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III. XoTES ON Plants in the Plant Houses. By E. L. 

 Haerow. 



Chrysanthemums, which are now grown so extensively, 

 and are so popular, have given the best display of colour 

 during the past month of November. Camellias are now 

 fast coming into bloom, and bid fair this season to be most 

 floriferous. The acacias are also well set with numerous 

 flower heads, the earliest of which are already in bloom. 

 In the Palm House tropical climbers such as IpoiiKea 

 Horsfallue, var. Bheedii and Corynostylis Hylanthus, Mart., 

 are very fine. 



Others worthy of note are : — 



Asystasia scandens, Hook. This plant is a native of Sierra 

 Leone, introduced about fifty years ago to our gardens, under 

 the name of Henfreya scandens, Lindl. It is of a climbing 

 habit, the stems reaching about six feet in height, and 

 bears terminal racemes of pure white flowers, two inche<^ 

 across. The anthers, which lie in the mouth of the 

 cream white corolla, are of a blackish purple, and very 

 conspicuous. The plant is seldom seen in our gardens. 

 A figure may be seen in Bot. Mag. t. -4449. 



Ccrat<ypetalurii gummiferum, Sm. This saxifragaceous 

 plant is a native of New South Wales, and in its native 

 habitat attains the height of from 40 to oO feet. It is 

 interesting on account of its long period of flowering, a 

 small plant here having now been in bloom for more than 

 three months. The sepals are at first a creamy white, 

 afterwards changing to a pinkish tinge. The petals are 

 very small, divided into three linear pointed segments. 



Eucharis Sanderii, Baker. Is a fine, large-flowered 

 species, introduced in 1882 by Messrs. Sander from Xew 

 Grenada. 



Aphelandra Chrysops, Bull. This Brazilian species is a 

 handsome plant, growing from a foot to eighteen inches in 

 height, with a large terminal inflorescence of pale yellow 

 flowers, protected by large yellow ovate bracts. 



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