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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ April, 
mediate in form and character between that of the ordinary Bluntii and 
gloriosum. Mr. Bichards, gardener to Lord Londesborough, contributed a 
Specimen of the beautiful Oncidium macranthum (shown as var. hastiferum, 
but apparently differing from that plant) ; it had large flowers 8 inches 
across, yellow with a brownish-olive tinge over the sepals, clear yellow 
petals, and a brownish-red lip, with large white crests ; it received, as it 
well deserved, a first-class certificate. A fine plant of Odontoglossum Pha- 
Icenopsis , from Messrs. Veitch & Sons, also deserves special mention. 
The novelties at the Meeting of the 17th ult. included several Hyacinths 
from Mr. W. Paul, of which King of Yellows, Autocrat, Grand Monarch, 
Clio, and Couronnc des Bleues, received first-class certificates. These we shall 
notice more fully on another occasion. J. Lay, Esq., sent Oncidium Kra- 
merianum, a highly-coloured form of 0. Papilio, considered distinct by some 
authorities; this received a first-class certificate ; and second-class certi¬ 
ficates were granted to the following subjects : —Rhododendron multi'forum, 
from Mr. Davies, Ormsldrk, a dwarf shrub, with myrtle-like leaves, and a 
profusion of moderate-sized white flowers ; it is a seedling from B. virgatum. 
Oncidium obryzatum, from Mr. Williams, of Holloway, with rich small bright 
yellow flowers, heavily spotted with brown, an elegant and attractive epi¬ 
phyte. A Cyperaceous plant from Messrs. E. G-. Henderson & Son, shown 
as Cyperus Lacouri, but apparently a species of Carex; it has an elegant 
grassy habit, and small globular heads of pure white flowers. There was 
besides a good display of miscellaneous plants. 
We may add that the Show on March 14th was well supported. Hya¬ 
cinths were less fine than last season, but there were some highly promising 
novelties. Mr. Cutbush and Mr. W. Paul divided the honours. A most 
attractive display of Boses, both in pots and stands, came from Messrs. 
Paul & Son, of Chesliunt; and a splendid group of young profusely-flowered 
plants of Cyclamen persicum from Mr. Wiggins, of Islewortli. M. 
SCHIZOSTYLIS COCCINEA. 
« THINK the value of this plant as a winter flowerer ought to be more 
generally known. Some plants which flowered here for some months 
? during winter were so much admired, and so many inquiries were 
made about them and the proper mode of culture, that I conclude the 
plant is not generally known. Its value, moreover, as a flower to 
cut for bouquets and other ornamental purposes is very great, and the more 
the expanded flowering stems are removed from the plant, the faster and 
stronger do the backward stems advance into flower. 
The culture is exceedingly simple, and consists in treating them much 
in the same way as bedding plants—that is, to propagate them during the 
first three months of the year by suckers- and division of the roots, potted 
