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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[January, 
markably free-growing ; and Todea intermedia is a New Zealand film-fern, con¬ 
necting tlie two species already known in cultivation,—superba and bymenopbyl- 
loides. Of hardy ferns we may specially mention Struthiopteris orientalis^ from 
Japan, a bold species of distinct character, with dimorphous fronds; while of 
British varieties, Athjrium Filix-fcemina Elizahetlice^ with dwarf fronds, having 
dilated rachides ; and A. F-f hallothrix^ a fringy plant with remarkably finely- 
cut divisions, may be noted as particularly distinct and desirable. 
From the lists of new Hardy Trees and Shrubs, we select the following as the 
most desirable subjects :— Acer rufinerve alho-limbatum^ a noble Japanese Maple, 
also known as A. japonicum argenteum^ with broad palmate leaves, margined and 
mottled with white ; Liriodendron tulip>iferum aureo-pictum^ a Belgian variety, 
having its leaves blotched in the centre with yellow ; and Querciis striata japonica^ 
with firm ovate-lanceolate leaves, variegated with greenish-yellow. Conifers have 
yielded two charmingly elegant forms of Cupressus Lawsonianq, namely, pendula 
alba and albo-spica; the first is entirely of a silvery or glaucous hue, and most 
elegantly drooping ; the second, also a very ornamental plant, has silvery whitish 
tvdo-s, but is not pendulous like the former. Thuja gigantea (Lohhii) aureo-varie- 
^ata^ with patches of the young twigs of a clear yellow, is a most beautiful varie¬ 
gated Conifer of garden origin ; and from the French gardens we get Pinus Strohus 
umhraculifera^ described as a densely-branched, bushy, ornamental plant, with 
shorter and more crowded leaves than in the type. Passing to Ornamental Shrubs, 
we find that Yucca argospatha^ a fine species, allied to Y. Treculeana, has flowered 
at Grenoble, and is remarkable for the satiny-white undulated bracts of its inflor¬ 
escence. Cotoneaster congesta and C. prostrata are two species introduced by Mr. 
Saunders, both North Indian, and desirable as dense-growing dwarf shrubs, the 
former, evergreen, with globose berries ; the latter, sub-evergreen, with roundish- 
turbinate berries. Garrya Tlmretii^ grown in the garden of the Paris Museum, 
and noted as a hybrid between G. elliptica and G. Fadyenii, is said to be hardy, or 
nearly so ; while from the French gardens we also get Prunus Laurocerasus 
macrophylla^ the Versailles Laurel, remarkable for its vigour, and for the size of 
its leaves, which frequently measure 10 in. in length. 
The group of out-door Perennials has yielded us several choice acquisitions. 
We have gained^ for instance, Liliiim Maximowiczii^ a Japanese slender-growing 
Lily, with drooping scarlet flowers, spotted with black-purple ; and Calochortus 
unijioras, a lovely little half-hardy plant, with pale pink flowers, coming from 
Santa Cruz—these amongst bulbs. Clematis cethusifolia is a pretty sub-shrubby 
climber, of dwarfish growth, with tubular bell-shaped yellowish-white flowers. 
Acanthus longifolius, a Dalmatian species, is a fine herbaceous plant, with large 
pinnatiparted leaves, rosy flowers, and whitish spiny bracts, veined with green. 
Hoteia japonica variegata, from Japan, resembles the type in all respects, but 
having red-stalked leaves, with the leaflets marked by a golden reticulated varie¬ 
gation. Iris stylosa^ a slender Algerian plant, with large violet-coloured flowers. 
