NOTICES OF NEW OR RARE PLANTS. 



Fig. 104.— F ueksia spectalalis 



the leaves boldly serrated, the flowers large 

 with large rosy calixes, touched with green, 

 a fine open corolla of an orange colour. 

 It should, for trial in this country, be planted 

 out about the middle of May, in a situation 

 sheltered from winds ; a deep, moist, rich 

 border, with the surface mulched to retain 

 moisture. 



Roya imperialis — (Imperial Wax plant.) 

 — This is truly one of the most striking of 



all exotic climbing plants. 

 Imagine the flowers of the 

 common wax plant magni- 

 fied so that each flower is 

 nearly two inches in diame- 

 ter, of a rich brown colour, 

 and the massive leaves from 

 four to six inches long, and 

 you have a faint idea of the 

 gigantic proportions of this 

 Hoya. 



Van Houtte, in his Flore 

 des Serres, says, " its large 

 and superb foliage, its flow- 

 ers, borne in umbels, of 

 eight or ten inches in di- 

 ameter, the violet crown of 

 their corollas, contracted by 

 the ivory white hue of the 

 centres ; these flowers, 

 borne on long pendant 

 peduncles, remaining a long 

 time in bloom, and emitting 

 at night a sweet perfume ; 

 — such are the qualities 

 which recommend this mag- 

 nificent Asclepiadee to ama- 

 teurs." If we remember 

 right, this species is already 

 propagated to considerable 

 extent in the collection of 

 Messrs. Buist of Philadel- 

 phia, and Hogg of York- 

 ville, N. Y. It requires a 

 warm and rather damp atmosphere in the 

 green-house or stove, rich soil, composed 

 largely of leaf-mould, and plenty of trellis 

 room to clamber over. It is a native of 

 Borneo. 



Fuchsia spectabalis — The "queen of 

 Fuchsias," this superb species has been 

 called by Dr. Lindley. The flowers are 

 so large and the pedals so expanded, that 

 they might, at first sight almost be taken 



