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THE GARDEN ALBUM AND REVIEW. 
NEW PLANTS, &c. 
Rodgersia sambucifolia, Hemsley, Gard. 
Chron., Feb. 24, 1906, 115. A native of China 
where it grows at an elevation of 9,000 to 
10,000 feet. The leaves are 2—3 feet long, 
imparipinnate with 9 to n leaflets, each of 
which is sub-sessile, membranous, oblong, 
lanceolate, 4 to 6 in. long, and 1 to 2 in. broad, 
the foliage as a whole being very similar to 
that of the Common Elder—hence the specific 
name. The flowers being smallish, and of no 
great merit, the plant derives its garden value 
apparently from its foliage. It was discovered 
by Mr. E. H. Wilson, and introduced to 
cultivation by Messrs. Veitch & Sons. 
Pleione yunnanensis, Rolfe, Orch. Rev. 
1903, 292 and Gard. Chron., Feb. 24, 1906,115. 
A charming little Chinese Orchid, introduced 
by Messrs. Sutton & Sons, Reading, and shown 
at the R.H.S. on Feb. 13 last. It grows 
naturally in mountain pastures at an elevation 
of 6,000 to 7,000 ft., and flowers in March 
before the leaves appear. The flowers are 
borne on erect scapes 3 to 4 inches high and 
are of a light rosy-purple colour. The lip is 
beautifully fringed, lilac, with numerous ir¬ 
regular bright purple blotches. 
Aloe laxiflora, N. E. Brown, Gard. Chron., 
March 3, 1906, 130. This species was sent to 
Kew by Mr F. G. Griffiths, of Port Elizabeth, 
S. Africa in 1897, an< ^ flowered in December, 
1902. Its distinctive features are the very lax 
arrangement of the flowers, horizontal bracts 
and pedicals, and long, vertically pendulous 
perianth, with brownish margins to the inner 
segments. The leaves also, although straight 
in their general direction, are yet slightly but 
distinctly sinuous, both laterally and vertically, 
in their upper part in a manner difficult to 
express in words. 
Yucca nitida, Wright M.S., ex. W. W. 
Gard. Chron., March 10, 1906, 154. A new 
species related to Y. Whipplei, from which it 
differs mainly in having longer, wider, and 
more rigid leaves, the flower-spike and flowers 
being identical with those of Y. Whipplei. 
The ensiform leaves are about 3 feet long, 
slightly sinuous, flat, save a slight keel beneath, 
2 inches wide at the clasping base, narrowing 
gradually to an acute horny brown tip, the 
margin barely rough to the touch. The scape 
is 7 feet high, the inflorescence forming a 
compact pyramidal head a foot in diameter at 
the base. The fragrant flowers are 3 inches 
across, pale greenish-yellow, appearing white 
at a short distance off, with a bright purple tip 
to each of the segments. Y. nitida is a much 
easier plant tc grow than Y. Whipplei. The 
new plant was obtained from Messrs. Sander 
and Sons, St. Albans, two years ago. 
Anthurium Forgeti, N. E. Brown, Gard. 
Chron., Mar. 17, 1906, 161. A handsome 
foliage plant introduced from Cundinamarca, 
Columbia, by Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. 
Albans, through their collector, Forget, whose 
name it bears. The plant is allied to A. 
crystallinum, but is smaller, and has constantly 
peltate, entire leaves which are of a beautiful 
rich deep green, overspread with a velvety 
sheen, exceedingly pleasing to the eye. The 
plant grows about 15 inches high, and is 
therefore well adapted for culture in compara¬ 
tively small pots. 
Coreopsis Granti. This new species is 
figured and described in recent issues of the 
“ Gardeners’ Chronicle ” and* “ The Garden,” 
from plants that have flowered this year at 
Kew for the first time. Seeds were sent to the 
Royal Gardens by Mr. M. T. Dawe, from 
Uganda. Some plants were tried in the open 
air last summer, and although they grew 
freely, did not flower before the frost killed 
them. Others kept in pots and grown in a 
greenhouse, formed compact bushy plants 
about two feet high, with dark green leaves 
gracefully divided like an Asplenium frond. 
The flowers are about two inches across, bright 
yellow, but not equal in beauty to those of 
C. grandiflora or C. lanceolata. The plant 
was originally discovered in Nile-land by 
Speke and Grant during their expedition in 
1860-3 to the sources of the Nile, and the 
specific name commemorates one of the 
explorers. 
Picea montigena, Masters, Gard. Chron., 
March 10, 1906, 146 (fig). A new Spruce 20 
to 60 feet high from China where it grows at an 
altitude of 10,500 feet. The older branches 
are grey, the young ones slightly setose, and of 
an orange colour. The buds are broadly ovoid, 
covered with light brown, oblong-ovate, sub- 
coriaceous scales. The leaves are about one 
cent, long, linear, curved, four-sided, with 
prominent ridges. The male catkins are 
solitary, and the young female cones are 
terminal, erect, with reflexed, purplish-violet 
broadly oblong scales. The ripe cones have 
light brown scales flushed with purple. The 
young cone-scales are at first recurved, but 
become erect with age. 
Picea complanata, Masters, 1 . c. A hand¬ 
some Spruce from W. Szechuan where it forms 
forests at an elevation from 5,000 to 8,000 feet. 
The younger branches are smooth and of an 
orange-brown colour, and the leaves are about 
fin. long, glaucous on the upper surface, and 
green on the lower, thus resembling those of 
P. ajanensis. The ripe cones are 4-5 inches 
iong, oblong cylindric in shape. 
Two New Carnations. —Mr. H. Elliott, of 
Hassocks, Sussex, has raised a beautiful deep 
rosy-pink Carnation called “ Elliott’s Queen,” 
which he recently exhibited at the R.H.S., and 
for which an Award of Merit was granted. 
The flowers are large, and conform to what is 
known as the American type, being well-filled 
with petals. 
Another fine Carnation is “ Nelson Fisher,” 
which was shown by Mrs. A. F. Dutton, of 
Iver, Bucks, and also received an Award of 
Merit. The flowers are large and of a beautiful 
violet-rose colour, shaded w T ith cerise. 
