188 MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



4 feet, trossula, 3 by 3 feet, and the pretty andromedaeflora ; two persoluta albas, 



5 feet high, and 3 feet through ; lrbyana, in capital condition; tricolor, Archer- 

 iana, grandinosa, vestita coccinea ; the useful and lovely ovata, together with 

 Thunbergiana, ventricosa, coccinea minor, v. carnea, Aitoniana, Solandri, 

 daphnoides, Bonplandiana, the beautiful Parmenteriana rosea, and an excellent 

 plant of tortulaeflora, in first-rate health ; Macnabiana in equally fine order ; so 

 was elegans. 



We now come to the large stove, a house 55 feet wide, with three spans to 

 the roof, and 65 feet long ; the height is nearly 20 feet. Numerous rare birds, 

 of rich and vivid plumage are placed near the Orchidaceae. Gold fish swarm in 

 a basin of water below, overhung with Ferns and huge masses of gorgeous 

 Orchidaceous flowers, constituting a rich and dazzling combination of tropical 

 vegetation, in high keeping, surrounded with luxuriant foliage ; a glass screeii 

 separates the general collection of plants from the Orchidaceae. There was a 

 grand plant of Cuphea Melvilla ; a cutting struck from the plant exhibited by 

 Mr. Robertson last season, 4 feet through ; this forms a useful plant for the 

 greenhouse in autumn. Gloxinia tubiflora coming into bloom. Tabernaemon- 

 tana coronaria, and coronaria flore pleno, beautifully in flower. Clitoria fulgens, 

 anew climber; and some large plants of Manettia cordifolia, M. splendens, 

 Begonia sanguinea, and Pleroma petiolatum, were also fine. Thunbergia 

 chrysops, trained to stakes, is rioting away most gloriously ; Suurauja spectabi- 

 lis, a plant with fine foliage, is coming into flower; Calliandra Houstoni, 

 j^Eschynanthus Roxburghii, and Inga pulcherrima are doing well; Pavetta 

 caffra, 12 feet high, and well furnished, is in admirable health; so is Allamanda 

 cathartica, 8 feet in height. There is a well-grown specimen of Hindsia lungi- 

 flora, and another on stakes of Dipladenia crassinoda, 4 feet high, which will 

 shortly be a magnificent object. Begonia parvifolia is finely in flower, so is a 

 wonderful specimen of Euphorbia splendens. Poweria coccinea is very large on 

 stakes, so are two plants of Stephanotus rloribundus, one, the original plant in- 

 troduced — certainly the parent of a valuable progeny ; these are really grand 

 objects scarcely to be described by so feeble a pen. There are also the following 

 remarkable specimens : — Franciscea latifolia, F. Pohliana, Centradenia rosea, 

 Petrea volubilis, Burchellia capensis, Ardisia crenulata, loaded with crimson 

 berries ; Osbeckia sinensis, Clitoria Ternatea, with blue pea flowers ; Turner's 

 ulmifolia, T. elegans, several large Clerodendrons, C. hastatum, C. Hugelii, and 

 C. splendens ; Aphelandra cristata, Gesuera reflexa, a magnificent Lemonia 

 spectabilis, 3 feet high, and 4 feet through. Two very good Rondeletia spe- 

 ciosa, the rare Aphelandra aurautiaca, Melhania Erythroxylon, Laplacea semi- 

 serratifolia, Ardisia mexicana, and several large Ixora coccineas ; Echites splen- 

 dens is rambling away most luxuriantly ; and Barringtonia speciosa is putting 

 forth his broad Magnolia-looking foliage in great luxuriance. Among the 

 Orchidaceae were some Sobralias just imported; Odontoglossum hastatum was 

 sending out two fine spikes ; Oncidium divaricatum was in capital health and 

 finely in bloom ; so were O. luridum var. and O. ampliatuin, Saccolabium gut- 

 tatuui, S. praemorsum, Aerides affine, A. atfine rubruni, Barkeria spectabilis, 

 Cattleya Mossiae, C. crispa, and Oncidium pulchellum were thrusting out their 

 roots and spikes of flowers most vigorously. The following Dendrobia were very 

 remarkable : — D. nobile, D. moschatum, D. crispum, D. cupreum, D. caeru- 

 lescens, D. calceolaria, D. densiflorum, superlatively fine ; D. aggregatum, D. 

 taurinum, D. sanguinolentum, D. Gibsonii, D. Dalhousiana, D. fiinbriatum, D, 

 chrysanthemum, D. Cambridgeanum, and the curious D. comminatum. Many 

 of these are immense plants ; so are Oncidium altissimum, and two O. Lancea- 

 nuins, O flexuosum, and O. Baueri, Vanda teres, V. violacea, and Saccolabium 

 Blumei, were in excellent health. There is a wonderful muss of Aerides odora- 

 tum, and large plants of Camarotis purpurea, Phaius Wallichii, Schomburgkia 

 violacea, S. marginata, Peristeria elata, Cymbidium giganteum, Vanda unicolor, 

 V. Roxburghii, V. caerulea, and V. cristata. The beautiful Phalaenopsis ama- 

 bilis is doing well ; so is Aerides virens, Epidendrum rhizophorum, and a host 

 of others equally grand. The curious Cephalotus follicularis, with its little 

 pitchers, is thriving finely. 



There is a range of five other houses, principally filled with choice plants; 



