THE GARDENERS’ MAGAZINE. 
299 
NEW PLANTS AND 
flowers. 
I... t-L.!-:! JO-CATI LK Y A KING 
KMPKROR. 
T trigeneric hybrid, the i>areiits 
•• rva rallistoglossa and Brasso-catt- 
K.’MmvMossiff. The flowers are 
: :inches aerobs, white, tinted with 
unde lip deep purple with a 
j n" and a yellow and white throat. 
'Hi S.. April 15. W. R. Lee, Esq. 
Mr. Branch), Plurapton Hall, Hey- 
St. Olaf.—A charming Leedsi variety with 
broad soft white perianth segments, the outer 
ones l|in. across; the frilled crown is l^in. 
Avide, and the whole flower is 3^ inches across. 
Tliis has stout but not massive stems. Tlie 
crown is greenish yellow right in the centi-e, 
but othe.rwise the colour is deep cream, with 
a very pale yellow rim. A.M., R.H.S., April 
15. Messrs. Barr and Sons, Co vent Garden. 
Europa. — A grand upstanding trumpet 
variety, stout-stemmed, finely-formed, sub¬ 
stantial, and handsome. Tlie broad perianth 
segments are white, the bold trumpet being 
pale-yellow with a deeper tinge in the frilled 
HIPPEASTRUM EURASIAN. 
A large and beautiful variety with very 
broad, rounded segments. Tlie colour is deep 
and rich rose-red or carmine-rose, a distinct 
and lovely shade. A.M., R.H.S., April 15. 
Messrs. Jas. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea. 
PRIMULA MAXIMOWICZI. 
A distinct and faintly fragrant species, col¬ 
lected by Mr. Purdom in Northern China. 
Tlie leaves are lanceolate, rather fleshy, and 
slightly waved along the crenate margins. 
From the centre of the tuft of foliage rises a 
stout spike, about nine inches high, bearing 
H.iaCATTLEYA LUAIINOSA 
holiurds variety. 
. - .1 i:!triou9 orchid with large flowers, 
.V: ivad sepals and wtals Iceing rich, 
- - ’don. yellow, while the bold lip is 
r -purple with deeper shading. 
ll.H.s., April 15. Lieut.-Colonel Sir 
H .lord. 
MlMLURIA FLETCIIERIANA. 
: and distinct species imported 
l‘ , i. The fleshy flower is carried on 
r ’. “tout ^lape, and has creamy-white 
• 'r:! ptals, these having rose-red lines, 
' iiCiH are heaviest upon the petals. 
i* tawny yellow. A.M., R.H.S., 
li. .Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. 
-"NTiHiLOSSU.M MRS. THOMPSON. 
•tkji..wu parentage, this attractive 
/• -i' white-ground flowers, heavily 
• I M itls deep violet-purple. Tlie white 
‘1* lip IS very clear. A.M., R.H.S., 
M. I1ionip.son, Esq./ Walton 
>tone. Staffs. 
•Mix; LOSSr.\i pescatorei lady 
H0LLX)RD. 
inform, with e.\cept ion ally lar^e 
■. i petals 
■ and have in almost every case one 
Wards the apex. Lip white, 
-Hrple marfe m front of the yellow 
' ■ "<«tonhirt. Tethury, Gloucester. 
tN'DROS.vcE TIBETICUM. 
- N^rtWn Oh'!.*’ '>y Ml-- Pur- 
h?A ’ about two 
‘Sihell of ■ 7 ^^ flowers are in 
Ahdec-heJ^a^)’^ "®"* ® 1^'“? yellow 
• ^e ve^“™'?^ that 
' t 'f R * P^PMar with lovers of 
''■RICI-LA .StFFRAGEn-E 
'• ^teach'irS^®'''®^?- ’"ith large yel. 
A J'^tWefiued white 
j- DAFiXlDILS. 
:! *'.iio<hrwit^-~A''eey lovely white 
Mrti t 
. Holland. ' * ^^^^age and Son, 
form”* Sdtiw et strong 
r^^"ge in S,r«nr“®®- .Tl^ecrowf 
7 -ad a broad rim ofa sone 
^ "»uter flark cinnabar 
liand. 
IriV*" 's } incl. ’oehes wide, 
f-’l'il 15 vrbroad. \ ai 
warden. Messrs. Barr and 
XARCISSITS C^DMON. 
A beautiful Poeticus variety, finely proportioned, with substantial, rounded, pure white 
segments and a yellow- crown that is red at the base, and has a well-defined cinnabar-i-ed 
rim. A.AI., R.H.S., April 15. Alessrs. Barr and Sons, Covent Garden. 
rim. A.M., R.H.S., April 15. Alessrs. 
Walter T. Ware. Lini., Inglescombe, Bath. 
HELICHRYSUM BELLIDIOIDES. 
A lowly, hardy, perennial ‘‘ Everlasting 
flower, figured on p. 286, in our issue of April 
19. ITiis species seems especially made for 
the rock garden, and for a warm, rather 
dry place; it has creeping stems and tiny, 
ovate, greyish leaves that are silvery on the 
under side. The flowers are about half an 
inch across, borne singly on 3in. to 4in. 
stems, and they are white with yellow centre, 
the ray flow^ers being sharply-pointed’ 
A.M., R.H.S., April 15. Air. A. Hemsley, 
Crawley. 
a dozen or so of small, pendulous flowers upon 
its upper four inches. Tliese flowers are 
d^p cinnabar-crimson, and produced in 
distinct tiers, but more often the fashion of 
P. japonica than P. sinensis, for the axis does 
not appear to elongate in P. Maximowiezi. 
A.M., R.H.S., April 15. Messrs. J. Veitch 
and Sons. 
PRIMULA VISCOSA BEAUTY. 
A beautiful garden primula derived from 
P. viscosa (hirsuta) crossed with Auricula 
luno^uce. The trusses are large, and the 
individual blooms about l^iii. across, bright 
violet-purple with a white eye. A.M., R.H.S., 
April 15. Mr. James Douglas, Great Bookham’. 
