180 MISCELLANY OP NOTES AND CORRESPONDENCE. 



addition to this class of plants, well suited to exhibit at the shows. It is an old 

 plant, and may be obtained cheap. 



Eustomi exai.tatum. The Tali.. (Pax. Mag. Bot.) Gentianacea?. Pen- 

 tandtia Monogynia. (Synonym Lisiantluis exaltatus.) A veiy suitable com- 

 panion to Lisianthus Russellianus. It is an annual. The flowers are of a lilac- 

 blue, with a five parted white centre, and a dark shade round the white margin. 



Odontoglossum membranaceum. Mfmbrane Sheathed. (Bot. Reg. 34.) 

 Orchidaceae. Gynandria Monandna. From Mexico. It has bloomed with 

 Messrs. Loddiges. The flowers are white, transversely lined around the centre 

 with blight red. Each blossom is about two inches across. The flower scape 

 bears from two to four blossoms. Ve-y neat. 



The following are figured, but of little interest, or have been previously noticed 

 by us: — Cypripedium macrantlunn, Bell. Eschinanthus purpurescens. Cirr- 

 hcpetalum Thouarsii. Calliandria Harrisii. In the Bot. Keg., Primula involu- 

 crata, Bouvardia flava, Saxifraga thysanodes. In Pax. Mag. of Bot., Fuchsia 

 macranthan, Kpidendrum verrucosum. 



New Plants Noticed. 



Chiriti sinensis. The flowers are of the labiate order, produced in spikes 

 about nine inches hi^h, lilac, having the inside marked with bright orange, as 

 will as the upper lip being so marked. This may now be had at most nur- 

 series, and well deserves a place in the greenhouse. 



Cuphea miniata. A new species, having fine brilliant crimson flowers, with 

 rich purple woolly tufts around the stamens and anthers, producing a pretty 

 contrast. It is in bloom at Messrs. Rollissons', of Tooting. 



Jasminiuu diantuieoi.ia. A new and singular looking species, with small 

 white, but very highly fragrant flowers, also at Messrs. Rollissons'. Very de- 

 sirable for the greenhouse. At Tooling Nursery. 



Achimknes longiflura, Variety. It is a dwarf variety, and the flowers are 

 of a much deeper colour than the species, also more circular. It is a prrtty 

 addition to this lovely family. In the Tooting Nursery. 



CuniBA pi.atycentre. This very beautiful species produces floweis of a rich 

 orange colour, and like the other is highly ornament d. A handsome specimen 

 of it was exhibited at the Regent's Park show by Mr. Smith, gardener to 

 J. Anderson, Esq., of Regent's Park, London. 



Trop/eolum minus. The floweis are double, of a beautiful orange-scarlet, 

 anil are produced in great profusion. This plant may be had cheap at the 

 London nurseries. It is a very pretty thing for planting in beds, or on rock- 

 work. 



TbtRAtheca yerticii.i.ata. This very beautiful blue flowering plant merits 

 a place in every greenhouse. 



Ruellia macuophyi.la. This noble species with its brilliant scarlet flowers 

 is highly ornamental for the stove, or during summer for the gieenhouse. 



London Horticultural Society, June 2. — Among subjects of exhibition 

 produced on this occasion was a charming collection of hardy hybrid Azaleas, 

 from the Earl of Carnarvon's gardens at Highclere. Some of them were the 

 result of a cross between A. pontica and A. albescens, and a beautiful display of 

 various coloured flowers has been produced. This has also been the case in 

 another gioup of hybrids obtained from A. sinensis, which had the glaucous 

 foliage and inflorescence of that spicies modified by the various tints of crimson, 

 producing a striking effect. Auofher new hybrid is also well worth notice, 

 adding to the colour of the broad-leaved Kalmia the habit of Rhododendron 

 tragrans ; this had been effected by a cross between the Azalea rubescens and 



