102 NOTES ON NEW OR UARE PLANTS. 



lilac. It is very showy and pretty, well worth growing. Its foliage 

 much resembles the Pimelea decussata. 



CnoROZEMA CORDATA. — A plant grown in a large pot, is seven 

 feet across, and about the same height, forming a dense bush, and in 

 most profuse bloom, having, apparently, thousands of spikes of lovely 

 flowers. It is far the best-grown plant of it we ever saw, and is a 

 striking plant of first-rate culture and beauty. 



Tetratheca verticillata. — The fine foliage, arranged in inte- 

 resting whorls around the stems, is very neat, and has a striking con- 

 trast with the umbrella-shaped drooping flowers, of a rich violet blue. 

 Each blossom is near an inch across. It deserves a place in every 

 greenhouse, blooming freely, and from April to the end of summer. 



BoRONiA piNNATA. — Tlus is a well-knowii plant, having neat 

 foliage, and its numerous pink blossoms have a pretty appearance. It 

 well merits a place in tlie greenhouse. 



Salvia gesneriflora. — There are several large plants in profuse 

 bloom, and the large spikes of its splendid scarlet flowers have a fine 

 effect ; they are truly magnificent. Small plants, too, bloom in pro- 

 fusion. It deserves to be in every greenhouse and conservatory. 



Salvia speciosa. — This is a somewhat dwarf-growing plant, if the 

 buds be but pinched off occasionally. It blooms very freely, and the 

 flowers are of a most vivid rich scarlet. It ought to be in every 

 greenhouse or sitting-room window. 



LiNUM GRANDiFLOROM. — A dwarf-growing hai'dy annual, very suit- 

 able for the edging or front of a flower-bed. The flowers are very 

 showy, each blossom being an inch across, of a brilliant crimson, with 

 a small white eye. It is an abundant bloomer. — [It is in the Paris 

 Nursery Gardens, and we expect a stock of it being sent us imme- 

 diately. — Editor.] 



Metrosiderus FLORIDA (or Melaleuca florida), — This beautiful 

 greenhouse shrub has been profusely in bloom in the Royal Gardens 

 of Kew. The plant belongs to the natural order Myrtaceae (Myrtle 

 Blooms). The flowers are large, of a rich crimson colour. 



Clematis ikdivisa. — A greenhouse shrubby climbing plant. The 

 flowers are white, and the anthers a fine crimson colour, producing a 

 pretty contrast. We find it grow very freely. 



Theresia persica. — This pretty flowering bulbous plant has the 

 habit of the Lily, with flowers of the form of the Fritillaria, viz., 

 bell-shaped, drooping. It is a hardy species, highly spoken of in 

 Belgium. 



Trop^olum Deckerianum. — A greenhouse perennial species. 

 The flower spur is two inches long, scarlet, tipped with green ; the 

 petals are short, of a rich blue. The intermixture of scarlet, blue, and 

 green produce a very pretty contrast. It will probably flourish in the 

 open border during summer, and form a neat climber for a trellis. It 

 is a beautiful species, but said not to be so handsome as the T, Wag- 

 nerianum, which we figured in our Number for March last. — [We 

 possess both species, and shall have them in bloom shortly. — Editor.] 



Camellia, var, Drysdalia, — We noticed this beautiful variety in 

 our last volume. The flower is of fine form, excellent outline, petals 



