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heads in the axils of the leaves, or along the leafless 
ends of the shoots forming long interrupted spikes ; 
they are small and of an orange-yellow colour; 
Chili, whence it was introduced in 1861 by the la^e 
Mr. K. Pearce, and has flowered annually at Coombe 
"Wood in early spring; Veitch & Sons. 
Crinuji Sandeeianum, JBalcer {Gard. Chron., 
N. s,,_xxi., 102; Bull, Biilh Cat., 1881, 1 fig.).—A 
beautiful hothouse bulb of very distinct character. 
It has globose bulbs two inches in diameter, ensiform 
leaves a foot to a foot and a half long, and its sessile 
flowers are borne in umbels of three or four together, 
and each consist of six lanceolate perianth segments, 
which are white with a broad and conspicuous band 
of reddish-crimson down the centre ; Sierra Leone ; 
P. Sander & Co.; W. Bull. 
Lonicera Maacki, Maximoioicz {G-artenflora, t. 
1162).—A rather pretty species of Fly Honeysuckle 
forming a much branched hardy shrub growing 
10—15 feet high and having ovate-elliptic acuminate 
leaves rounded at the base, and in their axils 
numerous flowers, which are white with a narrow 
funnel-shaped tube, and a two-lipped limb of five 
segments, of which four are united into one piece 
and spread in one direction, the single lobe taking 
the opposite one. The abundant flowers must give 
it an ornamental character; Southern Mandchuria, 
and in the island of Nippon, Japan ; St. Petersburgh 
Botanic Garden. 
PeNTAPTERYGIUM SERPENS, Klotzsch {Bot. Mag., 
t. 6777).—A very handsome Indian epiphytical plant, 
belonging to the Vacciniacem, remarkable for its 
large tuberous oblong or deformed rootstock, from 
which spring pendulous branches 2—4 feet long, 
clothed with sub-bifarious ovate-lanceolate or oblong 
ovate coriaceous evergreen leaves serrated towards 
the tip and of a deep green; and bearing axillary 
flowers which are tubular, more than an inch long, 
inflated, five-angled, bright red obscurely cross- 
barred with darker red. Introduced from Darjeeling, 
and at Kew “ cultivated in a basket from which the 
branches hang and flower in the month of May.” 
In the humid forests of Sikkim and Bhotan it in¬ 
habits both the tropical and the temperate regions, 
descending to 3,000 feet and ascending to 8,000 feet. 
NEW FLOWERS. 
Amaryllis. — Mrs. W. Lee, a lovely hybrid result¬ 
ing from a cross between A. reticulata and one of 
the hybrid race; the flowers are of medium size, 
and of a delicate rose colour pencilled with deeper 
lines; Ist-class Certificate R.H.S., September 9; 
B. S. Williams. 
Begonias (Tuberous). — Ociavia, a remarkably 
fine double white variety; the flowers are large, 
fully double, symmetrical, and of a pure ivory white¬ 
ness ; the habit dwarf, yet bold and vigorous. 
Madame Crousse, also a very fine double variety, 
with very large and finely shaped flowers, very full 
and of fine shape; colour soft salmony buff; 
Ist-class Certificate to each E.H.S., September 9; 
Cannell & Sons, and for the latter also to "W. Bealby. 
Queen of Bedders, a single-flowered variety of dwarf 
and bushy habit, bearing a profusion of delicate 
rose-pink flow'ers; it promises to make a very useful 
bedding variety; Ist-class Certificate E.H.S., August 
26; Cannell & Sons. Souvenir de JV. Saunders, a 
double-flowered variety remarkable for its dwarf 
sturdy growth, and short erect flower stems; the 
flow'ers are large, fully double, and of a deep rich 
crimson-rt-d colour; Ist-class Certificate E.II S., 
Augu'^t 26 ; J. Laing & Co. 
Dahlias. — Mrs. Douglas (show'), a fine and dis¬ 
tinct self flower; fine outline and substance, and 
with exquisitely formed florets; colour lively red 
shaded with crimson; Ist-class Certificate E.H.S., 
August 26; Eawlings Bros. Mrs. Langtry (show). 
buff ground, the centre pale yellow, the florets edged 
with bright red and maroon; high centre, fine pip 
and outline. Romeo (fancy), buff,yellow ground, 
the colour suffused with dark cinnamon, and striped 
with crimson, good florets, centre, and outline. 
General Gordon (fancy), deep yellow ground, heavily 
flaked with orange-red, fine form, good florets and 
outline; Ist-class Certificates to each of the three 
foregoing varieties at the Crystal Palace, September 
6; Keynes & Co. Faishon (bouquet), a very pretty 
variety of a bronzy buff colour, sometimes tipped 
white and pink on certain parts, very distinct and 
pleasing; also Mrs. Langtry (show) and General 
Gordon (fancy), Ist-class Certificates to each of the 
foregoing E.H.S., September 19; Keynes & Co. 
Formosa (single), a charming rich deep scarlet 
crimson variety, with a large golden centre; medium 
size, and excellent shape ; Ist-class Certificate E.H.S., 
September 9 ; Cheal & Sons. 
Dipladenia Flliottii. —An extremely beautiful 
variety, remarkable for its vigorous growth and large 
highly coloured blossoms; they are about the size of 
those of D. Brearleyana and similar in shape, and of 
a pleasing deep rose pink colour; Ist-class Certificate 
E.H.S., August 26; Lucombe, Pince & Co. 
Besseea elegans. —A charming little Mexican 
bulbous plant, with slender graceful flow'er stems 
about a foot in height, and carrying umbels of small 
star-shaped flowers of a bright red colour striped with 
white. It is almost hardy, but cultivated in pots in 
a greenhouse; Ist-class Certificate E.H.S., August 
26 ; T. S. 4Vare. 
Gladiolus. — St. Gatien, a very fine variety with 
a long and massive spike of flowers of perfect shape, 
colour glowing vermilion scarlet flaked with lighter 
and darker hues ; Ist-class Certificate E.H.S., August 
26. W. Kelioay, a splendid variety, bearing a massive 
spike of bright scarlet flowers flaked with crimson 
and blotched with maroon ; a noble exhibition variety. 
Sir Francis Bolton, also bearing a massive spike of 
a vivid scarlet-carmine colour flaked with crimson ; 
Ist-class Certificate to each E.H.S., September 9; 
Kelway & Son. 
Croton Thynei. —A very fine, bold and robust 
growing variety in the w'ay of Baroness Eothschild, 
the leaves larger, more distinctly coloured, having 
also a deeper shade of bronze, and reddish veins; a 
seedling variety; Ist-class Certificate Dundee Hor¬ 
ticultural Society, September 11; J. & E. Thyne, 
Glasgow. 
NEW YEGETABLES. 
Cabbage, Earliest Vesuvius. —A short-stemmed 
Italian variety, with flat and very firm heads, and 
few loose leaves, of a bluish-grey colour somewhat 
resembling the Brunswick in shape and colour but 
superior iu flavour. It is said to be the earliest and 
most productive variety known ; Dammann & Co.— 
Early Mongibello, a short-stemmed sort, with the 
green leaves traversed by violet-coloured veins, and 
forming solid heads in three months ; a very distinct 
Cabbage, much appreciated in Italy and there pre¬ 
ferred to any other, being particularly adapted for 
spring culture ; Dammann & Co. 
Lettuce, Fotenza Cos. —A very distinct variety 
for spring sowing, and the earliest of all Cos Lettuces, 
of Italian origin and grown almost exclusively in 
some parts of Italy. It grows nearly two feet high, 
forming very solid self-folding heads surrounded by 
brownish-bronzed leaves and stands long before it 
runs to seed; Dammann & Co. 
NEAY FRUITS. 
Pear, Beurre Wamd<ercliies {Flore des Serres, 
t. 2480).—This pear was raised by a Belgian nur¬ 
seryman, M. Joseph AVamberchies, of Eessaix, near 
Binche, and bears a high character in the country 
of its birth. Fruit rather large, variable, usually 
