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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
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purple, Mrs. Gair crimson purple. Queen of the 
Hellenes white with rosy spots, Sims Reeves 
maroon with purple edges, lower petals purple.—All 
raised at Slough. 
Pentstemons.—T he following novelties are being 
sent out by M. Lemoine of Nancy :— Algerie .- fl. 
very large, erect, edges clear violet, centre white. 
Atlantide : fl. of the largest, bright violet, the large 
white throat marbled with purple. Chinois : plant 
low bushy, fl. medium-sized, rosy-red, the centre 
white witti strong purple stripes. Rphemeride : fl. 
upright, open, rosy-lilac, white inside; fine habit. 
Oracle : dwarf, fl. horizontal, streaked bright salmon, 
the ou'side brilliant rose. Parlement : fl. enormous, 
upright, lively carmine-rose, throat white slightly 
striped. Seduction : fl. large, wine-red, white ttiroat 
marbled with purple, edges violet. Telegraphe .- 
large fl., v olet-rose, broad white throat very open. 
Virginal ■. fl. large, very open, sulphury-white, spikes 
long ; the most beiutiful of the white varieties. 
Primula acaulis, Croussii flore-pleno .—Pale 
purple, distinct and good ; lst-class Certificate 
R.H.S., March ; R.B.S., March, 1882.—Paul & Son. 
Rhododendrons,—T he following new green¬ 
house hybrids were all from Messrs Veitch & Sous :— 
Aurora : Orange buff with purple stamens, very 
distinct and fine ; lst-class Certificate, March, 1882. 
Favourite : a fine new greenhouse hybrid variety, the 
colour clear soft satiny-pink; very distinct and 
fine; lst-class Certificate R.H.S., March ; R.B.S., 
March, 1882. Her Majesty .- blush white with 
prominent red stamens, very distinct and pretty. 
Royal Scarlet: lively pale orange-scarlet, narrow 
segments, di'tinct. Triumphans : dull orange buff, 
very fine. The following has been raised by Messrs. 
Ireland & Thomson :—Countess of Dalkeith .- a fine 
greenhouse evergreen shrub of strong constitution, 
and good habit, producing abundantly its finely 
shaped pure white deliciously-scented flowers; lst-class 
Certificate R. Caledonian H.S., April, 1882. 
Bose, Her Majesty .—One of Mr. Bennett’s 
pedigree varieties; flowers rich pink, a very attrac¬ 
tive shade of colour; large and full; lst-class 
Certificate R.H.S., March, 1882.—II. Bennett. 
Tulip (Early Single).— Adeline: a fine shaped 
variety in the way of Proserpine, but of a clear 
rose colour.—Osborn & Sons. Bird of Paradise : 
a very fine deep yellow sort, deeper in cotour than any 
other variety ; fioe for pot culture.—Yeitoh & Sons. 
Verbena, Stars and Stripes .—A handsome and 
novel variety with the flowers remarkably sweet- 
scented ; the trusses are bold, and the individual 
pips large and well-formed, of a soft lilac shade of 
rosy-pink with a distinct white stripe down the 
centre of each segment; lst-class Certificate R.H.S., 
April, 1882.—H. Cannell & Sons. 
Weigela.—M. Lemoine has the following new 
varieties :—De Jussieu: fl. yellow-centred, lobes 
straw-colour flushed with rose, outside carmi ne. Jean 
Mace: fl. large,opening slightly,purple,budsorimson- 
biack-purple ; the deepest coloured of the Weigelas 
aud one of the most florife'ous. Voltaire .• fl. large, 
the tube swollen, purple-red, inside wine-red, with 
large yellow spot on the lower part of corolla. 
NEW BOOKS, &c. 
The Rose, by H. B. Ellwanger, is a little book 
which, notwithstanding the many treatises on the 
Rose we already possess, will be welcomed as a useful 
contribution to Rose literature. The various chapters 
are devoted to such matters as Soils, Pruning, 
Manures, Diseases, Propagation, and Exhibition— 
matters which are dealt with in a practical manner, 
while the varieties, the raisers, the seed-parents, and 
the colours of roses come in for their share of atten¬ 
tion, and we propose elsewhere to print one of its most 
interesting chapters, that on the different types to be 
found amongst Roses, ehiefly of the II. P. Class. 
There is a descriptive list of 956 varieties arranged 
on a new plan, and giving both the raider’s name, and 
the da'e when it was produced. It forms a bandy litlle 
volume of 291 pages, well printed, and handsomely 
got up. The book is dedicated to the author’s father. 
Elorulf, du Mont-Blanc, by V. Payot (Geneve, 
18S1). The 2nd part of this little Botanist’s guide is 
devoted to the Ferns of the environs of Mont Blanc, 
the number of which, including 8 Equisetums, 6 
Lycopodiums, and 2 Se’aginellas, is set down at 57, 
distributed amongst 21 genera. The species are not 
described, but a very full note of their habitats is 
given, which will make the little brochure extremely 
useful to tourists in search of alpine ferns. 
The Raspberry and Strawberry, by D. T. 
Fish (London : L. Upcolt Gill). This forms a 
portion of Mr. Fish’s Hardy Fruit Book , repriuted 
from the Bazaar. The directions for the cultivation 
of these two useful fruits are ample and practical, and 
may be consulted with advantage by those who need 
instruction in such matters. 
The Gardeners’ Chronicle (Mar. 25—April 22) 
publishes the following novelties :— Nepenthes hirsuta 
glahrescens , Masters (p. 398, fig. 59), a nearly glabrous 
form, with reddish stems, subamplexicaul leaves, and 
cylittdric pitchers 5 in. long, reddish with conspicuous 
veins or wholly green, the wings fringed, the mouth 
ovate with a greenish yellow finely ribbed rim; 
often called N. zeylonica, but believed to be a nalive 
of Borneo. HydroglossumscandensFulcheri (p. 399), 
figured and described at p. 59. Adiantum Victoria ?, 
Moore (p. 428), a very useful decorative fern of 
dwarf habit, supposed to be a hybrid betweeu A. 
Ghiesbreghtii and A. decorum, raised by Mr. Bause; 
it forms dense tufts of green velvet 4—6 in. high, 
and twice as much across, the pinnules being large 
and suggestive of young examples of A. farleyense. 
ArumpalcBstinum, Boi-sier (p.428), afine Syrian Arad, 
with long flat fleshy tubers, triangular-hastate leaves 
of a dark glossy green, and obliquely campanulate 
spathes 7—11 inches long, rich velvety black inside. 
—lleath & Son, Cheltenham. Bhododendron pen¬ 
dulum (p. 429, fig. 65), a small Himalayan species, 
naturally pendulous from the branches of fir-trees ; 
the leaves oval obtuse ciliate ; the flowers white 
bell-shaped.—J. H. Mangles. Azalea serpyllifolia, 
A. Gray (p. 429), a pretty little evergreen bush, with 
small obovate apiculate leaves, and terminal tufts of 
white rotate flowers about half an inch in diameter, 
with a flat, limb of five oblong lobes ; it is of J apatiese 
origin.—Veitch & Sons. Dendrobium nobile nobilius 
(p. 433) is said to have been shown at Ghent in 1877 
as D. Rollissoni by the Messrs. Rollisson. Zamia 
montana, A. Braun (p. 460), an interesting Cycad 
recentty imported from Antioquia, but described 
some years ago from New Grenadan specimens ; the 
thick steins are 4—5 ft. high, with a head of pinnate 
haves 4—5 ft. long-, the pinnae oblanceolate or linear- 
lanceolate abruptly acuminate and with usually one 
I’l-ominent and a few obscure teeth.—Shuttlewortli, 
Carder & Co. Zamia obliqua, A. Braun (p. 460, 
fig. 72), an elegant slender-stemmed Cycad, the stems 
cylindric, 4 ft. high, I 2 —2£ inches in diameter, 
terminated by a spreading crown of pinnate leaves 
—3 ft. long, the leaflets elliptic lanceolate 6—9 
inches long, 2—4 inches broad, caudate acuminate 
with specioslv denticulate margins ; from New 
Grenada.—Veitch & Sons, IV. Bull, and L. Van 
Houtte. Antherium graptophyllum (p. 460), from 
Socotra, a herbaceous perennial with lanceolate leaves 
and large racemes of small white flowers. Dendro¬ 
bium Lubbersianum (p. 460), a Burmah plant in 
growth like a small D. formosum, the flowers yellowish 
white, much like those of D. cariniferum. Fpiden- 
drum Cooperianum caloglossum (p. 460), a verv fine 
variety, the exquisite colour of the purple lip so 
