THE 



FLO RICULT URAL CABINET, 



SEPTEMBER 1st, 1846. 

 PART I. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



ARTICLE I. EMBELLISHMENTS. 



1. TORENIA CORDATA (Heart-shaped leak.) 



Although this new species is inferior in the heauty of its flowers to 

 T. asiatica (figured in the Cabinet for July), it is, nevertheless, a 

 very pleasing plant, and in growth possessing an advantage over that 

 kind, by being more compact. Our figure was prepared from a 

 specimen bloomed in the Clapton nursery, where it had been received 

 from the London Horticultural Society, under the appellation of 

 "herbaceous plant from China:" and as one of its distinguishing 

 characters is presented in the novel shape of the leaves, we have 

 adopted the specific name above given. The plant appears to grow 

 successfully in a light rich soil, and treated after the ordinary manner 

 of greenhouse plants : we dare say, however, it will ultimately be 

 transferred to the summer flower-garden. We already find T. 

 asiatica to flourish there. 



2. GESNERIA ELLIPTICA, mjtea. (Elliptic-leaved, yellow vaiuety.) 

 Our drawing of this novel-coloured Gesnerea was made from a 

 plant in bloom at the Kew Botanical Gardens during the eaily part 

 of the present summer. We are informed it was originally disco- 

 vered, with several other varieties of the same species, having various 

 intermediate shades to a pale red, by Mr. Purdie, at Santa Martha, 

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