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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER 
[ May 28, 1887. 
impart health and vigour to the plant, and the soil must never be per¬ 
mitted to become thoroughly dry. This point should be well looked to, 
for nothing is so pernicious to the general well-doing of the Lime as 
permitting the roots to get into this condition ; occasional supplies of 
liquid manure in a very diluted state may also be beneficially given 
during the spring, summer, and autumn, not oftener, however, than 
about once a fortnight. I have alluded to syringing the Lime—this, 
however, should not be done during the time the plant is in blossom, as 
that process would damage the fertilising quality of the pollen, and thus 
prevent the fruit from setting freely. 
I." “ Various species and varieties of the Citrus family have, with the 
glorious appearance and the refreshing health-bestowing qualities of their 
beautiful fruit, for ages attracted the universal attention of mankind ; 
and the Oange, the Citron, and the Lemon, with their numerous varieties, 
are now, and have long been, appropriate ornaments in all gardens pos¬ 
sessing any pretensions to horticultural eminence. From some cause, 
however, probably from ignorance of its comparatively hardy constitu¬ 
tion and facile culture, the Lime (Citrus limetta) has not met with that 
general cultivation which it deserves ; certainly it might and ought to 
be grown advantageously in every good garden, for not only are the im¬ 
mature green fruit, which are thinned off by hundreds, delicious in a 
preserved state, but the ripe fruit are serviceable wherever a Lemon is 
required, to which the juice and rind of the Lime are in every respect 
vastly superior. The merits of Lime juice as a specific for scurvy are 
too well known for me to do more than just in conclusion allude to the 
subject. We give air freely in summer by taking off part of the case, 
and stop all over-vigorous shoots by simply pinching them oif at about 
6 inches from the plant.” 
NEW PLANTS OF 1886. 
(Continued from page 340.) 
Inli., Inflorescence.— L., Leaves.—FI., Flowers.— Fr., Fruit.— 3., Hardy. 
— 3.3, Half-hardy.—G., Greenhouse.— S., Stove.— Per., Perennial.— 
Shr., Shrub.— In., Iuche.s .—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 he stove 
epiphytes. 
Rosa. Ec.e. (G. C. xxiv., p. 468.) Rosace®. H. shr. A distinct form, 
with small 1. having about seven leaflets, red shoots, broad-based prickles, 
and small yellow fl. Afghanistan. 
Rosa Godefroyje. (R. H. 1886, p. 261.) H. shr. A fine Rose, forming 
a compact bush, glabrous in all parts; the 1. with 5-7 leaflets shining dark 
green ; sepals longer than the buds; fl. large, white, with numerous petals. 
Persia, probably a garden variety. 
Rosa pisocarpa. (B. M., t. 6857.) H. A pretty little Rose, with red¬ 
dish glabrous stems, armed with straight prickles. L. rather small, with 
five leaflets. Fl. 2-3 together, bright pink, about an inch in diam. Fr. 
globose, reddish, J £ in. in diam. N. California. 
RopsiA suaveolens. (B. M., t. 6881 ) Capparidaceae. S. shr., free- 
flowering, and sweet scented. L. 4-12 in. long, oblong or oblong-lanceplate, 
acute, bright green. Racemes 3-6 in. long, erect. Fl. \ in. In diam.; 
calyx dull reddish; corolla none ; stamens numerous, yellow; ovary on a 
short stalk, yellowish. India. 
Saccolabium Blumei, var. Russelianum. (W. O.A., pi. 238.) Orchide®. 
A very fine form, with long dense pendulous racemes of white fl., spotted 
with mauve-purple on the sep. and pet, and having a mauve-purple lip 
with a white apex. 
Saccolabium giganteum, var. Petotianum. (G. C. xxiv., p. 746.) A 
variety with large rigid fl. of dull white. Cochin China. 
Saccolabium violaceum, var. Harrisonianum. (W. O. A. pi. 236.) 
This is synonymous with S. Harrisonianum. 
Sagenia cicutaria. ( Williams 1 Cat., p. 26.) Filices. S. A bold free 
growing Fern, producing two kinds of fronds, one broader, the other 
narrower m their parts, both ferti'e. Stipes dull brown, scaly at the base. 
Fronds 1-2 ft. long, ovate-deltoid, the upper part pinnato-pinnatifid, the 
lowest pinnae obliquely bi-pinnatifid ; surface of the frond pubescent, sor 
abundant, punctiform. Syn. Nephrodium cicutarium. Tropics 
Sagenia mamillosa. (G. C. xxvi., p . 38 ; III. 3, P l. 598.) Filices. S. 
A distinct and handsome Pern, with oblanceolate, entire, and pinnatisect 
fronds, 1-2 ft. long. The lobes of the pinnatisect fronds are 4-6 on each 
side, lanceolate, acute, entire. Sori copious, orange coloured, seated in 
deep cavities which project as pointed tuberclfs on the upper surface. 
Moluccas. 
Sambucus racemosa, vars. plumosa and serratifolia. (R. E. 1886, 
p. 399., Caprifohace®. H. sbr. Two varieties scarcely differing from 
each other, having the leaflets rather crowded, deeply pinnatifld in 
plumosa, rather narrower and not so deeply pinnatifld in serratifolia. 
Garden varieties. 
Saxifraoa Huguenini. (G/?., t. 1230, f B.) Saxifragace®. H. per. 
A neat little alpine plant 1-2 in. high, of creeping tufted habit; the stems 
clothed with imbricating oblong ciliate-toothed 1.1} in. long, and ending 
in a solitary shortly stalked white fl. Alps, Eastern Switzerland. 
. Saxifraoa Stracheyi, var. alba. (Gfl, t. 1228.) H. per. A variety 
with white fl., perhaps the same as S. Milesii. Himalaya. 
Scabiosa caucasica, var. elegans. (Gfl., t. 1212.) Dipsace®. H. A 
fane form of this very ornamental plant, with long, petiolate, lanceolate, 
entire radical 1., pinnatisect stem-1., and handsome heads of blue fl. 2A in. 
in diam. 
SCHISMATOGLOTTIS NEOGUINEENSIS. (G. C. Xxiv., p. 776; Gfl. 1886 
p. 187.) Arace®. A reference to its right genus of’the plant known in 
gardens under the name of Colocasia neoguineensis. 
Schomburgkia CHiGNODORA. (G. C. xxv , p. 73.) Orchidace®. Some¬ 
thing in the way of S. Humboldti, with many angled bulbs a ft. or more 
long,, having but a single central cavity. L. cuneate oblong, obtuse, 
4-5 in. broad. Fl. numerous, white, with a purple spot on the lip. Sep. 
ligulate acute; pet. spathulate, blunt ; lip large, 4-lobed, toothletted and 
wavy, with five entire keels on the disk. Central America. 
Selaginella flagellifera. (Bull Cat., p. 9.) Lycopodiace®. S. A 
graceful species with long flagelliform stems, clothed with spreading cor¬ 
date bright green 1. Fruiting spikes (-i in- long. Fiji. 
Selaginella gracilis. (G. C. xxv., p. 752.) S. An elegant species, 
with sub erect stems 2-3 ft. long, pinnately branched, rather rough ; pinnre 
narrow lanceolate, 4 5 in. long, pinnules simple, the lower ones an inch 
long, J, in. broad. L. ovate-falcate, bright green; stipular 1. narrow 
lanceolate, cuspidate, parallel and close set. Spikes terminal, tetragonal, 
J-l in. long. South Sea Islands. 
Selenipedium caudatum, var. roseum. (III. H., pl. 596.) Orcliidace®. 
A handsome variety, with brighter coloured fl. than in the type. The 
very long pet. are rosy-purple, and the lip is also washed with the same 
colour. 
Sericographis mohintli. (It. n. 1886, p. 205.) Acanthace®. G. or 
H. H. undershr. of bushy habit, with opposite elongate ovate, entire, 
coriaceous 1., and axillary orange-yellow fl. Corolla bilabiate, the elongate 
tube inflated above, the upper lip slightly arched and the lower Up curved 
in a spiral and 3-toothed at the apex. Mexico. 
Smilax discolor. (Bull Cat., p. 9.) Liliace®. S. climber with 
variegated foliage. L. oblong-ovate, suddenly acuminate, 9 in. long by 4 in. 
broad, of a rich green blotched in the young state with purple-brown. S. 
America. 
Solanum albidum, var. Poortmanni. (R. E. 1886, p. 232, f. 67.) 
Solanace®. H. H. A noble and very ornamental herbaceous plant, with 
large pinnatifld 1. 2 ft. long, bright green above, white tomentose beneath. 
The small white fl. are produced in numerous cymes towards the end of 
the season, on the young white-tomentose shoots. Andes. 
Solanum jasminoides, var. floribundum. (/?. 3. 1885, p. 543.) 
Solanace®. H. H. or G. climber. A variety with smaller and less 
pinnatifld 1., and more floriferous than in the type. Garden variety. 
Sorbus aucuparia, foliis aureis. (R. H., 1886, p. 399 ) Rosace®. H. 
tree. An ornamental form, having the thickish tomentose leaflets marked 
with yellow, which deepens with age. Garden variety. 
Spathoglottis Arcustorum. (Cat. C. C. d’B., p.’ 5 ; G. C. xxv., p. 9 : 
L., p. 25.) Orchidace®. A fine species with ovoid brown tinted bulbs, 
broad cuneate-oblong acute 1., and a nearly capitate raceme of pale lilac fl. 
The lip is tripartite, the side lobes are rectangular, retuse, the mid lobe is 
long, clawed, oblong, and 2-lobed at apex. Sunda Isles. 
Spiranthes lf.ucosticta. (Gfl. 1885, p. 243 ) Orchide®. S. terrestrial 
Orchid, with petiolate, oblong acute, white-spotted 1., and a few-flowered 
raceme of hairy green fl., with a brown tipped lip. Sep. lanceolate, pet. 
linear, the pet. and dorsal sep. forming together the galea, Up ligulate, 
dilated in front, the apex obtusely triangular. Columbia. 
Stellaria graminea, var. aurea. (Ii. 3. 1885, p, 441.) CaryophyUace®. 
H. herb. A charming variety of a golden-yellow colour, useful for carpet 
bedding, &c. Garden variety. ’ 
Synthyris reniformis. (B.M.. t. 6860.) Scrophulariace®. H. per., 
suitable for rockwork. L. all radical, with long petioles and roundish 1., 
deeply cordate at the base, bidentate on the margins. Peduncles 5-10 in. 
long, with a few spathulate reduced 1. and a long raceme of small, pretty 
blue fl.; the corollas are 4-lobed, with the upper lobe bifid. Stamens 2. 
Capsule flattened, roundish, with a notch at the apex. California. 
Syringa japonica (G. C. xxv , p. 560 and 561, f. 123.) Oleace®. H. 
shr. or small tree of ornamental character, with deciduous, coriaceous, 
elliptic acute, strongly net veined 1., and large panicles of Bmall white fl. 
Japan. 
Tagetes gigantea. (Ii.. II. 1886, p. 107.) Composit®. H.H. A stout 
herbaceous plant 6-9 ft. high, with a stout prninose stem, and opposite 
pinnate 1, with soft, narrowly elliptic toothed leaflets, having a balsamic 
odour. ^Flowers unknown. Bolivia. 
Tax,<s baccata, vars. ad press a, cheshuntensis, Dovastoni erecta, 
FRUCTU-LUTEO HIBERNICA, VARIEGATA-ARGENTE A, AND VARIEGATA-AUREA. 
(Notes on these garden forms will be found in B. E. 1886, p. 103-6, f. 18-22.) 
Tecoma amboinensis. (Bull Cat., p. 9.) BignoDiace®. A handsome 
free-flowering S. climber, with pinnate 1., and axillary racemes of orange- 
red fl. 3-4 in. long. Amboina. 
Tecophylea cyanocrocus, var. Leichtlinii. ( Gfl. 1886, p. 87.) 
Liliace®. A pretty variety, with deep blue flowers without any trace of 
yellow. The blue is like that of Gentiana verna. 
Thrixspermum indusiatum. (G. C. xxv., p. 585; Cat. C.C.d’3., p. 5.) 
Orchidace®. A small flowered species, with soft, shining, oblong 1., 3 in. 
broad, and short dense racemes of yellowish fl. spotted with red, the lip 
being white; the spur is cylindric, with a kind of bucket at its apex. 
Sunda Isles. 
Thunia Marshalliana, var. ionophlebia. (Bull Cat., p. 9.) Orchide®. 
A distinct form, having leafy reed-like stems, with oblong-lanceolate 
acuminate 1. about 6 in. long, glaucous beneath; and large handsome pure 
white fl., with a sulphur-yellow disk and crest on the lip. 
Tillandsia foliosa. (B. 3 1885, p 249.) Bromeliace®. S. A showy 
species, with an ample pyramidal panicle of violet fl. Mexico. 
Tillandsia inflata. (B. M., t. 6882.) S. This is the plant better 
known as Vriesea incurvata. Brazil. 
Tillandsia umbellata. (B. 3. 1886, p. 60, with plate.) G. epiphyte. 
A beautiful species, with arching linear green 1. 10-14 in. long, and a short 
spike of 5 6 fl. 24 in. in diam., of a brilliant blue, with a white feathered 
blotch at the base of each pet. Andes of Ecuador. 
Todea grandipinnula. (G. C. xxv., p. 752.) Filices. A handsome S. 
Fern, with broadly ovate, tripinnate fronds 1-1 j ft. long, 8-9 in. broad, 
pelluc : d-membranous. Pinn® sessile crowded, oblong-ovate. Pinnules 
overlapp'ng, 1J in. long, ovate, pinnatifld. Garden hybrid. 
Trichocentrum tigrinum, var. splendens. (L., pl. 24.) Orchide®. A 
fine variety, having the base of the large obcordate lip of a rich purple 
colour. 
Trichomanes pinnatinerva. (G. C. xxv., p. 787.) Filices. S. A 
minute Filmy Fern, with a dark tomentose thread-like rootstock, and 
scattered ovate fronds 2-3J lines long, 1-2 lines broad, on dark tomentose 
stipites J ,-l line long, pellucid clear bright green. British Givana. 
