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Undoes. It is a very pretty half-hardy annual. The flowers are of a pure 

 white, each blossom being an inch and a half across. 



Stanhopea Martiana; var. bicoior. Two coloured. (Bot. Reg. 44.) Or- 

 chidacese. Gjcandria Monandria. A native of Mexico. The sepals are straw- 

 coloured, or almost white, sparingly marked with clusters of little vinous dots; 

 the petals pure white, with large spots of intense crimson ; the lip is of an ivory 

 white, except a slight colour at the base. Kach blossom is about four inches 

 across; very fragrant. It has bloomed with Messrs. Kollissons, at Tooting. 

 It is very handsome. 



Trop^eolum polyphyi llm. Many-leaved Indian Cress. (Pax. Mag. Bot.) 

 Tiopaeolacea?. Octandria Monogjnia. This genuine species was importtd by 

 Mr. Knight, of King's Road, Chelsea Nursery, from Bolivia or Upper Peru, 

 and has bloomed with Mr. Knight. The flowers are somewhat like T. eduh-j 

 but the plant is of a very different habit. The stems are more numeious, much 

 stronger, grow with greater erectness, have nothing of the twining character, and 

 bear their leaves more densely. By these characteristics it is most easily dis- 

 tinguished ; and the flowers being axillary, are, from the greater closeness of the 

 leaves, much less scattered. They are of a deep yellow or orange colour, with a 

 long spur to the calyx. It readily increases by cuttings. 



New and rare Plants seen in Nurseries, &c. 



At Mr. Low's, Clapton Nursery. 



Brugmansia. — A new kind. It has the dwarf and close habit of B. sanguinea, 

 with similarly formed downy leaves, but the blossoms like those of the B. 

 suaveolens, and quite as white. It is a very valuable acquisition. 



Lisianthus Russeli.ianus. — Two very vigorous plants, received from the 

 country, are in splendid bloom. They are growing in turfy loam, which is light 

 and full of fibre. In such a soil, with a few pieces of charcoal scattered among 

 it, and a free bottom drainage, no doubt in a suitable temperature, the plant will 

 not fail to be vigorous and healthy, and when properly grown it is one of the 

 finest of plants. 



Lobelia i.ongielora. — A prickly shining-leaved plant; appears to be a hot- 

 house perennial herbaceous one. The flower stems are near half a yard high; 

 the flowers are white, produced numerously. It blooms all the summer, aud has 

 a very neat and pretty appearance. 



Scypanthls ei.egans. — This plant we formerly noticed, but it being so very 

 ornamental for the greenhouse or open border in summer, we again refer to it. 

 Its rich jellow flowers, numerously produced, have a very beautitul appearance. 

 It well deserves cultivation. Each blossom is somewhat of the form, and nearly 

 as large, as the Loaza aurautiaca, but of a bright yellow. 



Clerodendron K^mpferii. — This plant is closely allied to C.speciosissimum, 

 but the flowers are of a darker and more brilliant scarlet ; it is so in the specimen 

 in bloom in the hothouse at Mr. Low's. 



Gloxinia rubra, variety'. — Several varieties with rose-coloured flowers 

 marked with white down in the inside of the throat, have been long in bloom, 

 and are very distinct and beautiful. 



Gloxinia speciosa, variety. — A plant Mr. Low received from Messrs. 

 Veitch's is in bloom ; the flowers have not the purple of the old species, but are 

 of a bright blue. 



Gloxinia digitalii'lora. — A dwarf habited plant. The flowers have a longer 

 tube than usual, of a fine crimson-purple colour. It has bloomed with Mr. 

 h night and Messrs. Rolhssons. 



GojirniLOBiuji splendens. — A bushy plant, not at all climbing. The flowers 

 are of a deep j ellow colour. It is in bloom at Mr. Low's, and is a very handtoune 

 plant; deserves a place in every gieenhousc. 



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