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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[August, 
CONANDRON RAMONDIOIDES, Siel. et ZllCC. —A 
very interesting herbaceous perennial introduced 
from Japan. It has a small globose tuber, from 
which springs one or more stalked ovate-oblong, 
coarsely-serrated dark green rugose leaves; while 
the flowers are borne on leafless scapes in a forked 
corymbose cyme, which is at first drooping, and are 
rotate, pinkish, with a sub-globose whitish tube in¬ 
ternally spotted with yellow; it is remarkable as a 
regular-flowered Gesnerad.—Veitch & Sons. 
Crataegus Pyracantha Lalandei, Sort. (Rev. 
Sort. Rely., viii., 145, with, tab,).—A variety of the 
Pyracantha, having similar spiny branches, oblong- 
lanceolate semievergreen leaves, and clusters of 
bright orange-red berries, but instead of becoming 
naked as it gets old, this variety continues to produce 
strong vigorous shoots well furnished with healthy 
foliage, in which respect it is much superior to the 
common Pyracantha for the decoration of the garden 
during the winter season. 
Croton aureo-maemoratus, Sort. Veitch—A 
variety with long lanceolate leaves, the older ones 
very freely marbled with yellow, the younger ones 
almost wholly yellow; lst-class Certificate "E.B.S., 
July 5; E.H.S., July 11.—Veitch & Sons. 
Croton Bragasanus, Sort. Veitch. —A variety 
of graceful habit, having long pendulous, linear- 
lanceolate leaves, 18—21 inches long, the coloration 
being extremely varied; many of the young leaves 
are pale yellow, marbled and mottled with light 
green, others are green spotted with golden yellow; 
the mature leaves are deep olive-green, spotted and 
speckled in many ways with bright yellow of various 
shades, and having crimson midribs; dedicated to 
Senhor Jose Terceiro Da Silva Braga, a distinguished 
Portuguese amateur.—Veitch & Sons. 
Croton Bruce Pindlay, Sort. Williams—A 
bold and handsome Croton, with large oblong-obovate 
leaves, freely variegated with yellow on the lines of 
the costa and principal veins ; lst-class Certificate 
E.B.S., July 5.—B. S. Williams. 
Croton cronstadtii, Sort. Veitch. — One of 
the singular varieties which have the curious twist¬ 
ings and interruptions frequently manifested in the 
leaves of this race of plants developed in a very 
striking manner; the leaves are of medium size, 
lanceolate, twisted, curled, and crisped, and tapering 
to a sharp point; in colour they are of a deep glossy 
green variegated with bright golden yellow; a distinct 
and interesting decorative plant; lst-class Certificate 
E.II.S., Dec. 14, 1880.—Veitch & Sons. 
Croton Dayspring, Sort. Veitch. — A fine 
showy variety having. the oblong elliptic leaves 
orange-yellow edged with dark green, the yellow 
parts becoming tinged with red in the older leaves; 
effectively variegated; lst-class Certificate E.B.S., 
July 5 ; E.II.S., July 11.—Veitch & Sons. 
Croton Princess of Waldeck, Sort. Williams. 
—A handsome and effective variety of the Disraeli 
type, with broadly lance-shaped leaves about 4 in. 
long, the central portion of a bright clear yellow, 
with a broad and distinct margin of deep green; lst- 
class Certificate E.II.S., June 27.—B. S. Williams. 
Croton rubro-lineatus, Sort. Veitch. — A 
noble plant with spreading oblong-lanceolate leaves, 
12—15 inches long, which when first expanded, are 
pale yellow and green, many of them tinged with 
rose, but deepening with age to golden yellow and 
olive-green, the midribs and nerves, and in many 
cases the margin also, becoming crimson; lst-class 
Certificate E.B.S., July 5; E.H.S., July 22, 1881. 
—Veitch & Sons. 
Davallia tenuifolia Veitchiana, Moore .— 
A very finely divided feathery-looking form of the 
species, brought by Dr. Veitch, after whom it is 
named, from China. It is of free spreading habit, 
and forms a very elegant evergreen specimen; lst- 
class Certificate E.B.S., July 5; E.H.S., July 11. 
—Veitch & Sons. 
Dicksonia chrysotricha, Moore. — A fine 
arborescent stove fern, from Java. It has a stout 
trunk with a noble head of fronds, which are bipin- 
nate, the pinnse 12—18 inches long and 6—9 inches 
broad, the pinnules linear cut down into linear-oblong 
toothed segments, the fertile ones slightly contracted; 
the main rachis has a thick coat of shining yellow¬ 
ish-brown hairs; lst-class Certificate E.B.S., July 
5th.—Veitch & Sons. 
Dragzena Laingi, Sort. Veitch. — A free- 
growing hybrid of cheerful aspect, rendered so by 
the various shades of light colouring with which its 
leaves are variegated. The leaves are 8—10 inches 
long and 2—2j inches broad, the latest formed pale 
green with broad bands and margins of creamy white 
faintly tinged with rose, the older ones deeper green 
bordered with crimson and white; it is of robust 
habit, and likely to be useful for decorative purposes, 
as it bears changes of temperature better than many 
other kinds.—Veitch & Sons. 
Dracana Thomsoniana, Sort. —A fine bold 
erect-growing stove plant with the habit of Cordy- 
line, having a head of long bright green leaves ; it 
comes from the West Coast of Africa ; lst-class 
Certificate E.B.S., July 5.—Veitch & Sons. 
Globba albo-bracteata, N. S. Brown (Gard. 
Chron., N. s., xviii., 71).—A curious and interesting 
zingiberaceous stove herb, with brown-purple stems 
2.j feet high, each bearing 7—8 ovate-lanceolate green 
leaves 4—5 inches long ; the flower stems terminate 
in a lax panicle of flowers of which the axis, branches, 
bracts and bracteoles are white; the calyx also is 
white, and the corolla yellow ; from Sumatra.— 
Veitch & Sons. 
Lycaste Deppei punctatissiha, Rchl. fil. 
—A handsome and distinct-spotted flowered variety, 
remarkable for the colouring of its sepals, which 
are of a whitish green and thickly marked with 
small dark purple dots, the yellow' lip having 
radiating purple lines; it comes from Guatemala; 
14-class Certificate E.B.S., July 5.—B. S. Wil¬ 
liams. 
Osmunda japonica corymbifera, Moore. —A 
tasselled variety of the Japanese form of Osmunda, 
analogous to our O. regalis. This Japanese form, 
called O. speoiosa by Wallich, is deciduous, and pro¬ 
duces frequently but not universally separate fertile 
fronds. The new variety is a very elegant tufted- 
growing plant, with the apices of all the pinnae 
and pinnules multifidly branched. The separate 
fertile fronds also come multi fid at their ajfices; 
lst-class Certificate E.B.S., July 5; E.H.S., July 
15.—Veitch & Sons. 
Osmunda javanica, Illume. —A very distinct 
evergreen stove fern with erect tufted leathery 
fronds, 1—2 feet high, pinnate, the lower or central 
pinnre fertile, the barren pinnse lanceolate 4—8 
inches long, cuneate at the base, the edge either 
entire or toothed ; the fertile pinnsc are shorter made 
up of numerous oblong sessile clusters of spore cases; 
lst-class Certificate E.B.S., July ,5; introduced 
from Java.—Veitch & Sons. 
Paphinia rugosa, Rchl. f. —A remarkable and 
attractive Orchid of dwarf growth, with very small 
terete furrow'ed^ pseudobulbs, thin linear acuminate 
leaves, and a pendulous raceme of two large flow r ers 
of a waxy appearance, the colour a creamy white, 
covered with red spots, which now and then become 
confluent; it comes from New Grenada; lst-class 
Certificate E.H.S., June 27.—B. S. Williams. 
Phacelia campanularia, A. Gray (Gard. 
Chron., N. s., xviii., 51).—A beautiful hardy annual, 
forming a spreading branched tuft 6—8 inches high 
and a foot across. It commences to flower while 
quite small, and goes on flowering nearly the whole of 
