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NEW PLANTS 



FIGURED IN CONTEMPORARY PERIODICALS. 



Paxton's Flower-Garden for May contains coloured plates of 



The Nepal ash-leaved Berberry. A half-hardy evergreen shrub, of which 

 we give some account at p. 76 in Number LI I. It is one of the handsomest of 

 the pinnated-Jeaved kinds. When grown in a conservatory, the species is re- 

 markable for the delicate light green of its foliage, which spreads gracefully from 

 a stiff erect stem something in the way of a miniature Palm. The flowers are 

 of a rich bright yellow, forming close erect racemes, clustered in the upper end 

 of the shoots, and drooping gracefully. If it should prove hardy, it must be 

 planted in a sheltered place, otherwise rough winds would break its elegant 

 leaves. 



The Many-spiked Billbergia. A handsome evergreen hothouse perennial, 

 belonging to Bromeliads, from Brazil. 



The Rosy Limatode (L. rosea). A most beautiful terrestrial hothouse Orchid, 

 from the East Indies. It is nearly related to the genus Calanthe. The number 

 contains seme pretty woodcuts. 



In the Botanical Magazine we find : 



Mr. Cuming's Ccelogyne (C. Cumingii). A white-flowered Orchid from 

 Singapore, which first flowered in Mr. Loddige's collection. 



The Blood-red Phrynium (P. sanguinea), which flowered -with Messrs. 

 Jackson of Kingston. It is a stove-plant with the general appearance of a 

 Maranta. The undersides of the leaves are deep purple, rendering the plant 

 handsome even when out of flower. 



The Gigantic Water-lily (Nymphaea gigantea). This fine water-plant 

 was gathered in the Wide Bay district, North-eastern Australia ; it has flowers 

 which certainly vie with the "ordinary ones of the Royal Water-lily itself, being 

 a foot in diameter, and purplish-blue in colour. Seeds of it have been received 

 in this country under the name of Victoria Fitzroyana. It will be a good ad- 

 dition to our tender aquatics. 



The Rose-white variety of the Fringed Rhododendron (R, ciliatum). Of 

 this Sikkim species, which was the first that flowered in this country, we gave 

 some account at p. 66. It is well figured in the plate under consideration. 



The Naked-flowered Jasmine (J. nudiflorum). This valuable plant has 

 already found its way into most collections, and therefore it would be uninte- 

 resting now to describe it. It is perfectly hardy ; but its bright-yellow flowers, 

 looking like so niany Primroses, have an enlivening eff'ect in the greenhouse in 

 winter and early spring. 



The Garden Companion has : 



Osbom's Swainsona and Rooper's Hypoxis (one plate) ; the former purple- 

 flowered, the latter yellow. 



Passiflora alata superba. a stove climbing plant, and certainly, judging 

 from the plate, one of the most beautiful of Passion-flowers. 



Some tasteful woodcuts ornament this number, more especially an alcove 

 aviary, with a fountain in front of it. 



The following notes are supplied from Kew : 



Primula cortusoides. Under the genus Primula is comprehended a great 

 variety of species, many of which are exceedingly beautiful ; they are dwarf 

 herbaceous plants, natives chiefly of mountains or meadows in the cooler parts 

 of the globe ; they are easy of cultivation, and well repay any attention bestowed 

 on them by their profusion of lovely delicate flowers during the spring months. 

 The present species is an old plant in gardens ; it was introduced from Siberia 

 in 1794; it grows and flowers freely in an open border, in light soil, especially 

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