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a variety of grape raised by M. Moreau-Robert, of 
Angers, which is said to be analogous to the Ribier 
or Gros Ribier du Maroc (Damas Noir of M. Bous- 
chat de Bernard) in foliage and berry, but ripens 
more quickly, in which respect it may be compared 
with the Rrankenthal. The leaves are large, rather 
deeply divided ; the clusters are above medium-size, 
conico-cylindrical, rather loose, on a long slender 
peduncle, the berries large, ellipsoid, about an inch 
long, with longish slender reddish pedicels, the skin 
rather thick, purplish black, the flesh firm, crisp, 
juicy, sugary, and of fine quality.— Hedera Helix 
aurantiaca, a handsome Ivy with bright orange red 
berries, which from the appearance of the leaves 
shown in the figure would appear to be that known 
in this country as H. R. Jiimalaiea. 
Revue de L’Horticulture Belge, &c. (Reb.), 
contains a figure of Azalea indica Charles Rqnaert, 
a very beautiful variety of the salmon-tinted white 
edged type. The flowers are large, and the colouring 
bright and clear which makes it very effective. It 
is a sport from Louisa Pynaert, and has flowers 
4 to 5 inches across, perfectly regular, with broad 
reflexed segments and a central duplicature as if a 
smaller flower were set within the larger one; the 
colour is a salmony rose with white festooned border, 
and very heavily spotted with rich carmine on the 
upper segments. It is in the hands of M. Ed. 
Pynaert, who may be congratulated on the possession 
of so choice a novelty. 
The Bulletin D’ Arboriculture, &c. (Eeb.), 
has a figure of the Belgian Pear Charles Frederix, 
a seedling of Van Mons’ dedicated by his sons to M. le 
Col. Frederix. The fruit is large, elongate oblong, 
swollen at the summit, or often pyriform ; the skin 
is smooth, yellow when ripe, dotted over with russet, 
and with blotches of the same about the eye and 
stalk; the stalk is short and obliquely inserted, the 
eye superficial; the flesh is white, fine, melting, 
very juicy, sugary, and with a delicious aroma. 
Ripe in October. The tree is vigorous and fertile, 
and is satisfactorily grown as a pyramid. 
The Gardeners’ Chronicle (Jan. 26—Feb. IG) 
contains descriptions of Anthurium splendidum. Bull 
(p. 108), the fine S. American species with cordate 
bullate-rugose shaded sea green leaves figured at p. 
52 of our last volume. The plant has now flowered, 
and has pale green peduncles 10—12 inches high, 
a reflexed lanceolate 5-nerved white pink-tinged 
spathe inches long, and a tapering golden yellow 
spadix of about the same length ; W. Bull.— Lcelia 
Amesiana, Rchb. f. (p. 109), a hybrid from L. cri.spa 
crossed with the pollen of Cattleya maxima; it has 
sheathed pseudobulbs 7 inches long, broadish leaves 
nearly a foot long, and a two-flowered peduncle ; the 
sepals are narrow as in crispa, and together with the 
rhomboid wavy petals are white, and the lip is 
three-lobed, the side lobes blunt-angled pale mauve 
purple in front, and the expanded wavy middle 
lobe of the richest magenta purple continued back¬ 
wards between the side lobes, the rest of the surface 
being yellow; Veitch & Sons.— Pleurothallis ela- 
chopus, Rchb. f. (p. 109), a neat little gem, allied to 
P. flexuosa, with short stems, cuneate oblong acute 
leaves, and a zig-zag raceme of bivalved light 
brown flowers; S. America ; Sir N. de Rothschild.— 
Cephalotaxus pedunculata sphcBraUs,'ilLs.s\jeTS (p. 113, 
fig. 23), a variety of C. pedunculata remarkable for its 
globular berry-like seeds.— Lcelia elegans picta, 
Rchb. f. (p. 140), a good variety with light rose 
sepals and petals, spotted with darker purple, the 
dilated emarginate centre lobe and tips of the side 
lobes of the lip purple with the rest of the side lobes 
yellow ; M. Harvey.— Cgpripedium Leeanum, Rchb. 
f. (p. 140), the pretty hybrid from C. Spicerianum 
referred to at p. 28.— Vriesia heliconioides, Liudl. 
(p. 140, fig. 2G), a handsome Bromeliad, of moderate 
stature, with tufted ligulate-lanceolate green leaves, 
violet-coloured beneath, and a flower spike rising a 
few inches from the centre, and bearing two rows of 
boat-shaped bracts, which are of a brilliant rose-pink 
tipped with green, the flowers being pure white ; it 
is known also as V. bellula and V. Falkenbergii; 
valley of the Magdalena; Comp. Cont. d’flort.— 
Saxifraga Burseriana major (p. 141, fig. 27), a beau¬ 
tiful dwarf-growing Alpine, forming tufts of rosettes 
of close-packed three-sided pointed ciliate leaves, and 
large pure white flowers with rounded petals on short 
flower-stalks about two inches high ; Austrian Alps ; 
Messrs. Backhouse & Sons.— MasdevalUapachyantha, 
Rchb. f. (p. 174), an interesting Orchid allied to M. 
aflinis, but larger flowered, the flowers yellowish-ochre 
coloured, with long tailed upper sepals; New Grenada; 
Shuttleworth & Carder. — Saccolahium lellinum, 
Rchb. f. (p. 174), an elegant little Orchid in the way 
of S. calceolare, but larger; it grows erect, has lorate 
obliquely-bidentate leaves, straw-coloured flowers 
blotched with dark brown, the white lip bearing 
mauve-purple blotches; Burmah ; Low. — Cypri- 
pedium Bullenianum anophthalmiim,BiG\i\). f. (p. 174), 
a variety in which there are no eye-spots on the 
petals, and no deep browm area under the green 
mouth of the lip ; IV. Bull.— Lcelia hella, Rchb. f. 
(p. 174), a lovely beauty, a hybrid raised between L. 
purpurata and the old autumnal Cattleya labiata ; it 
is intermediate in habit, but partakes more of the 
Cattleya; pseudobulbs- 8 inches ; leaves 12 inches 
long, purple beneath ; sepals and petals light lilac ; 
lip with a broad anterior wavy lobe of a glorious 
warm purple, two oblong ascending zones of light 
ochre white at the base, and two similar spots before 
the middle, as in C. Warscewiczii, the disk pale 
purple interrupted by light lines ; Veitch & 
Sons.— Aerides Bohanianum, Rchb. f. (p. 206), 
a grand species, near A. Reichenbachii; it has very 
long leaves, and long dense spikes of flowers, with 
white-bordered rosy sepals and petals, and a white 
lip with two purple lines running down the centre, 
the middle lobe nearly rhomboid and bilobed, the 
side lobes cuneate and retrorse ; the yellow spur is 
bent forwards, and bears numerous small purple 
spots; there are two horns, those on the anterior 
side being nearly hammer-like, dilated, and retuse at 
the apex, and under the horns a central keel; Eastern 
Asia ; F. Sander & Co.— Oncidium endocharis, Rchb. 
f. (p. 206), a curiosity with pseudobulbs like those of 
O. cheirophorum, and slender racemes of flowers, 
which have cuneate-oblong acute sepals, broader 
petals, and a rhombic emarginate lip of a very bright 
orange colour; origin unknown; Low & Co. 
TOMATOS AS AN OUT-DOOR CROP. 
f UT of doors Tomatos are a somewhat 
uncertain crop, their success depending 
very much on the kind of weather 
experienced during the summer. Some 
of the experimental trials made, as for instance 
that at Messrs. Sutton’s, at Reading, have, 
however, proved successful, and these have 
gone to prove that Tomatos should be grown 
on poor soil, for if on rich soil they run too 
much to foliage ; and that from the very first 
the plants should receive nothing like a check. 
The seed should not be sown before the 
middle or end of February, thinly and in a 
brisk heat, for the sooner the plants are up 
