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three of the stamens are longer than the other three. 
—Dr. Cam, Hereford. 
Odontoglossum crispum (Alexandra) 
Doemannianum, Ilort .— A finely-spotted variety 
of the plant usually called 0. Alexandra, with large 
white flowers, heavily barred and blotched with 
chestnut brown, the lip stained with yellow on the 
disk; it comes very close to the variety called 
Chestertoni; lst-olass Certificate R.H.S., Nov. 14.— 
C. Dorman, Esq. 
Odontoglossum crispum ( Alexandra ) 
virginale, Williams. — A very handsome variety 
remarkable for its large beautifully-formed flowers, 
its broad petals and its pure white colour, the lip 
only being marked with one or two small dots, and 
with yellow on the disk; lst-class Certificate R.H.S., 
Nov. 14.—B. S. Williams. 
Odontoglossum crispum ( Alexandra ) 
Wilsoni, Sort. —A splendid variety of the ever- 
charming O. Alexandra, producing a fine spike, very 
large flowers of a very delicate blush with broad 
fringed petals, and having a few boldly-marked 
chocolate spots on the sepals and lip; one of Ches¬ 
terton’s importation; lst-class Certificate R.H.S., 
Nov. 14.—Z. Stevens. 
Odontoglossum crispum (Alexandr.ze), The 
Duchess, Sort. — A remarkably beautiful variety 
of the large-flowered type, with broad sepals and 
petals of great substance and purity, the lip being 
peculiar in bearing one large bold irregular spot of 
chestnut brown; lst-class Certificate R.H.S., Nov. 14. 
—Z. Stevens. 
Pleopeltis fossa, Moore ( Gard. Chron., N. s., 
xviii., 586).—A distinct and interesting evergreen 
stove fern, well adapted for basket culture. The 
fronds grow about a foot long, and spring from a 
slowly-creeping rhizome; they vary from linear- 
lanceolate to ovate, and have the edge sinuately 
toothed or lobed, the lobes longer or shorter according 
to the breadth of the frond, simple or bifid, or in the 
broadest fronds multifidly flabellate, deep green 
above, and having the compoundly anastomosing 
veins obscure. The sori are large roundish sunk in 
deep cavities which form a line of bosses on the 
upper surface on each side the cortis; lst-class 
Certificate R.B.S., July 5 ; R.H.S., July 11, 1882. 
—Yeitch & Sons. 
Salvia ianthina Hoveyi. —A very distinct and 
striking winter-blooming Salvia of the splendens 
type, having terminal spikes of somewhat pendent 
tubular two-lipped flowers, two inches long, and of 
a deep rich purple colour, the calyx being still more 
deeply coloured; obtained from the United States. 
—H. Canned & Sons. 
Vanda Parishii Marriottiana, 1? chi. f. 
(Orch. Alb., t. 61.)—A remarkably beautiful Vanda, 
imported from Moulmein ; it is dwarf and stout in 
habit, with ligulate-obtuse distichous leaves unequally 
bilobed at the apex; and erect spikes of several very 
handsome flowers of large size, the colour a rich 
bronzy-brown suffused with magenta, the sepals 
having a white exterior keel, the lip being of the 
richest magenta, and the column with the auricles of 
the lip white. It was first flowered by Sir W. H. 
Smith Marriott, Bart., and subsequently by H. J. 
Ross, Esq., Castagnolo, Italy. 
Woodsia scopulina, D . C. Eaton. — A pretty dwarf 
growing fern, from the Rocky Mountains, where it 
is found in dense masses projecting from the crevices 
of the rocks; the fronds are 6 — 8 inches high, 
pinnate, lanceolate-oblong, the pinna; numerous 
oblong-ovate with 5—8 pairs of short ovate crenulate 
or toothed lobes; the sori are submargiual with a 
delicate indusium deeply cleft into narrow segments. 
It belongs to a group of the rare genus Woodsia in 
which the stipes is not articulated.—W. & J. Birken¬ 
head. 
NEW FLOWERS. 
Carnations. —Flirt (Abercrombie), s.f., a bright 
and well-marked flower, smooth and of good quality. 
Jessica (Turner), r.f., a fine large flower, the petals 
and shape extra good, and the marking fine without 
spots, a good grower. Jupiter (Abercrombie), S.F., 
a fine large flower, smooth and well marked. Mrs. 
George Saivtry (Turner), a bright yellow self, and 
an acquisition to the class of tree or perpetual 
varieties; Certificate of merit from R.B.S. Mrs. 
Maclaren (Fitch), another of the tree class, a crimson 
bizarre, large smooth and finely marked ; Certificate 
of merit from R.B.S. 
Chrysanthemums. —Crimson King (reflexed), a 
very pretty and distinot variety with compact flower- 
heads, haviug the florets comparatively short, flat, of 
a very deep crimson red colour; lst-class Certificate 
R.H.S., Nov. 14.—Dixon & Co. F. A. Savis 
(Japanese), a novelty with flower-heads of a rich 
deep maroon-crimson, the florets narrow with revolute 
margins; lst-class Certificate R.H.S., Nov. 14.— 
Jackson & Son. Lord Wolseley (incurved), a sport 
from Prince Alfred, which it resembles in habit, but 
cooling’s leviathan cos lettuce (see below). 
the flower-heads are larger and of greater substance, 
the colour is a bright reddish chestnut with amber 
tips; obtained by Mr. Orchard,_ gardener to J. 
Galsworthy, Esq., Coornbe Leigh, Kingston ; lst-ciass 
Certificate R.H.S., Nov. 14.—Cannelt & Sons. M. 
Sesbreux (Japanese), a very distinct and handsome 
variety with large full flower-heads of a rich orange- 
red, the florets narrow with revolute margins; lst- 
class Certificate R.H.S., Nov. 14.—Jackson & Son. 
Madame Brun (Japanese), a variety with flower- 
heads of medium size and fine quality, the colour a 
soft rosy-peach. ; lst-class Certificate rsov. 
14.—Jackson & Son. 
NEW VEGETABLES. 
Lettuce, Cooling’s Leviathan Cos .—The merit of 
this variety as a large and long-standing variety. is 
well attested. It is remarkable for its broad crisp 
foliage, robust constitution, and extreme hardiness, 
qualities which will give it an especial value as a 
winter and spring lettuce, so that it is. considered 
quite an acquisition in its way.—G. Cooling &.Son. 
Pea, Sharpe’s Farly Paragon. A blue wrinkled 
marrow, 3-4 ft. high, producing pods freely, 2—3 
