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greenhouse plant, with opposite, ovate-acuminate leaves, and small heads of white 

 flowers. 



Eupatoricm Weinmannianum {Gartenflora, t. 555). — A shrubby greenhouse 

 plant, with opposite, elliptic, lanceolate leaves, and small capitules of white flowers, 

 forming a large corymbose head. 



Ortgiesia Tillandsioides {Gartenflora, t. 547). — Bromeliacece. A dwarf stove 

 perennial, with short stems, spongy leaves, and short spikes of red flowers nestling 

 in the heart. Native of Tropical America. 



Miltonia festiva {Gard. Chron., 1S6S, p. 572).— Orchidacea?. A beautiful 

 Miltonia, similar in form to M. spectabilis, with yellow sepals and petals, and dark 

 purple lip. 



Prunus subhirtella {Neerl. Plant., t. 49). — Rosacea?. This elegant hardy 

 flowering tree is the Cerasus pendula of Siebold's Catalogue. It forms a small tree, 

 with pendant branches, furnished with small leaves, and white flowers with a red 

 calyx, borne three or four together on the short growths from the flowering buds. 

 Native of Japan. 



Cochliostema Jacobianum ( Gard. Chron., 1868, p. 264). — An extraordinary 

 stove epiphyte, with large leaves three and a-half feet long by six inches in width. 

 From Ecuador. It grows in a large tuft, the flower-spikes being produced from the 

 axils of the leaves. 



Cattleya speciosissima Lowii {Gard. Chron., 1868, p. 404). — Orchidacese. A 

 beautiful introduction from Venezuela, by Messrs. Low. This surpasses in beauty 

 all the forms of C. labiata. The sepals and petals are of a fine soft flesh colour, 

 with a fine amethyst-coloured lip. The flowers are of an immense size, measuring 

 eight inches across. The individual petals being four inches in width. 



Aristolochia Ducharteei {Gard. Chron., 1868, p. 516). — Aristolochiacea?. 

 A free-growing species from the Upper Amazon. The leaves are smooth, rather 

 thick in texture, and broadly ovate-acuminate, and the flowers are produced in tufts 

 from the old wood, are of a pale brown colour. 



Denbrobium crystallinum {Gard. Chron., 1868, p. 572). — Orchidacea. A 

 noble addition to this fine genus. One of Messrs. Veitch and Son's Burmese intro- 

 ductions. It has stout bulbs. The sepals and petals are pure white, tipped with 

 rosy purple. The lip has a purplish apex, with fine orange disk. The whole of the 

 colours are pure and bright, and it can fairly lay claim to being one of the best 

 Dendrobes yet introduced. 



Mtosotis dissitiflora {Gard. Chron., 1868, p. 599.)— Boraginacea3. This 

 beautiful Forget-me-not was first introduced by Mr. Atkins, of Painswick, in 1852, 

 from Switzerland, and has since been known under the name of M. montana. One 

 of the best for spring gardening. 



Odontoqlossum Andersoxiantjm {Gard. Chron., 1868, p. 599). — Orchidaeeaj. 

 A beautiful addition to this lovely genus, introduced by Messrs. Low from New 

 Granada. Flowers pale yellow, barred with cinnamon-coloured stripes. 

 !* Acanthophcenix crinita {Flore des Serres, t. 1706-7).— Palmse. A very 

 elegant stove palm, with the petioles densely armed with black needle-shaped spines, 

 and beautifully pinnate glossy-green sickle-shaped fronds. 



Abies numidica {Flore des Serres, t. 1717-18). — Coniferae. A fine hardy ever- 

 green tree, from Algeria, remarkable for its pyramidal habit and silvery leaves. It 

 grows from fifty to sixty feet or more in height, with a trunk about sixteen inches 

 diameter, and forms a compact coaical mass, composed of numerous branches, thickly 

 furnished with dark green leaves, silvery on the under surface. 



Beetolonia margaritacea {Flore des Serres, t. 1697). — Melastomaceas. A 

 charming dwarf stove perennial, with broad ovate five-nerved leaves, of a dark 

 shaded olive green above, spotted in lines with white pearly spots, and of a bright 

 red beneath. The flowers are pale rose. 



Eranthemum igneum {Flore des Serres, t. 1722). — Acanthaceae. A pretty 

 dwarf stove perennial, with broadish elongate-oval leaves, of a dark dull green, the 

 main and principal lateral nerves being marked out by distinct flame-coloured bands 

 passing into yellow towards the extremities. Native of Peru. 



