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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[December, 
but as a distinct type of vegetation, combining 
neatness of growth with brilliancy of inflor¬ 
escence, they have few equals. They bear 
large tubular two-lipped Gesnera-like flowers, 
which are in most cases of the richest velvety- 
scarlet or crimson, and are more or less 
conspicuously blotched with black or yellow 
markings in the throat or on the inner surface 
of the limb. 
As drooping basket plants to be suspended 
from the roof, or stood on elevated brackets, 
they serve to impart great variety to the aspect 
of a plant stove ; but they are also most effec¬ 
tive plants for covering damp walls which are 
too frequently otherwise unsightly, spreading 
over the surface like Ivy, and in a similar way 
clothing them -with their neat ovate foliage 
pressed close against the surface in two ranks, 
the stems meanwhile rooting and clinging as 
they grow. We have frequently seen and 
admired them in positions of this kind, on 
the damp shady back walls of the Orchid- 
houses and plant-stoves at Trentham; and it 
is for the purpose of recommending their use 
in similar situations that we now call attention 
to this peculiar habit which they possess—a 
habit which might much oftener than it is be 
turned to good account. 
There are several species which appear to 
be adapted for this mode of culture, such as 
NE. Boschianus, Lobbianus, javanicus, cordi- 
folius, pulcher, and tricolor; as far as we re¬ 
member, however, it was on AL. Lobbianus 
that our observations were made.—T. Moore. 
BULBS FOR POT CULTURE. 
OW that Chionodoxa LucilicB is com¬ 
paratively cheap it is well worth a 
trial in pots. I paid five shillings for 
my first bulb of it, and bloomed it in 
a small pot the first year. That bulb gave a 
9-flowered spike, and the little beauty was 
almost worshipped when it opened its eyes to 
the sun. A dozen bulbs will not cost that 
sum now. Another beautiful bulb for cool 
frame or greenhouse culture in pots is the 
old Hooped Petticoat Daffodil. It is as old 
in our gardens as Queen Anne Plate, and is 
perhaps quite as beautiful. Potted now, five 
or six bulbs together in a 6-inch pot, it will 
be a treat to look at next March or April. 
Lachenalias of all sorts are charming, none 
more so than L. Nehoni, with its spires of 
apricot-coloured flowers. Iris reticulata is a 
perfect floral gem, and I. persica may well 
bear it company. 
There are two Daffodils so noble and dis¬ 
tinct as to merit especial mention under this 
head. These are Narcissus maximus, and 
N. Horsfieldii. Five or six bulbs in an 8-inch 
pot make a fine show, and their golden purity 
reminds one of Allamandas when they are in 
bloom. Freesia Leichtlinii is another dainty 
pot-bulb, as is also Gladiolus Colvillei albus, 
better known as “ The Bride.” 
All the above succeed perfectly in a green¬ 
house temperature—good results indeed would 
attend their culture in a sunny window.— 
F. W. B. 
REGISTER OF NOVELTIES. 
NEW PLANTS. 
Bomarea Williamsi.®, Masters ( Gard. Chron., 
n.s,, xviii., 553).—A greenhouse climbing plant, 
■with tuberous roots, smooth angulate stems, lanceo¬ 
late acute leaves, and compound umbellate cymes of 
rose-c floured flowers of great beauty; the flowers 
a.re funnel-shaped about two inches long, the outer 
segments oblong acute, with a few purplish spots 
inside, the inner ones spathulate rounded thickly 
dotted with purple; native of New Grenada near 
Mount Quindio, and collected bv Mrs. Rosa Wil¬ 
liams.—Shuttleworth, Carder, & Co. 
Cupressus Lawsoniana Silver Queen, Hort. 
—A free-growing compact-habited variety, of the 
character ol albospica, but more diffusely variegated 
and of a brighter colour, the creamy white variega¬ 
tion being distributed over the whole plant, and main¬ 
taining its colour in winter, the variegation being 
moreover uniform through a series of plants; lst- 
class Certificate Carlisle Int. Hort. Exhibition, 1877. 
—J. Dickson & Sons. 
Euonymus radicans Silver Gem, Sort. — 
An exceedingly beautiful and greatly improved 
variety of the variegated form of E. radicans , with 
broader leaves richly banded with silver, the white 
being clearer and better defined than in the old form. 
It is perfectly hardy, distinct in character, and for 
winter gardening invaluable.— J. Dickson & Sons. 
Lilium eximium Harrisii, Sort. — A remark¬ 
ably free blooming variety of the well-known 
L. eximium. The plant grows about a foot and 
a half high. The flowers are as in the type trumpet- 
shaped, with the tips of the perianth segments re¬ 
curved, measuring 6—7 inches in the length of the 
tube,, and 7—9 inches across the mouth, of the 
purest white and very fragrant. It is said to delight 
in. a high temperature, and to blossom from two to 
four times in succession, without rest.—Watkins & 
Simpson. 
Nerine Cami, Sort. {Gard. Chron., n. s., xviii., 
656).—A beautiful hybrid raised between N. curvi- 
folia (pollen) and N. undulata, possessing the valu¬ 
able property of producing its flowers at the same 
time as the leaves. The umbel consists of about ten 
flowers emerging from two pink bracts, the individual 
flowers being about one and a quarter inch long, bell¬ 
shaped, the" segments linear-oblong acute, wavy at 
the edges, all rosy-pink, distinctly flushed with blue; 
