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CuKCUMA AusTRALASiCA, Australian TFild Turmenc {Bot. Mag. t. 5620). — 

 Zingiberaceje. Obtained by Mr. John Veitch from Cape York, on the Australian 

 continent. It is an ornamental stove herb, with lanceolate leaves a foot or more m 

 length, and a many-flowered spike bearing pale yellow flowers and conspicuous 

 rose-red bracts. It flowers in the autumn, and is then a pleasing object in the 

 stove, 



Tapeinotks Caroiin,!:, Empress Carolines Tapeinotes {Bot. Mag. t. 5623), — 

 Gesneriacece. A superb stove plant, introduced by Mr. Bull. It was discovered 

 during the Brazilian travels of the present Emperor of Mexico (Maximilian I.), 

 and is named in honour of the Empress of Mexico. It is a small under shrub, the 

 leaves opposite, four to six inches Jong, oblong lanceolate, bluish green above, bright 

 red purple below. Flowers solitary, corolla an inch and a half long, white. Will 

 be highly esteemed both for its handsome foliage and elegant flowers. 



Angr.ecu-M ciTRATUM, Citron-yelloio Angracum [Bot. Mag. t. 5624.) — Orchidea?, 

 A curious and pretty species, the flowers are produced in a Lng pendulous raceme, 

 flowers three quarters of an inch in diameter, flat, pale straw colour. 



Impatiens latifolia, Broad-leaved Cingalese Balsam {Bot. Mag. t. 5625). — 

 Balscimineoe. A perenniak Balsam, native of Ceylon and the Himalaya. It is a 

 hranchiug shrub, two or three feet high, with ovate leaves and rosy flowers. 



Clavija FULGEN.S, BrilUant-floicered Claiuja (Bot. Mag. t. 5626).— Myrsineae. 

 A very beautiful plant from South America. The trunk is about four feet high, 

 very stout, leaves ten to fourteen inches long, three to five inches broad ; racemes 

 erect, four to five inches long ; the rachis entirely hidden by the densely crowded 

 flowers, corolla half an incli in diameter, deep orange red, yellow in the disc. The 

 rich colour uf the crowded flowers and the very distinct character of the whole 

 plant, renders it a striking ornament of the stove. 



Barleria Gibsoni, Br. Gibson's Barleria {Bot. Mag. t. 5628).— Acanthace». 

 This fine plant is a native of Central India. It is a small glabrous shrub, with 

 leaves two to tour inches long, the flowers in short terminal spikes, corolla large, 

 pale purple. It is a desirable plant for flowering in the stove during winter, but 

 not equal to some other members of the same natural order already in cultivation. 



Saccolabium cuRviFuLiUM, Becwved-leaved Saccolabium {L'lllust. Hort. 

 t. 493).— This lovely Npalese orchid is now well known to cultivators. Its many- 

 flowered racemes literally glow with their small orange red flowers, which are 

 extremely neat, and when the plant is well treated in the India house, it flowers 

 mo:;t protusely. 



Peak Beurre de Feomental {Vlllust. Bort, t. 494).— A large, melting pear, 

 pyrifoim in shape, the skin amber, and covered with cinnamon russet ; flesh white, 

 juicy, sweet, and highly perfumed. Ripe during October and November. 



Weigelia iliDDENDORFFiANA V. vvB.vxj-RXTXy Purple-floxcered variety ofWeigeUa 

 Middenaorffiayia. A robust-growing, hardy shrub, Avith handsome dark green 

 leaves, and large panicles of flowers, which are purplish red, shading to black at 

 the base of the pf-tals, 



Amaryllis (Hippeasteum) Alberti {Vlllust. Sort. t. 496).— A handsome 

 double-flowered amaryllis, the segments of the flowers lohed and notched, the 

 colour vermilion red. 



Myosotis sempekflobens Impeeatrice Elisabeth, Berpetual-flowering For- 

 get-me-not {Ullliist. Sort. t. 500). — An exquisitely beautiful hardy herbaceous 

 plant, the flowt-rs in dense cluster^, colour deep blue, with clear yeUow eye. 



Strawberry Perpetual Pike {LHUud. Hort. t. 501). — A small-fruited straw- 

 berry, bearing abundantly in early summer, and again in autumn. The plant is ot 

 vigorous cunstitution, the fruit round or oval, vermilion red, the flesh white or rosy, 

 sweet, and perfumed. 



Camellia Japonica Stella Polare {Vlllust. Hort. t. 502).— A very neat, 

 medium-sized flower, very symmetrical a/id compact, the colour deep carmine red, 

 with a pale bar down the centre of each petal. 



