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plant, nearly related to P. spcctabilis, Ait. It was introduced from Japan by Dr. 
Yon Siebold along with others of the same genus, and has been cultivated by 
M. VanHoutte in his nurseries at Ghent for some years without (much to our asto¬ 
nishment) having attracted any special attention until now. The trees are already 
12 to 15 feet high, and the representations of them in the two plates given in this 
part of the “ Flore ” convey the idea of something more gorgeous in bloom than 
what, it may be thought, exists in reality. It is not so, however ; for when we had 
the pleasure of visiting M. Van Houtte’s extensive establishment last April, our 
attention was arrested by the great profusion of bloom of what appeared to us to 
be a variety of Pyrus spectabilis, Ait., but which was designated P. floribunda, 
and is as infinitely superior in every respect as an ornamental plant to P. specta¬ 
bilis as the Lilac Charles X. is to the old common purple Lilac. M. Yan Houtte 
has given two figures of the perfect tree, one showing it just in the bud and the 
other in full bloom, and each exhibits a beauty of its own. 
La Belgique Horticole. —The part for November and December is illus¬ 
trated with good figures of Clematis Jaclcmanni and Deutzia crenata, reproduced 
from those published in our last year’s volume. It contains a continuation of an 
elaborate paper on the genus Pyrus, by Dr. Koch of Berlin, in which he treats of 
every species in detail, and which will be very useful to all lovers of this beautiful 
and interesting genus. There is also a notice of De Candolle’s herbarium, which 
we have abridged and inserted in the next page. 
Bevue des Jardins. —The January part is adorned with plates of Bouvardia 
leiantha var. splendida, a hybrid raised by M. Lemoine of Nancy, and which has 
fine brilliant red flowers in corymbs produced on a scale of much greater size than 
in the species. 
Delphinium Triomphe de Pontoise. —This is a variety of D. elatum, raised by 
M. Bemy at Pontoise, which produces a dense spike of double flowers, 2 feet in 
length. The flowers are perfectly double, and have the deep blue outer petals 
larger and broader than those of the centre, which are rosy violet with an iridescent 
hue. These two colours, coupled with the density and length of the spike, render 
this one of the most ornamental varieties in cultivation. 
The Floral Magazine. No. 57.—The first plant figured in this part is 
Vallota eximia, but we are not informed by what botanist this specific name has 
been founded. We should have considered it a variety of purpurea, with larger 
flowers than in the species, and with a pale or nearly white throat to the tube of the 
perianth. It was awarded a first-class certificate by the Floral Committee of the 
Boyal Horticultural Society, but the flower exhibited at the meeting was a brilliant 
scarlet, and not the dull brick red that is represented in the plate. 
The second plate is a good representation of Clematis Jaclcmanni, which has 
already been figured and described at page 193 of our last year’s volume. 
The next illustration is Calceolaria Bird of Paradise, a new bedding plant 
in the possession of Mr. Williams, of the Paradise Nursery, Holloway. It is 
described as being of a bright orange red colour,, with a margin of yellow, the 
former a colour we fail to detect in the plate. It is said that the whole flower is 
“ minutely punctured ”—a peculiarity which we believe has never been observed 
in any other variety ; and we can imagine how a flower of Calceolaria “minutely 
punctured” with holes like a piece of minutely perforated cardboard must have an 
interest attached to it that cannot fail to render it one of the most popular varieties. 
The fourth plate is devoted to three varieties of the Tree Carnation, for sale by 
Messrs. Henderson & Son, of Wellington Boad. Delicatissima is “ a very pretty 
pink flower, having the petals thickly barred with a deep pink or light crimson.” 
Victoria “ is a beautiful light crimson, flaked with dark crimson approaching to 
black;” but we fail to see the resemblance between the light crimson of Victoria 
and the light crimson of Delicatissima in the plate. Princess Alice “is a bright 
yellow, with red bars and flakes, forming a very pretty and attractive flower.” 
The Editor seems to describe the colours correctly enough, but the artist fails 
to represent them. 
