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The show of Vegetables was very extensive 
and remarkably good; these being displayed 
under the galleries were somewhat in the 
dark. Potatos were not so good as we ex¬ 
pected to see them. Leeks were very largely 
shown, and extremely fine in appearance; 
likewise Celery, and Yellow Turnips—which 
latter are seldom met with in the South, al¬ 
though often of finer quality than the white 
sorts. Mr. Muir, Margam Park, South Wales, 
secured the premier prize.—A. B. 
REGISTER OF NOVELTIES. 
NEW PLANTS. 
.Ecu ME A pantculigeea, Grisebach. —A hand¬ 
some and attractive Bromeliad, having ligulate leaves 
abruptly enlarged at the base and shurtly acuminate 
at the apex, and producing a reddish-purple flower 
scape several feet high, supporting a large compound 
panicle of numerous rose-coloured flowers the petals 
of which project beyond the sepals and are of a deep 
bright purple ; the rachides and bracts are all rose- 
coloured. West Indies.—W. Bull. 
Cheilanthes californica, Mettenius. —This is 
the Hypolepis californica, Hooker. It is quite a 
gem amongst small growing evergreen greenhouse 
Perns. The fronds are densely tufted, 6—8 inches 
high, the stipes brown and glossy, and the lamina 
deltoid, measuring about 3 inches in each direction, 
quadripinnatifid, the lower pinnae deltoid, with the 
segments small and pointed, and bearing from two 
to six sori placed in the sinuses of the segments. 
A good plain figure is published in the Species 
Filicum (ii., t. 88a), and a nice coloured figure in 
Eaton's Ferns of North America (i., t. 6). California. 
—P. W. & H. Stansfield. 
Crossandra infundibiliformis. — A rather 
showy Acanthaeeous stove shrub, with stalked ovate- 
acuminate leaves much narrowed to the base, and 
axillary tetragonous spikes of rather large reddish- 
orange flowers, which are remarkable in form being 
one-lipped and five-lobed. Natives of the East Indies, 
and introduced many years ago, but apparently lost 
till re-introduced.—W. Bull. 
Impatiens Sultani, Nook. f. ( Bot. Mag., t. 
6643; Garden, pi. 342).—A very striking dwarf¬ 
growing Balsam from Tropical Afr ca, with stout 
succulent s'ems, ovate-lanceolate acuminate crenate 
serrate leaver, having long petioles, and axillary 
long-spurred flowers an inch and a-balf in diameter, 
produced singly or in twos or threes, the petals flat, 
carmine scarlet, the dorsal one roundish - obovate 
retuse, the lateral ones cleft to the base into two 
obovate-cuoeate lobes, giving the appearance of a 
five-petalled flower. Zanzibar.—Kew. 
Lilium speciosum Melpomene, Hovey. —A 
remarkably grand form, having the characteristics of 
the true type form as to colouring, but much ex¬ 
ceeding it in the size of the flowers and the breadth of 
the leaves. The flowers, which measure about 8 
inches across, have a rich brighter msoti groundcolour 
and wuite margins to the perianth segments, which 
are richly spotted ; lst-cla«s Certificate R.H.S., Aug. 
22. A variety rai>ed by Mr. C. M. Hovey, of Bo>ton, 
U.S., and exhibited for him by Mr. G. F. Wil-ou. 
Ranunculus anemonoides, Zahlbr.—A charm¬ 
ing little Alpine perennial, with glaucous green 
deeply divided biternate leaves, having the segments 
tripartite-multifid, with linear divisions, and bear¬ 
ing rather large and attractive flowers (1—11 inches 
across) which are white tinted with pink, and pale 
rose externally, borne on stems from 3 inches to 6 
inches high. This charming liitle peat-earth plant, 
whose leaves reach their full development somewhat 
later than the flowers, and which was figured in the 
Garden (pi. 354), and described in Messrs. Backhouse 
& Son’s Catalogue for 1881, is a native of the Sty nan 
Alps.— J. Backhouse & Son. 
Vanda Hookeriana, Rchb.f. in Bonplandia .— 
One of the finest of the Vandas, and closely related 
to V. teres, of which it has the habit, while the 
flowers somewhat resemble those of the tricolor set. 
The stems are terete elongate and rooting, the leaves 
terete, erect, 2—3 inches long, channelled above, the 
flowers in racemes opposite the leaves; these are 
large and very handsome, the sepals cuneate-ovate 
obtuse wavy, white, the upper one projected for¬ 
wards, tinted with rose; the petals are larger and 
broader (2 inches across), and stand right and left 
at the upper part of the flower; the lip is furnished 
with a pair of basal triangular auricles, which are 
very rich deep purple, the iront portion rather con¬ 
cave, very broad, three-lobed, the lateral ones obtusely 
oblong, the middle one short ovate, all of them white, 
elegantly marked with purple dots ranged in lines, 
so as to appear striately veined, deeper purple at the 
base. Rchb. says of it, “Planta admirabilis inex- 
spectatissima.” Native of Borneo.—Mr. Hill, gar¬ 
dener to Sir N. M. de Rothschild, Tring. 
NEW FLOWERS. 
Begonia (Tuberous).— The Premier, rosy-pink 
fine double flowers; lst-class Certificate Scottish 
Hort. Association, Sept. 5.—T. Methven & Sons. 
Carnations. —The following are to be sent out 
during the present autumn :— Alfred Hudson, s.b., 
a superb variety, large and full without confusion, 
smooth and grandly marked with the rich colours of 
Pred on a pure white ground ; one of the best 
S.B.’s Mr. Dodwell has raised. A. 1). Southgate, c.B., 
a seedling from Thomas Moore, but with a larger 
number of petals and stronger crimson than its 
parent; distinct and fine. Caractacus, s.b., a seed¬ 
ling from Dreadnought, very regularly and distinctly 
marked with rich scarlet and dark maroon; some¬ 
times extra fine. Dandy, S B., a finely-formed light 
S.B. of good quality, very effective on the heme 
stage; a good grower. Harry Mattheivs, s.F., a 
seedling from Sportsman, but with a much broader 
petal, and also a darker scarlet; a most striking- 
variety. Madge Wildfire, B.F., a seedliug from 
Curzon, very striking and effective on the home 
stage; a broad petalled finely-formed variety, well 
marked with rich strongly defined rose. Marguerite, 
c.B., a flower of the Milton type, but with lighter 
colours and broader petals ; a good grower. Master 
Stanley, s.B., a flower of grand quality and medium 
size, brilliantly marked with rich colours on a 
ground of the purest white; refined in a high 
degree, smooth, and of the finest form. Mayor of 
Oxford, P.F., a seedling from Mayor of Notting¬ 
ham, of a lighter colour and more refined character; 
full sized and well formed; a good grower. Millie, 
C.B., light in colour, but of fine form and substance, 
and great breadth of petal, very distinctly marked; 
quality extra. Miss Erskine Wemyss, r.f., a beauti¬ 
ful flewer in a class rich in variety ; large, smooth, 
of great substance and high quality, and very dis¬ 
tinct; it is ricbly rnatked witb a lovely solt rose. 
Miss Henderson, P.P.B., a grand light variety, with 
the delicate colours and distinct markings of Sarah 
Payne on a ground of equal purity; size large ; will 
be seen best when allowed to carry four or five 
blooms, removing the leading bud before opening. 
Mrs. Barlow, p.p.b., a delicate P.P.B. of the finest 
possible form and beautifully marked; habit excel¬ 
lent ; substance and quality first-rate. Samuel Brown, 
