THE 



FLORIST, PRUITIST, AND GARDEN 



IMPATIENS JERDONI^.* 



(MRS. JERDON's balsam.) 

 [Plate 82.] 



We have mTick pleasure in introducing to our readers, in this 

 our first Number for the present year, a faithful representa- 

 tion, in the accompanying plate, of the Messrs. Veitch's re- 

 markable new Balsam, Impatiens Jerdonife. Within these last 

 few years several species of Balsams have reached English 

 gardens from British India ; but whether we regard the fine 

 dwarf habit of this variety, the ease with which it may be 

 cultivated, or the singular beauty of its flowers, which in co- 

 lour are a brilliant brick-red contrasted with yellow and green, 

 and which possess, in addition, the excellent property of re- 

 maining in perfection for a considerable length of time, we think 

 our present subject must be considered a very great acquisition. 



The plant grows about one foot in height, with fleshy, 

 somewhat jointed stems of a deep purple colour, which occa- 

 sionally throw out roots, and are covered with numerous 

 ovate deep -green leaves, from the axils of which spring 

 short peduncles, each bearing three or four slender pedi- 

 cels, longer than the peduncles, and terminated by carrying 

 a solitary flower, of which our plate conveys a correct repre- 

 sentation. 



The public are indebted for this valuable addition to our 

 gardens to Mr. M'lvor, who sent plants of it, from the Neil- 

 gherry hills, in British India, to Messrs. Veitch and Son of 

 Exeter and the King's Road, Chelsea, in whose greenhouses 

 it has been blooming beautifully during the last autumn ; and 

 who kindly gave Mr. Andrews permission to make a drawing 



• An error has inadvertently occurred in the spelling of this name in our plate. 

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