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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
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Gymnogeamma Laucheana geandiceps, 
Dixon .—A rather pretty gold fern with elongated 
bipinnate fronds, having the segments blunt at the 
end, -while the frond terminates in a broadly tasselled 
drooping apex, the under surface clothed with 
ceraceous meal of a palish yellow colour. Of garden 
origin.—S. Dixon & Co. 
Ibeeis gibealtaeica hybeida, Hort. (Gard. 
Ckron., N. s., xvii., 638).—A very distinct and orna¬ 
mental low growing herbaceous plant, said to be a 
hybrid between I. corifolia and I. gibraltarica, and 
uniting the foliage of the latter with the more com¬ 
pact character and inflorescence of the former. The 
flowers are white suffused with pale lilac. It was 
distributed by Mr. TV. Thompson, and was awarded 
a lst-class Certificate at Manchester on May 2.—- 
TV. Brookbauk. 
Ibis Van Hottttei, Rort. (Garden , xxi., 286).— 
A rare handsome and distinct hybrid, said to have 
been raised by M. Max Leichtlin between I. susiana 
and I. iberica, and to be more akin to the former, 
having more resemblance to it in the markings, but 
coming earlier into bloom (April). The flowers are 
marked with reticulate veins of a dark brown or 
black.—New Plant Co. 
Masdeyallia Harryana impebialis, Rort .— 
A superb variety of the M. Rarryana type, remark¬ 
able for the large size of its highly-coloured flowers, 
as well as for the breadth of their sepals and their 
brilliant colour; the flowers are nearly three inches 
across, the sepals broad and spreading, and the colour 
a rich glowing crimson-magenta, deepening towards 
the tails of the sepals. It is by far the finest of its 
race. New Grenada.—B. Warner. 
Oncidium teretifolium, Rort.— A rather at¬ 
tractive species of the Cebolleta group, with thickish 
erect cylindrical leaves, and erect many-flowered 
panicles of rather small but abundant bright yellow 
flowers; lst-class CertificateK.II.S.,May, 1882. —Sir 
T. Lawrence. 
Pinguicula CAUDATA, ScMecMendal {Dot. Mag., 
t. 6624). —A very beautiful Mexican perennial, in 
habit like our native Butterworts. It has a rosulate 
tuft of leaves, w'hicli while jmung are small ovate 
densely imbricated, but when old become oblong and 
recurved; the flowers are large deep bright violet- 
purple, and conspicuously spurred, the corolla often 
two inches in diameter ; lst-class Certificate E.H.S., 
April, 1881 (as Bakeriana) ; also B.B.S., April, 1882. 
Primula obconica. Ranee {Dot. Mag., t. 6582, 
as P. poculiformis). —A remarkably distinct and 
pretty hardy Primrose, from China in the neighbour¬ 
hood of Ichang, whence it was introduced. It produces 
petiolate, roundish-cordate toothed leaves, and umbels 
of soft lilac flowers, which are about the size of the 
English Oxlip {P. elatior) on a rather slender ped¬ 
uncle that rises well above the foliage; it is likely 
to find favour as an autumn flowering species.— 
Veitch & Sons. 
Pteeis serbulata ceistata-laceeata, Rort .— 
A very pretty dwarf decorative greenhouse fern. 
The fronds are 9—12 inches long, slender, the 
margins serrulate, each pinna being divided into a 
tassel-like or corymbose drooping bunch of lacerated 
segments, which produce a most graceful appearance ; 
adapted for all decorative purposes.—B. S. Williams. 
Bhododendron Pobtunei. —An evergreen shrub 
of vigorous habit, not new, but seldom seen in blos¬ 
som. The flowers are large, full, of a delicate pink, and 
borne in bold trusses ; shown as Mrs. Charles Butler ; 
lst-class Certificate B.H.S., May, 1882. —Mr. Geo. 
Aslett. 
Zygopetaluh Clayii, Rchb. /.—A beautiful 
hybrid Orchid possessing very desirable qualities, 
being of free growth, and producing finely-coloured 
handsome flowers. The sepals and petals are almost 
wholly brownish-purplo with a narrow green border. 
and the lip is of an intense bluish violet; it is a cross 
between Z. crinitum and Z. maxillare ; lst-class 
Certificate B.H.S., May, 1877.—B. S. Williams. 
NEW FLOIVEES. 
Amaryllis, Mrs. D. S. Williams .—A very desir¬ 
able acquisition, being perhaps the purest of the 
whites yet obtained. The flowers are of medium 
size and good form, the colour clear white without 
markings of any kind; a great improvement on the 
whites usually seen; lst-class Certificate B.B.S., 
April, 1882.—B. S. Williams. 
Aubrietia yiolacea. —A dwarf close-growing 
variety with well-formed deep violet purple flowers ; 
distinct and good; lst-class Certificate B.H.S., 
April, 1882.—B. Dean. 
Auriculas. — Agamemnon: green-edge; a large 
and striking flower with very fine pip and truss, 
having a golden tube, dense solid circular white 
paste, broad dark maroon well-defined body colour, 
and clear smooth bright green edge; lst-class Certi¬ 
ficate National Auricula Society, April, 1882.—Bev. 
F. D. Horner. Dine Dell: grey-edge; a very pretty 
novel variety, with mealed foliage, the truss bold, 
the pips large and circular, with a pale yellow 
tube, very fine paste, bright violet blue ground 
colour, and smooth silvery grey edge; lst-class Cer¬ 
tificate N.A.S., April, 1882.—Bev. F. D. Horner. 
Drunette : self; a very distinct sort, with large truss 
supported on a bold stem, the tube rich yellow', the 
paste smooth and dense, but scarcely circular, the 
colour a very dark maroon, well defined ; a flower of 
high finish ; lst-class Certificate N.A.S., April, 1882. 
—-E. Pohlman. Duke of Albany : self; green¬ 
leaved, the pip smooth and circular, with a golden 
tube, solid white paste, and very rich dark edge; 
lst-class Certificate N.A.S., April, 1882.—J. Douglas. 
Godfrey Horner: white-edge; a very promising 
flower, of superior quality, with rich golden tube, 
dense smooth paste, dark body colour, and very fine 
white edge; lst-class Certificate N.A.S., April, 1882. 
-—Bev. F. D. Horner. George Rudd : grey-edge ; a 
variety with fine mealed foliage, bold well-displayed 
truss and smooth pip, with golden tube, solid circular 
paste, dark maroon ground colour, the edge Bather 
narrow, but the flowers very round and smooth; 
lst-class Certificate N.A.S., April, 1882.—T. Wood- 
head. Jumbo .- green-edge; a variety with smooth 
w'ell-rounded pip, having a fine bright yellow tube, 
dense smooth but rather narrow paste, dark claret 
body colour, and broad clear bright green edge; 
lst-class Certificate N.A.S., April, 1882. —J. Douglas. 
Luna : grey-edge; a large flower of good pro¬ 
portions, with bright yellow tube, smooth paste, rich 
deep maroon ground colour, and clear circular edge ; 
lst-class Certificate N.A.S., April, 1882.—Bev. F. D. 
Horner. Mrs. Dodwell: white-edge; a large and 
refined flower, with mealed foliage, pale tube, good 
paste, dark body colour, and well-defined edge, even 
in all its parts; lst-class Certificate N.A.S., April, 
1882.—T. Woodhead. Mrs. Moore : grey-edge; an 
extra fine flower, with very symmetrical truss, and 
having a round rich golden tube, dense circular 
paste, bright maroon ground colour, and very pure 
smooth edge, a large finely rounded flower, regular 
in all its parts; lst-class Certificate N.A.S., April, 
1882.—J. Douglas. 
Of Alpine Auriculas the following have won dis- 
dinction :— Ada Rardwidge : white-centre; flowers 
rather small but very promising, the lobes with dark 
velvety maroon base, shading off to pale bright lilac 
purple; lst-class Certificate N.A.S., April, 1882.—• 
J. Douglas. Amazon: gold-centre; a very fine bright- 
looking flower, large, and of fine form, the tube 
bright yellow, the lobes deep red at the base 
shading off to a light but clear rosy cerise at the 
edge; lst-class Certificate N. A.S. and B.B.S., April, 
