NOTES ON NEW OR RARE PLANTS, 5 
EPACRIS HYACINTHIFLORA.—Tube wide, uearly an inch long, a 
beautiful bright blush colour. Very handsome. 
Epacris ALBA CoMPACTA.—Tube about three-quarters of an inch 
long, widish, a pure white. Very beautiful, and borne in profusion. 
Epacris ONOSMAFLORA.—F lower bell-shaped, near half an inch 
long, white tinged with green. The plant is of stiff growing habit. 
Epacris oBTusiroLrA.—Leaves short and stiff. Flowers broad, 
mouth funnel form, white, with a rose tinge. 
Epacris rmpressa.—Tube three parts of an inch long, and a bright 
flesh colour. Very pretty. 
All the Acacias are neat and handsome flowering plants, many of 
them delightfully fragrant too. Those which bloom in the autumn 
and winter seasons are especially valuable. In the splendid collection 
here, the following are now (December 15th) in bloom, and display a 
light and pleasing appearance, also richly perfume the house. ‘The 
whole of them merit a place in every greenhouse or conservatory. 
By proper attention, the plants are readily formed into bushy specimens, 
and thus suited to very limited houses. They may be procured at a 
very reasonable price. 
ACACIA TRINERVATA.— The leaves are narrow and an inch long. 
It is a handsome bushy plant. Flowers a pale yellow, delicate and 
pretty. 
ACACIA DECIPIENS.—The leaves are of a triangular form, half an 
inch across. The plant forms a neat bush. Flowers sulphur colour. 
ACACIA RoTUNDIFOLIA.—The leaves are circular, a quarter of an 
inch across. It is a very neat bushy plant, the flowers are a bright 
yellow colour, and produced in profusion. It is very neat and 
beautiful. 
ACACIA VESTITA.—The leaves are half an inch long. It is a very 
neat bushy plant. ‘The flowers are borne in large branching spikes, 
and along them the blossoms are produced in short racemes of ten or 
twelve in each. ‘They are a pretty light yellow colour. It is a hand- 
some species. 
ACACIA PR&MORSA.—The leaves are short, and the plant forms a 
pretty bush, blooming very profusely, flowers a rich yellow. Very 
pretty. 
ACACIA LINEATA.—The leaves are near an inch long, narrow. The 
plant is bushy and neat. The flowers are produced in profusion, and 
of a rich golden yellow colour. It is exceedingly handsome. 
ACACIA DENTIFERA.—The leaves are four inches long, very narrow. 
It forms a neat branching bush. The flowers are a rich deep yellow 
colour, and the globular heads large. It is a very beautiful species. 
Acacia ovata.—The leaves are oval-shaped, half an inch across. 
It is a very neat bushy plant. The flowers are produced in long 
spikes, and are a rich yellow colour. It is a very handsome species. 
ACACIA LEPTOREURA.—Leaves like a thinly foliaged Pinus, about 
three inches long. ‘The flowers are a deep yellow. It is singularly 
pretty. 
BosstmaA virGATA.—Foliage small and neat. The pretty pea- 
shaped flowers are about half an inch across, yellow, with a bright 
