Plate 432. 

 CLERODENDRON SPECIOSUM. 



We some time ago (plate 255) figured a very beautiful plant 

 of this family, Clcrodendron Tliompsoni, var. Balfouri, the beau- 

 tiful contrast of whose white and crimson flowers has made it 

 a striking object wherever it has been grown or exhibited. We 

 have now the pleasure of drawing attention to another hybrid 

 variety, which comes from the prolific establishment of 

 Mr. Wm. Bull, of Chelsea, and it is surely a strong proof of the 

 horticultural skill and perseverance of the present day, that no 

 sooner does a plant make its appearance, than it not merely 

 receives its highest development under the hands of our skil- 

 ful plantsmen, but it is immediately seized upon by those 

 who are for ever catering for novelties, for the purpose of 

 hybridizing, and the value of a plant is estimated now-a-days 

 not only for its intrinsic beauty, but for its capabilities for 

 cross-breeding. 



This new variety may be regarded as one of the gems of the 

 season as a handsome and effective exhibition plant. It is a 

 cross between the weU-known C. Balfouri and C. splendens. It 

 partakes of the character of the latter in the immensely large 

 and dense dichotomous cymes, from which the flowers are 

 produced ; in this variety, instead of the calyx being pure white, 

 as in C. Balfouri, it has a reddish hue, and the corolla, instead 

 of a bright scarlet, is a deep rose, slightly shaded with violet, 

 the marginal portions being of a bright vermilion. 



The foliage is smooth, oblong-ovate, of a rich dark green. 



