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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
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become complicated into an intricate series of rami¬ 
fications, which spring from both stipes and rachis, 
but are not really crested; the bristly projections of 
acrocladon are strongly developed, and give the 
fronds a beautifully fringed appearance.—F. W. & 
H. Stansfield. 
Blechnum Spicant obovatum, Stansf. — A new 
and very curious form of Hard Fern, found by the 
late Mr. G. Brown in the island of St. Michael’s, 
Azores. The outline of the frond is normal, but the 
pinnae are very much contracted at the base, so that 
they take a distinctly obovate form.—F. W. & H. 
Stansfield. 
Bomarea FBONDEA, Masters ( Gard. Chron., N. S., 
xvii., 668, fig. 102).—A greenhouse climber of re¬ 
markable beauty, belonging to the group of scandent 
Alstromerias. It has smooth stems, lanceolate 
acuminate leaves, the uppermost of which are crowded 
and deflexed, and terminal many-flowered umbellate 
cymes of yellow flowers splashed with orange, the 
larger inner segments of which are pale yellow with 
numerous purple dots. Bogota.—Shuttleworth & 
Carder. 
pinnules boldly crested in a very symmetrical 
manner.—F. TV”. & II. Stansfield. 
Lavatera arborea variegata, Mort. ( Joum. 
Sort., N. s., ii., 466).—A very fine form of the Tree 
Mallow, the leaves much variegated with white; 
this is likely to make a good plant for a back 
line in the mixed border, and to match well with 
Delphiniums, Dahlias, &c.; lst-class Certificate 
B.H.S., May 23.—T. Smith. 
Lilium elegans robustuji. —A very handsome 
and robust hardy lily, the flowers large, deep orange, 
marked all over with small spots of deep brown, 
which have a distinct and pretty effect; lst-class 
Certificate B.H.S., June 13.—T. S. Ware. 
Masdevallia Harrtana versicolor, Moore 
(Gard. Chron., N. s., xvi., 306).—Under the name of 
M. Marry ana striata was shown this beautiful 
variety, first noticed in the place above quoted, and 
remarkable for its rich magenta colour, margined or 
otherwise irregularly marked in a varying manner 
with intense rich maroon-crimson; it is a very 
handsome free-blooming form.—Sir T. Lawrence. 
Masdevallia Yeitchii grandiflora, Mort .— 
nicotiana affinis (half natural size). 
Cattleya gigas burfordiensis, Mort. — A 
grand variety of one of the finest of the Cattleyas, 
considerably larger than the type in all its parts and 
more richly coloured; the sepals and petals rich rosy 
purple, and, the lip 3 inches across, of an intense 
amethyst, lighter towards the edges which are beauti¬ 
fully crisped ; lst-class Certificate B.H.S., June 13. 
—Sir T. Lawrence. 
Hydrangea japonica tricolor.— This is a 
form of the well-known variegated Hydrangea, but 
with the leaves handsomely variegated with white 
and pale green, and conspicuously edged with yellow ; 
lst-class Certificate B.H.S., May 23. — C. Lee & 
Son. 
Impatiens Sultani, Moolc. f. — A soft stemmed 
stove plant related to I. Walkeri and platypetala, 
introduced amongst soil from Zanzibar. It is dwarf 
and compact in habit, with smallish pale green lanceo¬ 
late leaves, and long-spurred flat flowers about 2 
inches across, of a brilliant rosy-scarlet, produced 
freely from the upper axils.—Kew. 
Lastrea dilatatafolioso-cristata Brownii, 
Moore .—This is by far the handsomest of the crested 
forms of L. dilatata. It was found in the island of 
St. Michael’s, Azores, by Mr. Brown, after whom it 
is named. The fronds are normal in outline, thin 
but firm in texture, and having the apex of the frond, 
and the apices of all the pinnsc, and of the larger 
A wonderfully fine form of this showy species, with 
beautifully coloured flowers, nearly twice the size of 
those usually met with ; lst-class Certificate R.H.S., 
May 23.—C. Dorman. 
Nepenthes Mastersiana, Mort. (Gard. Chron., 
N. s., xvi., 749, fig. 14S).—A very handsome and 
vigorous growing seedling from N. sanguinea, pro¬ 
ducing pitchers freely in the dwarf state, the pitchers 
about 8 inches in length and of a deep sanguineous red-; 
lst-class Certificate B.H.S., June 13.—Veitcli & 
Sons. 
Nicotiana affinis, Moore (Gard. Chron., n. s., 
xvi., 181, fig. 31).—A charming half-hardy perennial, 
which lives through the winter in a greenhouse,- arid 
continues flowering throughout the summer. It 
grows 2—3 feet high, with ovate-obtuse leaves nar¬ 
rowed into a stem-clasping winged petiole. The 
flowers grow successionally on the upper part of the 
branching stems, and are deliciously scented especially 
in the evening; they have a hairy tube 3| inches 
long, with a spreading limb of five segments, the two 
upper of which are shorter than the others, the 
mouth of the tube projecting on the upper and slop¬ 
ing away on the lower side; the flowers are white 
inside tinged with brownish purple exteriorly. The 
history of this plant is obscure, but it was brought 
into notice by W. H. Cullingford, Esq., of Kerning*- 
ton. Its beauty and its night-scented property 
