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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ March, 
NOTABLE NEW PLANTS AND FLOWEKS. 
[f.c.c. First-class Certificate.] 
iBIES POLiTA [f.0.0.]. —A very distinct and handsome conifer, of slow 
growth, and reported to be quite hardy.— Messrs. Veitch 4' Sons: Ji.H.S.^ 
Dec. 3. 
Alsophila elegantissima [f.c.c.].—A handsome Brazilian fern, with 
a dark scaly caudex, and bold arching bipinnate fronds, the pinnules of 
which are oblong, crenately-toothed, and glossy on the surface.—3/r. W. Bull: 
B.H.S., Feb. 18. 
ANGB.E0UM citratum [f.c.c.]. —A small-flowcred Madagascar species, having 
a slightly arched spike, on the upper side of which are two regularly disposed 
parallel rows of small creamy-white blossoms, the spurs of which are conspicuous 
beneath.-^ Veitch ^ So)is: R.H.S.., Feb. 18. 
Barkbria Lindleyana OENTERiE [f.c.c.]. —A bcautiful and distinct form of 
B. Lindleyana.^ with a handsome blotched column. A fine addition to the 
winter-blooming Orchids.— Messrs. Veitch ^ Sons: R.H.S.., Dec. 3. 
Batemania Burtii [f.c.c.]. —A very distinct Orchid, bearing some resem¬ 
blance to Odo7itoglossum grande, having large stout reddish-brown yellow-dotted 
flowers, yellow at the base, the lip white, tipped with chocolate.— Mr. W. B, 
Hume: R.H.S., Nov. 12. 
Ohrtbanthemum George Glenny [f.c.c.]. —This was originally called 
Golden Mrs. Bundle, and is, as the name implies, a golden sport from the well- 
known and fine white variety called Mrs. Bundle, to which it is in all respects 
similar in build.— Mr. A. Mongredien: R.H.S., Nov. 12. 
Oypripedium Eoezlii [f.c.c.]. —A fine New Grenadan species, in the way of 
C. longifolium, but differing from it in its lemon-yellow lip, rosy-purple sepals, 
and deeper coloured rosy petals ; the leaves are bold, lorate, 2 in. broad.— 
Messrs. Veitch ^ Sons: R.H.S., Jan. 21. 
Dendrobium Ainsworthii [f.c.c.].—A beautiful hybrid, whose parents are 
D. nobile and D. heterocarpum ; the growth resembles that of the former, while 
the form of the flower resembles that of the latter, the sepals and petals being 
white, and the lip marked with a large central blotch of rich amaranth or claret- 
purple. — Dr. Ainsworth: R.H.S., Feb. 18. 
Hippeastrum vittatum Harrisoni.® [f.c.c.]. —A free-blooming Amaryllis 
from Lima ; the seapes bear several long-tubed white flowers, which have a double 
stripe of deep crimson along each segment of the perianth. Exhibited as 
H. picturatum. — Mr. W. Bull: R.H.S., Feb. 18. 
Pleocnemia Leuzeana [f.c.c.]. —A fine stove fern from the Philippine 
Islands; it has a short trunk, spreading tripinnate triangular fronds, with 
deflexed pinnae, the ultimate divisions oblong, with the sinus recurved, giving 
the surface a crispy appearance.— Mr. W. Bull: R.H.S., Feb. 18. 
Primula sinensis fimbriata ccerulea [f.c.c.]. —A very distinct variety, 
having pale, violet-coloured, well-fringed flowers ; and making an advance towards 
a blue Chinese Primrose.— Messrs. W. A. Broivn: R.H.S., Dec. 3. 
Primula sinensis flore-pleno magnifica [f.c.c.]. —A vigorous-growing, 
free-blooming variety, the flowers opening nearly white, and changing to blush 
with age, and also becoming slightly flaked with carmine; flower-stalks red.— 
Mr. J. Tomkins: R.H.S., Nov. 12. 
