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stellate flowers, th4 sepals and petals fine yellow with 
brown spots, and the lip trifid, with a produced tri¬ 
angular middle lobe which is light yellow with a 
reddish brown basal disk over which are five light 
sulphur keels terminating in short ascending bristles; 
Bolivia; T. Christy, Esq.— Calanthe Echb. 
f. (p. 394), a species near C. pleiochroma, with large 
racemes of apparently rich purple flowers with a 
callus of numerous small bodies of a deep puiqfie 
which stand in three rows extending from the base 
to the very short isthmus ; Sunda Islands; Veitch 
& Sons. — Cattleya maxima apMehia, Echb. f. 
(p. 394), a novel variety having flowers resembling 
C. maxima, but wanting the dark purple reticulate 
veins on the lip, where the yellow disk is surrounded 
by light purple; Ecuador; W. Bull. — Odonto- 
glossum vexillarium Lawrenceanum, O’Brien (p. 396), 
a splendid variety of this fine Orchid, with flowers 
of perfect form and of a peculiar bright pink, the 
basal portion of the lip (disk) of the deepest blood 
red clearly and regularly set on a pure white ground, 
while the anterior part of the lip is of the same tint 
as the petals; Sir T. Lawrence. — FhalcBnopsis 
Reiehenhachiana, Hort. Sander (p. 396), a lovely 
plant and one easy of recognition. It seems to 
partake of the characteristics of both P. speciosa and 
P. Liiddemanniana. The flowers are equal in size 
to those of a good P. Liiddemanniana, the sepals and 
petals cream-coloured strongly marked with reddish- 
crimson blotches which are, as it w'ere, rings en¬ 
closing spots of the same tint as the ground colour; 
the lip is rose-coloured with an orange base, woolly 
as in P. tetraspis; Sander & Co.— Clerodendron 
illustre, N. E. Brown (p. 424), a handsome stove 
species allied to C. squamatum, of erect habit, with 
petiolate cordate acute glabrous leaves distinctly 
repando-dentate on the edge ; the flowers are pro¬ 
duced in large terminal panicles, and are of a bright 
scarlet, with a tube nine lines long and a subregular 
limb eight or nine lines in diameter, the stamens 
exserted with vermilion filaments. We trust the 
introduction of this plant will again draw attention 
to the several fine species which used to be the glory 
of our summer shows; Celebes; Veitch & Sons.— 
Piper ornatum, N. E. Brown (p. 424), a pretty stove 
climber well adapted for covering trelliswork. The 
stems are terete,, rooting at the nodes, the leaves 
directed to one side with peltate ovate orbicular 
blades of a bright shining green thickly covered with 
pinkish-white spots and dots, the older leaves darker 
and duller; native country not stated.— Polypodium 
vulgaretrichomanoides, Hort. Backhouse (p. 435, fig. 
79), a very beautiful variety of the common Poly¬ 
pody putting on the aspect of a much divided 
Davallia; it is very close to if really distinct from 
P. V. cornubiense Eowleri. 
The Gartenflora (Sept.'—Oct.) contains figures 
of Fritillaria imperialis inodora purpurea, Eegel 
[t. 1165], one of a considerable number of [bulbs 
sent to St. Petersburgh by Dr. A. Eegel, and which 
are stated not to have the disagreeable smell of the 
garden form which appears to have originated in 
Afghanistan. The flowers were yellowish or yellow¬ 
ish-red, or brownish-purple as in the variety figured 
in the plate above cited; “ the upper leafless part of 
the stalk which bears the tuft of leaves above the 
flowers is considerably shorter than in the cultivated 
form; and in the purple variety the flowers at first 
stand upright. This form at present surpasses all 
the known forms in beauty.” With these advantages 
“ this scentless form with its varieties, should quickly 
spread through our gardens”; Bokhara (Buchara) ; 
St. Petersburgh Bot. Garden.— Orihocarpus pur- 
pur ascens, Benth. [t. 1166], a dwarf branching 
annual herb, with something the aspect of a fumi¬ 
tory. It grows about six inches high; the leaves 
are cut into linear setaceous segments, and the pur¬ 
plish flowers form a close ovate spike at the end of 
the shoots; California.— Saxifraga aquatica, Lapeyr. 
[t. 1167], a tall stout erect-growing species of 
Saxifrage, with thick palmately 3—5 parted leaves, 
the lobes trifid, and a long corymbiform raceme of 
white flowers; Pyrenees.— Premurus auraniiacus, 
Baker [t. 1168ci), a handsome hardy perennial grow¬ 
ing a foot and a half high, with a long erect crowded 
spike of bright yellow starry flowers, with orange- 
red anthers. — Premurus aurantiacus, Baker [t. 
11685], similar to the last, but with a less dense 
spike of paler yellow flowers with yellow anthers; 
both from Bokhara ; St. Petersburgh Bot. Garden.— 
Lilium superbum, Lin. [t. 1169d], the typical form 
of this handsome N. American Lily. — Allium 
Sbltzeri, Eegel [t. 1169a], a slender growing 
species with fascicled oblong-oylindraceous bulbs, 
filiform semiterete leaves, and small umbels of 
little white flowers having rose-coloured anthers; 
Turkestan; St. Petersburgh Bot. Garden.— Vriesia 
xiphostachys, Hook. [t. 1170], a small growing 
Bromeliad, with tufts of subulate channelled leaves, 
and distichous spikes of long purple flowers ; Brazil. 
APPLE 
CALVILLE KOUGE PKECOCE. 
[Plate 622.] 
MONGST highly coloured beautiful 
Apples—and there are many now in 
cultivation that are truly beautiful— 
there are but few that will bear com¬ 
parison with Caville Rouge Precoce, the sub¬ 
ject of our illustration. This is a variety of 
the origin of which we have no knowledge, 
beyond this, that it forms one of the collection 
grown for many years in the Royal Horti¬ 
cultural Society’s Gardens at Chiswick. It 
was exhibited at the National Apple Congress, 
and much admired. 
The Fruits are of medium size, round, 
with an even surface. Skin pale, deeply 
flushed and streaked with bright scarlet, and 
covered with prominent grey dots. Eye large, 
open, prominently placed. Stalk short, thick, 
set in a very even basin. Flesh firm, white, 
having at times a tinge of red, somewhat acid 
but extremely pleasant. In use during October 
and November. 
The tree is free of growth, and bears freely. 
Is well worthy of cultivation in gardens for its 
ornamental appearance alone.—A. F. B. 
BLUE FLOWERED ANNUALS. 
MATEUR gardeners are sometimes found 
inquiring for Blue Flowered Annuals, 
Here are a few that we think will 
please them ;— Nemophila atomaria 
'atrocccrulea, a very distinct variety of a deep 
ultramarine blue, having a zone of black purple 
round the white eye. I find this to come 
