Echites pellieri. — See Neriandra subcrecta. 



Embothrium lanceolatum. — A fine evergreen proteaceous shrub, allied to Teloxiea. From 

 Chili. Probably half-hardy. Messis. Standlsh <& NoUe. 



Escallonia dema. — Pretty; flowers numerous, pinkish-white. Merida. Green-house 

 shrub. M. Linden^ Brussels. 



Esclischoltzia tenuifoUa. — Xeat and desirable, the habit being compact and dwarf; the 

 flowers are yellow, an inch across. California. Uardy annual. Messrs. VeUch. 



Eugenia oUoides. — Graceful; flowers white in axillary panicles. History not given. 

 Green-house evergreen shrub. M. Linden., Brussels. 



Franci^cea eximia. — One of the finest of the Francisceas; flowers large, rich lUac-purple, 

 paler after expansion. Brazil. Stove evergreen shrub. Chelsea Bot. Garden. 



Fraxinus dipetala. — A fine tree, with purple branches, green foliage, and elegant white 

 flowers. New Mexico. Ilardy tree. F. Scheer, Esq. 



Gesnera Donclelaariana. — A very showy plant, bearing panicles of rich crimson Gloxi- 

 nia-like flowers. A hybrid, said to have been raised between Gesnera discolor and Gloxinia 

 rulra^ in the Ghent Bot. Garden. 



Gornphrena coccinea. — Ornamental, requiring the treatment of tender annuals ; flower- 

 heads brilliant orange color. Mexico. Warm green-house perennial. M.Vilmorin., Paris. 



Gonohhus pyrrhotrichus. — Curious ; the flowers dull green with obscure netting, and fine 

 bright yellow coronal teeth. Brazil. Coarse stove cliiuber. Messrs. Weelcs & Co. 



Gentiana Fortuni. — A very beautiful herbaceous plant, the flowers of which are deep 

 blue, spotted with white. Northern China. Supposed to be quite hardy. Messrs. Standish 

 & Nohle. 



Goldfussia glomerata speciosa. — Coarse, but showy; flowers deep purple. Sylhet. 

 Soft-wooded stove shrub. Kexc Bot. Garden. 



Gardenia globosa. — A neat shrub with fragrant white flowers. Caffraria. Green-house 

 evergreen shrub. Messrs. Backhouse. 



Hedaroma tuUpiferum. — A plant of considerable promise; resembles a broad-leaved 

 Diosma ; flowers surrounded by a cup-shaped involucre which is greenish white, stained 

 with dull red, in which involucre resides the beauty of the plant. New Holland. Green- 

 house evergreen shrub. Messrs. Garraway. 



Eexacentris mysorensis lutea. — Showj- ; flowers large yellow, in pendant racemes. India. 

 Stove evergreen climber. Messrs. Veitch. 



Hippeastrum forrnosissimuin. — Very showy ; the flowers deep crimson, like the Jacobean 

 Lily in color, but larger, and of the form of H. vittatum. History unknown. Stove bulb. 

 C. Leach Esq. 



Eydrolea azurea. — A pretty little plant, covered with a multitude of beautiful azure 

 flowers, against which the stamens stand out like silver stars. Mexico. Green-house 

 branching perennial. M. Linden, Brussels. 



Uypoxis latifolia. Interesting. A bulbo-tuberous plant, with star-shaped yellow flow- 

 ers. Natal. Green-house perennial. Kew Bot. Garden. 



Imantophyllum miniatum. — A splendid Amaryllidaceous plant, allied to Clitia ; flowers 

 large, in a fine umbel, vermillion colored. Natal. Green-house perennial. Messrs. Back- 

 house. 



Knixjhofia Ucaria.—An old name, proposed to be revived, for one of the handsomest of 

 border flowers, bearing a dense ovate cylindrical head of rich orange scarlet flowers. From 

 the Cape, introduced long since, and known as Tritoma. 



Laurelia aromatica. — A handsome, fragrant, fleshy-leaved evergreen shrub, from the 

 mountains of Chili. Hardiness not ascertained. Messrs. Standish <& Nolle. 



Leptosiphon luteus aureus. — A deeper colored variety of this exceedingly pretty half- 

 annual. California. Messrs. Veitch. 



