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out of doors all the winter, provided the subsoil is‘dry and the situation 
sheltered. B. frebeli is a stemless hybrid, with large woolly leaves, 
and bearing brilliant clusters of large red flowers, is said to be per- 
fectly hardy, and if such is the case it will make a grand rock plant. 
B. Model, distributed by Messrs. J. Veitch and Son last spring, is a 
pretty, neat, and robust plant, with finely-formed flowers of a rosy 
blush colour. B. ezcelsior is a strong grower, with brilliant cinna- 
bar red flowers. The following varieties, distributed by Messrs. 
E. G. Henderson and Son, are extremely fine: B. Countess of Dudley 
is a pretty, double pink variety; B. Lord Londesborough, double 
rose; B. Lord Coventry, a small grower, with magenta-coloured 
flowers; and B. Prince of Wales, a grand hybrid, the flowers nearly 
two inches in length. 
The Crotons offered for the first time this season have been very 
indifferent, and not one of these possess sufficient merit to be re- 
quired in even a large collection. There are, however, some good 
crotons in store, for at the principal exhibitions Messrs. J. Veitch and 
Sons presented two or three magnificent forms, with large trifid 
leaves, richly coloured with yellow and orange, and they are as re- 
markable for their effective colouring as they are for their thorough 
distinctness from all other crotons in cultivation. The best of these 
is the one shown under the name of Disraeli. 
But few of the new Dracenas, like the crotons, possess much 
merit. One of the best is D. hybrida,a compact grower, with rather 
broad leaves variegated with creamy white, which in its turn is 
beautifully tinted and washed with delicate rose. D. Rex, a strong 
grower, with very large arching leaves, richly variegated with red, 
exhibited by Mr. Bull, will in all probability prove one of the best 
for exhibition and large structures. 
Poinsettia pulcherrima fl. pl., which has double bracts, and of 
which we had received glowing accounts from America, has passed 
into the hands of Messrs. Veitch, of Chelsea, This differs from the 
Poinsettia with which we are all familiar, in having double flowers, 
or, to speak more correctly, the brilliantly-coloured bracts are 
packed so closely together as to form large rosette-like heads. This 
will undoubtedly prove one of the most valuable of stove plants. for 
winter decorations, as in some respects it surpasses our old and 
well-tried friend. 
Tillandsia Lindeni major, introduced by Mr. B. 8. Williams, is 
not a novelty of this year; but it is so very beautiful, and as yet 
rare in collections, that it well deserves to be mentioned here. 
Buxzous Prants.—The first of the novelties among bulbous 
plants are Amaryllis Leopoldi, a grand species with large flowers, 
the petals deep crimson, shading to pure white at the tips; A. Hen- 
dersoni coccinea is similar in character and style of colouring ; 
Crinum Moorei is a nearly hardy species, bearing immense scapes of 
rosy-coloured flowers; C. pratense canaliculatum is a fine stove bulb, 
bearing strong scapes supporting umbels of about twelve blush white 
flowers, each averaging five inches across; Hippeastrum vittatun 
Harrisone is a charming variety, the large handsome flowers beau- 
tifully marked with crimson on a waxy white ground, 
April, 
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