THE 



FLORIST, FRUITIST, AND GARDEN 

 MISCELLANY. 



PLOCOSTEMMA LASIANTHUM. 



(Plate 147.) 



We this month furnish our readers with a coloured representa- 

 tion of this remarkable Asclepiadaceous plant, for an oppor- 

 tunity of figuring which we are indebted to Messrs. Low, of 

 the Clapton Nursery, who imported it from Borneo. It is 

 evidently a genus of the family allied to Hoya ; its flowers, 

 which are produced in July, are not unlike those of Cyrtoceras 

 reflexum. It may be termed a long-stemmed climbing shrub, 

 with quite the habit of a Hoya. The leaves are opposite, 

 oval, or rather ovate — thick, fleshy, and deep green, especially 

 above, with occasionally a few pale blotches scattered over 

 ' their surface. The flowers, as will be seen, are numerous, 

 pendent, and of a tawny orange colour. In a warm green- 

 house or intermediate house it will doubtless flower freely, and 

 be highly ornamental. 



NEW PLUM. 

 In the collection of Plums exhibited at St. James's Hall we noticed a 

 round purple Plum, remarkably fresh in appearance for the season of 

 the year, and by no means of a bad flavour — certainly not so rich as 

 either the Imperatrice or Golden Drop ; but still a valuable fruit for 

 the season. This Plum was shown by Mr. William Ingram, of 

 Belvoir Castle, to whom, however, it was unknown, and who, for want 

 of some other name, called it the Belvoir Plum. From inquiry made 

 of Mr. Powell, of Frogmore, whose knowledge of fruits is so well known,' 

 we learn he thinks it is not an English seedling, but probably one of the 

 late French sorts. Can any one of our pomological friends throw any 

 light on this question ? The Plum will make a valuable acquisition 

 to our lists, if its other properties are at all equal to its appearance. 



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