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NEW PLANTS OF 1864. 

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Auhrietia Hendersoni. — A superb 

 variety of one of the moat useful 

 hardy herbaceous border plants. The 

 flowers are large, richly coloured, and 

 more aouudintly produced than in the 

 form considered specific. — Messrs. E. 

 G. Henderson and Sous. 



Anemone Japonica Honor ine Jo- 

 bert. — A vigorous, dwarf-habited, 

 free-flowering, hardy, herbaceous 

 plant, with large pure white blossoms. 

 — Messrs. E. G. Henderson. 



Asplenium ferulaceum — Polypo- 

 diaceEe — A distinct and beautiful tro- 

 pical fern, with so uething in the 

 aspect of A. scandens, but more com- 

 pound, and differing entirely in its 

 short, erect, not creeping caudex. It 

 is found in New Granada, where it 

 was gathered by Hartweg (No- 1519); 

 and in Quito, where it was fouud by 

 Jameson. The cultivated plants, 

 which we have seen in the nursery of 

 Mr. Bull, of Chelsea, are stated to 

 have been obtained from Cortago, in 

 Central America. 



Begonia Digswelliensis. — (" E. H. 

 S. P.oc ," IV.) — A very free-flower- 

 ing dwarf hybrid variety, something 

 like B. Sauudersii, but a more abun- 

 dant bloomer, and the flowers opening 

 better. Likely to be useful aa a de- 

 corative or market plant, and for sup- 

 plying cut flowers. Leaves narrow 

 ovate lanceolate ; flowers of a bright 

 piukisu-red, very freely produced. — 

 Mr. B. S. Williams. 



Berberis stenophylla. — Berberi- 

 dacea\ — A hardy hybrid Berberis, 

 between B. Darwinii and B. empetri- 

 folta. It is evergreen, and produces 

 myriads of flowers of ttie same apri- 

 cot colour as JUarwinii. Likely to 

 prove of great service for ornamental 

 grounds and game preserves.— Messrs. 

 lisher, Holmes, and Co. 



Brakea dulcis ("L'illust. Hort.," 

 t. 3, 9) — Pncenicacese. — This elegant 

 palm is tuuud in the temperate region 

 of Mexico, at an altitude above the 

 sea of from 3000 to 4000 feet. It 

 raises its caudex from ten to twenty 



feet high, and flowers in April. It is 

 known to the native Spaniards under 

 the name of Palma dulce, or Soya or 

 Covija ; its wood is very durable and 

 of considerable weight, and serves 

 them for the construction of their 

 houses ; its supple and solid leaves 

 are used for thatching the roofs ; and, 

 as its name indicates, they eat its 

 sweet fruits. It may be grown in the 

 greenhouse, and the ordinary treat- 

 ment of palms will suit it. 



Canna nigricans ("B. H. S.Proc," 

 III.) — Marantacese. — A very dark- 

 leaved and useful species for grouping. 

 The leaves are oblong, lanceolate, 

 acuminate, and, as well as the whole 

 plant, cf a dark brown colour. When 

 planted out, this Canna is said to grow 

 ten feet in height, and with its deep- 

 tinted foliage and fine Bcarlet flowers 

 proves to be very ornamental.— Mr. 

 Bull. 



Ceropegia Gardner i. — (" L'lllust. 

 Hort.," t. 396) — Asclepiadacese. — A 

 fine stove creeper, discovered at Kam- 

 baddo, in Ceylon, by Mr. Gardner. 

 It is more showy than C. elegans ; 

 the leaf is lanceolate acuminate, dark 

 green above, violaceous beneath. The 

 calyx has its sepals divided nearly to 

 ttieir base. The corolla is tubular, 

 spreading into a five-lobed limb, the 

 margin of which is clothed with fine 

 hairs of a dark purple, intermixed 

 with coarse hairs of a reddish-brown 

 colour. It will make a fine specimen 

 plant if trained out on a wire parasol. 



Chamcerops stauracantha (" K. H. 

 S. Proa," ill.) — -A remarkably elegant 

 Pan Palm from Mexico. The leaves 

 are divided into rather distant long 

 lanceolate segments, elevated on long 

 slender stalks, and the play of light 

 amongst the foliage resulting from 

 this structure has a most charming 

 effect. It is, in fact, one of the most 

 beautiful forms to be found among 

 this class of plants. — Mr. Bull. 



Clematis Jackmanni (" LTllust. 

 Hort.," t. 414) — Itauunculacea. — A 

 magnificent hardy climber, raised by 



