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character ; under such treatment it becomes very effective, and may be viewed 

 as a good addition to collections of succulent stove plants. It is of an erect 

 habit, sparingly branched, attaining the height of three feet or more, flowering 

 both summer and winter ; the branches are red and downy, with large 

 opposite leaves ; the flowers are axillary, on simple peduncles two inches long ; 

 calyx very large, pale yellowish green tinged with red ; corolla white, very 

 woolly on the outside, and thickly covered with large spots on the inside, 

 which are of a rosy purple colour. A similar treatment to that given to 

 Gesneras is most suitable for it, — alight moderately rich compost and a close 

 humid atmosphere while growing ; young plants of it, when grown quickly 

 flower in far greater profusion than older ones producing much larger flowers. 

 A young plant of it here, nearly eighteen inches high, in a small stove, is 

 producing abundance of its very conspicuous-looking flowers. 



Begoxia h.^matotricha. Several additions to this already very extensive 

 and useful tribe have recently been made from the continent, amongst which 

 probably some of them may merit cultivation. The present ( ne is a slender 

 growing and much branching kind, easily forming a specimen a foot or two 

 high. The leaves are of a pale green, very moderate sized, scarcely exceeding 

 two inches long, and scattered over, chiefly on the upper surface, with pink 

 hairs ; the flowers are small, white, and not attractive. Other species culti- 

 vated here, received from the same source, have not yet flowered. 



Clematis graveolens. This i^ a rather pretty flowering hardy plant, from 

 Thibet. U'here large growing species of this genus are cultivated, the present 

 one will be found a good addition to them, as it is of robust growth, twelve to 

 twenty feet high, and well adapted for covering high walls, or to climb up 

 trees, &c. It is a rather neat looking kind, with its leaves a little glaucous 

 on both sides, and yellow flowers about an inch across. A large specimen of 

 it here, against an east wall, is now in full flower. 



Clematis hedysarifolia. One of the most distinct of this genus, and 

 although introduced more than thirty years ago, is at present far from 

 being common. It is a desirable plant for cultivation, on account of its 

 handsome foliage. It is an evergreen greer house species, with climbing 

 stems 12 — 1.5 feet long, bearing ternate leaves ; each leaf is 4 — 5 inches long, 

 and an inch to an inch and a half wide, thick in texture, of a bright shining 

 green, and tapering from the base to the apex ; the flowers are white, in 

 panicles, and not very attractive. A plant of it, introduced here from Hong 

 Kong about two years ago, is growing vigorously, trained against the end of 

 one of the greenhouses,' and is at present in flower. 



Calceolaria ericoides, A beautiful little evergreen shrubby species ; 

 one of the neatest looking and most distinct amonoj Calceolarias. In the 

 absence of flowers it may easily be taken for an Erica or some species of 

 Diosma, which it much resembles. It is a native of the Andes of Peru, at 

 13,000 feet elevation, consequently it is nearly hardy. Kept in a cold frame, 

 as it is here, the stems are a foot to a foot and a half long, very slen<ler, 

 many of them being erect and others hanging gracefully over the pot ; the 

 leaves are very small, like those of a Heath ; the flowers are large for the 

 size of the plant, are of a sulphur yellow, and borne on the upper part of the 

 stem. It was sent to Kew by Mr. Henderson, of Edinburgh, anil is now 

 flowering. 



Calycanthus occidentalis. a fine large flowering species, useful for 

 growing against a wall ; it is quite hardy, a plant of it trained against an 

 east wall here is ten feet high. It has good moderate-sized leaves and flowers, 

 two inches or more across, very fragrant, and of a dull red colour. 



J. HOULSTOX. 



