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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ February, 
Islands. Mr. Williams.- Asplenium Sandersoni. 
—A pretty dwarf evergreen greenhouse fern, form¬ 
ing tufts of narrow pinnate proliferous fronds, with 
small oblique pinna?, having a few rounded teeth on 
the anterior margin. Natal. Mr. Williams. 
Bambusa Ragamoskii. —A hardy arborescent 
grass, believed to be one of the hardiest of the 
Bamboos; it is vigorous in habit, resembling 
Arundinaria japonica, but having larger leaves, and 
forms large compact tufts. Turkestan. 
Bignonia capreolata atrosanguinea. —A very 
showy climber, almost hardy, having the tubular 
flowers of a dark-red purple, instead of the usual 
orange-yellow colour of the type. North America. 
Chorozema (cordatum) aureum floribundum.— 
A very useful greenhouse bush, being of remarkably 
free-flowering habit, distinct in colour, and very 
attractive, the standard deep orange-yellow, the 
wings and keel whitish; a good exhibition plant, and 
a bright, cheerful-looking subject for greenhouse 
decoration. Garden variety. Mr. Kaile. 
Codi.eum pictum (Croton).—Amongst the best 
new varieties are :— Bergmanni, raised by MM. 
Chantrier, of Mortefontaine, a fine bold plant, with 
obovate oblong green leaves, freely marked with 
canary-yellow on the margin and principal veins, 
and with a broad central band of the same ; and 
Warreni, introduced by Mr. Williams from Poly¬ 
nesia, with beautiful long drooping twisted dark- 
green leaves, mottled and suffused with yellow, 
orange, and carmine, becoming intensified into a 
rich carmine. Others, as Carrieri, Evansianum, 
Hariburyanum, Nevilles, and Stewartii, are acquisi¬ 
tions. 
Colocasia neoguineense. —A fine stove Arad, with 
cordate acuminate deep-green leaves, handsomely 
blotched with white, like a Dieffenbachia. New 
Guinea. Mr. Linden. 
Cornus brachypoba. —A novelty amongst hardy 
deciduous trees, being of tabuliform habit, the trunk 
erect, the branches horizontal, and the flowers in 
cymes like those of the Elder, but whiter ; reported 
to be an acquisition. Japan. Messrs. Yeitch. 
Cypripedium Spicerianum. — Stove perennial, 
from India, the flowers having a handsome and dis¬ 
tinct large white dorsal sepal, marked with a purple 
mid-line, undukite greenish purple-specked petals, 
and a purple-brown lip.—C. Morganianum is a 
hybrid between C. superbiens and C. Stonei, and has 
noble flowers with whitish dark-lined sepals, yellow¬ 
ish-white petals, with dark blotches and stripes on 
the inner margin, and a brownish-mauve lip, of a 
sulphury-white beneath. Messrs. Veitch. 
Daphniphyllum glaucescens. —A dwarf hardy 
dense-growing evergreen shrub, with bold spreading 
leaves 5 in. to 7 in. long, of a pale fulvous-green 
above, glaucescent beneath, the bark, footstalks, 
and midribs being bright crimson, and the aspect 
such as to render it ornamental in small pots for 
decorative purposes, or as a lawn shrub, or for 
winter bedding. Japan. Messrs. Yeitch. 
Disa megaceras. —A greenhouse terrestrial orchid 
fully equal in interest to D. grandiflora, though less 
showy. The numerous large flowers grow on a stout 
stem, in a spike 8 to 12 inches long, and are white 
spotted with purple, the upper sepal or hood being 
conical, and extended behind into a long slender 
greenish-white horn. South Africa, Glasnevin; Mr. 
Elwes. 
Dracaena Lindeni. —A fine and effective stove 
shrub, with narrow recurving green leaves, margined 
with creamy-yellow, of a handsome and distinct 
type. South Brazil. M. Linden.—Other novel and 
showy sorts are :—D. regis, broad-leaved and dark 
coloured, with abundant rosy vegetation; of French 
origin, D, aurantiaca, narrow and drooping-leaved, 
with a marginal band of bright orange or flame 
colour, the young growth being almost wholly 
suffused with this orange tint. D. Knausei, broad 
and recurved, the bold green leaves bordered with 
rose-colour. The two last are seedlings raised by 
Mr. Wills. 
Dracocephalum Ruprechtii. —A showy hardy 
perennial labiate, with long spiked whorls of large 
blue flowers, much in the same way as those of D. 
BuyscMana japonicum. Turkestan. 
Eucryphia pinnatifolia. —A very handsome de¬ 
ciduous shrub, growing some 8 or 10 feet in height, 
with deep green glossy pinnate leaves, and large 
saucer-shaped white flowers. One of the most beau¬ 
tiful hardy or half-hardy shrubs in existence. 
Southern Chili. Messrs. Yeitch. 
Fritillaria Walujewi. —A desirable hardy bulb, 
which grows 2 ft. high, and has linear leaves atten¬ 
uated into a tendril, and large solitary drooping 
flowers, greyish or lead-coloured exteriorly, and pur¬ 
plish-brown spotted with white within. Alatau. 
Dr. Regel. 
Gentiana Kurroo. —A charming rockwork plant, 
forming a subrosulate tuft of linear-oblong leaves, 
from whose axils spring the slender flowering stems, 
bearing from one to five large funnel-shaped flowers 
spotted around the throat with blue on white, and 
margined with a band of resplendent azure. Hima¬ 
laya. Mr. Bull. 
Geranium atlanticum. —One of the finer species 
of hardy perennial Crane’s-bills; it grows to a 
moderate stature, has palmately-cleft leaves, and 
largish purple flowers veined with red. Algeria. 
Haberlea rhodopensis. —A charming alpine 
perennial, with radical obovate toothed leaves, and 
three-flowered scapes bearing pale blue flowers with 
a yellow throat—in size and form very much re¬ 
calling those of Chirita sinensis. Balkan Mountains. 
Helichrysum frigidum. —A distinct-looking hardy 
alpine, with slender, decumbent, freely branched 
stems, clothed with linear-oblong leaves, each 
branchlet terminating in a flower-head, of which the 
longer inner bracts are white, the heads being suffi¬ 
ciently numerous to give the plants a decorative 
character. Corsica. 
Hoya globulosa. —A free-growing stove climber, 
■with fleshy elliptic leaves, and large globose heads 
of straw-coloured blossoms. India. Cranston Co. 
Incarvillea Olg/E.—A showy, bignoniaceous, 
herbaceous plant, supposed to be a biennial, and 
quite dissimilar from other hardy plants ; it grows 
3 ft. to 4 ft., the single stem furnished with opposite 
pinnate leaves having long incised lobes, and in its 
upper part forming a branched panicle of funnel- 
shaped purple flowers, each more than an inch long. 
Turkestan. 
Jasminum gracillimum. —A slender free-bloom¬ 
ing twiggy stove shrub, with large white flowers, 
and likely to prove a good decorative subject. See 
figure at p. 23. Borneo. Messrs. Yeitch. 
L.elia.—S ome new forms of Lselia prove to be 
very chaste and beautiful, as, for example, L. rnaja- 
lis alba, L. Perrinii nivea, and L. anceps vestalis, 
all white-flowered. 
Lastrea Maximowiczii. —A fine hardy evergreen 
fern, with leathery fronds of a bright glossy-green 
colour, and with some resemblance in the cutting to 
our familiar L. dilatata, but altogether more refined 
in character. Japan. Messrs. Veitch.- Lastrea 
Richardsii multifida. — One of the finest of 
tasselled stove ferns, with pinnato-pinnatifid fronds, 
having the apex of the frond and the apices of the 
pinnro dactyliferous. New Caledonia. Messrs. Yeitch. 
Lilium nitidum. —A new and very distinct lily, 
with an erect paniculate inflorescence supporting a 
score or more recurved flowers, of a bright yellow, 
