JANUARY. 15 



Bright Scarlet or Pink, loith ichite markings. 



Cardinalis sujierbus. 

 Ignesccns. 

 Garrick. 

 Prince Albert. 



Magniflorus. 

 La Beauts. 

 Salmonii. 

 Lord Palmerston. 



Prince of Wales. 



Albion. 



Venustus speciosus. 



The best dark varieties are, Semiramis, Rex rubrorum, aiid In- 

 signis. The best lights, or whites, are, Incoraparabilis, Queen Vic- 

 toria, La Princesse, Princeps, and Invincible. And the best hardy- 

 kinds, Gandavensis, Gandavensis coccinus, Tamsesus, Polystachia, 

 Vernalis spicatus, and Albicans roseus. 



NEW PLANTS. 



Clerodendrox Bethuxeaxum. This fine species of Clerodendron is equal 

 in beauty to any that are at present in cultivation. It is a large-growing plant, 

 with a panicle of crimson-coloured flowers, forming a pyramidal bunch two to 

 three feet long. It is a native of Borneo, and requires stove heat. Figured in 

 Botanical Magazine, from Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, and Co., Exeter. 



Brachvsema aphyllum. a pretty greenhouse plant, with pea-shaped flower, 

 of a deep red colour ; a native of Western Australia. Figured in Botanical Maga- 

 zine for December, but not yet introduced. Seeds are sown here. 



Taberx^moxtana loxgiflora. An erect branching stove shrub, with large 

 white or cream-coloured flowers ; a native of the tropics. Figured in Botanical 

 Magazine, from Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, and Co., Exeter. 



IxoRA laxiflora. A shoAvy stove shrub, growing from three to four feet 

 high ; calyx deep red ; corolla white, tinged with pink. This species is well 

 worth cultivation ; the flowers are sweet-scented. Its native country is Java. 

 Figured in the same work, from the same establishment. 



Bigoxia cixxabarixa. One of the handsomest of the genus, having bright 

 red-coloured foot-stalks, and large cinnabar- coloured flowers. It is a tuberous- 

 rooted plant, and will therefore require to be kept all but absolutely dry during 

 winter. It is a native of Bolivia. Figured in Botanical Magazine, from Messrs. 

 Henderson's, Pine-apple Place. 



EsFELETiA argextea. A vcry ornamental greenhouse plant ; the leaves are 

 narrow, lanceolate, and densely silky on both sides, forming a crown of dense 

 spreading leaves, similar to those of an aloe ; flowers yellow, inclining to brown. 

 It is a native of New Grenada, where it grows about five feet high. Figured in 

 the same work, from the Duchess Dowager of Northumberland's, Sion. 



Wailesia picta. a rather pretty species of Orchid, with the habit of a 

 Vanda or Angraecum ; flowers pale yellow, spotted with crimson ; a native of 

 Malacca. Figured from Chatsworth in Botanical IMagazine. 



AxGURiA Makoyana. A perennial plant, of the cucumber tribe ; flower of a 

 rich vermilion colour. Native country unknown ; it Avas introduced from Liege 

 by Messrs. Knight and Perry, Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, where it flowered, and 

 was from there figured. 



Adamia versicolor, a dwarf greenhouse shrub, something similar to Hy- 

 drangea japonica, having a corymbose head of l)lue flowers nearly one foot in 

 diameter. It is a native of China. Figured from Chatsworth. 



ScHOMBURGKi A TiBicixis, variety grandiflora. The leaves of this variety 

 are shorter, more ovate, flowers larger, and much brighter in colour than Schom- 

 burgkia tibicinis ; probably it may l)e a more perfect state of the plant. It was 

 figured from these gardens ; and was imported from Honduras, where the hollow 

 stems are used by the natives as horns or trumpets. 



Cycxoches barbatum. This singular and handsome Orchid was imported 

 from Costa Rica, and is in the collection of Mrs. Lawrence of Ealing Park, from 

 which it was figured in Botanical Magazine, It very much resembles Gongora 



