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BOME OF THE NOA’ELTIES OF 1878, 
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Davallia FI.IIENSIS: Fiji Islands.—One of the 
most beautiful of the Ilare’s-foot Ferns, having 
large coriaceous fronds, cut up into very fine 
divisions, the sori being seated in very deep and 
narrow cup-shaped indusia. 
JIiCROLEPiA HiETA CRISTATA; South-Sea Islands.— 
A beautifully crested fern, which has the advan¬ 
tage of being a very free-growing plant, as well 
as exceedingly ornamental; the apices of both 
fronds and pinnao are niultifidly crested. 
Nephrorepis Pluma : Madagascar.—A very elegant 
deciduous Fern, with oblong tubers which rest in 
winter, and in the growing season produce very 
long, narrow, olegantly-pinnate fronds, which 
especially adapt it for growth as a summer 
basket Fern. 
CiBOTiUM Chamissoi ; Sandwich Islands.—An orna¬ 
mental arborescent fern, which differs from the 
other species from the same island, also recently 
introduced, in being less coriaceous, and not at all 
glaucous. 
Pl.atyceeicm Hiblii : Q,ueensland.—A distinct and 
elegant species of a very remarkable genus of 
Ferns, whose fronds have considerable resem¬ 
blance to the horns of the elk, whence the popular 
name of Elk’s-horn Fern ; the fi’onds are greener 
than in the allied P. alcicorne. 
Lastrea aristata vaeiegata : Japan.—One of the 
handsomest of the Ferns of the year; a hardy 
greenhouse plant, free-growing, with evergreen 
rigid pentagonal fronds, having a distinct yellow¬ 
ish-green band clown each of its divisions. 
Lycopods. 
Selaginella Y 1 CTOEI.E: South-Sea Islands.— A 
very handsome decorative garden plant, allied to 
S. Wallichii, of snbscandent haliiit, pinnately 
branched, the branchlets simple, an inch long, 
terminating in a slender tetragonal spike of equal 
or greater length. 
Selaginella bellula : Ceylon.—A free-growing, 
elegant plant, having the general aspect of S. 
ina’quifolia. 
Orchids. 
L.elia anceps abb.a : Mexico.—A most charming 
variety. One can hardly form a conception of a 
flower more lovely in the purity of its whitenes.s, 
Bufiiciently ample in size, and spread out so as to 
show off its beauties in the highest degree. 
L.eija Dominiana, and L. Sedeki.— Garden hybrids 
of great beauty, the first bred between Cattleya 
Dowiana and L. elegans, and tho second allied to 
devoniensis; both remarkable for the superb 
colouring of their purplish-crimson lip, and both 
ranging in the front rank of ornamental orchids. 
Calanthe Sedeni : garden hybrid.—The richest 
and most attractive in hue of all the Calanthes; 
in the way of C. Veitchii, but with the colour 
much intensified ; the result of a cross between 
C. vestita rubro-oculata and C. Veitchii. 
Masbevallia bplendida: Andes.—This being “in 
the way of M. Veitchiana, and equally as beau¬ 
tiful,” must be a welcome guest in our cool 
orchid-houses ; its blossoms are of a rich scarlet, 
flushed w'ith a violet sheen. 
Bolbea Laweenceana: Colombia.—Avery handsome 
new orchid, having a violet-tipped lip, and yellow- 
tipped sepals and petals, the flowers being as 
large as those of B. coelestis. 
Denbeobium Williamsianum ; New Guinea.—A 
fine species, having flowers as large as those of D. 
Dalhousianum, with whitish sepals, rosy petals, 
and a rich violet-purple lip, which has an irregular 
squarish front lobe. 
Greenhouse Flowering Plants. 
Bomarea Caebkri : Columbia: AmaryllidaccEe.— 
The Bomareas are a set of climbing Alstrdmerias, 
of ■which very little seems known from a horticul¬ 
tural point of view, except that many of them 
are grand subjects as conservatory climbers. B. 
Carderi is one of the finest, and bears large ro.sy- 
pink flowers, in grand drooping umbels. 
Clausenia coeymbifloe a ; Loyalty Islands: Rutaceae. 
—A pretty shrub, whose large corymbs of white 
flowers arc succeeded by odoriferous yellowish- 
white fruit. 
Agapantiius EMBEBBATrs FBOEE-PBENo : S. Africa: 
Lilaceas.—The African lily, A. umbellatus, is one 
of tho finest of our old greenhouse plants; and 
tho present new variety, with double dark blue 
flowers, must be a desirable acquisition. 
Hardy Shrubs and Trees. 
Stringa viaGAEis Lemoinei : French gardens; 
Oleacem.—A really handsome form of the com¬ 
mon purple Lilac, from which it differs in having 
double blossoms. 
Magnobia stebbata : Japan ; Magnoliaceas.—A neat 
dwarf deciduous shrub, free-flowering, producing 
under cover in early spring its pretty white 
blossoms, which resemble small Water Lilies, and 
are naturally produced early, so as to run great 
risk of being frost-bitten in exposed places. Also 
called M. Halleana. 
Daphne Bb.bgayana : Styrian Alps : Thymelace®.— 
A very pretty dwarf evergreen shrub, with 
spreading branches, furnished with .small oblong 
leaves, and terminated by heads of creamy-white 
flo-wers. 
Acer pb.atanoibes cobumnaris : French gardens : 
Aceracese.—A remarkable tree, with a straight 
erect trunk, and short densely crowded branches, 
forming a leafy column. 
Hardy Perennials. 
Montbretia Pottsii : South Africa ; Iridacem.—A 
charming half-hardy plant, with tho habit of 
Crocosmia aurea, 3 to 4 feet high, with liuear-ensi- 
form leave.s, and a long panicle of funnel-shaped 
bright yellow flowers, tinted outside with red. 
Iris Kobpakowskiana : Turkestan : Iridaceas.—A 
very beautiful Iris, of dwarf habit, its flowers 
dark purple in the apical half, white varied with 
purple in the basal half, and having a bright 
yellow median bar bordered with purple. 
Crocus eteuscus : Italy : Iridacem.—A very pretty 
spring-flowering species, with bright lilac-purple 
flowers, tho three outer segments having five 
feathered lilac stripes down the back. 
IxioBlEloN Pabbasii ; Turkostan : AmaryllidaceiB. 
■—A pretty hardy bulb, with linear leaves, and 
pretty funnel-shaped blue flowers, on a slender 
stem bearing one or two leaves. 
Spie.ea pabmata ebegans : supposed garden 
hybrid: Rosaccae.—A nice border plant, with 
white flowers and red anthers ; has given rise to 
sundry speculations, not yet set at rest, as to its 
real name and origin. 
Lathyrus Drummonbii : (?) garden variety : 
Legnminosse.—A desu'able hardy plant, of tho 
everlasting-pea type, with handsome cerise- 
scarlet flowers ; a distinct addition to this useful 
group. 
Hardy Biennial. 
Centaurea Fenzbii : Armenia : Compositse.—“ The 
noblest Centuary hitherto introduced into culti¬ 
vation;” it has broad spreading root-leaves a 
foot and a half long, and numerous erect pe¬ 
duncles, each bearing one or two large heads of 
yellow flowers ; altogether, a stately plant. 
Hardy Annual. 
Campanula macrostyba : Asia Minor: Campanu- 
lacem.—A remarkable plant with broad bell¬ 
shaped flowers, of a purplish rose, having a 
much enlarged and much projected style. 
