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Iris Eulefelbi : Mountains of Thian-Schan : Iri- 
daceac.—A pretty dwarf-habited species, with short 
glaucous ensiform leaves, and pale violet flowers, 
having bearded outer petals, marked with cop¬ 
pery veins, and contrasting strongly with the erect 
inner petals, of a coppery-bronze hue. 
Primula rosea : Kashmir : Frimulacese.—A gem 
amongst dwarf hardy species of Primrose, the 
flowers being of a lively tint of pure rose-carmine. 
Hardy Bulbs. 
Ciiionodoxa Lucille : Asia Minor: Liliaceae.—A 
gem of the first water, one of the most charming 
of spring flowers, humble in habit, hut with bril¬ 
liant blue starry blossoms, ‘which rival those of 
S cilia sibirica. 
Glabiolus Lemoinei : a French hybrid, which comes 
from G. purpureo-auratus, hardy and pretty, 
the creamy flowers flushed with salmony red, 
and handsomely blotched with maroon-crimson 
and orange, cjuite differently from those of the 
ordinary Gladiolus. 
Tulipa Sciirenckii : Central Asia : Liliaceae.—Re¬ 
sembles T. Gesneriana, the parent of our garden 
Tulips, but is smaller and more funnel-shaped, the 
colour crimson, with a yellow base. T. Kessel- 
ringi has the same relationship, and is also small- 
flowered, yellow, streaked with purple. 
Fritillaria Burnatti : Europe : Liliaceae.—Allied 
to our native F. Meleagris, and much like it in 
marking, but the colours are richer, being a deep 
lurid brownish-red, closely tesselated with white 
inside, the outer surface being glaucous. 
Hardy Annuals. 
Ciiorispora Greigi : Thian-Schan, in Central Asia : 
Cruciferoe.—A very pretty, simple-looking annual 
(or biennial), with pinnatifkl leaves, and erect 
racemes of purplish flowers, somewhat like those 
of a Virginian Stock, the seed-pods of which arc 
prettily torulose ; it may possibly become a rival 
to that popular annual, if it proves equally 
amenable to cultivation. 
Erythraca venusta : California : Gentianaceas.—A 
charming little plant, Sin. to 10in. high, dicho- 
tomously branched, the branches tipped by 
showy, star-shaped, rosy-scarlet flowers. 
Nemesia cynanchifolia : Natal: Scrophulariaceac. 
An erect branching plant, 1 ft. to 2 ft. high, with 
close, terminal clusters of pretty rich, blue-lilac, 
two-lipped flowers. 
Greenhouse Plants. 
We here include the half-hardy subjects which 
may be grown outdoors in summer, but require to 
housed during winter:— 
Dahlia Juarezii : Mexico : Compositae.—Not abso¬ 
lutely new, but little known, and very remarkable 
for its double flower-heads, of a rich crimson 
colour, and its spreading, pointed florets, which 
has suggested the name of Cactus Dahlia. 
Senecio speciosus : South Africa: Compositae.— 
First known as S. concolor. A pretty radiate com¬ 
posite, related to Cineraria, which may give rise to 
a new race of ornamental plants. It has piuna- 
tifidly-lobed, blunt, hairy leaves, and beautiful 
bright purple radiate flower-heads successionally 
borne on a corvmbosely-branched stem. 
Lopezia grandiflora : Mexico : Onagraceae.—A 
suffrutescent plant of considerable merit, which 
has turned up in the French gardens; the many 
subumbellate heads of lively cherry-red flowers 
are collected into a showy irregular panicle. 
Imantophyllum miniatum Linbeni.— A Continental 
garden variety of this beautiful plant, remark¬ 
able for the large size of its flowers and flower 
umbels. 
Meryta sonchifolia : New Caledonia : Araliaceae. 
—A rather nice-looking evergreen shrub, thriving 
in a cold house, and remarkable for its brown- 
spotted leaf-stalks, and its lyrately-pinnatisect 
leaves. 
Sarracenia Formosa. —An interesting garden 
hybrid, between psittacina and variolaris. S. 
atrosanguinea is a remarkably fine variety of 
the flava type, but with a rich blood-crimson 
orifice to the pitchers; S. flava ornata, a form in 
which the deep red venation of the lip of the 
pitchers is singularly prominent and conspiouous. 
Palms and Cycads. 
Kentia McArthuri, New Guinea; and Cypho- 
kentia robusta, New Caledonia; arc bold pinnate¬ 
leaved species. Astrocaryum becorum, Columbia; 
Cocos elegantissimus and Calamus bensus, are 
elegant and finely divided pinnate-leaved species. 
The thick-trunked Phcenix cycabifolia, if not an 
altogether abnormal growth, is peculiar for its 
striking resemblance to a Cycad. Pritcharbia 
macrocarpa, Sandwich Islands ; and Trithrinax 
acanthocoma, Bio Grande, are interesting Fan 
Palms, the latter especially remarkable for the 
spinescent sheaths which clothe the dwarfish 
trunk. 
Cycas pluma : India : Cycadaceae.—A beautiful 
erect-growing plant, the provisional name of 
which may need critical rectification. 
Ceratozamia fusco-viribis : Mexico; Cycadaceae.— 
A fine species of distinct and striking character, 
producing pinnate leaves with lanceolate acu¬ 
minate leaflets, 6 in. or 7 in. long. 
Ferns. 
Abiantum Bausei.—A very interesting garden 
hybrid, between decorum and trapeziforme, re¬ 
markable for its distinct aspect. Its peculiarity 
is the pendent character of its pinnules, a feature 
which, in combination with its free and healthy 
growth, will give it much value for decorative 
purposes. 
Abiantum munbulum : Continental Gardens.— A 
charming little plant raised from enneatum, 
differing in its dwarf habit, dense but small flattish 
fronds, and crowded glaucous green wedge-shaped 
pinnules; quite a gem in its way. 
Asplenium horribum : South-Sea Islands.— A bold 
evergreen fern, adapted for ornamental purposes. 
It has great arching pinnate shaggy-stiped fronds, 
and requires stove heat and a plentiful water 
supply for their full development. 
Polystichum viviparum : West Indies.—An ever¬ 
green stove fern of decorative character, having 
arching fronds, proliferous towards the tip. 
Polypobium Krameri : Japan.—A very pretty dwarf 
creeping hardy deciduous species, ranking beside 
Dryopteris, but perfectly distinct. 
Davallia Mariesii (provisionally so named) : Japan. 
—This is a neat hardy evergreen plant, allied to 
bullata, which, however, is deciduous, and to 
decora, which, so far as we know, is not hardy, 
while the present plant continues to grow through¬ 
out the winter in a cold frame, and is therefore 
nearly, if not absolutely, frost-proof. 
Selaginella Kraussiana aurea. —This golden 
variety of the common garden Clubmoss origin¬ 
ated in the North of Scotland, and will prove a 
remarkably brilliant decorative plant, where the 
golden hue which it strongly developes can be ad¬ 
vantageously introduced. 
Stove Plants. 
Burbibgea nitiba : Borneo : Zingiberaceoe.—A 
novelty of considerable botanical interest and 
floral beauty. The tall clustered stems bear 
elliptic-lanceolate leaves, and panicles of rich 
