NOTES ON NEW OR RARE PLANTS, 101 



Clementine. — White, tipped with crimson. 



Royal Crimson. — Bright and showy. 



Wedding Ring. — White, with broad edge of crimson. 



Newington Beauty. — White, with purple-crimson margin. 



Lady Cotton Siieppard, with a crimson margin. 



All tlie above are fit for any collection ; they are of fine form and 

 beautiful in colour. To them a few others might be added, which were 

 not in bloom tliere. 



Eccremocarpus scabra. — A plant had been turned out into a 

 border in a cool greenhouse, and trained to tiie back wall, whicli covered 

 a space of twelve feet liigh and nine broad. It was in beautiful bloom, 

 and no doubt will continue all tlie year. 



SciLLA. — In a bed of these lovely spring ornaments, the S. siberica 

 was very strikingly iiandsome. The flowers are borne in profusion, of 

 a rich blue, eacli blossom being nearly an inch across. A cliarming 

 plant, six inches high, to form an edging near a dwelling-room. 



We have given the above descriptive particulars of plants in bloom, 

 that such of our readers as may require early flowers may be able to 

 select. 



In the Greenhouse. 



BossiiE coRDiFOLiA.— This is a lovely shrubby plant, blooming 

 most profusely; and its pretty pea-flower shaped blossoms yellow, with 

 a dark chocolate coloured keel, have an interesting appearance. 



B0SSI.E virgata. — This, too, is a profuse bloomer, the flowers are 

 yellow with a red eye, and the keel a rich blood-red. It is very hand- 

 some, and deserves to be in every greenhouse. 



GooDiA LATiFOLiA. — Similar shaped flowers to the Bossiaes, blooms 

 profusely, flowers yellow, and, when expanded, nearly an inch across. 

 Very showy. 



Eriostemon buxifolia.— We have noticed this in former Num- 

 bers ; its profusion of white flowers had a pretty appearance. There 

 is a variety now in some of the nurseries having rose-coloured flowers. 



Cheiranthus mutabilis. — This pretty single-blossomed shrubby 

 Stock was in fine bloom ; its changeable colours, from a white to rose 

 and purple, have an interesting appearance. It blooms the greater 

 part of the year. 



Cytisus filipes. — The plant had a stem about four feet high, and 

 a head similar to a standard Rose. Its vast profusion of white fragrant 

 flowers gave a pretty contrast amongst the blue, scarlet, and yellows 

 of its neighbours. It is well worth having. 



PoDOLOBiuM staurophyllum. — Flowcrs pea-formed, yellow, with 

 a red keel. 



PuLT^NEA polygalifolia. — Flowers pea-formcd, of a rich yellow, 

 and pretty, 



Daviesia LATIFOLIA. — Tliis is another of the lovely pea-formed 

 flowers, blooming very copiously, and its deep yellow and red flowers 

 have a pretty eff'ect. All the tribe are interestingly pretty. 



Veronica Formosa. — A shrubby plant, a yard high, very branch- 

 ing. The flowers are borne in spikes, white at first, changing to a 



