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spotted with numerous red dots. A neat pretty plant. (Figured in 

 Bot. Mag.) 



Pentstemon Clousii. — Scarlet outside and pure white inside, fine 

 flower, blooming profusely. 



Pentstemon gentianoides Salterii. — Tube white, edged with 

 bright pink, and pencilled with carmine ; very pretty. 



Pentstemon ovatos. — A beautiful sky blue ; blooms in profusion ; 

 very handsome. 



Potentilla grandis. — The flower is of a clear rich yellow colour, 

 larger than a half-crown. The plant is a strong grower and free 

 bloomer. With us it grows two and a-half feet high, quite hardy. 



Potentilla Antwerpensis. — Of medium growth, flowers semi- 

 double, of a rich orange colour. 



Potentilla bicolor grandiflora. — A strong grower. Flowers 

 yellow, with a red-tinged margin. 



Potentilla. Smouthii. — A golden yellow, beautifully veined with 

 crimson. 



Potentilla Plantii. — A rich scarlet, with a yellow centre, large 

 flower ; very handsome. 



Potentilla Bainsii. — Bright crimson, with a lemon spot in the 

 middle of each petal ; very fine. 



Potentilla incomparable (Plant's). — A very rich deep crimson, 

 large flower, and most superb. 



The above Potentillas and Pentstemons are admirable plants for 

 bedding, or in patches in borders. They merit a place in every flower 

 garden. 



Rogiera cordata. — A neat stove shrub, which forms a bush four 

 feet high. A native of Guatemala. The leaves are as large as those 

 of the Ixora coccinea. The flowers are borne in large cymous heads, 

 five inches across, very similar in appearance to those of an Ixora. 

 The tube of each flower is half an inch long, and a quarter of an inch 

 across the top, of a pretty delicate rose colour. The plant blooms 

 freely, and is very ornamental when in profuse bloom. It is in the 

 Loudon nurseries. (Figured in Bot. Mag.) 



Salvia pseudo coccinea. — An old but beautiful flowering Sage. 

 The flowers are borne in long spikes, tube nearly an inch long, of a 

 rich deep scarlet colour. It blooms profusely in the autumn and 

 winter. (Figured in Paxton's Flower Garden.) 



Vanda tricolor. — This very beautiful Orchideae is a native of 

 Java, and was first introduced into this country by Messrs. Veitch. 

 Sepals and petals yellow ground, with numerous very distinct spots of 

 red ; lip rose colour. Eacli blossom is two inches across. It is ex- 

 ceedingly handsome, and deserves to be in every stove collection. 

 (Figured in Paxton's Flower Garden.) 



\\ I'iwniA Cakaccasana — A soft-wooded plant from Caraccas, re- 

 quiring to be in the stove. It is of the Ilydroloie order of plants. The 



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