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and very ornamental. The flowers are borne in axillary racemes, and 
are a bright scarlet colour with a golden eye ; and when the plant is at 
its prime, it appears a mass of bright scarlet and gold. It deserves a 
place in every greenhouse. 
Mitronra Karwinski. ~ 
A very beautiful orchideous plant from Mexico. The flowers are 
produced ina long raceme. Sepals and petals bright yellow, spotted 
and barred with a rich brown. ‘The lip is white at the point, deep 
violet at the base, and of a bluish colour in the middle. In the col- 
lection at the Chiswick Gardens. A most lovely species. 
PENTSTEMON VERPLANCKII. 
Raised by M. Verplancke, of Ghent. It is a variety of what has 
commonly been called in this country P. gentianoides, but extremely 
vigorous ; the stem rises a yard high, and produces a large panicle of 
flowers. The tube of the blossom is funnel-shaped, of a bright purple 
colour, becoming rose towards the end limb; the throat is white. It 
is in the Belgian gardens, but no doubt will soon be sent into this 
country. 
We obtained a new Pentstemon from the Continent, one of which, 
out of a number we possess, we planted in the open border last April ; 
it has not yet bloomed with us, but has grown so vigorously that it is 
now seven feet high, with numerous strong branches, and has endured 
the winter well. We have been informed by a nurseryman from the 
Continent that he had seen it in bloom, and each flower was as large as 
that of a common Canterbury Bell. 
CorR#A SEMPERVIRENS..—A very neat hybrid, the flowers are 
about an inch and a half long, of a primrose-green colour ; contrasts 
nicely with the rich coloured sorts. 
C. toncirLorA.—F lower about an inch long, of a bright carmine 
colour, tube narrowish, but very neat. 
C. NE PLUS ULTRA.—Tube broad, pretty flesh colour, with a white 
end, an inch and a half long. Very pretty. 
C. rricotor.—The flowers are one inch long, tube rosy flesh, with 
a vivid greenend, It is a very pretty variety. 
C. pELICATA.—Tube an inch and a half long, a pale flesh-colour, 
with a lilac tinge ; being so delicate is a very neat and pleasing variety. 
C. ROSEA-PALLIDA.—The tube of the flower is ventricose (bellying), 
an inch and a half long, a bright light-rose colour. Very distinct. 
All the above are handsome ornaments throughout winter, and in 
fact nearly all the year, and well deserve to be in every greenhouse. 
The following Camellias are the best we have seen in visiting all 
the extensive collections around London :— 
CAMELLIA AUGUSTINA suPpERBA.—The flower is of a most beautiful 
rich pinky-blush colour. The petals-are of good substance, neatly 
rounded, and cup-formed. It isa charming variety, and deserves to 
be in every collection. 
