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furnished. A Vine, Tacsonia, or Marechal 
Niel Rose on the roof would have furnished 
the latter with verdure, beauty, or utility, 
when the spring plants had disappeared. But 
in not a few cases where Vines or creepers 
have been planted on roofs, the good effects of 
them are neutralised by their untidiness, or the 
dirtiness of the stage, shelves, floors, or their 
occupants. Who shall measure what a cul¬ 
tured and refined taste has suffered from dirty 
pots and weeds in pots in the greenhouse or 
conservatory ? Were such sights not so 
common, it would be impossible to believe in 
their existence, nor in the extraordinary per¬ 
versity that will obtrude the worst of people’s 
gardening, or the want of it, on their friends. 
But so it is in too many instances. One or 
two great efforts are made, a few successes 
scored, and then in too many gardens all is 
sheer disorder or black confusion for a great 
portion of the year. 
It is seldom that these great efforts yield 
the most or the greater pleasure; but rather 
the every-day presence with us of cleanliness, 
order, and beauty, which can only be sustained 
in gardens by an industry that never wearies, 
a perseverance that never flags, and a cultured 
taste that disposes of everything, the least as 
well as the greatest, to the best advantage. 
Gardens thus managed are full of interest at 
all seasons, and yield some fresh harvest of 
interest and of beauty every day in the year.— 
D. T. Fish, Hardwicke. 
PLUM, HARRIET. 
[Plate 568.] 
‘TT-T E have to thank Mr. T. Francis 
WM Rivers for the specimens of this 
admirable new Plum represented in 
the accompanying plate. It is a 
seedling not yet distributed, of a very fine 
Gage which will be sent out as soon as a 
sufficient stock is obtained. Of the beauty of 
the fruit our picture is a sufficient illustration, 
while of its high quality we can bear evidence. 
The specimens figured were received by us 
early in September last, and the following are 
the descriptive notes made at the time:— 
Youny wood pubescent. Fruit round, some¬ 
what depressed, large for its class, measuring 
1-j^ inch in diameter, the stalk inserted in a 
deepish basin, which is connected by a distinct 
shallow suture with a depression at the apex. 
Skin deep Indian yellow, freely speckled or 
marbled with red on the sunny side, and 
covered with a slight bloom. Flesh yellow, 
firm, parting from the stone, juicy, rich and 
sugary, with a sprightly flavour. 
We are informed by Mr. Rivers that it is 
later than the Transparent Gage—one of the 
best of plums—and a better bearer. It will 
therefore be an acquisition of some value to 
our collections of hardy fruits.—T. Moore. 
REGISTER OF NOVELTIES. 
NEW PLANTS. 
Aeeides illustre, Rchb.f. ( Gard. Citron., N. s., 
xviii.,p. 71.)—Grand and glorious, imported by Messrs. 
Low & Co., and selected out of an importation of A. 
crispum. It has very broad and short leaves, with 
few dark spots, and an infiore-cence of 25 flowers; the 
flowers are large, the sepals and petals broad with 
a lilac flush on the white, and but few blotches, the 
lip conspicuous for its fine amethyst purple, with 
the longitudinal marks at the base which form the 
characters of A. maculosum.—Sir T. Lawrence. 
Ai: rides Lawrenceanum, Sort. —A very hand¬ 
some species of the Schroderi type ; it has narrowisli 
linear leaves, and drooping spikes of large white 
flowers with a bold convex scoop-shaped lip of a 
bright magenta rose colour; lst-class Certificate 
R.B.S., July 5.—Sir Trevor Lawrence. 
Begonia goegoensis, X. S. Brown {Card. 
Chron., N. s., xviii., p. 71).—A handsome species 
allied toB.peltata (B. hernandioefolia, B.M., t. 4676) 
and introduced from Goegoe, in Sumatra. It has a 
short creeping stem, with peltate orbicular-ovate 6—7 
nerved bullate leaves, of a dark green with bronzy 
reflections ; petioles erect 3—4 inches long, r- 
angled; the flowers are in monenfious cymes, the 
sepals rosy pink the petals white; “only the last 
flower on each ultimate division of the cyme is female; 
all the others are male ”; lst-class Certificate R.H.S., 
July 25.—Veitch & Sons. 
Begonia socoteana, Hook. fil. ( Bot. Mag., t. 
6555.)—A dwarf species of remarkable interest, dis¬ 
covered in the island of Socotra, by Dr. I. B. Balfour. 
It is of neat habit, with orbicular peltate leaves 4—7 
inches in diameter, and producing a profusion of 
bright rose-pink flowers, two inches in diameter; 
altogether having much resemblance to a Pelar¬ 
gonium ; it is of very free blooming character, and 
blossoms in the depth of winter ; lst-class Certificate 
R.H.S., Nov. 8, 1881.—Veitch & Sons. 
Calanthe Textori, Miq. —A very pretty and 
distinct plant, with the habit of C. veratrifolia, with 
plaited leaves, and tall scapes hearing racemes of 
blush-white flowers having a crimson fpot in the 
centre, the lip changing to pale yellow; lst-class 
Certificate R.B.S., July 5.—Sir Trevor Lawrence. 
Cattleya gigas albo-striata, Sort. —A pretty 
variety of this fine Orchid, with the flowers in the 
plant exhibited smaller than in the type, but re¬ 
markable for having the sepals and petals marked 
with a distinct white central bar or stripe on a blush 
ground-colour; lst-class Certificate R.B.S., July 5. 
—H. James. 
Cattleya gigas grandiflora, Sort. Williams. 
—A magnificent variety with remarkably large 
flowers, having rich rose pink sepals and petals, and a 
very highly and beautifully coloured lip, the upper 
part white edged with bright magenta; lst-class 
Certificate E.li.S., July 5.—B. S. Williams. 
