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JOURNAL of horticulture and cottage gardener. 
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grown against thi low wall previously mentioned, and very useful and 
ornamental they prove. It. jasminillorum and the It. Veitchi are sorts 
preferred, and these grow vigorously with only a narrow peaty border to 
root in. 
Among the numerous well grown Ferns the most noteworthy were 
Lomaria zamiajfolia, which would be good for exhibition ; Gleichenia 
■Spelunc®, to which the same remark applies ; Pteris straminea, a free- 
growin r useful Fern ; Cibotium regale, a noble Tree Fern ; Adian- 
tum Williamsi, of free handsome growth, good for exhibition ; 
Adiantnm cuneatum grandiceps, a very graceful crested variety, 
beautiful either in baskets or pots, and easily raised from 
spores; Osmunda palustris, very serviceable; and Lastrea Itichardsi 
moltitida, a nearly hardy crested variety. All the foregoing succeed in 
a greenhouse or conservatory temperature. Of the Palms grown in this 
conservatory the most effective is Kcntia Fosteriana, this, in my estima¬ 
tion, being one of the very best that can be named either for conserva¬ 
tory or house decoration, and “takes” well in the exhibition tent. A 
great variety of flowering plants are grown in pots ; but for the conser¬ 
vatory during the winter .none are found to surpass the Cypripedium 
insigne, and of this there is a large stock at Lillesden. Some of the 
strongest pieces had about fifty expanded blooms, and these remain 
fresh in a cool house for many weeks. After they have done flowering 
they are placed in a warm greenhouse to form fresh growth, plenty of 
light and air being given subsequently. This treatment never fails to 
induce free flowering. 
Considering the amount of supply such a large conservatory requires 
there are scarcely enough forcing and plant houses available, and it is 
only by good management that the supply of flowering plants can be 
maintained. Large numbers of Salvias, Eupatoriums, Arums, Itoses, 
Tritomas, and various deciduous and other shrubs are planted out 
during the summer and potted for the winter and spring, the vineries 
largely assisting in bringing them into bloom. In the plant stove, in 
addition to the Gardenias, Bouvarilias, Crotons, Dracaenas, and other 
useful plants, there are also numerous good Orchids, a quantity of I.Delia 
anceps being most noticeable. The good old Dendrobium nobile is 
extensively grown, and there is a line lot of Cuelogyne cristata. The 
latter are principally in pans, some of these having as many as forty 
spikes of blooms developing. During the summer they are kept in a 
cool and rather shady greenhouse, where they seem especially happy in 
company with various Odontoglossums and other cool house Orchids, 
batches of them being introduced into heat in October, these flowering 
in February and onwards. 
Eucharis grandiflora and the smaller-flowering E. Candida and E. 
Bind eri, are well and extensively grown, and nowhere else have I seen 
such a fine lot of Pancratium fragrans. Many of the bulbs are like large 
Onions, and must throw up grand spikes of bloom. They are not 
actually dried off during the winter, but only kept rather dry at the 
r. o" s. What potting is necessary is usually done when there is a good 
heat in the vineries, this just suiting these Amaryllis, Eucharises, and 
other bulbous-rooted plants that are to be brought into Rower or 
assisted to form fresh roots. 
This brief notice by no means exhausts the list of plants cultivated 
under glass at Lillesden ; but enough has been said to show that Mr. 
Channing keeps pace with the times, and those probably who may feel 
disposed to visit Lillesden during the summer and autumn will perhaps 
admit that he is rather ahead of the times, both with regard to the grand 
'collection of herbaceous plants, and the carefully named and well- 
cultivated collections of Apples and Pears under his charge.— Visitor. 
NEW PLANTS OF 1886. 
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Ind., Inflorescence.— L., Leaves.— FI., Flowers.— Fr., Fruit.— H., Hardy. 
— H.H, 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.— ret., Petals .—Sep , Sepals. 
N.B.—Unless specified, all Orchids may be considered to be stove epiphytes. 
Pandanus Kf.rchovki (111. H., pi. GOO; Cat. C. C. d'Hort, p. 10.) 
Fandam®. S. An exceedingly beautiful Pandanus, with long and veiy 
narrow bright gre- n 1., armed with whitish spines. Admiralty Isles. 
Papavkr pavokisum (G. C. xxvi., p. 328 9, f. G7). Papnverace®. H. 
annua'. A beautiful Poppy of dwarf habit, being about 1 ft. high, and very 
free flowering. L. bipinnafisect. Buds two-b< rues, one hrrn on each s»p., 
by which character it is well marked. FI. 3-4-in. across, brilliant scarlet, 
marked near the base with a zone of gossy black. Afghanistan and 
Turkestan. 
Paphinia Randi (L ., pi. 80'. Orchih®. A striking Orchid, alii. d to 
P. cristata, with ellipsoid bulbs an inch long, lanceolate acute ; 1. 3-4 in. 
long, acd a peduncle bearing two fl., 2i in. in expanse. Sep. and pet. 
lanceolate-acuminate, purple-red, transversely barred at the base, and 
dongitudinally striped along the margins with white. The cristate lip 
marked with the same colours. Syn., P. cristata, var. Randi. 
PassIFLoba vioi.acf.a (II. B. 1885, p. 468, with pla'e). Passiflorace®. 
G. cr S. c'itnber. A beautiful species with 3-lobed 1., large oblique y semi- 
cordate itipules, and long peduncled fl. 3 in. in diam. Sep. and pet. oblong 
obtuse, pale 1 lac ; outer coronal filaments bine in the middle, white at the 
-brse and tips; the inner coronal fi aments shorter, violet. Brazil. 
Pescatokka Ruckeriana (G. C. xxiv., p. 424). Oribide®. Much in 
the way of P. Dayana, with twisting undulate acute sep. and pet., which 
■ore white with a large l ght purple area near the green apex. The lip 
appears triangular, being revolute on each side and rul ed ucd rneath at 
the top. It is purple wi.h a white callus, and some yellow at the base of 
■he Bide lobes. 
Phacelia Parryj (B. M., t. 6842; Gjl. t. 1207; B.H, 1885. p. 557) 
Hydrophyllac ®. H. A beautiful annual hi rb, clo'hed with v sc'd hai-s. 
L. 14 in. long ovate, coatsely toothed, pttiola e. F . in e'ongating, ter¬ 
minal, scorpioid racemts. Corolla 1 in. in diim., campanulatt-rotate, 
shortly 5-I« bed, violet, with five yellowish spo‘8 at the tLroat of the shoit 
tuba. Filaments hairy. California. 
Phal.enoi’sis Schilleriaxa, var. splexdens (It. H., 1886, p. 896 with 
plate). Orcbidt-ffi. A charovng variety with handsome rose-coloured fl., 
washed with darker, the side lobes of l p white with purplj Epots and 
wash* d with rosy. PI ilij p : nes. 
Philodendron Akdreanum (B. H., 1836, p. f 6, with plate). Arace®. 
S. A tine Aroid of climbing habit, with ornamental foliage. The pendu¬ 
lous 1. are 2-3 ft. L-ngby 10 iD. broad, elorg ite cordate-lanceolate acute, dark 
sb ning gretn with coppery r flee ions. Columbia. 
Phlox Drummosdi var. flore pleno (Gjl, 1886, p. 404, f. 50). Pol - 
moniact®. H. A pafy double-flowered form of this charming annual. 
Garden variety. 
Phrynicm variegatcm (III. H, pi. 606). Scitamine®. S. per. A 
beautiful foliage plant about 1 ft. high, with erect whitish pet ! olea striate 
with green, and oblong acute 1., 5 7 in. long, white, irregularly banded with 
green. Fl unknown. Malacca (?). 
Picea Bheweriana (G. C. xxv., p. 497 8, f. 93). Conifer®. H. tree, 
growing to 80 90 ft high, somewhat resembling P. excelsa, with long droop¬ 
ing whip-like puberulous branchlets, 6 8 ft. long; 1. 5-12 lines long, J-l line 
broad, rounded or slighily carinate above, stomatoso beneath on each side 
the prominent midrib, obtuse. Cones slender, 3 in. long, with thin ent : re 
scales. North California. 
Picea Parp.yana (Gfl. 1836, p. 199). H. tree, intermediate betwreu 
P. alba and P. Eagelmanro, also allied to P. pungens, but the characters net 
definitely stated. Cones unknown. N.W. America. 
Pilumna nobilis (L., pi. 59). Orchide®. This is a synonym of Tricho- 
pilia Candida, also known as T. nobilD, and T. fragrans var. nobil s. 
Pinanga decora (Cat. C. C. d'Uort., p. 8). Palm®. 8. A beautiful 
Palm with two-parted 1. of a dark red colour, passing insensibly into a 
transparent glaucous green, clouded as in some Dracmuas. 
Pinanga spectabilis (Bull Cat., p. 9). S. An ornamental Palm, with 
daik green 1., mottled with light green, silvery beneath. The young 1. are 
two-lobed, the older ones pinnate. East Indies. 
Pleurothallis Regellvna (Gjl. 1886, p. 51). Orchide®. Allied to 
P. r cerva, with a climbing branched stem, coriaceous oblong 1., round d at 
the base, and a recurved several-flowered raceme of slightly tomentose fl. 
Upp>r sep. ochraceouq connate sep. reddish; pet. whitish ; lip rosy with 
a pu-pla cushion at the base. Minas Geraes. 
Plumbago capensis var. alba (Williams' Cat., p. 26). Plumbaginem. 
G. sbr. A useful variety with white fl. 
PoDoCAt.rus vtTiENsrs (G. C. xxv., p. 464 5, f. 89). Conifer®. G. shr. 
or tree of ornamental character, with drooping graceful frond-like branch-s, 
thickly beset with small, distichous, ovate-lanceolate, acute, bright green 
1. Fl. and fr. unknown. Fiji. 
Pogonia pdi.cheli.a (B. M., 6851). Orihid ®. 8. terrestrial Orchid. 
Tuber sub-globose. L. solitary, close to the ground, roundish-cordate 
acute, of a fine bronzy green, purple beneath, hairy on both sides. Fl.-stem 
produced after the 1, two-flowered. Sep. and pet. J inch long, narrow 
lanceolate acute, dull yellow-ochre with three darker nerves; lip rosy with 
darker lines. Hong Kong. 
Polybotrya Lechleriana (G. C. xxv., p. 394 and 400-1, f. 79-80). 
Filices. A hand.-ome 8. Fern, with creeping stem and largs broadly 
deltoid ovae, acu'e, 4-pinnate fronds. Pinn® oblong lanceolate, acuminate, 
overlapping. Pinnules almo-t sessile, oblong, acute, cut into blunt oblong 
pinnatifid pinnul cs. Peru, Ecuador. 
Polygonum sph.Erostachyum (B. M., t. 6847). Polygonace®. H. per. 
herb of dwarf habit, allied to P. affine; very attractive, and suitable for 
rock work. Stems 4-10 in. high. L. 3-5 inches long, lin ar-lanceolate 
acuminate, gl iucous or pubescent beneath, stipular sheaths large. Fl. 
oblong, crimson, in dense eylindiic-oblong or sub-globoss heads. Himalaya 
(To ba continued.) 
ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY. 
April 20th. 
Favoured by bright sunny weather this Society held its second 
spring Show of the season on Wednesday last, both exhibits and visitors 
being numerous. There was more diversity in the groups shown in the 
corridor than usual, considerable taste being displayed by some of the 
exhibitors, the banks of Primroses, Cinerarias, stove and greenhouse 
plants, Daffodils, &c., having a beautiful effect. 
New plants were not quite so abundant as on some previous occasions, 
but certificates were awarded for the following, several of which have 
been previously honoured at South Kensington- Botanical certificates 
for Primula obtusifolia Gammieana, a beautiful variety with deep pur¬ 
plish crimson flowers from Mr. J. Douglas. It was found in Sikkim at 
an elevation of 15,000 feet in a sunny position. Pteris cretica Mayi and 
P. tremula flaccida from Mr. II. B. May, and Narcissus cyclamineus from 
Messrs. Barr A Son. Floricultural certificates were awarded for Auriculas 
Montrose, Rev. C. Kingsley, and Tiresias, with Amaryllis Hilda from Mr. 
J. Douglas ; Cinerarias Eclipse, Royalty, Jubilee, and Ariel from Mr. 
James, Woodside, Slough ; Amaryllis Edith Wynne from Messrs. J. 
Veitch & Sons ; Amaryllis R. D. Blackinore from Messrs. Paul k Son ; 
Rose The Puritan from Messrs. W. Paul k Son, and Cyclamen pcrsicuin 
majesticum from Mr. Odell. 
Azaleas contributed materially to the brightness of the Exhibition, 
both indica varieties and the hardy varieties of the mollis type, which 
were principally shown by Messrs. H. Lane k Son of Berkhampstvad ; 
Rhododendrons from the same firm constituting beautiful groups, and 
