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ready for carrying to market or by hand, and in the 
other closed down ready for close packing for long 
journeys. 
NEW PUBLICATIONS, ETC. 
The Botanical Magazine (July) contains plates 
of the following plants :— Columnea Kalbreyeri, 
Hook. f. [t. 6633], a superb Gesnerad noticed at 
p. 26 ; it has shining leaves, red beneath, in unequal 
distichous pairs, the larger one elongate oblong, 
12 —18 in. long, the flowers in axillary leafy 
cymes, golden yellow, with yellow green bracts. 
■—Yeitch & Sons. Arisarutn proboscideum, Savi 
[t. 6634], an Italian Arad, with obtusely sagittate 
leaves, and erect cylindrical greyish-white spathes, 
ending in a long olive-green tail.—Kew. Tulipa 
Borszczowi, Hegel [t. 6635], a Central Asian Tulip 
6—12 inches high, with lanceolate glaucous leaves, 
and campanulate flowers with oblong cuspidate yellow 
segments, bearing a small deltoid red-brown spot at 
the base, the three outer ones flushed with red ex¬ 
teriorly.—Kew. Streptocarpus parviflora, E. Meyer 
[t. 6636], a South African herb, with numerous erect 
oblong or lanceolate-oblong rugose leaves, and slender 
scapes bearing several white flowers.—Cambridge. 
Ponthieva maculata, Lindl. [t. 6637], a Venezuelan 
terrestrial Orchid everywhere hairy, with linear- 
oblong acuminate leaves, and many-flowered spikes 
of pretty blossoms, of which the dorsal (lower) sepal 
is brown' streaked with red, the lateral ones larger 
white dotted with brown, the petals yellow with red 
stripes, the minute lip also yellow. 
The Gardeners’ Chronicle (June 24—July 
15) contains:— Nepenthes atrosanguinea, Hort. (p. 
826, fig. 125), an American cross between N. Sedeni 
and N. rubra, the pitchers distended below, cylin¬ 
drical above, 6 inches long, reddish crimson spotted 
with yellow with broad fringed wings, the rim 
marked with red and black ridges; one of the 
richest-coloured varieties known.—Williams. Odonto- 
glossum astranthum, Echb. f. (xvii. p. 826, xviii. p. 40), 
a cool Orchid from Ecuador, with the star-like flowers 
pale sulphur marked with Fepia brown streaks 
and blotches, the base of the column orange with 
reddish purple spots.—O. Schneider, Esq. Odonto- 
glossum vexillarium Wiotianum, ltchb. f. (xvii., p. 
826, xviii., p. 71), a very fine variety, with a beautiful 
white lip with a light yellow base, and three 
short reddish purple lines in front; it has a light 
purple dot at each side of the base of the petal; near 
O. vex. leucoglossum; named after M. Wiot.—Jacob- 
Makoy & Co. Pinus Bungeana, Zucc. (xviii., 8, 
figs. 1, 2), the lace bark pine of China, a moderate¬ 
sized tree, the ovate obtuse cones of which have 
lately been produced in the Sheen nursery.—King- 
horn. Cattleya Sanderiana, Echb. f. (p. 8), a very fine 
species of the labiata AVarscewiczii type ; it has 
columnar stems and very large flowers, the sepals and 
petals deep rose, the lip three iuches across, with its 
great anterior blade wavy, with dark purple blotches 
on a brighter velvety ground, prettily grained with 
white, and with a large blotch at the mouth of the 
tube,whitish outside and yellow within,with pencillings 
of orange traversing the length of the throat.—AV. E. 
Brymer, Esq. Tulipa primularia, Baker (p. 8), an 
Algerian species, of dwarf habit, with 4—6 linear 
green glabrous leaves, and funnel-shaped pale yellow 
flowers tinged with red over the back, and very 
sweet-scented. — H. J. Elwes, Esq. Selaginella 
grandis, Moore (p. 41, figs. 7, 8), the finest of all the 
Club mosses, having triangular-ovate fronds, with 
crowded oblong subfalcate bright green leaves, and 
slender tail-like amenta; terminating the ultimate 
branches ; Borneo.—Veitch. Odontoglossum crini- 
tum, Echb. f. (p. 40), a New Grenadan species in the 
way of O. odoratum, with dense one-sided racemes 
or panicles of pale yellow flowers, elegantly striped 
and blotched, and having the triangular lip covered 
as if bearded with numerous filiform processes; the 
pseudobulbs are in the way of those of O. crispum.— 
J. Broome, Esq. Saccolabinm Hendersoniamim, Echb. 
f. (p. 40), a Bornean variety, with light purple 
flowers, having a compressed white lip, with a 
blackish-purple callus on each side of the base of the 
column.—W. Lee, Esq. Aerides expansum, Echb. f. 
(p. 40), formerly called A. falcatum expansum, being 
distinguished from the old A. falcatum by its more 
expanded lip, the acute side lobes of which with the 
lateral parts of the middle lobe bear large amethyst- 
coloured blotches, while the central and anterior 
portion of the latter is deep orange; spur red ; leaves 
broader than in falcatum. The varietyicowi®, Echb. f., 
has the side lobes of the lip blunt andretuse. Podolasia 
stipitata, N. E. Brown (p. 70), a Bornean Arad, 
with sagittate or hastate leaves, and a boat-shaped 
brownish-red spathe; more fully noticed at p. 123.— 
Veitch. Globba albo-bracteata N. E. Brown (p. 
71), a stove herb, having a lax panicle of flowers 
with a white calyx and yellow corolla; see p. 122.— 
Veitch. Begonia goegoensis, N. E. Brown (p. 71), 
a handsome species from Sumatra; see p. 121.— 
Veitch. Ixora salicifolia variegata, N. E. Brown 
(p. 71), a variety with a broad or narrow feathered 
silvery-grey band down the centre of the leaf; 
Sumatra.—A r eitoli. Aerides illustre, Echb. f. (p. 71), 
a fine plant in the way of A. maculosum; see p. 121. 
—Veitch. Hoya lasiantha (p. 87), a Bornean 
species, with oblong loaves, and pendulous umbels 
of cream-coloured flowers, the petals of which pro¬ 
duce at the base tufts of white silky hairs.—Veitch. 
Hesperaloe yucccefolia (p. 87), a perennial with 
oblong strap-shaped channelled leaves growing in 
tufts, and having the margin split up into thready 
filaments, and producing a long spike of cream- 
coloured flowers. 
Die FABNKRAiiTER fur Eels-Partien in 
Park-anlagen und Garten, von Carl Salomon, 
Garteninspektor at AVurzburg (Leipsig; Hugo 
Voigt). This useful little book, which is illustrated 
by a frontispiece showing a rock fernery, and fifteen 
woodcuts representing some of the more popular 
species, forms a Handbook of Perns adapted for cul¬ 
tivation in the climate of Germany. Some few of 
the introductory pages are devoted to a brief explana¬ 
tion of the organs of Perns, and this is followed by a 
sketch of their classification, after which the genera 
are taken in alphabetical order, and the species 
admitted are briefly noted, their synonyms and 
geographical range being recorded. Some 251 
species are thus treated, and there is also a supple¬ 
mentary list of over 100 greenhouse ferns which 
may be used on rockwork out of doors during 
summer. The publication, useful as it is, would be 
still more so if a brief description of each species 
were added. 
Hot AVater Heating, by F. A. Pawkes, 
F.R.II.S. (Batsford, High Ilolborn), is a handy little 
book by the author of Horticultural Buildings, giv¬ 
ing a brief account of the general principles of heat- 
iug garden structures by means of the hot water 
system. It is illustrated by numerous figures which 
usefully supplement the descriptions given. It has 
been prepared to meet the many inquiries for infor¬ 
mation addressed to the author as a hot water 
engineer; and consists mainly of a general descrip¬ 
tion of the apparatus, with notes on the various 
parts, and directions for boiler setting, remarks on 
ventilation in connection with heating, and on the 
causes of failure, legal notes, &c. Altogether it is a 
thoroughly good shilling’s worth. 
The Garden (June 24 — July 15) contains 
coloured figures of :— Cypripedium insigne Maulei 
and C. punctatum violaceum [pi. 342], two grand 
varieties of a good old Orchid remarkable for the 
