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was hurt to the level of the stones, though uninjured below. "We are now in a position to say 

 that the 'hurt' alluded to proved to be confined to the leaves, and that the shoots themselves 

 produced new branches as usual. 



WniTLAViA GRAXDiFLORA. Harvcy in London Journal of Botany, vol. v. t. 11. Bot. Mag., t. 4813. 

 — A specimen of this fine plant was exhibited last summer at Chadwick, by Messrs. Veitcu, and 

 it is certainly the gem of the season in the 

 class of hardy annuals. It will no doubt 

 be as hardy as a Phacelia or Eutoca, the 

 latter of which it resembles in its foliage, 

 but then its brilliant blue flowers are as 

 large as those of a Campanula, and much 

 finer than anything else of the kind. Mr. 

 W. LoBB found it in California, on the 

 mountains of S. Barnardino ; but it was 

 originally discovered in that country by 

 the late Dr. Coulter. Dr. IIarvey, who 

 first described the plant, naming it after 

 Francis Whitla, Esq., distinguished two 

 supposed species, grandiflora, and minor ; 

 but we entertain no doubt that they are, 

 we do not say varieties, but states of the 

 same plant. We had both of them in 

 flower on our table from ^Messrs. Veitcii, 

 at the same time. The fact seems to be 

 that the plaut when in great health is 

 grandiflora, and when weak, from a shady 

 place, is minor. Dr. Harvey thought they 

 might difi"er in the form of the scales 

 which stand at the base of the stamens ; 

 but we found those scales varying in form 

 from being acutely bifid to being entire 

 and wedge-shaped with the angles rounded 

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SoNERiLA margaritacea. — For tnis most 

 beautiful novelty we are indebted to 

 Messrs. Veitch, who obtained it from some 

 part of India, through Mr. Thomas Lobb. 

 It forms a compact branching brittle tuft 

 from nine to twelve inches high, con- 

 spicuous for its polished crimson stems 

 deep rich green leaves closely marked 

 with white oval spots, and a profusion of 

 bright rose-oolored flowers resting upon 

 crimson stalks. A specimen was exhibited on the Yth instant, at the Horicultural Society's 

 meeting, and excited the admiration of every body present. No doubt it will be a stove 

 plant of the easiest cultivation ; and among the variegated races, now becoming so much 

 the fashion, it stands without a superior. The little oval white spots upon the leaves suggest 

 the idea of the foliage being sown with pearls. "We can find no trace of the species in books. 

 It seems to approach S. secunda, of Wallich, but it is very different in the form of its leaves, 

 which in outline and veining resemble those of S. picia ; and in outline, but not in veiuing, may 

 be compared to S. grandiflora, the structure of whose coronet is qiiite dissimilar, a part 

 organization of these plants which has not received the attention it seems to deserve, 



Wnm.ATU GRANDIFLORA, 



