210 THE FLORIST, 



producing its lilac-coloured flowers during winter. This is the Justicia lilacina, 

 an old plant in gardens, and a native of tropical America. 



Trichopilia coccinea. a pretty Orchid, with narrow compressed pseudo- 

 bulbs, each having one lanceolate leaf, and one or two large flowers ; sepals and 

 petals once twisted, brownish, with yellow; lip large, even, carmine with a white 

 border. The flowers of this species are described by Mr. Warczewicz, from 

 native specimens, as being of a deep rich carmine, but in the cultivated plants 

 the colour is not so bright. It is a native of central America, and has flowered 

 in several collections. It is figured in the Magazine of Botany for July under 

 the name of T. marginata. 



Nymph^a rubra. One of the most beautiful stove aquatic herbs in cultiva- 

 tion. Althougli it has long since been introduced to English gardens from the 

 East Indies, yet it is still rare, appearing only in first-class collections. It 

 attains nearly the same size as the blue Water Lily. Its leaves are roundish 

 ovate, reddish, slightly peltate, and downy on the under side ; the flowers are 

 from four to five inches in diameter, and are crimson. 



Pleigne humilis. A beautiful little alpine herbaceous Orchid, producing 

 its flowers when the leaves are absent; the pseudo-bulbs are flask-shaped, fur- 

 rowed ; sepals and petals linear lanceolate, spreading, pale violet ; lip hooded, 

 emarginate, fringed at the edge, and covered with red spots. The species (six 

 in number) forming this genus have been recently separated from Coelogyne by 

 Dr. Lindley. They are all very elegant dwarf deciduous herbaceous Orchids, 

 and are very distinct as a group, independent of their botanical characters. 

 The May Number of the present Volume contains a figure of one of them. 

 The present species has been recently sent to Messrs. Veitch by Mr. T. Lobb, 

 who found it, at an elevation of 7000 feet, on the Khasijah hills. The other 

 four sorts are lagenaria, Wallichiana, prsecox, and diphylla. These six Orchids 

 are all figured in Paxton's Floiver- Garden for July and August, 



EscALOMA MACRANTHA. A much-branching hardy evergreen shrub, growing 

 about four or five feet high, in any moderately good soil, succeeding best when 

 planted against a wall. It has dark shining green leaves, and terminal panicles 

 of deep red crimson flowers, which are developed in June, and continue onwards 

 for a considerable period. It was imported a few years ago by Messrs. Veitch 

 of Exeter from Chile. 



OsBECKiA STELLATA, An crcct frec-growing, evergreen stove-shrub, belonging 

 to Melastomads, and attaining the height of two or three feet. The leaves are 

 from four to six inches long ; the flowers large and very showy, measuring about 

 two inches across, and lilac-rose colour. This plant was introduced many years 

 ago from Nepal. 



Deutzia GRACILIS. A vcry neat, rather slender, free-flowering hardy shrub, 

 growing naturally from six to seven feet high ; and well adapted for border or 

 pot cultivation, or it is suitable for planting against a wall. It grows freely in 

 any good garden soil, and is a plant that should be found in every collection. 

 The branches are half pendant, with terminal panicles of white flowers, which 

 are produced during the spring months. It was introduced from Japan to 

 Belgium by Dr. Von Siebold. 



Allamanda Schotth. Some of the most splendid flowering stove plants 

 belong to this genus, and although very manageable in pot-culture, yet to be 

 seen in perfection they require to be planted out, where they can have a con- 

 siderable space to run over. The present species is not one of the largest flower- 

 ing kinds, but the flowers are produced for some months in succession. A plant 

 of it at Kew flowered profusely during last winter and spring months in one of 

 the stoves, forming a splendid object. Having more of a shrub-like habit than 

 the other species, and flowering for months in succession, it is a valuable addi- 

 tion to our stove-shrubs. 



Royal Botanic Gardens^ Kew. J. Houlston. 



