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slinib, a native of tlie mountains of New Grenada. It has recently 

 bloomed for the first time in Europe, in tlie Syon House Gardens. 

 Messrs. Veitchs collector discovered it too on the mountains of Peru. 

 Tlie genus is nearly related to tiie Rhododendron, from which it differs 

 in its petals being all distinct, overlapping each other, and not united 

 into a tube. In its native Iiabitatioiis it rivals the Azaleas and Rho- 

 dodendrons of tlie United States and India. Tiie flowers are produced 

 in close, erect, terminal heads, of from six to ten in each. Each 

 blossom is an incli and a-half long, of a deep crimson colour. It forms 

 a handsome shrub, well meriting a place in every garden. (Figured 

 in Paxtoii's Flower Garden, Plate 17.) 



Bejakia iESTUANS. — Tiiis superb species was discovered by Messrs. 

 Veitch's collector (Mr. Lobb), and has bloomed in their nursery. The 

 flowers are large, borne in terminal heads, rose-coloured. Messrs. 

 Veitch also liave another fine new species, wliose flowers are of a rich 

 purple colour. It has been named B. cinnamomea, the wood being of 

 a cinnamon-brown colour. This genus now comprises twelve species, 

 all charming plants, meriting every care and attention. The treatment 

 usually given to Indian Azaleas, will suit the stronger growing kinds, 

 and that of Rhododendron Chamee Cistus the weakest. M. Linden, 

 nurseryman of Luxembourg, states tliey grow and bloom very freely 

 in the open ground in Ins establishment. 



Bejaria Lindeniana. — This beautiful species has also flowered in 

 tlie Syon House Gardens, and it was exhibited by Mr. Ivison, at tlie 

 Horticultural Society's Garden at Chiswick, in last June. It is a neat 

 shrubby plant, and the flowers are produced in loose terminal heads, of 

 a pale pink streaked with a deep rose. 



BRuasiANSiA Knightii. — In tlie greenhouse at the Royal Gardens, 

 Ivew, there is a plant trained with a single stem five feet high, having 

 .several branches forming a head three feet across, now in fine bloom. 

 Itsnumerous long white double drooping flowers are exceedingly beau- 

 tiful. Complaints have been made that in consequence of the double- 

 ness of tiie flowers they were liable soon to decay, by reason of damp 

 inside the tube. That is not tlie case with the blossoms at Kew, The 

 plant is in an airy greenhouse where a current of air passes througli, 

 and in consequence tliere is not any dampness. Care is taken not to 

 water over the blossoms. The plant deserves a place in every greeu- 

 liouse or conservatory. Very small plants bloom freely. 



Campylobotrys discolor, Two-coloured leaved. — This beau- 

 tiful plant has recently been received at the Royal Gardens of Kew, 

 from the .Tardin des PJantes at Pai-is, and said to have been introduced 

 from Bahia. It flourishes in the stove at Kew ; the leaves and branches 

 are the principal ornaments. The leaves are oval, nearly six inches 

 long, and tlie upper surface of a satin-green with darker shades. The 

 under side tinged with red. The branches are of a rich red-purple, 

 contrasting beautifully with the foliage. The flowers are very small, 

 of a red colour. It is a pretfy addition to the variegated-leaved plants 



