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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
Iris reticulata. —A beautiful half-hardy species, a native of Georgia, Asia 
Minor, Kurdistan, Syria, and Persia, from the last of which it was re-introduced 
by Lieut.-Col. Scott, R E., through his friend Capt. Smith. The flowers are 
3 or 4 inches in diameter, deep violet and purple, with orange blotches, and 
very fragrant. 
Ceropegia sororia. —A curious Kaflrarian species, allied to C. Bowkeri, and 
flowered at Glasnevin Botanic Garden by Dr. Moore, in May, 1865. The 
flowers are 1^- inch to 2 inches long, pale green, with the reflexed lobes of 
the corolla of a darker green and transversely barred with purple. 
In the June Number we find portraits of the following:— 
Fjulophia virens. —A- native of the Nilgherries and Ceylon, and of which 
specimens were sent to Kew by Mr. Thwaites. The flowers of this Orchid are 
by no means showy, having yellowish green sepals and petals, and a whitish lip 
streaked with purple. 
Scilla Cooperi. —A Cape bulb, with racemes of reddish purple flowers 2 or 
3 inches in length. 
Cupressus Lawsoniana. —Now well known as one of our most beautiful 
ornamental Conifers. 
Warscewizella velata. —A pretty Orchid discovered by Mr. Blunt in New 
Grenada, and by him sent home to Messrs. Low, of Clapton. It grows about 
a foot high, and the flowers are borne on short peduncles, of which each tuft 
usually produces four. The sepals and petals are an inch long, yellowish white, 
and curved backwards; the lip very large, generally of the same hue as the 
rest of the flower, but margined with lilac and streaked with deep purple. It 
requires a moderately warm house, and protection from the direct rays of the 
sun. It flowers at all seasons, and is agreeably fragrant. 
Begonia geranioides. —A rather small species with numerous white flowers, 
imported from Port Natal by Messrs. Backhouse, of York. 
Myrsiphyllum asparagoides .—A Liliaceous plant introduced into this country 
by the Duchess of Beaufort in 1702, but never before figured. Although long 
since almost gone out of cultivation, attention is called to it “as it is one of the 
most elegant greenhouse climbers that can well be found ; nothing, indeed, can 
exceed the feathery lightness of the plant when well grown and flowered ; and 
whether on account of its graceful habit, its flowering in midwinter, the uni¬ 
formity of its bright green foliage, and perfume of its pearly flowers, it is one 
of the plants best suited for table decoration, and ornamentation generally, 
hitherto introduced.” It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
OUR MONTHLY CHRONICLE. 
Royal Horticultural Society. — The 
fortnightly meetings continue to be well at¬ 
tended, and are the means of drawing public 
attention to many interesting plants, and. to 
facts in connection with these which might 
otherwise remain known to only a few. The 
Bishop of Winchester presided at that held 
on the 5th of June, when sixteen new Fellows 
were elected, and five societies admitted into 
union. What .added to the interest of the 
proceedings was the presentation to Mr. 
Yeitch of Mr. Bateman’s challenge Orchid 
medal, a handsome gold medal of the value 
of £20. This was offered by Mr. Bateman 
to the exhibitor gaining the greatest number 
of marks for Orchids at the Tuesday meetings 
in two consecutive years, and one of the con¬ 
ditions attached to it was, that whoever won 
it, a second medal could not be competed for 
by the same person until some one else had 
gained one. To this condition Mr. Bateman 
drew attention in presenting the medal, but 
such was the overwhelming majority of marks 
that Mr. Yeitch had obtained, that Mr. Bate¬ 
man almost began to question whether it 
would not be necessary to make him carry 
weight, if at the end of two years he again 
entered into competition. Mr. Yeitch re¬ 
turned thanks in a very effective manner, 
and expressed his gratification at the revival 
of the old Regent Street meetings in the pre¬ 
sent fortnightly ones, the establishment of 
