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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
Wilhelm Kramper , a tall-growing variety, but of a good shade of colour— 
namely, lively dark rose. 
Pink shades are found in the following varieties :— Nobilissimum (Salter), 
new of 1867, a very large flower, having broad guard florets of a bright 
pink hue with a white centre, one of the most distinct kinds, and very 
attractive; Yolande, rosy pink, flowers very double, and dwarf-growing ; 
Carneum plenum , pinkish blush, flower large and full; Fascination , a very 
pleasing shade of deep pink; Gustave Reitz, a continental variety of a pale 
rosy pink shade with bronzy centre, a fine flower, but a somewhat tall 
grower; Lady Blanche , blush, with a distinct rosy tint, very fine; Miss 
Talfourd, bright rosy pink, a pretty and pleasing shade of colour ; and Mrs. 
Dix, blush, shaded with pale rose, and very fine. 
There is a clearly perceptible presence of something akin to Peach 
colour in a few of these flowers, particularly in Ariane, rosy peach, the 
centre lighter, a pretty and distinct flower; Cerito, clear rosy peach with 
sulphur centre, a fine flower ; and Pet, another pretty flower of bright rosy 
peach shade. 
Shades of Yellow are as yet confined to yellowish sulphur and buff. Of 
these the best are Luteum plenum (Salter), new of 1867, pale yellow, but 
deeper in colour in the centre, free-blooming, and dwarf-growing ; Nancy, a 
continental variety, in colour creamy sulphur; and Sidphureum, sulphur, 
with a deeper colour in the centre of the flower, distinct and good. 
Of White flowers there are Annie Holborn, white, with a deep blush 
centre ; Belle Gabrielle, pure white, with delicate peach centre, a fine flo'wer ; 
Ne Plus Ultra, blush white, a fine and bold flower ; and Princess Alexandra, 
white, with a slight tint of cream, a very fine flower of great depth and 
substance, and dwarf-growing. 
The following are the best of the single flowers :— Giganteum rubrum, 
chestnut red, flowers large and bold; Kleinholtz, bright crimson, fine and 
distinct; Mons, glowing crimson, a fine shade of colour, flowers large and 
fine; Prince Alfred, purplish crimson, flowers large and bold ; and Sparkler, 
bright reddish crimson, flowers very showy, and a fine shade of colour. 
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DENDROBIUM NOBILE AND SPECIOSUM. 
The latter of these, Dendrobium speciosum, does not appear to have met 
with the amount of cultural success amongst us, which from its great 
merits it is deserving of. A plant with eight or ten stout pseudobulbs, 
having each a crown of leaves fine as it is capable of producing—not such 
as are generally met with—is in itself a noble object, whose beauty is greatly 
enhanced, however, when decorated with an array of spikes sufficiently 
lengthy to need that the pot should be elevated for their display. The cause 
of this want of greater success must not be sought after in the absence of 
heat. Dendrobium speciosum is in reality a plant from a more temperate 
zone than some superficial observers may be aware of. It was first in¬ 
troduced from New Holland ; and New Holland plants, it may not be beside 
the subject to state, have an aversion to too much heat. Generally they will 
contend to the death against it. Let me advise, therefore, a more rational 
treatment to those who are anxious to grow and to flower this plant freely. 
A warm corner in a greenhouse or conservatory, quite away from draught, 
and not too much shaded, will suit it well in a general way. In such a 
