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the whole of the lip is dotted with bright fuscous 
spots; Mexico; Compagnie Continentale.— Nepenthes 
coccinea, Hort. [t. 525], a handsome Pitcher plant, 
the pitchers of which are cylindrical, swollen and 
rounded at the base, and freely spotted with 
crimson. 
The Journal des Poses (June—July) figures 
the Bengal Rose Duchess, a vigorous grower, with 
shining leaves, and full sized fiowers, solitary or in 
bunches, white with the faintest tint of rose outside, 
and yellow in the centre.— Madame Prosper Laugier, 
a hybrid perpetual of a bright carmine, fully double 
and of large size but somewhat fiat. It is a fine 
rose nevertheless, and was raised by M. Eugene 
Verdier in 1869, and sent out in 1875. 
In Eevue de l’Horticulture Belge (June— 
> July) we find coloured figures of Impatiens Sultani 
grouped with Impatiens Jlaccida alba, the latter of 
which has been erroneously taken for a white variety 
of I. platypetala; both are handsome free-growing 
decorative plants. The plate in the .Tuly number 
represents a group of Double Petunias. 
Bulletin d’Arboriculture, etc. (April— 
June) has coloured plates of Pear Beurre d’Amanlis 
panachee, Pear Beurre Rogal of Turin, and Apple 
Souvenir d’Btechove, which will be more fully noticed 
on another occasion. 
GARDEN GOSSIP. 
MONO the New Plants shown at the 
International Exhibition at St. Peters- 
burgh, the group set up by the Com¬ 
pagnie d’Horticulture of Ghent, occupied 
the first position, and won the Emperor’s special 
prize, which consisted of two vases of rare marble, 
worth £100. Amongst them were some very fine 
Aroids, e._y., Alocasia imperialis, a splendid species, 
in habit not unlike A. macrorhiza, but in substance 
like thick leather, and blue-bronze in colour above, 
purple beneath ; and A. similar and of the same 
species, but darker in colour. These will be known 
among the best of the new plants of this year. There 
were also included, Homalonema Siesmayerianum, 
amply furnished with broadly cordate dark green 
leaves. Philodendron Regelianum, not unlike P. 
crinipes. Pothos Enderiana, striking, because of its 
black-green foliage, and seemingly excellent for cloth¬ 
ing a w'all. Schismatoglottis decora and variegata, 
beautiful plants, with white variegation. One of the 
most striking Aroids is Cyrtosperma Matveieffiana, 
from Sumatra, with prickly stems and Tacca-like 
divisions of the leaves; with this exception the 
preceding Aroids are all from Borneo. Other plants 
of this year are CurcuUgo seychellensis, with prickly 
stems and divided leaves, which is perhaps a Carludo- 
vica. Pandanus leucospinus, good in its present small 
state. Livistona Wagneriana, with long, yellow, de¬ 
pressed spines. Croton Oosterzeei, Pandanophyllum 
Wendlandi, like P. humile, but darker in colour; 
and Calamus kentiaeformis. Among previous intro¬ 
ductions were Zamia maypurensis, from Venezuela, 
apparently distinct. Grymnogramma schizophylla 
gloriosa, finer and more plumose than the species. 
Tillandsia Pastuchoffiana, and Aglaonema Roebellini, 
from tbe Philippines, one of the best of this group, 
fine in foliage and in its white coloration. A fine 
Anthurium Andreanum from the Compagnie de¬ 
serves notice; it is in habit almost like a Philoden¬ 
dron, 5 feet high, with internodes 4 or 5 inches 
long, and bearing many fine spathes. MM. Chantrier 
Ereres, of Montefontaine, Prance, exhibits two dis¬ 
tinct hybrid Anthuriums described lately by M. E. 
Andre; of these Anthurium carneum is a hybrid 
between A. Andreanum and A. ornatum; the other, 
A. Chantrierii, is between A. subsignatum and A. 
omatum. Both are fine plants in foliage, and the 
former possesses prettily coloured broad spathes 
with white spadix, effective and durable. A. Chan - 
trierii resembles in its spathe a narrow form of A. 
ornatum, but its foliage is better and the petioles 
are shorter. 
— new varieties of Gold -laced 
Polyanthus, Mr. Brockbank states that there 
have been two exhibited this year which were 
raised by Mr. Paul T. Barlow, of Congleton, the 
raiser of the fine variety, Congleton Queen. They are 
Lord Beaconsfield, shown by the Rev. E. I). Horner, 
and which in London won the 3rd in the singles, and 
was in Mr. Beswick’s 2nd prize lot of three at Man¬ 
chester; and Blackbird, which was also in Mr. 
Beswick’s lot, and won 4th in the singles. Both Lord 
Beaconsfield and Blackbird are of Mr. Paul Barlow’s 
raising, and are characterisedby clear delicate lacing, 
good colour, and fine circular eyes. The fault, if 
any, is that the lacing is sometimes paler than 
the centre. They furnish a strong contingent to 
reinforce the old black-ground Polyanthuses. 
— the new Dictionary of Gardening 
(Gill, 170, Strand) several numbers have 
reached us ; and without vouching for all their 
contents we can say without hesitation that it pro¬ 
mises to be a very useful book of reference on plants 
and plant-culture, including also the products of our 
vegetable and fruit gardens. There are, however, 
some slips which need correction. Abies for example 
seems a little “ mixed.” It is called the Spruce Eir, 
which is right from the point of view adopted till 
recently in this country, but the species described 
are those of tbe Silver Eir genus, heretofore Piceas, 
but rightly brought here under Abies in conformity 
with the classification now adopted; consequently 
they should have been designated Silver Eirs and 
not Spruce Eirs. The Acanthacece are called a large 
“ genus ” of plants instead of “ natural order.” These 
and other oversights may be easily put right, and 
detract but little from the general utility of the work, 
which moreover is freely illustrated. 
— UvEFERRiNG to Skimmia oblata, OUT Con¬ 
temporary the Gardeners' Chronicle observes 
that it is an excellent under-shrub for winter 
gardening, for the furnishing of small beds, or for 
forming a border to large ones; the foliage is neat, 
therefore not likely to be injured by wind, and the 
plant is perfectly hardy, and flowers profusely. It is 
added that it sets no berries, as its congener, S. ja- 
ponica, does, but that for these we must await the 
arrival of its mate, as we had to do in the case of the 
Aucuba. There is, however, no need to wait this 
arrival as its mate is here already, the >8. fra- 
grantissima, which is quite common in gardens, 
being the S. oblata mascula, or pollen-bearing form 
of the species. 
•— ^OME Hybrid Gymnogrammas have 
recently been raised by Mr. F. F. Stange, of 
Hamburg, his newest crosses being G. Spihl- 
manni (G. decomposita X L’Herminieri), G. Broe- 
dermanni (G. peruviana argyrea X L’Herminieri) 
and G. Flandries. 
— ®HE Rev. J. Stevenson” is preparing for 
publication, by Messrs. Blackwood & Sons, a 
Flora of British Fungi {Hymenomycetes), 
with illustrations by Worthington G. Smith, E.L.S. 
The work will be issued in two volumes, post 8vo., 
and will contain full descriptions of all British 
