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to winter their plants, seeding is out of the question. But there is a means of 
propagating this succulent that is easily worked out. Last winter, I kept through 
the season eight fine plants of the Pachyphytum in a cold house without fire-heat. 
I kept them in the warmest position and perfectly dry, and notwithstanding that 
the frost got into the house, the plants were uninjured. In May I broke away 
from the stem of each plant a few of the lowermost leaves, and laid them on a 
shelf in the greenhouse for three days to get callused. I then filled some 32- 
pots half-full of drainage, filling up with a light, sandy soil, and on this I laid 
the leaves of the Pachyphytum, so that the base of each could come into contact 
with the soil. In this way I covered the* surface of each pot, and shook some 
fine soil in among them, but only enough to partially cover them. They were 
placed on a dry shelf, and when engaged in syringing the house, I would occa¬ 
sionally allow the spray to fall on them. A good proportion of the leaves have 
already thrown out small plants at the base, and by this means I have acquired 
a good accession to my stock. I have tried the same experiment with Echeveria 
rosea^ and have been equally successful. • [Echeverias generally may be increased 
freely in this way.] There are many succulent plants of this character that can be 
kept through the winter in a cold house, if also kept perfectly dry. Damp is their 
great enemy ; it-slays far more plants than frost during winter.— R. Dean, Ealing. 
NOTABLE NEW PLANTS AND FLOWERS. 
[p.C.C. = First-class Certificate ; b.c. = Botanical Certificate ; r.c. Floriciiltural 
Certificate.! 
lERIDES VIRENS Ellisii [b.c.]. —A handsome variety, with short bright 
green leaves, and white purple-spotted flowers, in the way of Dayanum.— 
Mr. B. S. Willliams: B.B.S., June 24. 
Begonia Vesuvius [f.c.]. —^A fine new hybrid of the bulbous group, 
having dark glossy foliage, and a profusion of large vivid vermilion-scarlet 
flowers.— Messrs. Veitch ^ Sons : B.B.S.^ June 24. 
Betula alba foliis purpureis [f.c.o.]. —A variety with striking-looking 
dark purplish-red leaves, and very promising as a pictorial tree.— Mr. W. Paul: 
July 15. 
Cattleya Mossi,e majestica [b.c.]. —A variety with large flowers of a fine 
rosy-blush, the lip finely frilled, and having in front of the usual orange blotch 
a short central bar of crimson, from which a few forked crimson veins diverge.— 
Mr. B. S. Williams: B.B.S.., June 24. 
Campanula Smithii [f.c.c.]. —A very pretty dwarf hardy perennial, an 
accidental hybrid raised between C. frayiiis and C. pumila alba., with stems 
about six inches high, and bearing a profusion of semi-erect delicate greyish-blue 
bell-shaped flowers.— Mr. Smith: B.Ii.S.., July 15. 
Cerasus Mahaleb pendula [f.c.c.].'; —A beautiful free-growing hardy 
deciduous tree, with long slender weeping branches, clothed with neat ovate 
leaves. A most elegant weeping tree of the smaller series.— Messrs. Paul ^ Son: 
P.H.S.., Aug. 19. 
Coleus Duchess of Edinburgh [f.c.c.]. —A novel and striking variety, the 
leaves being variously mottled, in some parts maroon with green margin, in others 
