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broad. The flowers are drooping, after the manner of the Fuchsia, each blossom 

 being about an inch and a half long. Corolla, a deep purplish-black, tube widen- 

 ing to the top, then having a five-parted limb, which recurve. The plant at 

 Kew has now been in profuse bloom for four months. Dr. Hooker observes, " I 

 scarcely know a more interesting plant that has for many years been introduced 

 to our collections, even in this age of novelties." It deserves a place in every 

 greenhouse. It produces seed, and strikes readily from cuttings. 



Gardenia Sherbourni<e. Mrs. Sherbourne's Gardenia. (Bot. Mag. 4044.) 

 Rubiaceae. Peutandria Monogynia. A native of Sierra Leone, and has been 

 introduced into this country by Mrs. Sherbourne, of Hurst House, Prescott, 

 Lancashire, where, in the very superb collection of stove plants, it has bloomed. 

 It is a climbing branching plant, having a fine foliage, each leaf being about 

 four inches long;, and near three broad. The flowers are produced singly at the 

 axils ofihe leaves. Each blossom is between funnel and bell-shaped, the limb 

 having five rounded spreading lobes, white outside, and a deep blood colour 

 within. It is a valuable acquisition to the lovely tribe of stove, conservatory, or 

 warm greenhouse climbers. 



Columnea Schiedeana. Mr. Schiede's Columnea. (Bot. Mag. 4045.) 

 Gesueriaceae, Didynamia Angiospermia. Mr. Schiede discovered it growing 

 on old tiees, near Misantla, in Mexico. It is an epiphyte in its native woods, but 

 grown in our stoves it thrives well in a pot of common mould, and blooms most 

 profusely. Each corolla is about three inches long, orange yellow, streaked and 

 spotted with dull red. The calyx is red, large, five-parted, and in contrast with 

 the corolla is striking and showy. The stems grow to about a yard high. It 

 deserves a place in every stove, or warm greenhouse. 



Hypocyrta stuioii.i.osa. Rough-leaved. (Bot. Mag. 4047.) Gesneriaceae. 

 Didynamia Angiospermia. A native of the Organ Mountains of Brazil, where 

 it was discovered by Messrs. Veitch's collector, and has bloomed in the stove in 

 their establishment, at Exeter. The stems are somewhat succulent, in the way 

 of some of the Gesnerias. The flowers are produced solitary, from the axils of 

 the leaves. Each blossom is about an inch long, tubular, the upper half beneath 

 singularly swollen, with a projecting inflation, rich red, with a small part towards 

 the end of the tube yellow. It is a neat flowering plant. 



Gloxinia digitai.ifloka. Foxglove flowered. "(Pax. Mag. Bot.) Gesne- 

 raceae. Didynamia Angiospermia. From Mexico, or South American origin, 

 and has bloomed in the collection of Mr. Knight, King's Koad, Chelsea. It is 

 of the habits of the usual kinds. The inside of the tube is white, the outside 

 pale rose. The five-parted limb a purple crimson. It is a very pretty addition 

 to this handsome genus. Each blossom is about three inches long, and an inch 

 and a half across the mouth. 



Rosa Haiidii. Mr. Hardy's Rose. (Pax. Mag. Bot.) Roseaceoe. Icosandria 

 Polygynia. An hybrid raised by Mr. Hardy, gardener at the Luxembourg 

 Gardens, Paris. Each flower is single, about two inches and a half across, of a 

 deep yellow colour, having a rich brownish-red blotch at the base of each petal, 

 similar to the Gum Cistus. It is rather of a delicate growth, but thrives best in 

 heath-mould, of an open fibrous texture, well drained. It is quite hardy, and 

 well worth a place at the front of a rose-bed, or border. 



Antirrhinum majus: tab. quadricoi.our. Four-coloured flowered Snap- 

 dragon. (Pax. Mag. Bot.) A pretty hybrid Snapdragon, in the collection of 

 Mr. Low, of Clapton Nursery. It is of the large flowered kind, and each 

 blossom is of four colours, viz., orange, yellow, purple and crimson. Like the 

 other new hybrids, it is an ornamental plant for the flower border. 



New and hare Plants seen in Nurseries, &c. 



Hovea si'i.endens. A native of the Swan Kiver Colony, and raised from 

 seed by Mr. Knight, nurseryman, King's Road, Chelsea. It is not quite so 

 diffuse on its growth as H. Celsii, but has somewhat of its habit. The leaves 

 are of a darker green and terminated by a long point, which is not the case with 



