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corolla is at first orange sprinkled with red, afterwards becomes a deep 

 blood colour. Each blossom is about an inch and a half long. It will 

 form a very handsome greenhouse ornament, and ougiit to be in every 

 one. Although figured in the Botanical Magazine^ a living plant has 

 not yet been introduced into this country. 



Clerodendron Bethuneanum. — (Captain Bethune's.) 



Imported from Borneo by Mr. Lowe. It has bloomed in tlie col- 

 lection of stove plants at Messrs. Lucombe and Pince, of Exeter. It 

 is a tall growing shrub, in Borneo ten feet high, branching, and bears 

 its flowers in large, loose, terminal panicles ; forming a pyramidal 

 thyrsis two to three feet long. Each blossom is nearly an inch across, 

 of a rich crimson colour ; tlie two side lobes have each a purple spot, 

 and the upper lobe a spot of white. They are highly beautiful and 

 ornamental. It will be one of the finest exhibition plants, and ought 

 to be in every stove. Mr. Lowe, jun., states there are three other 

 kinds wiiich he has seen in Borneo, which adorn the banks of the 

 Sarawak river ; two bear white fragrant flowers, and the other is scarlet. 

 Although the species figured grows high in its native country, it blooms 

 freely in the stove; a dwarf plant, when grown in a small pot. 

 (Figured in Bot. Mag., 4485.) 



Espeletia argentea. — (The Silvery.) 



A native of New Grenada, growing five feet high. It is in the 

 greenhouse of the Royal gardens of Kew. The stem becomes naked, 

 three inches in diameter, and terminates in a dense crown of leaves, 

 each a foot long. The flowers are borne in a large corymbose panicle, 

 yellow, iiaving the appearance of a Gnaphalium, each blossom being 

 an inch across. (Figured in Bot. Mag., 4480.) 



Gesnera Gardneri. — (Mr. Gardner's.) 



A native of the Organ Mountains of Brazil. It is an herbaceous 

 plant. The flowers are produced solitary, from the axil of each leaf. 

 The footstalk is about an inch and a half long. Each blossom is tube- 

 formed, an inch long, and nearly half an inch diameter, of a rich 

 crimson red. It is a pretty species, well deserving a place with others 

 of the tribe. (Figured in Pax. Mag. Bot.) 



Ixora laxiflora. — (Loose-flowered.) 



A native of Sierra Leone, in the collection of Messrs. Lucombe, 

 Pince, and Co. It is a siirub, growing a yard high. The flowers are 

 fragrant, borne in a large terminal panicle, white tinged with pink, 

 each about an inch across. The petals are very narrow. (Figured in 

 Bot. Mag.) 



Salvia pulciiella, speciosa, splendens, fulgens and 



cardinalis 



Are now (December) fine ornaments in tlie greenhouse. Their brilliant 

 and riclj scarlet and crimson flowers produce a fine display, and as a 

 succession is easily provided by cutting in later in autumn, such asliow 



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