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DELPHINIUM MAGNIFICUM.— MAGNIFICENT LARKSPUR. 
The plant grows erect, tall, but branching. ‘The flowers are large, 
of a brilliant blue colour, with a white centre, and are produced from 
May to September. It is a very handsome variety, and is in the col- 
lection of plants at Mr. Godwin’s nursery. 
DELPHINIUM CHRULESCENS FLOREPLENO.—DOUBLE BLUISH- 
COLOURED. 
The centre part of the flower is a mixture of rose and blue, with the 
edges blue, and the flower a full double flower. Very pretty. 
DELPHINIUM AZUREUM.—AZURE BLUE. 
A light sky-blue, and a full double flower. Very pretty. These 
beautiful varieties are well worthy a place in the flower-garden. 
EscaLLANIA MACRANTHA. LARGE RED-FLOWERED. 
This very fine species is a native of Chiloe, from whence it was sent 
to Messrs. Veitch’s. It is far the handsomest of the genus, and proves 
to be a hardy shrub, growing robust, about a yard high. The flowers 
are borne in large terminal panicles. Each blossom is tubular, wide, 
half an inch long, with the ends of the five spreading petals being nearly 
three-quarters of an inch across. It begins to bloom early in June, and 
continues to the end of summer. It is a very valuable addition to our 
hardy shrubs. (Figured in Bot. Mag. 4473.) 
FUNKIA GRANDIFLORA. 
This pretty species is proved to be quite hardy. The flowers are 
white, long, tube-shaped, and having the delicious fragrance of the 
Tuberose. It should have a dry subsoil, and be in a warm sheltered 
situation. It succeeds well, too, in the greenhouse or pit-frame. 
FucusIA PUMILA. 
This pretty plant grows about a foot high; foliage very small, and 
the flowers having red tube and sepals, with a rich blue-violet corolla. 
It blooms very profusely. 
Gonotosus MarrTIiAnus, 
An asclepiadeous plant, a native of Brazil, which has bloomed in the 
stove at the Royal Gardens of Kew. It is a soft-wooded, twining plant, 
of rapid growth, bearing numerous umbellate bunches of flowers. Each 
blossom is of five petals, white, with a deep green radiating ring at the 
centre, an inch across. It is a very suitable plant to cover a pillar 
or trellis quickly, and with its profusion of flowers produces a pretty 
effect. (Figured in Bot. Mag. 4472.) 
Guoxinia Knicurir. 
The flowers are well expanded and of firm texture. They are white, 
stained inside with a brilliant carmine. It is a handsome variety. 
GLoxINIA PERRYANA, 
The flowers are of a fine red colour, stained inside with a rich crimson. 
A very beautiful variety. Both the above deserve a place in every 
collection, 
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