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flora, lE’hilippi [t. 1163, fi?. 1], a pretty climbing 
Compoi^ite with albo-tomentose stems and leaves, the 
latter ovate-oblong retuse or emarginate with short 
spiny teeth, and having the middle nerve produced 
into a short cirrhus, and terminal flower-heads with 
one row of blunt spreading orange-red florets ; 
Chiliaii Andes.— Mutisia versicolor, Philippi [t. 1163, 
fig. 2], a very distinct climbing Composite, with terete 
striate wingless stems, linear subulate leaves hooked 
at the point, and solitary terminal flower heads in 
which the ligulate ray florets are linear, orange- 
yellowltransversely banded with dark purple; near 
M. subulata R. & P.; Chilian Andes.— Sahranthus 
punctatus, Herb. [t. 1163, fig. 3], a small half- 
hardy hulbous plant leafless at the time of flowering. 
The scape is about 3 inches high, the flower cer- 
nuousl funnel-shaped with a green tube, and the 
spreading segments white dotted with scarlet ; 
Cordillera de Rengo.—T. 1164 is a view in the 
St. Petersburgh Exhibition showing a fine specimen 
of Enoephalartos Altensteini. 
Journal des Roses (Aug.—Sept.) figures the 
following:— Hose Red T)ragon, 2 >. fine climbing Rose, 
raised by Messrs.W. Paul & Son, of Waltham Cross. 
The habit is vigorous, the foliage is ample and of a 
rich green, and the flowers are large, cupped, very 
double, of a brilliant carmine crimson, produced 
freely.— Rosa microphylla, a small-leaved species, of 
which the plate represents a variety known as the 
Old Purple (pourpre ancien); the flowers are of a 
bright cerise red paler towards the edges. Several 
other varieties of this interesting species are de¬ 
scribed. 
Rsvue de l’Horticultuee Belge (Aug.— 
Septi) has figures of Hypocyrta hrevrcalyx, Hort., 
a curious but pretty Gesnerad with gouty heart- 
shaped orange-scarlet flowers; and Rianthus lignostim 
President Amiral Greig,. a tree Carnation with red 
ground purple-flaked flowers. There is also a woodcut 
of Alocasia Sanderiana, one of the handsomest of 
the metallic-tinted white-ribbed arrow-shaped leaved 
Arads with lobate margins. There is a notice of the 
meeting of the Chambre syndicate des Sorticulteurs 
Beiges, which would be of much greater interest if 
the better novelties were described so as to be recog¬ 
nisable. 
Bulletin d’Arboriculture, &c. (July—Aug.) 
contains illustrations of a new Pear Grand Soleil; 
and a Group of Strawberries, the varieties being 
White Pine-apple, Rosa, Triomphe de Gand, and 
Shclrpless. 
Hevde Horticole (Aug. 1—Sept. 1) figures 
Phyllocalyx edulis, already noticed at p. 138.— 
Kehtiopsis macrocarpa, Brongn., a flee New Cale¬ 
donian palm, with handsome somewhat erect pinnate 
reel-stalked leaves, the young ones in process of 
development assuming a striking tint of brownish- 
or.jinge; it is known in collections as Keniia Lindeni, 
under which name it was noticed with a woodcut at 
p. '71 of our present volume.— Primus triloba and P. 
Plssardi, in fruit. The first is the plant formerly 
known in gardens as Amygdalopsis Lindleyi, and in 
the mature state has elliptic sharply-toothed leave-", 
and set on by short decurved pedicels small round 
reddish-orange cherry-like fruits about half an inch 
in diameter. The second has purple finely serrate 
leaves, and larger fruits more than an inch in 
diameter on slender half-inch stalks, and of an 
orange-red colour. 
The Gardeners’ Chronicle (Aug. 23—Sept. 
1.3) contains the following :— Govenia Andrieuxii, 
Rchb. f. (p. 230), a pretty terrestrial Orchid, with 
aji erect spike of yellowish flowers white at the 
base, the lip with round purple spots in front, 
and yellow with brown bars above ; Mexico ; 
W. Bull. — Govenia deliciosa, Rchb. f. (p. 230), 
another pretty terrestrial Orchid near G. liliacea. 
It has an erect spike of white flowers, the broad 
petals marked with purple bars and the elliptic 
apiculate lip having dark brown spots in front; 
Mexico; W. Bull. — Kniphofia Leichtlinii dis- 
tachya, Baker (p. 230), in the way of K. Leicht¬ 
linii but more robust, the leaves broader, the 
peduncle longer, the perianth which varies from 
lemon to fulvous yellow, a little shorter, and the 
stamens more extended ; it is suggested that it may 
be a hybrid between K. comosa and K. Leichtlinii, 
the two plants having been growing near together; 
Herr Leichtlin.— Calanthe Rchb. f. (p. 262), 
a pretty terrestrial Orchid, with long-stalked cuneate- 
oblong leaves, and a spike of flowers, of which the 
sepals and petals are white inside, rosy outside, the 
petals and lateral sepals with rosy borders, and the 
lip is yellow with a purple callus; Sondaic isles ; 
Veitch & Sons.— Phalcenopsis violacea Boivringiana, 
Rchb. f. (p. 262), a very tine variety with flowers of 
a pure light yellow having a broad dash of purple 
inside each lateral sepal, and some fine bands and 
numerous freckles of the same colour at the base of 
the petals and upper sepal; J. C. Bowring, Esq.— 
Bravoa Bulliana, Baker (p. 328), a remarkable S. 
American Amaryllid, with a tuberous rootstock, and 
two or three bright green lanceolate leaves con¬ 
temporaneous with the blossoms, which grow on a 
peduncle 2—3 feet long, bearing a raceme of five or 
six pairs of curved infundibuliform flowers upwards 
of an inch long, whitish outside tinged with greenish 
purple, and dull yellow inside; supposed to be 
Mexican; W. Bull. • 
GAKDEN GOSSIP. 
HE new Amasonia punicea, noticed at 
p. 155, for which a Ist-class Certificate 
was voted at South Kensington on 
September 9, is a plant for which a brilliant 
future may be reasonably predicted. It is not only 
an extremely handsome plant, but it is absolutely 
distinct from any other in cultivation. It belongs 
to the verbena family, and is a near ally to the 
Clerodendron. The habit is erect and shrubby, 
with large spreading foliage. The flowers are 
borne on terminal spikes about a foot in length, 
and very gracefully arched. The flowers are tubu¬ 
lar and of a creamy white colour, each subtended 
by a brilliant floral bract, lance-shaped, and from 
two to four inches in length, and as brilliant in 
colour as those of a Poinsettia. These bracts being 
so numerous, render the plant extremely attractive, 
and as they continue in perfection for a long time, 
the value of the plant is increased thereby. It comes 
from Tropical America. 
— the Hepaticas are charming spring 
flowers. There is amongst them such a 
wealth of beauty, that a garden can be made 
attractive with them alone for several weeks in early 
spring. H. triloba is the species from which the 
chief beauty is derived, and it yields a consider¬ 
able variety of» colour, there being the single- 
flowered red, blue, pink, mauve, lilac, white, 
and purple, and double-flowered sorts of the 
same colours except white. The culture is very 
simple, provided they are planted in light soil 
enriched by well-decayed manure, and the position 
be partially shaded. The old plants are much 
benefited by an annual top-dressing of decayed 
manure. They may be propagated easily by division 
after flowering, and the following season each divided 
portion will have made a good flowering tuft. JI. 
angulosa is also a very fine plant, twice as large in 
