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THE FLOPHST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[February, 
English gardens. The plant like the common form 
developes a tuft of gracefully recurving leaves, 
which instead of being plain green, have a broad 
hand of bright yellow-green down the centre, the 
two edges being deep green; the young leaves have 
a pale reddish flush over the yellow portion. It is a 
most desirable plant, and we regret that its history 
and origin are not recorded. 
NEW FLOWERS. 
Azalea, Duchess of Albany. —One of a batch of 
seedlings crossed with amoena or one of the other 
small-flowered species, and producing compact bushy 
plants very full of small neat flowers; in this case 
the flowers are smooth, inch in diameter, white, 
and very freely produced; lst-class Certificate R.H.S., 
Jan. 9, as a useful decorative plant; W. Todman. 
Begonias. — Meteor , a novel and attractive va¬ 
riety, colour bright orange in the centre, changing 
to a reddish orange tint, and becoming decidedly 
red at the edges of the two broad petals ; habit dwarf 
and very free. Reading Beauty , a beautiful variety, 
producing large and handsome creamy white flowers 
which become lighter in tint as they develop; the 
foliage is similar to that of B. Pearcei; a distinct 
variety that is likely to become a great favourite 
Both from Sutton & Sons. 
Carnations. —The following are being sent out 
by Mr. C. Turner:— E. S. Dodwell (Hewitt), c.B., 
full size, finely formed, good broad petals of great 
substance and well marked, fine. Flirt (Abercrom¬ 
bie), s.f., a good smooth flower, bright and well 
marked. Jessica (Turner), b.f., large, finely marked 
without spots, petals and shape extra fine, a good 
grower. Jupiter (Abercrombie), s.f., a fine large 
flower, smooth and well marked. Master Fred 
(Hewitt), c.B., full size, fine form, great substance, 
very smooth, and beautifully marked, extra fine. 
Primula sinensis. — Improved Vermilion Queen, 
a variety with large stout flat finely-formed flowers, 
nicely fringed, and of a bright carmine-scarlet; a 
finely finished flower of remarkable quality; Carter 
& Co.— Magenta Queen, a valuable variety quite 
distinct in colour, being of a beautiful shade of bright 
rosy-magenta; compact in habit, and the flowers, 
which are of large size, are freely produced and 
rise well above the foliage; Sutton & Sons.— Princess 
of Wales, very free, with fine heads of large well- 
formed nicely fringed flowers, of a pretty delicate 
blush, soft and pleasing in hue, and one that cannot 
be too highly commended for its decorative qualities ; 
Cannell & Sons.— Swanley White, a very pure white 
of fine quality, without trace of the blush tint that 
spoils many of the so-called white Chinese Primroses; 
Cannell & Sons. 
NEW FRUITS. 
Melons. — Emerald, a superb green-fleshed variety 
handsome in form, finely netted, delicious flavour, 
and every way first-rate; Carter & Co.— Masterpiece, 
a very fine scarlet-fleshed melon of first-rate quality, 
globular in form, handsomely netted, and of great 
value for exhibition purposes; has received several 
lst-class Certificates of merit; Sutton & Sons.— 
Welford Park Seedling, also a very fine scarlet- 
fleshed variety, round, handsome in appearance, 
distinctly ribbed, the skin thin, smooth, aud of a 
clear golden colour, the flesh bright red, rich and 
melting; lst-class Certificate R.H.S.; Sutton & 
Sons. 
NEW VEGETABLES. 
CUCUMBERS. — New Golden Frame, a variety raised 
at the Royal Gardens, Hanover, and thought to be 
the first yellow frame cucumber ever introduced to 
this country. The fruit, when ripe, is cream- 
coloured, attaining a deeper hue as it ripens; smooth 
in texture, evenly marked with small spines, re¬ 
markably prolific, hardy, and of good flavour. It 
does w'ell in a cold frame, and is said to be valuable 
for salading. Sutton's Cluster, said to be a cross 
between Volunteer and Telegraph; is a very prolific 
variety, 12 to 16 inches in length, of a bright green 
colour, and excellent shape. Both from Sutton & 
Sons. 
Pea. — Latest of All, a late green marrow variety, 
standing well up to the end of August or early in 
September; strong and robust in habit, resists 
drought and mildew ; a heavy cropper bearing large 
pods; of excellent flavour; height 3 ft. President 
Garfield, a fine main crop variety; pods of a 
beautiful bright green colour; highly flavoured; 
hardy constitution; height 3 ft. Reading Giant, a 
prolific and excellent pea; pods large, well filled; 
flavour excellent; robust and distinct in habit; height 
4 to 5 ft. All from Sutton & Sons. 
Potatos. — Magnet, a variety raised by Mr. C. 
Ross; a good-sized second early kidney of fine 
shape, with clear bright skin; flesh lemon colour, 
extra fine quality; Sutton & Sons.— Harlequin, a 
coloured sport from Rector of Woodstock, having all 
the good qualities of this variety, with a handsomely 
blotched appearance ; Sutton & Sons. 
Vegetable Marrow, Muir's Prolific Hybrid .— 
This is said to be a cross between Moore’s Vegetable 
Cream and Hibberd’s Prolific; in shape it is very 
distinct, a little more in length than in girth ; cream 
colour, with a great depth of flesh, and fine flavour; 
very free bearing; Carter & Co. 
NEW PUBLICATIONS. 
The Botanical Magazine for January con¬ 
tains — Doryanthes Palmeri, Hill. [t. 6665], a fine 
Queensland Amaryllid, with a tuft of spreading re¬ 
curved plaited leaves 6—8 feet long, having a tubular 
brown tip 4—6 inches long, and an erect flower stem 
8—10 feet high, bearing a compact tbyrse, 3 feet 
long of large showy funnel-shaped fleshy flowers, 
which have a short tube and linear oblong segments, 
and are scarlet on the outer, white on the inner face. 
Kew.— Nemastylis acuta, Herbert [t. 6666], an 
American Irid from the S. W. United States, with 
ovoid bulbs, linear plaited leaves, and forked flower 
stems a foot high, bearing a fesv 6-petalled expanded 
flowers, described as azure blue but represented as 
lilac. Kew. —Babiana ringens, Linn [t. 6667], “one 
of the first Cape bulbs known to botanists,” often 
introduced but soon lost; it has globose bulbs, linear 
plicate leaves, and hairy stems 1£ foot high, bearing 
below the middle a secund raceme of two-lipped 
bright crimson flowers, the upper spikes represented 
by bracts. Kew.— Microstylis metallica, Rchb. f. 
[t. 6668], a terrestrial Orchid, about 6 inches high, 
with 4—6 elliptic acute plicate purple leaves, and a 
slender scape bearing a raceme of minute flowers, with 
linear purple sepals and petals, and an obovate yellow 
lip, sagittately angular at the base; native of Borneo. 
—Cereus ccespitosus, Engelm. [t. 6669], a showy 
dwarf Cactus, often cultivated as C. echinatus; it 
has 12—18 ribbed stems 6—8 inches high, cylindric 
ovoid, of a pale greyish colour, the spine-tufts (pul- 
villi) close set with 20—30 pectinately arranged 
straight appressed white or rosy spines, and bearing 
at the crown deep rose-coloured flowers three inches 
across; from New Mexico and Texas; Kew. 
The Gardeners’ Chronicle (Dec. 23—Jan. 20) 
contains the following novelties :— Nerine atrosan- 
guinea. Cam (p. 808), a very fine winter-flowering 
hybrid Nerine raised by Mr. O’Brien from N. 
Plantii crossed by N. flexuosa; it has broadish 
rather glaucous leaves, and a scape 16 inches high, 
bearing an umbel of 8 broadly campanulate flowers 
of a bright rosy-salmon, the segments linear-oblong 
apiculate, with a prominent midrib and wavy 
margins; the winter-flowering habit comes from N. 
