NOTICES OF NEW OR RARE PLANTS. 



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fine new Chinese species, in the Flore des Serres, it is one 

 of the most beautiful of Campanulas. The flowers are 3 

 inches long, of a lively violet-purple on the outside, and pale 

 purple or nearly white, within. The stem and leaves are 

 hairy, and in general aspect this new Campanula somewhat 

 resembles the Canterbury-bell, though in its larger habit, (the 

 flower-stalks growing 3 feet high) and the form and colour 

 of its blossoms, as well as in its perennial habit, it is very 

 distinct. 



M. Van Houtte expects this Campanula to prove quite 

 hardy, and informs us that it is easily cultivated, and propa- 

 gates itself easily by seeds. 



DiPLADENiA SPLENDENS. Sple7idid Dipladenia. Perhaps 

 there is hardly a family of stove climbing plants more splen- 

 did than the Echites, when well-grown ; indeed, whether the 

 plants are skilfully cultivated or not, the floAvers, when they 

 are produced, are in most cases grand and striking. The 

 Dipladenias form a group of species which botanists have 

 found it convenient to detach from the extensive family of 

 Echites : several of them are popular plants at the present 

 day, among which are the species whose name heads these 

 remarks, (and which is — not well — repre- 

 sented in the engraving,) D crassinoda, 

 a good deal like it, but perhaps a better 

 species on the whole for cultural purposes ; 

 and D. atropurpurea, which, with the same 

 habit of growth, has flowers of a rich deep 

 purplish tint. 



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Fig. 49. — SpUntlid Dipladenia. 



Our present subject may be popularly 

 described as follows : — Stem shrubby, vigo- 

 rous, and growing to a considerable length, 

 smooth, and round. Leaves nearly stalk- 

 less, wavy, somewhat leathery, elliptic-ac- 

 cuminate, with a heart-shaped base, from 



