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THE FLORAL WOELD AJv'D GAEDEN atJIDE. 



aemiterete leaves, clothed vrith short 

 stiff pubescence, and produce along 

 their whole length numerous short 

 branchlets of an inch and a-half long. 

 Upper part of stems freely furnished 

 with flowers vshich form a kind of 

 compound raceme. Flowers of a 

 lemon-yellow, narrow oblong, almost 

 squared off at the end, having an 

 open elongated mouth, but folded 

 back, the lower lip against the upper, 

 so as to close the opening. — Messrs. 

 reitch and Son. 



Clekodendron Thomsojjije, Ver- 

 benacese. — A hothouse climber, of 

 rather slender habit and moderate 

 growth, bearing oblong ovate ac-ute 

 leaves, and cymose panicles of re- 

 markably handsome flowers, consist- 

 ing of a large white inflated flve- 

 angled calyx, with the crimson-scarlet 

 corolla just protruding from the points 

 of its segments. Lately introduced 

 from Old Calabar.— Messrs. Jackson 

 and Sou, Kingston. 



Delphinium bicoloe geawdi- 

 FLORUM. — Ashowy variety, with large 

 flowers, in which the sepals are of a 

 dark blue, and the petals creamy- 

 white, contrasting strongly with the 

 darker colour surrounding them. — 

 Messrs. Downj^, Laird, and Laing. 



EUONYMUS KADICA^-S FOL. VARTE- 



GATis, Celastracea}.— A pretty little 

 shrub received from Japan, of neat 

 habit, with small ovate leaves of a 

 bright green, blotched and margined 

 with silvery white, and perfectly 

 hardy in this country. Its dwarf 

 habit will render it useful for forming 

 edgings to beds, and covering banks 

 and rockwork.— Messrs. Veitch and 

 Son. 



_ EtrB\'A ANGTJsTiFOLiA, Tcrnstro- 

 miacese.— Provisionally so named. A 

 compact bush, with narrow or lanceo- 

 late acuminate leave:?, broadest above 

 the centre, and having an irreguhir 

 edge of cream colour. A distinct 

 plant of ornamental character, and 

 supposed to be hardy. — Mr. Standish. 



EUEYA LATIFOLIA VARIEGATA. — A 



Japanese shrub of good and compact 

 habit, and remarkable for the great 

 beauty of its fine variegated foliage. 

 It has acuminate leaves of a dark 

 green colour, finely edged and 

 blotched with white, and flashed with 



fiery orange-red. One of the moat 

 ornamental shrubs of recent intro- 

 duction. Sent from Japan by Mr. 

 J. G. Veitch. — Messrs. Veitch and 

 Son. 



FicT'S CooPEEi (Veitch), Mora- 

 cete. — A distinct and beautiful foliaged 

 greenhouse plant, brought from iSew 

 South Wales by Sir Daniel Cooper, 

 after whom it is appropriately named. 

 It is of free and vigorous growth, 

 M-ith large dark green glossy leaves, 

 and the veins, which are prominent, 

 are of a deep crimson colour. A most 

 desirable addition to the class of orna- 

 mental foliaged plants, and it will 

 prove of equal utility for room or 

 conservatory decoration with the well- 

 knownFicus elastica. — Messrs. Veitch 

 and Son. 



Genista Eveeestiana, Fabacea;. 

 ' — A close-habited free-growing plant, 

 with smallish leaves, the leaflets of 

 which are short, obovate, and blunt- 

 ended. Flowers produced in long 

 spikes, very sweet-scented, and of a 

 rich orange-yellow, quite distinct 

 from, and much superior to, that of 

 other Genistas in cultivation. A seed- 

 ling from G. fragrans. This Genista 

 merits a j)lace in every greenhouse 

 and conservatory. — Mr. C. Everest, 

 Heading. 



Gentiana foltosa, Gentianaceffi. 

 — A prettv herbaceous plant from the 

 Andes of Picliiuchia, raised from seeds 

 collected by Dr. Jameson, and closely 

 rpsembling G. rupicola. It has an 

 erect stem about a foot high, with 

 acutely oblong-ovate leaves, and a 

 few largish lilac somewhat bell- shaped 

 flowers. Dr. Jaraijson stated that it 

 was a truly Andine species, growing 

 in the region of the Culcitia and Fox- 

 tailed Lupines, and not confined to 

 Pichinchia (where he had gathered it 

 at an elevation of 15,000 feet), but 

 occurring on all the high summits at 

 the region of perpetual snow. — Isaac 

 Anderson Henry, Esq., Edinburgh. 



MuTisiA decoeeens, Asteracese. 

 — A hardy climbing evergreen, from 

 Chili, which withstood the winter of 

 1860-61 at Exeter. Leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, entire, terminating at the 

 apex in a tendril, and at the base in a 

 leafy wing, which is continued some 

 distance down the stem. The flowers 



