204 THE FLORIST. 



Clematis Florida flore-pleno A beautiful variety, with double flowers 

 of a creamy white, two inches and a half in diameter. 



Clematis viticella rubra. A slender-growing kind, with smallish leaves and 

 flowers of a reddish purple. 



Among other plants, the following are worth attention : 



Ret A MIA spii.erocarfa. A hardy evergreen glaucous-looking shrub, very 

 similar to the common Broom. It has long slender pendulous branches, and 

 small pea-shaped flowers, of a deep yellow colour, borne on short stalks along 

 the branches. Its habitat in the garden will be the shrubbery; but it does well 

 against a wall. A plant of it here against an east wall is twelve feet high, and is 

 at present flowering abundantly.' It is of a much-branching and very graceful 

 habit, and makes an interesting variety among broad-leaved things. 



Mettbrnichia frincipes. A glabrous evergreen hard -wooded hothouse 

 shrub, of a tolerable bushy habit, attaining the height of about three to four feet. 

 The flowers are of good moderate size, funnel-shaped, very fragrant, of a clear 

 white, and are borne on the ends of the branches. It is a new plant, introduced 

 to English gardens from the continent, is a native of Brazil, and is at present in 

 flower at Kew. 



Con'RADta floribcxda. A dwarf evergreen hothouse herb, of considerable 

 beauty, belonging to Gesnerads. It grows about six or eight inches high, has 

 rugose hairy lanceolate leaves, and scarlet flowers, which are borne profusely 

 among the leaves close to the stems. This species requires a treatment similar 

 to Gloxinias, Gesnerias, &c. 



Brillantasia owariexsis. A rather straggling-growing evergreen stove-herb, 

 with large coarse hairy leaves, and pannicles of blue flowers much resembling 

 those of Salvia patens. It is a new plant in cultivation, and is a native of Sierra 

 Leone ; but being of a coarse habit will prevent it becoming popular. 



Tellima m.palensis. This is a hardy evergreen herbaceous plant, and is a 

 valuable addition to beds or borders. It has a good habit, with triternate leaves, 

 and erect stems from two to three feet high, on which are borne spikes, from two 

 to four inches long, of pinkish-purple flowers. It blooms in August and Sep- 

 tember. 



Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. J. Houlston. 



KYMNEL MANOR. 



This interesting place is situated within a short distance of Chissle- 

 hurst, and about ten miles from London on the Maidstone road. It 

 was purchased by the present proprietor, A. F. Slade, Esq., some 

 seven years back, and was then in a comparatively neglected state ; 

 but under Mr. Slade's direction the house has been much modernised 

 and improved, the garden has been entirely remodelled, and a num- 

 ber of new forcing-houses and sets have been erected. 



The land here is exceedingly strong; it is, indeed, nothing more 

 than a thin layer of strong loam resting on a bed of almost impervious 

 clay ; consequently, thorough drainage was one of the first opera- 

 tions to he attended to both in and out of the garden. The work 

 however, in many instances, was not well performed, and hence it is 

 not so effective as it ought to be ; still, the land is much improved, 

 and now produces fine crops. 



The lawn and pleasure-grounds are entirely new, and the shrubs 



