100 NOTES ON NEW OR RARE PLANTS. 



flowers are borne in large panicles, or terminal compound racemes. 

 Each blossom is an inch across, short tube, and five-parted mouth, of a 

 pale violet colour. (Figured in Bot. Mag., 4575.) 



Plants in Beoom in the Royal Gardens of Kew. 

 In the Stove. 



Gesnera Herbertii. — Many in profuse bloom, having spikes of 

 flowers two feet long ; the large fine scarlet blossoms, beautifully spotted 

 inside with dark crimson, had a splendid appearance ; as also some fine 

 specimens of Achimenes picta. 



Phlebodium aureum — An _ZEschynanthus-like plant, blooming 

 freely. The flowers are produced in heads of eight to ten in each, an 

 inch and a-half long, of a rich deep scarlet colour. Very handsome. 



Bignonia speciosa. — A climber, blooming profusely ; each blossom 

 is near five inches long, and four across the mouth ; tubular portion 

 nearly white outside ; inside lilac, with deep rosy streaks. Very 

 pretty. 



Hibiscus rosa-sinensis. — Double scarlet and buff; both very 

 handsome. 



Ardisias. — Still beautifully adorned with a profusion of rich red 

 berries. 



Victoria Regin^:. — The young plants are flourishing admirably, 

 and one was this day in bloom. 



Salvia gesneriflora. — This very showy species, with its large 

 rich scarlet flowers, is now one of the finest ornaments of the green- 

 house. It deserves to be in every one. 



There is also a fine collection of New Holland plants in bloom, gene- 

 rally what are termed of the Pea-flowered class. Nearly all are neat- 

 growing-shrubs, profuse bloomers, and have handsome flowers ; all are 

 especially interesting and ornamental, highly meriting a place in every 

 greenhouse. 



The following were in beautiful bloom : — 



Chorozema varium. — Flowers a deep orange yellow, and the keel 

 a rich blood crimson. The contrast is very striking, and renders it one 

 of the best. 



Chorozema cordata. — Neat yellow, with a rosy-red keel, neat and 

 pretty. There is a variety of this, whose flowers are a bright orange- 

 scarlet, with a rosy-purple keel. 



Chorozema Henchmannia. — Rosy-red, yellow eye, with a deeper- 

 coloured keel. 



Podylobium trilobatum. — Neat three-lobed leaves, flowers yellow, 

 with a deep-red keel, three-quarters of an inch across. Very pretty. 



Pulten^a retusa.- — Bright yellow, six to eight blossoms in each 

 terminal head. The foliage is small and pretty. 



Pultenjea thymifolia. — Pretty small foliage, dwarf and bushy; 

 flowers golden yellow, with the back side of the petals a dark maroon ; 

 blooms in profusion. 



Pobolobium staurophyllum.— Holly-like leaves, flowers of a 

 rich deep yellow, with a red keel, near an inch across. Showy. 



