ecum glomeratum. (G. C. xxiv., p. 678.) L. narrow, bi-lobed. 
Fl. white, numerous, in a compact head, sweet scented, in structure like 
those of A. clandestinum, but the lip is less open, and the spur straight and 
parallel to the smooth white ovary. 
Ansellia congoensis (III. 3. 1886, p. 143; Cat. G. G. d'3., p. 2.) 
Orchideae. A handsome plant, very similar to that cultivated as A. africana, 
but more floriferous. The fl. are produced in racemes, with erect, not 
spreading, pedicels ; the sep. and pet. are similar, light greenish-yellow, 
with dark purple-brown spots; the lip has whitish si le lobes, veined with 
purple and a narrow yellow front lobe; the two keels on the disk almost 
vanish before reaching the middle of the front lobe. Congo. 
Anthurium carneum (Gfl. 1886, p.246.) Aracese. 8. per. A hybrid 
between A. Andreanum and A. nympheecefolium, with fine cordate spathes 
of a bright red colour. It is probably the same as A. Heine des Beiges of 
the III. II., t. 588. Garden hybrid. 
Anthurium Chantrieri. (Gfl. 1886, p. 246.) S. A hybrid between 
A. nympheecefolium and A. subsignitum, with large deltoid-cordate pointed L, 
and large white cordate spathes, bit not very freely produced. Garden 
hybrid. 
Anthurium chelseiense. (G. C. xxiv., p. 650; Ball Cat., p. 7 and 5, 
with fig. ; Gfl., 1886, p. 157.) S. hybrid between A. Veitchii and A. Andre¬ 
anum, of ornamental character. The 1. resemble those of A. Veitchii, but 
are more ovate, and have fewer and less arched veins. The spathe is 
broadly cordate, cuspidate at the apex 3J to 5 in. long, 2J to 3£ in. broad, 
and of a rich crimson colour, smooth and glossy. Spadix yellowish at the 
apex at first, base part white. Garden hybrid. 
Anthurium cruentum. (B. P., 1886, p. 50;) S. A hybrid of the same 
origin as A. Morlfontanense, and like that plant, but with bio )d-red spathes. 
Syn. A. Andreanum, var. roseum. Garden hybrid. 
Anthurium flavidum. (G. G. xxiv., p. 651; GI., 1886, p. 157.) S. ever¬ 
green. A tall growing species, with cordate-ovate, acuminate 1., 10 to 14 in. 
long; scape 5 to 6 in. long ; spathe spreading, pale yellowish or yellowish- 
green, oblong, abruptly cuspidate; spadix 1 j to 3 in. long, sessile, pale 
violet-pink. Columbia. 
Anthurium Frcebelii. (Gfl. 1886, p. 52) A fine free-fliwering hybrid 
between A. Andreanum and A. ornatum, with large cordate 1., and large 
roundish-cordate spathes of bright deep carmine, with depressions as in 
A. Andreanum. Garden hybrid. 
Anthurium Mooreanum. G. C. xxvi., p. 230 and 497.) S. A hybrid 
between A. crystallinum and A. suhsignatum, of no remarkable beauty. 
L. sub-hastate, a ft. long, on petioles 18 in. long. Peduncle as long as the 
petiole. Spathe 4 to 4£ in. long, lioear-oblong, acuminate, purplish-green. 
Spadix 5 to 6 in. long, slightly tapering, olive-brown. Garden hybrid. 
Anthurium mortfontanen.se. (B. 3. 1885, p. 282, and 1886, p. 50 
and 156, with plate3.) S. An ornamental hybrid between -4. Andreanum 
and A. Veitchii, with elongate, cordate-ovate 1., and large cordate crimson 
spathes, with whitish spadices. A. leodiense is probably synonymous with 
this. Garden hybrid. 
Anthurium Schertzerianum, var. lacteum. (III. 3, pi. 607.) S. A 
fine white-spathed form of this beautiful Aroid. 
Anthurium subulatum. (G. G. xxvi., p. 230.) S. A distinct and rather 
ornamental species, with a short caudex; dark gr:en, elongate, cordate- 
ovate 1., cuspidate-acuminate at the apex ; a p ;duncle 9 to 12 in. long, 
bearing a stout purp’e-red spadix, and a spreading oblong white spathb, 
ending in a long subulate point. Columbia. 
Anthurium Veitchii, var. acuminatum. (G. C. xxiv., p. 650 ; Gfl. 
1886, p. 147.) S. A var. with ovate-lanceolate acuminat; 1. Columbia. 
Aphelandra macedoiana. (III. H., t. 583; Cat. Comp. Gont. d'Bort., 
p. 6.) Acantbace®. S. per. A handsome foliage plant, very dwarf, with 
horizontally spreading, elliptic-oblong, acute 1., of a dark green above, with 
the nerves picked out in whitish green, violet-purple beneath. Brazil. 
Aponogeton distachyon, var. roseus. (B. 3. 1885, p. 503.) N uadacese. 
H.H. aquatic. A charming variety, with rosy tinted fl. 
Aristolochia LONGrPOLLA. (B. M., t. 6884.) Aristolochiace® S. An 
interesting species, with short woody rootstock, long climbing stems, long 
linear-lanceolate acuminate 1., and good sized purple-brown fl., the tube 
being yellowish, with dull purplish veins outside, and is abruptly bent upon 
itself; the limb is roundish, about 2£ in. in diametr, and has tin 1 >wer part 
bent up as if pinched in the middle. Hong Kong. 
Aristolochia ridicula. (G. C. xxvi., p. 360 and 361, f. 73.) S. climber. 
A very distinct and remarkable plant, with very odd-looking flowers. Stem, 
petioles, pedicels, and outside of the fl. covered with long spreading hairs. 
L. bright green, orbicular or orbicular-reniform, cordate at base, covered 
with short hairs. Fl. 3£ to 4J in. long ; the tube bent upon itself, the basal 
part inflated, dull whitish, with purplt-brown veins; the limb is shortly 
revoluts, and prolonged from the upper part of the sides into two long 
lobes, reminding one of donkey’s ears ; th‘ y are tawny (or perhaps cream 
colour), covered with dark purple-brown dendritic markings, and sparsely 
clothed with clavarte purple-brown hairs. Brazil. 
Armeniaca. See Prunus. 
Barkeria elegans, var. nobilior. ( G. C. xxv, p. 234.) Orchide®. A 
fine, large-flowered variety, with a black-purple spot on the lip. 
Barkeria Vanneriana. (G. G. xxiv., p. 678.) A fine plant, with 
flowers equal to those of B. Lindleyana, of a fine rosy-purp’e colour, with 
a small whitish disk on the rounded acute lip. 
Begonia Amelle. (If. 3. 1885, p. 512, f. 89-99.) Begoniace®. G. A 
hybrid between B. Bruanti and B. Boezli, of robust, compact, branching 
habit. L. obliquely cordate-ovate, crenulate, shining green. Fl. bright 
rose in terminal trichotomous cymes. Garden hybrid. 
Begonla compta. (Bull Cat., p. 7.) S. A p -etty species, svith obliquely 
ovate angular 1., of a satiny green, with a silvery tinge aloug .the course of 
the midrib. Brazil. 
Begonia decora. (Bull Gat., p. 7.) A shrubby decorat’vo variety, with 
dark green obliquely lanceolate 1„ profusely dotted with silvery-grey, some¬ 
thing those of B. argyrostigma, but the spots more minute. Brazil. 
