equal, if not superior, to any of its congeners." I do not 

 quite agree to this, for H. Comptoniana is brighter coloured 

 and has finer corollas ; but it is certainly a welcome acquisi- 

 tion. It first flowered in April of the present year, and will 

 no doubt prefer the spring for its blossoming season. 



In the garden of the Horticultural Society it is found to 

 require the same treatment as other weak trailing greenhouse 

 plants, and may be grown and flowered successfully either by 

 being trained up a rafter, or round the convenient trellis 

 work now so common as a support for such plants, when 

 grown in pots. The latter method is particularly desirable 

 where it is wished to move the plant from one house to another, 

 or to have its flowers near the eye. The best soil is loam 

 and peat mixed with a quantity of sand. It strikes readily 

 from cuttings. 



