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EEGISTER OF NOVELTIES. 
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pseudobulbs having an obscure rib between the 
angles, thick-textured leaves, and jeduncles bearing 
several flowers which have the sepals and petals 
blackish-purple inside, with green transverse linear 
or Lieroglyphical bars, the lateral sepals deflexed,and 
the lip white, with a ruff or collar of 13 purple 
ribs ; see 1883, p. 185 ; Demarara; Yeitch & Sons.— 
Cyprlpedium Robbelinii, Rchb. f. (p. 684), near C. 
philippinense, Echb. (Isevigatum, Batem.), but with 
the leaves narrower, the flower stalk more hairy, the 
dorsal sepal narrow whitish, with dark purple nerval 
lines, the lower sepal purplish white, and the lip 
yellow, with a light ochre-coloured staminode; 
Philippine Islands; Consul Kienast Zolly, Zurich. 
— Masdevallia racemosa Crossii, Hort. (p. 691), a fine 
variety of the old M. racemosa, with spikes producing 
10—14 large show}’- flowers of an orange-scarlet 
colour; very rare; Shuttleworth, Carder & Co.— 
Helleborus niger altifolius, Hort. (p. 693), a magnifi¬ 
cent variety of the common Christmas Eose, with 
creamy white flowers nearly five inches across; 
Carniola; W. Brockbank, Esq.— Galeandra Har- 
vegana, Echb. f. (p. 716), a pretty species with the 
habit of G. Devoniania and flowers like those of G. 
Stangeana in few-flowered racemes, with sepia-brown 
sepals and petals, and a light yellow closed lip having 
a tuft of hair on the anterior part of the disk, and 
there is a mauve border to the column ; E. Harvey, 
Esq.— Adiantum cuneatum dejlexum, T. Moore (p. 
716), a pretty and distinct dwarf form of A. cuneatum, 
dense and stocky in habit, and having the small 
wedge-shaped pinnules deflexed, that is, with the 
edge turned downwards after the manner of A. 
Bausei between which and A. cuneatum it was 
raised; C. F. Bause. — Caraguata sanguinea, E. 
Andre (p. 716), a handsome dwarf-growing Brome- 
liad, with blood-red floral leaves, and white flowers 
nestled deep in the heart of the plant; see p. 9; New 
Grenada; M. Bruant.— Adiantum TVeigandii, T. 
Moore (p. 748), a very pretty Maidenhair Fern, 
having some resemblance in outline and habit to A. 
decorum, but with the parts in the centre of the 
frond very widely separate, and the pinnules broadly 
lobed; Veitch & Sons.— Desmodium pendulijlorum, 
Oudem. (p. 748, fig. 133), a beautiful hardy shrub, 
with slender pendulous branches, trifoliolate leaves, 
and long curving racemes of light purple flowers 
produced in the autumn months; Japan; Teitch & 
Sons. 
The Garden (Sept. 22—Dec. 8) contains coloured 
figures of:— Camellia C. M. Soveg [pi. 406], a large 
full smooth-petalled crimson-scarlet.— Phalcenopsis 
Sanderiana, Echb. f. [pi. 407], a charming epiphyte 
with green leaves, and racemes of flowers of which 
the dorsal sepal and half the petals are of a delicate pink 
and the lower half of the flower white, with crimson 
spotting on the middle portion of the Wp.—Androsace 
foliosa, Duhy [pi. 408], a fine half-hardy perennial, 
with obovate-oblong acute leaves, and slender scapes 
supporting crowded umbels of clear rose-pink flowers; 
requires protection against damp in winter; Hima¬ 
laya; Kew.— Hybrid Narcissi [pi. 409] four beau¬ 
tiful unnamed seedling varieties from Mr. Barr’s 
collection.— Papaver alpinum, Linn. [pi. 410, 1], a 
charming little mountain plant, with finely-cut 
foliage, and while cup-shaped flowers with a greenish 
spot near the base of each petal; varies much in size 
and colour.— Achillea ageratifoUa, Benth., also called 
Anthemis Aizoon [pi. 410, 2], a pretty dwarf plant 
formed of silvery oblong - lanceolate pinnatifid 
leaves, from amongst which spring up numerous 
rather large solitary white-rayed flower-heads; 
Greek mountains. — Plandfordia grandijlora, also 
called P. Cunninghamii splendens [pi. 411], a beauti¬ 
ful grassy-leaved greenhouse plant, with an erect 
flower stem and drooping funnel-shaped flowers of a 
fiery orange hue edged with yellow; W. Bull.— 
Ppidendrum rhizophorum, Batem. [pi. 412], the E. 
radicans of Pavon, a lovely epiphyte, with a tall stem 
bearing oblong obtuse leaves, racemes of brilliant 
vermilion flowers, with an orange-yellow lip; an old 
inhabitant of our gardens ; W. Bull.— Odontoglossum 
citrosmum, Lindl. [pi. 413], a plate representing the 
two vars. roseum and album.—Dodecatheon Meadia, 
Linn. [pi. 414], a group of various-coloured seedling 
varieties of this fine old herbaceous plant.— Erysimum 
pumilum, DC. [pi. 415, 1], a very dwarf biennial 
herb, adapted for rockwork, having narrow lanceo¬ 
late leaves, and deep yellow cruciferous flowers; it is 
sometimes called the Liliputian Wallflower.— Sedum 
spatulifoUum, Hook. [pi. 415, 2], a charming little 
perennial rock plant, producing roundish tufts of 
blunt glaucous green leaves, and dense cymes of 
yellow star-shaped flowers on erect reddish stems.— 
Onciditim macranthum, Lindl. [pi. 416], a well-known 
epiphyte of great beauty, the long scandent flower- 
scapes bearing large yellow flowers, with olive-tinted 
sepals, and a very peculiar hastiform lip.— Magnolia 
parvijlora, Siebold et Zucc. [pi, 417], a handsome 
Japanese shrub, with oblong ovate leaves, and 
moderate-sized flowers, having a rosy tiut outside 
white within; grown in the American gardens. 
The Orchid Album (parts 22—27) contains 
figures of the following Orchids :— Odontoglossum 
hebraicum lineoligerum, Echb. f. [t. 85], a rare 
and beautiful New Grenadan species, with racemes of 
large flowers which open yellow and change to 
creamy white, the sepals and petals marked with 
elongated blotches of purplish crimson; C. Winn, 
Esq.— Cypripedium Parishii, Echb. f. [t. 86], a 
species of Lady’s Slipper, with brownish-green 
flowers, having twisted purple petals four inches 
long; Moulmein, A. Paul, Esq.— Vanda tricolor 
planilabris, Lindl. [t. 87], a noble epiphyte, with 
broad-petalled yellow flowers spotted ivith reddish- 
brown, and have a magenta-coloured lip paler at the 
tip; Java, J. Broome, Esq. — Cattleya labiata, 
Lindl. [t. 88], a magnificent plant, with the large 
flowers of a delicate rosy blush with the lip rich 
deep magenta-purple; the true plant is scarce; 
Brazil, H. Gaskell, Esq.— Eulophia guineensis pur- 
purata, Echb. f. [t. 89], a beautiful terrestrial orchid 
from W. Trop. Africa, the leaves somewhat plicate, 
and the scapes bearing several spurred deep rosy 
purple flowers with a broad roundish ovate lip of 
bright magenta; Sir T. Lawrence, Bt.— Odonto¬ 
glossum Coradinei, Echb. f. [t. 90], a handsome 
species with stellate yellow flowers marked with a 
few large chestnut-brown blotches, the lip paler with 
a squarish spot; New Grenada, E. Warner, Esq.— 
Phaius tuberculosus, Blume [t. 91], a novelty in 
gardens, obtained from Madagascar, with broadish 
plicate leaves and erect spikes of handsome flowers,’ 
with white sepals and petals and an obliquely funnel- 
shaped yellow lip, thickly spotted with crimson, the 
front lobe white with rosy-purple spots; Baron 
Schroder. — Hendrobium Findlayanum, Parish and 
Echb. f. [t. 92], a charming Dendrobe, with knotty 
stems, and rather large flowers, white tipped with 
mauve, the roundish-cordate concave lip white with 
a large orange blotch in the centre and slightly 
tipped with purple; Moulmein, J. T. Peacock, Esq. 
Cattleya Schojieldiana, Echb. f. [t. 93], a charming 
plant from Brazil, with very large flowers, tawny 
yellow, thickly spotted with crimson-purple, the lip 
with large white side lobes and a long-clawed trans- 
versely-reniform fimbriated middle lobe covered by 
beautiful magenta-purple papulae; G. W. Law- 
Schofield, Esq.— Odontoglossum Alexandra gutta- 
tum. Hook, f. [t. 94], a fine blush-tinted form with 
abundant largish chocolate-red spots; E. Smith, 
Esq.— CypripediumMeirax, Echb. f. [t. 95], a hybrid 
Lady’s Slipper, with faintly mottled leaves, and 
showy flowers in which the dorsal sepal is strongly 
