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from 1 to 2 feet in length. The leaves are from 1 to inches long, and from 
half an inch to 1 inch broad, and very glaucous. The dowers are large, green, 
white towards the base of the petals. The plant is only of interest as a species 
hitherto undescribed. 
Scmchezia nobilis .—A beautiful Acantliaceous plant, discovered by Mr. 
Pearce, Messrs. Veitcli’s collector, in Ecuador. It is a stout, erect, herbaceous 
plant, with oblong obovate leaves, from 3 to 9 inches long, and dense panicles 
of yellow flowers, with bright red bracts 1^ inch in length, the corolla cylin¬ 
drical, 2 inches in length, by one-third of an inch in diameter. 
Saccolabium ampullaceum .—Figured in Lindley’s “ Sertum Orchidaceum,” 
in 1838, as well as Paxton’s “ Magazine of Botany.” It is a native of Sylhet, 
where the plant, which does not attain more than 6 inches in height, freely 
produces its deep rose-coloured racemes in spring. 
Rhododendron Fortunei .—A beautiful species discovered by Mr. Fortune 
in the province of Chekiang in China, at an altitude of 3000 feet. Seeds of 
it were sent home by him, and plants of it were raised by Mr. Glendinning at 
the Chiswick Nursery, where they proved perfectly hardy, and from these the 
species was described by Dr. Lindley. It forms a stout shrub, with bright 
green leaves from 5 to 7 inches long, and pale rose-coloured flowers from 3 to 
3A inches in diameter, in heads of eight to ten. 
Ilex latifolia (Broad-leaved Japanese Holly).—“This noble Holly,” says 
Dr. Hooker, “ though often supposed to be one of the later importations from 
Japan, has long been cultivated in the Royal Gardens, where it has stood 
without protection, trained against a wall for many years, and quite uninjured. 
In the open air I have not observed it flowering, but it flowers abundantly in 
the temperate-house during June and July. In other places near London and 
elsewhere it is cultivated as a standard ; and though I have never seen it 
luxuriant under such circumstances in the east of England, it no doubt succeeds 
perfectly in the west. It is a beautiful shrub, of a paler green than the com¬ 
mon Holly, with similar berries, and the flowers are produced in round heads 
of a pale yellow colour.” 
Huntley a cerina .—A beautiful Orchid, originally discovered by Warszewicz 
in Veragua, on the volcano of Cliiriqui, at an elevation of 8000 feet, and first 
flowered by Mr. Rucker. It has also flowered with J. Bateman, Esq., at 
Knypersley, and at Messrs. Yeitch’s. The plant is a bulbless epiphyte, pro¬ 
ducing tufts of leaves about a foot long. The flowers have pale straw-coloured 
petals and sepals, 1^- inch long, and a yellow lip. 
Nierembergia Veitchii .—An elegant species, introduced by Messrs. Veitch, 
from Tucuman. It grows about 8 inches or a foot high, and has pale lilac 
campanulate flowers. 
Kcempferia Roscceana .—A native of Burmah, where it was discovered by 
Dr. Wallich in 1826, and flowered three years afterwards at Chiswick. It is 
remarkable for producing only a single pair of leaves; but in these the beauty 
of the plant consists. They are 4 or 5 inches long, orbicular, of leathery 
texture, and of an opaque green, mottled or prettily zoned with paler green. 
Between them small white flowers are produced, but only one at a time. 
OUR MONTHLY CHRONICLE. 
Crystal Palace Show. —This took place 
on the othancl 6th of September, and though 
Roses, Dahlias, and Hollyhocks were nume¬ 
rously and well shown, there was a great fall¬ 
ing olf in the fruit, both as regards quantity 
and quality. Out-door fruit is generally small 
this year, and it has been remarked that in 
many places varieties come so much out of 
character that it is difficult to distinguish 
them. Accordingly, many growers who 
