LAPAGERIA ROSEA. 



THIS very beautiful flowering plant is a native of Chili, from whence 

 it was received iu 1847 at tlie Royal Gardens of Kew. It is of the 

 natural order Smilacea, a half shrubby, climbing plant, which, being a 

 native of Chili, may be expected to prove tolerably hardy; but it lias 

 hitherto been kept in the greenhouse. It highly merits a place in 

 every one, and should it prove hardy, ought to be in every flower 

 garden. It v.ould be a charming ornament to train against a wall, &c. 

 It grows very freely, and proves to be of easy cultivation. The genus 

 was named in compliment to Josephine Lapagerie, wife of Napoleon 

 Bonaparte, wlio was a great encourager of Botany, and the cultivator 

 of flowers in the beautiful gardens of Malmaison. 



NOTES ON NEW OR RARE PLANTS. 



AcTiiMEXES ESCHERiANA." — It lias tlie habit of A. rosea, but 

 stronger. The limb is a ricii crimson, spotted with blue violet Avheu 

 going oflf. The centre orifice is yellow. 



Amaryllis reticulata. — The flowers are of a light pink, beauti- 

 fully veined with red. It is in the collection at Messrs. Hendersons. 



BoRONiA triphylla.' — The flowers are large] size, and of a bright 

 rosy-pink colour. Very neat and pretty. 



BoRONiA TETRANDRA. A smooth shrub, with very neat pinnate 

 foliage. Its appearance is much like a dwarf B. pinnata. The flowers 

 are produced at the axils of the leaves, eacii about half an inch across, 

 of a pale pink colour. It is very common in Van Dienien's Land. It 

 lias bloomed in the garden of the Horticultural Society at Chiswick. 

 Tlie plant has a very neat and pretty appearance. (Figured in Pax- 

 toii-s Flower Garden, plate 8.) 



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