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APPLE LANDSBERGER REINETTE.-REGISTER OF NOVELTIES. 
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APPLE LANDSBERGER REINETTE. 
[Plate 600.] 
MON G recently introduced Apples there 
are few that will be found more ac¬ 
ceptable, or more generally useful, 
than the variety named Landsberger 
Reinette. As its name implies, it hails from 
Germany. Its origin is not further known 
than that it was received by the Royal Horti¬ 
cultural Society from M. Oberdieck, the cele¬ 
brated German pomologist, some fifteen years 
ago, and has been grown and fruited at Chis¬ 
wick, where it is much appreciated. About two 
years ago it was exhibited by James McIntosh, 
Esq., Duneevan, Weybridge, who has grown 
it for some years, and was awarded a lst-class 
Certificate by the Royal Horticultural Society’s 
Fruit Committee. 
Our illustration hardly does justice to the 
extremely delicate and handsome appearance 
REGISTER OF 
NEW PLANTS. 
ANGRiECUM Scottianum, Rchb. f. ( Bot . Mag., 
t. 6723).—A very interesting epiphyte, remarkable 
for its terete rooting stem, aud semicylindrical, sub- 
distichous elongate recurved leaves (3—4 in.) which 
are furrowed on the upper side, and for its long- 
spurred (4—5 in.) white flowers, of which the lip is 
large I 5 inch broad, transversely oblong, with 
rounded angles, retuse in front with a short mucro ; 
the sepals and petals are linear. Native of the 
Comoro Isles; Kew. 
Bomarea Kalbreyeri, Baker {Rev. Sort., 1883, 
546, with tab.).—A free-growing climbing plant, with 
shortly-stalked oblong acuminate leaves, glabrous 
above, downy beneath, the flowers in large terminal 
umbels, pedicellate, the three outer segments about 
an inch long, oblong spathulate, brick red, the three 
inner ones longer obovate wedge-shaped, orange 
yellow spotted with red. New Grenada; M. Gode- 
froy-Lebeuf. 
Cycas Beddomei, Dyer {Trans. Lin. Soc., 2 ser. ii. 
85,1.17).—A fine and distinct new Cycad, the affinity 
of which seems to be with C. circinalis, of which 
Mr. Dyer considers it a reduced form. The stems 
(? young) are a few inches high with closely imbri¬ 
cated glabrescent leaf bases; the leaves are about 
three feet long and nine inches broad, with a quad¬ 
rangular petiole furnished at the base with tufted 
tomentum and in the upper third with a few minute 
teeth, the rachis subquadrangular and the leaf seg¬ 
ments about half an inch wide. The comes (male) 
are about 13 inches long and 3 inches in diameter, 
slightly stipitate, the scales tapering acuminate from 
a deltoid base, those near the ba«e erect, and those 
on the upper ha'f deflexed. Indian Peninsula; Kew. 
Eritillabia PALLIDIFLORa, Schrenk {Bot. May ., 
t. 6725).—A hardy bulb, producing stout erect stems, 
6—15 inches high, with sessile, oblong, or the upper 
lanceolate leaves, and deflexed flowers one to six from 
the axils of the upper leaves, the perianth broadly 
campanulate, an inch and a-half long, of a creamy 
green colour. Siberia ; Kew. 
Pentstemon barbatus labrostts, A. Gray 
{Gard. Chron., N.S., xxi., 536, fig. 91). — A handsome 
herbaceous perennial, hardy at Ipswich, and referred 
of this Apple, though a fair representation of 
the produce of 1881 ; sometimes it is covered 
with a thick bloom, and flushed with bright 
red on the exposed side, in a similar manner 
to Manks Codlin. 
The fruit may he described as of medium 
size, conical in form with a broad flat base, 
angular towards the eye, which is large, but 
closed and set in a narrow plaited basin. 
Stalk long, slender, set in a very even, 
smooth basin. Skin soft, pale straw, flushed 
deep orange or bright red on the exposed side. 
Flesh white, very tender, briskly sweet, and 
fresh. It is an excellent Apple for the dessert 
when newly gathered, and is also good for 
cooking purposes during the month of October. 
The tree is of moderately robust growth, and a 
very free and constant bearer.—A. F. B. 
NOVELTIES. 
by Dr. Asa Gray to the well-known showy P. bar¬ 
batus. It is quite glabrous, with oblanceolate elon¬ 
gated root leaves, and erect stems 2 to 5 ft. high, 
with linear leaves and slender panicles of bright 
crimson scarlet flowers, the tube of which is an inch 
and a-half long, the upper lip half an inch long, 
oblong and concave, barely 2 lobed at the tip, and 
the lower nearly as long again and divided deeply 
into three linear divisions, both three throat and 
lobes, like the New Mexican variety Torreyi, want¬ 
ing the beard which is found in the type. California, 
on Mount Pinos, 7,000 feet elevation ; W. Thompson. 
Philodendron Mamei, JEd. Andre {Rev. Rort., 
1883, 492, with tab.).—A fine tropical Aroid, with a 
reddish climbing stem, furnished with leaves of a 
glossy green, decora'ed with abundant irregular 
elongate bands of silvery grey more or less confluent 
on the upper side, and of a very pale green beneath ; 
the petiole is tinted with purple, and the leaf blade 
oval cordiform nearly a foot long, with a deep open 
sinus. Introduced from Ecuador by M. Andre, and 
named in compliment to M. Marne of Tours; M. 
Godefroy-Lebeuf. 
Rhododendron Cttrtisii, Rort. {Gard. Chron., 
N.s., xxi., 635.)—A beautiful and very distinct 
shrubby plant, a perfect little gem, the first of anew 
race. It is of dwarf spreading habit, about two feet 
in height, with slender branches, having the lance¬ 
shaped leaves in tufts at their ends, and deep bright 
crimson campanulate flowers borne three or four 
together in terminal clusters. Native of Sumatra, 
at high elevation; lst-class Certificate R.H.S., 
Nov. 13 ; Yeitch & Sons. 
Zygopetalum Bdrkei, Rohb.f. {Gard. Chron., 
N.s., xxi., 635).—Avery pretty new epiphytal Orchid, 
with showy flowers, having the sepals and petals 
broad oblong greenish yellow, heavily barred with 
dark chocolate brown, aod the lip pure white with 
a rosy purple frill or ruff at the base. Native of 
Guiana; lst-class Certificate R.H.S., Nov. 13; 
Yeitch & Sons. 
NEW FLOWERS. 
Chrysanthemums {Japanese). — Mary Major , a 
beautiful pure white variety, very chaste and distinct, 
and likely to make a good sort to grow for cut blooms ; 
