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price of mats, is exactly what they want. I wish, however, that 

 cloth- makers could he induced to turn their attention to the matter, 

 and furnish us with a suitable article at a moderate price ; for I must 

 admit that I am not partial to the smell of my workshop while the 

 cloth is drying. Alpha. 



NEW PLANTS, 



And others, figured and described in Ilooker'^s and Paxton''s Botanical Magazines 



for January. 



MiCROSPERMA Bartonioides. An herbaceous rather tender annual, rivalh'ng 

 Bartonia aurea ; grows about one foot high ; flower, sulphur-yellow colour. 

 Introduced when in flower from Hamburgh to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 

 and from there figured. 



EcHixocACTUs RHODOPHTHALMDS. A showy dwarf spccics ; petals of a rose 

 colour, Avith a dark red, almost crimson, spot at the base. Introduced to the 

 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, from San Luis Potosi in Mexico. This species, 

 like other Mexican Cacti, requires to be kept rather dry during winter. Figured 

 from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 



OxALis ELEGANS. This very showy species is a native of the Andes of Loxa 

 in Colomba, bordering on Peru. It was received by Messrs. Veitch and Son, 

 Exeter, from their collector, Mr. William Lobb. Its flowers are from six to 

 nine or ten in an umbel, of a purple colour, with an intensely dark j)urple eye. 

 It is a tuberous-rooted plant, growing about six or eight inches high; suitable 

 for a greenhouse or warm border : it is said to be quite hardy. Figured from 

 Messrs. Veitch and Son, Exeter. 



Ophelia corymbosa. A tender annual, rather pretty, of slender growth, 

 about a foot high ; corolla of a pale purple colour, with a white eye. Intro- 

 duced from Nilgherry to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew ; and from there 

 figured. 



JNIetrosideros tomentosa. An evergreen greenhouse shrub, having corymbs 

 of very shoAvy blossoms of a vivid scarlet colour. Introduced to the Royal 

 Botanic Gardens, Kew, from New Zealand, where it visually inhabits the rocky 

 sea-coast and shores of the Bay of Islands, and is called by the natives Pohutu- 

 Kawa. Figured from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 



Valoradia plumbaginoides. This is the Plumbago Larpentse of Dr. Lind- 

 ley. Figured in the Florist and Garden Miscellany for 1849, for which see the 

 description there. 



Blanfordia flammea. This beautiful species is an evergreen herbaceous 

 tuberous-rooted perennial plant, growing about one foot high ; the flowers are 

 very showy, of an orange-yellow and light red colour, remaining several weeks 

 in perfection : it is a valuable acquisition to our greenhouses. Introduced by 

 Messrs. Low and Son, of Clapton, from the banks of the Hunter river in 

 Australia, It will require a similar treatment to Cape bulbs. Figured from 

 their Clapton Nursery. 



RoNDELETiA SFECiosA MAJOR. Both variety and species are dwarf shrubby 

 stove-plants of great beauty, growing about two or three feet high, of a com- 

 pact habit, having corymbs of very sliowy flowers of a bright orange-yellow and 

 dark crimson colour ; they are old inhabitants of our stoves, and which no col- 

 lection should be without : their native country is Havannah. Figured from 

 Chatsworth. 



Tabernjemontana coronaria FLORE PLENO. An evergreen stove shrub, 

 about four or five feet high, with large white flowers, of a delicious fragi'ance. It 

 is a native of the East Indies, and has long been an inhabitant of our stoves. 

 Figured from Chatsworth. 



Royal Botanic Gardens^ Kew. J. Houlston. 



