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and to those kinds which are not naturally inclined to he bushy, the 

 stopping of the 'leading shoots twice or thrice in the growing season, 

 and it is readily done by pinching off, plants of any desirable feature, 

 of form, size, and beauty can thus be obtained. The specimens at 

 Mrs. Lawrence's, and others which no doubt will be exhibited at the 

 forthcoming shows at the Chiswick and Surrey Gardens, fully prove 

 the superiority of the system. 



PART II. 



LIST OF NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 



Begonia coccinea. Scarlet-flowered. (Pax. Mag. Bot.) Begoniacca?. Mo- 

 nsecia Polyandria. In our number for last March, p, 65, we inserted a list of 

 numerous kinds of this very interesting genus, which we saw in the collection at 

 Kew. The present species is a valuable addition ; it was discovered on the Organ 

 Mountains of Brazil, by Mr. Lobb, the collector of Messrs. Veitch, nurserymen, 

 of Exeter, with whom it has bloomed, and it appears probable will continue to do 

 so the greater part of the year. The plant grows about half a yard high, ever- 

 green shrub, branching freely, and producing numerous drooping panicles of 

 bright rich red flowers, having the spaces between the projecting angles shaded 

 off to white, giving a very striking and beautiful contrast to the rich red of the 

 other parts. "We saw a fine specimen of it in bloom at Mrs. Lawrence's, of 

 Ealing Park. It is one of the most ornamental objects for the stove or warm 

 greenhouse; and, in addition to its beaut}', the long period of its blooming gives 

 it a claim for a situaiion wherever it can be grown. 



Lobelia erinls grandifi.oka. Large-flowered. (Pax. Mag. Bot.) Lobeli- 

 aceae. Pentandria Monogynia. The flowers of this plant are much larger than 

 those of the well-known charming prostrate L. erinus, and of a deeper blue. It 

 is, like the latter, a very pretty dwarf ornament for the greenhouse, or for edgings 

 to beds, vases, &c, in the flower garden. We have had it grown extensively for 

 edgings, and have had it bloom from the early part of May to November. There 

 is a white-flowered kind, an hybrid, we understand, which contrasts well with the 

 blue. For edgings to the borders in a conservatory it is peculiarly adapted, the 

 flowers only rising about four inches high, and blooming so profusely. 



Medinii.i.a ERYTHnorim.i.A. Eeddish-leaved. (Pax. Mag. Bot.) Melasto- 

 roacea*. Decandria Monogynia. An evergreen shrub from the Himalayan 

 mountains, in the East Indies, and sent to the collection at Chatswortb, where it 

 has hit omed. The plant is near a yard high, with large deep green foliage, and 

 blooms profusely when grown in either the stove, greenhouse, or conservatory. 

 The flowers are produced in axillary cymes, on what is termed the bare parts of 

 branches, something in the way of the Mezereum. Each blossom is near an 

 inch across, of a rich pink colour, not much unlike some of the kinds of peaches. 



Dendrobilm crumenatum. Sweet-smelling. (Bot. Mag. 4013.) Orchi- 

 dacea?. Gynandria Monandria. A native of the Malay islands. It has bloomed 

 at Kew. The flowers are delightfully fragrant, white, each blossom being about 

 two inches across, produced in long spikes. 



Stigmaphvli.um uETEROPH\i.i.t)M. Various-leaved. (Bot. Mag. 4014.) 

 Malpighiacea?. Decandria Trigynia. Sent from Buenos Ayres to Messrs. 

 Veitch s. It is a showy and handsome climber, growing and blooming freely, 

 either in the hothouse or warm greenhouse. Ihe foliage is of a dark green 

 above, oval-shaped, about three inches long. The flowers are produced in 

 umbels, several in each, of a rich yellow colour, and each bloom is an inch 

 across. 



