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NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 



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into growth. About the middle of May it had made shoots a foot long, when he 

 turned it out of the pot, shook nearly all the soil away and cut back the roots; 

 then repotted it into a twelve-inch pot, in a mixture of charcoal, loam, sand, and 

 peat, and in a month afterwards it threw up a fine spike of flowers. The flower 

 is highly fragrant, something like the night blooming cereus, but even more 

 powerful. 



Epiphyj.lum Russei.lianum. — Duke of Bedford's. (Pax. Mag. Bot.) Cac- 

 taceae. Icosandria Monogynia. The habit of the present plant is similar to 

 Etruncatum. The flowers are of a pretty crimson-violet colour, very distinct 

 and handsome. It usually blooms from October to May, thus rendering it a 

 very delightful winter flowering plant. It was discovered by Mr. Gardner on 

 the Organ mountains of Brazil. It is in the collection of Messrs. Rollisson, at 

 Tooting. 



Hibbertia pkrfouata. — Thorough-wax'Hibberlia. (Bot. Reg. 64.) Dille- 

 niacese. Polyandria di-Peutagynia. A native of the Swan River Colony, and is 

 a most interesting and beautiful greenhouse shrub, growing freely and blooming 

 profusely. It thrives in a compost of equal portions of peat, loam, and sand. 

 The flowers are of a beautiful bright yellow, with a circle of clear white running 

 round near to the margin of yellow, producing a pleasing contrast. Each blos- 

 som is about an inch and a half across. The plant deserves a place in every 

 greenhouse. 



Oncidium bicoi.or. — Two-coloured. (Bot. Reg. 66.) Orchidacea*. Gy- 

 nandria Monandria. Sent from the Spanish Main to Messrs. Loddiges, with 

 whom it has bloomed. The flowers are produced in a branching panicle, each 

 blossom being about an inch acros3, of a bright yellow marked and spotted with 

 red. The lip, which is of a clear yellow above, is white at the underside. 



Riiouodkndron Aprius. — Garden Variety. (Bot. Reg. 62.) The Hon. and 

 Rev. W. Herbert, Dean of Manchester, has raised this very neat flowering 

 variety from seed of R. ponticum, fertilized by the Davurian Rhododendron. It 

 blooms in April, for which reason the specific name is given. The flower is 

 nearly white, with a beautiful pink, increasing in tint as it extends to the edges 

 of the petals. The two upper petals have numerous spots of yellow upon them. 

 It is a hardy variety, and well merits a place in every collection of the lovely 

 tribe. 



Saxivraoa cii.iata. — Fringed Saxifrage. (Bot. Reg. 65.) Saxifragacea;. 

 Decandria Digynia. A hardy perennial, requiring the same treatment as the 

 old S. crassifoha. The flowers are produced iu a panicle, white with strong 

 veins of a slight pink colour. 



Statice rytidophyi.la. — Rasp-leaved. (Bot. Mag. 4055.) Synonym, S. 

 Dicksoni. Plumbaginese. Pentandria Pentagynia. A shrubby species, grow- 

 ing about two feet high. The flowers are produced in a large panicle, of a 

 beautiful rose colour. 



Stephanotus vloribundus. — Copious flowering. (Bot. Mag. 4053.) Ascle- 

 pidacese. Pentandtia Digynia. This very attractive and noble climbing 

 shrubby plant is a native of Madagascar, and was introduced into this country 

 by Mrs. Lawrence of Ealing Park, where in the stove, trained to a wire trellis 

 about eight feet high, we have seen it on several occasions in profuse bloom. 

 The flowers are produced in umbels of eight or ten in each. The tube of the 

 flower is about an inch long, and the expanding limb an inch and a half across, 

 of a beautiful waxy white, which in contrast with the fine dark green foliage 

 gives a fine effect. We doubt not but it blooms freely if grown in a warm green- 

 house or conservatory. As it can now be purchased for a few shillings each, it 

 deserves to be extensively grown. 



Veronica speciosa. — Showy-flowered. (Bor. Mag. 4057.) Scrophularinae. 

 Diandria Monogynia. A native of New Zealand, discovered by Mr. Cunningham 

 growing on hills in the locality of the Hokianga River; it is expected to be 

 hardy, but at all events the winter protection of a cool frame will be'sufficieut to 

 preserve it, and of course the greenhouse shelter will be decisive, and as it is so 



