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NEW PLANTS OF 1871. 
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liate leaves, and long reclinate racemes of white papilionaceous flowers ; Saxifraga 
Maweana , a Morocco plant, with large white flowers, and proliferous bulbils ; 
Saxifraga valdensis , a little Alpine gem, of minute growth, with large white 
blossoms ; and Thymus citriodorus aureo-marginatus, a beautiful yellow-edged 
dwarf Thyme, suitable for bedding-out. 
Annuals are few in number. The most remarkable is Amaranthus sali- 
cifolius , a half-hardy species, adapted both for in-door and out-door decoration, of 
pyramidal habit, with pendent, narrow, charmingly multicoloured leaves, and 
certainly one of the best plants of the year. To this may be added the hardy 
Collinsia violacea , with white and violet flowers, and compact habit; and Gilia 
linifiora , like a white-flowered flax. 
New Ferns are not numerous. Dicksonia Sellowiana , a noble Brazilian tree 
fern, has been introduced to the Belgian gardens. Humatci , or Davallia Tyer- 
manii , is a charming evergreen stove fern, from West Africa, and has a freely- 
creeping silvery-scaled rhizome, and small, deltoid, tripinnate fronds. Elapho - 
glossum Herminieri , the Eel-fern, though having only simple fronds, forms a good 
new stove fern for baskets. Pleopeltis irioides cristata is a well-crested form of 
a well-known species. Trichomanes auriculatum is one of the lovely creeping¬ 
stemmed Javanese Film-ferns, with long, narrow, transparent fronds. Lycopo¬ 
dium dichotomum , L. mandioccanum, and L. taxifolium , are three interesting 
species of Club-moss ; while Selaginella rubella is a creeping-stemmed species 
of the same order, with reddish-tinted leaves. 
Succulents have been chiefly confined to Agaves, of which very ornamental 
genus, many new, or at least unfamiliar species, have been brought forward. 
The best of these were Agave Celsiana albida, dealbata compacta , imbricata, 
ixtlioides,Simsii,elegantissima, Mescal, and some of its varieties, Jiegelii macrodonta, 
rotundifolia, and Verschaffeltii variegata. 
Amongst bulbs are some new Lilies, a family now happily engaging the atten¬ 
tion of cultivators. Lilium Washingtonianum is one of the finest of them, growing 
3ft. to 5 ft. high, with many large purple-tinted, white, sweet-scented flowers, 
The Eastern Asiatic L. Maximowiczii tigrinum has lovely orange-red flowers, 
spotted with purple ; and L. Roezlii, from the Rocky Mountains, is an ally of 
the beautiful superbum. In Gastronema sanguineum flammeum we have a lovely 
dwarf greenhouse bulb, with large funnel-shaped rosy-crimson flowers. Nerine 
pudica, of Habranthus-like aspect, also a greenhouse plant, has white flowers 
streaked with red. Gladiolus Saundersii is a very handsome South African 
species allied to G. psittacina, but with the decurved flowers scarlet and white. 
Finally, Xiphion jilifolium and X. junceum are two bulbous Irises of showy 
character, the first with rich violet-purple, the last with golden-yellow flowers. 
Two white-flowered Bouvardias, B. Davisoni and B. Vreelandii , both ap¬ 
parently sports from the variety called Hogarth, are choice acquisitions in this use¬ 
ful decorative genus, which requires warm greenhouse treatment. Encephalartos 
Vroomii, in the way of E. villosus, is a fine greenhouse cycad. Tacsonia speciosa , 
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