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Robinia pseud-Acacia var. Decaisneana. —A charming variety, with rose- 
coloured flowers, found among a bed of seedlings by M. Villeveille, nurseryman, 
of Manosque (Basse-Alpes), and which was noticed in our last volume. It 
promises to be a very ornamental variety for parks and pleasure-grounds, in 
which it will contrast well with the common white-flowered kind. 
Azalea Grand Duchess of Baden. —A new Indian Azalea, sent out this year 
by M. Verschaffelt. Flowers large, about 4 inches across, nearly double, bright 
fiery red, with crimson spots. 
Cypripedium Veitchianum. —The species of Cypripedium now known are 
tolerably numerous, and that which is here figured is certainly one of the finest 
in the genus. It was discovered in 1858 by Mr. W. Lobb, on, it is said, Mount 
Ophir, in Sumatra; but as there is another Mount Ophir in Malacca, where 
C. barbatum is found, along with a quantity of which this species was sent 
home, there is some little doubt on this point. The flower-stem is upwards of 
a foot high, apparently two-flowered; the segments are white, veined with 
delicate green, the superior one veined with reddish purple towards the base, 
the lateral ones being, in addition, densely dotted with dark red. 
In the March Number are— 
Verschaffeltia splendida. —A beautiful plate is given of this Palm, which 
was shown at the Brussels Exhibition as Begelia majestica, but the name has 
been changed by M. Wendland to the above. It was introduced by M. Ver¬ 
schaffelt from the Seychelles in 1861. The largest plant which has yet been 
seen, though probably five or six years old, is no more than 20 inches high from 
the soil to the leaves. These are of majestic proportions, being now between 
2h and 3 feet long, by about 2\ feet across, and at their summit deeply divided 
into two equal lobes, of which the margin is entire for about one-third, then it 
is coarsely toothed, with finer serratures in the intervals, to the extremities of 
the lobes. In colour the upper side of the leaves is a rather dark shining 
green, with a regular series of oblong blotches of a very dark green, closely 
arranged along the principal nervures, and contrasting with the brighter ground 
colour ; these are also visible on the under side, and when the leaf is between 
the observer and the light they have a pretty effect. The young foliage is tinged 
with reddish orange, which gradually disappears as they become older. This 
beautiful Palm requires the temperature of a warm stove. 
Bryonopsis laciniosa erythrocarpa. —A Bryony raised by M. Naudin from 
seeds received in 1862 from Saliarunpore. It is an annual, producing a great 
profusion of round berries as large as a small Cherry, green, marbled with 
white when young, but when ripe they are of a bright carmine, and similarly 
marbled. The plant grows about 18 inches high, and is said to have a charming 
effect if grown in a pot, and trained on a trellis. Two plants in a pot yielded 
hundreds of fruit. Two or three berries were shown at one of the Royal Hor¬ 
ticultural Society’s Exhibitions last year. 
Abutilon vexillarium, of which a description has already appeared in these 
pages, forms the subject of the remaining plate. 
L’Hortictjlteur Franqais. —The last three parts are now before us. 
That for February is adorned with coloured plates of Lithospermum fruticosum , 
and Pear Prince Imperial de France. The former is a very old plant, indigenous 
to the south of France. It is an undershrub, 6 or 8 inches high, with pretty 
blue flowers in the axils of the leaves, and in terminal clusters of two or thre e. 
It is figured as being a pretty miniature shrub for pot culture in rooms. The 
Prince Imperial Pear was raised by M. Gregoire-Nelis, and is rather above the 
middle size, obovate, amber-coloured, with greyish specks. The flesh is melting, 
juicy, and very good. Pipe in December and January. In the same Number 
