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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOUIST. 
[December, 
Chinaman, a large full flower of a brilliant violet 
purple hue, dashed with silvery white, fine and 
distinct; and La Vierge, an extremely pretty pale 
variety of good quality, and apparently very free; 
all lst-class Certificates Hackney Chrys. Soc., 
Nov. 6. Mdlle. Louise Sabatie, bright violet rose, 
tinted with white, long and slightly quilled florets ; 
Mons. Boyer , rosy lilac, large and very distinct; and 
J. Sillier, a striking looking variety with long curled 
drooping florets of a rich amaranth colour, spotted 
with violet; all 2nd-cla's Certificates Hackney 
Chrys. Soc., Nov. 6. The foregoing were from Messrs. 
H. Cannell & Sons. Mrs. Townsend, bright orange- 
red deepening to maroon at the points of narrow 
slightly twisted florets; Joseph Mahood, orange 
tinted with cinnamon, a fine large flower of great 
beauty; and R. Ballantine , a very fine incurved 
Japanese variety, which, when fully developed, is of 
a soft pinkish violet colour ; the reverse purplish- 
crimson ; all lst-class Certificates Hackney Chrys. 
Soc., Nov. 6; Mahood & Sons. Roseum Superhum, 
bright rosy pink with narrow ribbon-like florets, 
large and full, very distinct and charming in colour, 
and an excellent addition to the Japanese Section; 
lst-class Certificate It.H.S., Nov. 13 ; Veitch & Sons 
and J. Laing & Co. Salieri. (Salter), a reflexed 
flower, very large and full, bright orange red, the 
reverse deep gold, very fine, large and bold; and 
Comet (Salter), pale reddish or orange brown, the 
reverse of the florets deep gold, very fine and striking ; 
all lst-class Certificates R.H.S., Nov. 13 ; Veitch & 
Sons. George Stevens, a flat-petalled reflexed variety 
in the way of Hr. Sharpe, with bright crimson florets 
somewhat broad, the reverse gold and cream, very 
distinct and medium sized; lst-class Certificate 
E..H.S., Nov. 13; G. Stevens. Mdlle. La Croix, 
large, pure white, slightly incurved and twisted 
ribbon-like florets, very fine and distinct ;and Mons. 
Senri Jacotot, pale orange-red, deepening to rich 
purple on the exterior florets, the centre ones gold, 
medium-sized, full and distinct; lst-class Certificates 
R.H.S., Nov. 13; T. Jackson & Son. 
Other new varieties comprise, Thomas Todman, 
pale purple, thread-like florets. Source d’Or, golden 
cinnamon, quilled florets, ball-like flowers, fine and 
distinct. L’Or du Rhin, pure gold, small thick 
thread-like florets; charming in colour and very free. 
Boule d’Argent, very deep bright orange-red, with a 
golden reveise to the florets; very showy. Mons. 
Moussilac, dull orange red, golden buff reverse, style 
of James Salter, very distinct. Mons. Astorg, a 
large pure white variety in the way of Elaine, with 
broad flat florets. Flamme du Punch, golden centre, 
orange and cinnamon florets, sulphur reverse. 
Margot, the exterior florets lilac, creamy white 
ribbon-like florets. Mons. Brunet, delicate pink, 
large and full flowers. Duchess of Albany (Salter), 
a large variety, with long, thread-like, creamy white 
florets, the exterior delicate lilac. W. Robinson, 
cinnamon and gold, large in size, half twisted and 
half quilled florets, very fine. Mons. Romain, deep 
golden thread-like florets, fine in colour. Jeanne 
d’Arc, white, slightly tipped and striped with bright 
lilac. 
Chrysanthemums (Incurved Large-flowered ').— 
Lord Wolseley , an orange bronze sport from Prince 
Alfred; large, fine in form, and good in colour; 
lst-class Certificate Hackney Chrys. Soc., Nov. 6; 
H. Cannell & Sons. Bendigo, a fine golden sport 
from the creamy white and pink Mrs. Heale, charm¬ 
ing in colour, fine in shape, and distinct; lst-class 
Certificates R.H.S., Nov. 13, and Hackney Chrys. Soc. 
Nov. 14 ; Mr. Ridout. 
Chrysanthemums [Pompon).—Madame D’Ar- 
naud, bright pale purple, small, very fine form, dis¬ 
tinct and pretty ; lst-class Certificate R.H.S., 
Nov. 13 ; J. Laing & Co. Mons. Lidguet, deep 
purple in colour, very full and finely formed flowers, 
extra fine; lst-class Certificate R.H.S., Nov. 13 ; 
J. Yeitch & Sons. Sew Marabout, white and deli¬ 
cate lilac, the florets much imbricated. Yeddo Lilac, 
large and very full symmetrical flowers of a pale 
purple-lilac colour. SLgant, very small bronzy 
red, borne in clusters. Vulcan, dark chestnut red. 
Dupont de VSure, pale purple ; very fine form. 
Iresine formosa. —A sport from I. Lindeni, the 
foliage golden veined with crimson and pencilled with 
green; very effective in appearance; keeps its cha¬ 
racter well out of doors, and makes an excellent 
bedding plant; lst-class Certificate R.H.S., Nov. 13 ; 
G. Goldsmith. 
Violet, Comte de Brazza’s Neapolitan White .— 
A very fine and distinct double white violet, a white 
form of the Neapolitan and very floriferous and 
fragrant; a decided acquisition ; lst-class Certificate 
It.H.S., Nov. 13 ; W. Allan. 
NEW ERUPTS. 
Apples. — The Sandringham, a large and distinct- 
looking variety, heavy, conical-shaped, green-skinned 
speckled wuh innumerable small russety spots, and 
slightly coloured on the sunny side; a first-rate 
culinary variety; lst-<‘lass Certificate R.H.S., Nov. 
13; Mr. C. Penny. Taylor’s Kernel, a large hand¬ 
some culinary or dessert variety, highly coloured on 
the sunny side, and of high specific gravity; lst-class 
Certificate R.H.S., Nov. 13 ; Mr. Parker. 
Grape, Winter King .—Said to have been obtained 
by grafting Gros Colmar on Raisin du Calabre ; the 
berries oval, and of a deep blue-black colour, the 
flavour sweet and refreshing. The graft produced 
six bunches, all similar in character; B. S. Williams. 
NEW PUBLICATIONS. 
The Gardeners’ Chronicle (Oct. 27—Nov. 17) 
contains figures or descriptions of Dammara australis, 
Lambert (p. 525, fig. 86), the Kauri Pine, now pro¬ 
ducing its cones in the great temperate house at 
Kew ; it is a noble evergreen Conifer, with leathery 
lance-shaped leaves and roundish cones, w'ell adapted 
for decorating winter gardens and similar structures ; 
New Zealand.— Cattleya triophthalma, Rchb. f. (p. 
526), a fine hybrid between Laelia exoniensis and C. 
superba, with two-leaved stems, and three-flowered 
racemes of flowers equal to those of C. superba, 
having purple-rose sepals and petals, and a lip of 
which the side lobes are whitish-yellow purple at 
the end, and the front lobe has a central transverse 
and two lateral areas of whitish-yellow, with the side 
angles and the front margin rich purple, the three 
pallid areas suggesting the name; Veitch & Sons.— 
Odontoglossum lepidum, Rchb. f. (p. 526), a supposed 
natural hybrid, with flattish round pseudobulbs, a 
short branching many-flowered inflorescence, and 
flowers nearly equal to those of O. cirrhosum, with 
lanceolate acute sepals and petals, and a cuneate 
hastate lip with a central claw and a reniform api- 
culate front lobe; they open yellow but change to 
white, with a few cinnamon blotches; New Grenada ; 
Shuttleworth & Carder.— Adiantum cuneatum stric- 
tum, Moore (p. 526), a pretty dwarf evergreen stove 
Eern, remarkable for its upright spriggy habit of 
growth ; probably of garden origin; B. S. Williams. 
— Las.Ua elegans Soutteana, Rchb. f. (p. 527), a fine 
variety in which the nearly blunt side lobes of the lip 
are tipped with purplish-mauve, and the dilated 
nearly reniform front lobe of the richest purple, the 
mid-lines of the disk also wholly purple instead of 
trilineate ; W. Lee, Esq.— Cattleya Eldorado ornata, 
Rchb. f. (p. 526), a beautiful variety, with all the 
charms of the type, added to a large dark purple 
blotch at the end of each petal; W. Lee, Esq.— 
Cattleya Mossice, Hook. (p. 530, fig. 89), and Laelia 
purpurata, Lindl. (p. 530, fig. 90), a pair of typical 
