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phalartos Ghellinckii, an erect-habited Cycad, with woolly pinnate fronds, 
and very narrow pinnae. This plant was introduced from S. Africa by Mr. 
Bull, and first named E. gracilis, the name Ghellinckii having been given 
to it in Belgium. Mr. Bay exhibited a pretty form of Saccolabium curvi- 
folium, named luteum, with deep orange yellow flowers. Finally, Mr. 
Marshall produced a plant of Oncidium Marshallianum , the finest Oncid in 
cultivation, bearing brilliant yellow flowers, with a lip 2 inches across, and 
having the petals and sepals spotted with brown ; the symmetrical arrange¬ 
ment of the parts of the flower, and of the flowers on the spike, adds much 
to the interest and beauty of this fine species. Mr. Marshall also exhibited 
a fine example of Oncidium scrratum, in which the cinnamon-coloured flowers 
were prettily bordered with yellow, the colouring, together with the singular 
structure of the flowers, rendering them most attractive. This Oncid is 
that called 0. diadema by Mr. Linden. R. D. 
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MONGST the novelties at the Ghent Show, Messrs. Veitch & Sons 
showed, with many others, Pandanus Veitchii, a handsome broad¬ 
leaved stove plant, with white-edged curving leaves ; several Dra¬ 
caenas, as regincc and Moorci; Denisoni, a bronzy, metallic, smooth¬ 
leaved sort; Chelsoni, with arching leaves of a bronzy tint, distinctly 
margined with red towards the base ; and a species from the South Sea Islands, similar to 
nobilis in habit, hut of a darker colour; several Crotons, such as tricolor with broad leaves, 
with gold centre and red footstalk ; and aucubcefolia, with spotted leaves. M. Linden showed 
Lasiandra macrantha, with very large purple flowers ; an Iresine from Ecuador, with lanceo¬ 
late ovate blood red leaves, having a bright red midrib; Maranta virginaMs and virginalis 
major, two forms of great beauty, having orbicular oblong leaves, with a silvery central bar 
and silvery zone, but differing in size ; and a good plant of the new Commelynad Cochliostema 
Jacobianum. MM. Jacob-Makoy et Cie. sent Panicum plicatum foliis niveo-vittatis, a stout 
Grass with white central and marginal stripes. M. A. Yerschaffelt had Cordyline Guilfoylei, 
one of the best new plants shown, an Australian shrub, with the leaves diagonally striped with 
yellow, becoming here and there red with age; also Dieffenbacldaprinceps, with very large 
leaves, oblong, with cordate base, dark green, having here and there a bright green spot, a 
very distinct plant; Dieffenbaclda mirabilis , in the way of Weirii, but larger-growing ; and 
Dieffenbaclda decora, spotted in the way of Weird, but with silvery blotchings superadded, 
the latter a very distinct and effective plant. He had also Passiflora trifasciata, a rather 
good-looking creeper, with trilobed dark green leaves, having down the centre of each lobe 
a mottled red centre ; Aristolocliia insignis, with small leaves mottled with white; Dioscorea 
egregia, having the leaves unequally blotched with various shades of green ; and Dioscorea 
nobilis, with dark bronze velvety cordate leaves, having a central hand of yellow, the rest of 
the leaf being slightly marked in patches with golden dots. 
- Hn excellent new fumigator has just been submitted to us for trial. 
It is worked by revolving fans, but, unlike others, the hopper is fixed on the 
end of the nozzle, so that clogging is impossible, and consequently this 
source of annoyance is avoided. The fire is placed in the hopper, below 
the tobacco, and by gentle revolutions of the fans a large volume of smoke, equal in capacity 
to the diameter of the hopper, is sent into the house. It must be obvious that an aperture 
of 6 inches diameter, vomiting forth a dense volume of smoke, must more rapidly fill the 
house than an aperture of, at the most, one-third the diameter. Practically we found it to 
be most efficient, the usual care being requisite to use the tobacco or tobacco paper properly 
