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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[July, 
which are remarkable for their long tube, which is 
4 inches or upwards in length and very slender, and 
for the one-sided character of the five-lobed limb; 
the stems which are reddish-purple project from 
2 to 21 inches beyond the corolla. The roundish 
deflected buds attached to the end of the long 
slender flower tube have a peculiar appearance; 
flowers in May ; Kew. 
Hydrangea Hortensia rosea, Hort. Veiteh .— 
A superb decorative plant, one of the finest which 
have appeared during the season. It is of the usual 
neat bushy habit, with ovate toothed leaves, and 
medium-sized globular heads of large flowers, which 
are of a brilliant deep rose-pink, recalling the colour 
of Christine Pelargonium, and highly attractive; 
lst-class Certificate R.H.S., June 12; E.B S., June 
13 ; introduced from Japan; Veiteh & Sons. 
Iberis gibraltarica hybrida, Hort. —A 
hybrid raised between I. Tenoreana and I. gibral¬ 
tarica by the late Rev. J. G. Nelson. The plant is 
of close compact cusliion-like growth, forming a 
multitude of shoots each of which flowers at the tip ; 
the colour of the flowers is pale pinkish lilac, but 
varying a little in tint when raised from seed. A 
first-rate plant for rockwork and the hardy border; 
lst-class Certificate R H.S., May 22; R. Ream 
Lysionotus ternifolia, Wallich (Flore des 
Sevres) (tt. 2458—59).—A beautiful dwarf stove 
perennial belonging to the Cyrtandraceae. It has 
short erect stems; opposite or more frequently 
ternate leaves, which are lanceolate-oblong, acute 
and serrate; and numerous flowers in long-stalked 
axillary cymes, of a pleasing soft lilac colour orna¬ 
mented with two lemon-tinted ridges in the throat; 
they are suggestive of those of a Streptocarpus, 
tubular, the tube narrowed at the base ventricose 
beneath, II inch long, with an oblique mouth con¬ 
sisting of an upper lip of two, and a lower lip of 
three ovate segments; a native of India; L. Van 
Houtte. 
Mimulus radicans, HooTc. fil .—A charming little 
species with a creeping and rooting stem and. short 
leafy branches, the leaves small stalked close set 
spreading, obovate obtuse, hairy, of a bronzy green, 
and the flowers, one or two on a peduncle, freely 
produced, large by comparison with the foliage, the 
two-lobed upper lip purple, and the three-lobed 
lower one white with a dash of yellow on the 
palate; it is a very distinct and pleasing species of 
carpeting habit, from the mountains of New Zea¬ 
land, and said to be quite hardy; lst-class Certifi¬ 
cate R.H.S., June 12; R.B.S., June 13; Veiteh & 
Sons. 
Nepenthes excelsior, Hort. Williams. —One 
of the new hybrid pitcher-plants now becoming so 
plentiful, and so valuable on account of their free- 
growing free pitchering qualities. The present is 
bred between N. Rafflesiana and N. Hookeriana, 
and resembles the former in the character of the 
pitchers, which are of large size, measuring 9 inches 
in depth, richly mottled with purple-red and choco¬ 
late-brown on a light green ground. They are 
oblong in form, elegantly rounded at the base, and 
freely produced; lst-class Certificate R.B.S., June 
13 ; B. S. Williams. 
Phaljenopsis Sanderiana, Pchb. f. ( Gard. 
Chron., N. s., xix., 657). — According to Prof. 
Reichenbach this is “ the finest Phalsenopsis 
imaginable.” It has an aspect intermediate be¬ 
tween that of P. amabilis and P. Schilleriana. 
The plants have somewhat flattened roots, elongate 
oblong green or mottled leaves, and roundish flowers 
4 inches in diameter, the sepals and petils varying 
in different plants from wliiiish-rose to rose-purple, 
or sometimes with a wliitish-oohrey hue ; the lip is 
white stained with yellow and marked with cinnamon 
or purple stripes, the tendrils assume an anchor-like 
form as in P. Schilleriana, and the callus is almost 
liippocrepiform with a blunt outward angle on each 
side, a narrower ascending emargioate arm being 
placed over it. Of Eastern origin like the rest of 
the family, introduced by Messrs. P. Sander & Co.; 
Sir N. M. de Rothschild. 
Rhododendron Dalhousije Victorianum, 
Cuvelier (Flore des Serves, tt. 2466—7).—A very 
fine hybrid raised by M. Cuvelier, of Ghent, between 
R. Dalhousiae and R. Nuttallii. The plant is distin¬ 
guished from the first by its larger foliage, while it 
retains its facility of flowering. The flowers are 
very fragrant and very large, in clusters of 5—6 
together, forming a bouquet about 10 inches in 
diameter; they are yellowish when they open, and 
become creamy-white when fully blown, the base of 
the tube deepening to a beautiful yellow; L. Van 
Houtte. 
Sarc'Opodium Dearei.— A distinct Indian epi¬ 
phyte belonging to that section of Bolbophyllum, 
which has been separated by some botanists under 
the name Sarcopodium. It is in the way of S. Lobb i 
but distinct; the flowers are large and of a tawny or 
buff yellow with purple tracings ; the lip is remark¬ 
ably versatile. India ; Lt.-Col. Deare. 
NEW ELOWERS. 
Azalea. — Dr. Hermann Weigel, a double-flowered 
variety of the Indica group, the colour rich rosy 
purple, very fine and effective, and as is usual with 
Azaleas, very free; lst-class Certificate R.II.S., May 
22; C. Turner. 
Begonias (Tuberous-rooted).—Z> r. Duke, one 
of the fine double varieties recently raised; the flowers 
are very large, of a brilliant cherry crimson colour, 
and fully double; remarkable for the great size of 
the blossoms; lst-class Certificate R.H.S., May 22 ; 
J. Laing & Co. Prince of Wales, a variety produc¬ 
ing very large and fully double blossoms of a bright 
crimson colour ; the flowers very broad and massive; 
lst-class Certificate R.H.S., May 22 ; J. Laing & 
Co. 
Carnation (Perpetual). — Field Marshal, a 
variety of vigorous growth, very free, the flowers of 
fine form, full and of a bright scarlet colour; lst- 
class Certificate R.H.S., May 22; C. Turner. 
Ltlium longifolrtm var., under the name of 
the Easter Lily of Bermuda, a fine white Lily was 
shown. The stem is five feet or so in height, bearing 
large pure waxy white flowers eight to nine inches in 
length ; lst-class Certificate R.H.S., June 12 ; G. P. 
Wilson. 
Pelargonium (decorative).—' Fanny, delicate 
pink, with slight crimson blotches on the top petals; 
flowers much fringed ; very pretty and distinct; good 
habit; lst-class Certificate Pelargonium Society and 
R.H.S., June 12; J. & J. Hayes. Formosa, orange 
crimson, with slight dark blotch on the upper petals, 
white throat, and wire margin of white all round the 
flowers ; lst-class Certificate R.H.S., June 12 ; J. & 
J. Hayes. Garibaldi, rich deep crimson red, with 
dark blotch on the top petals, all of which are much 
fringed; very showy and attractive; lst-class 
Certificate Pelargonium Society, June 12; J. &. J. 
Hayes. 
Pelargonium (Ivy-leaf). — Dr. Masters, rich 
magenta carmine; very fine in colour, pip, and truss; 
the leaves of peculiar shape, often reniform ; lst-class 
Certificate R.II.S., June 12; J. George. Future 
Fame, one of the charming hybrid varieties which 
put in appearance from time to time. It is of 
moderate growth, and bears large trusses of flowers 
of an Amaranth-purple colour of large size, and 
fine shape ; J. George. 
Rose (Tea) : Princess of Wales. A superb Tea 
Rose, one of the pedigree series, a seedling from 
Adam crossed with Elise Suavage. The flowers are 
