242 NOTES ON NEW OR RARE PLANTS. 



a pent-up situation they grow weakly, and in a wet soil speedily die. 

 Tliey ought to be protected from strong winds, as the flowers soon 

 damage. In case of the casualties of a severe winter, a supply of 

 plants should be kept in pots in a cool frame or pit, and be turned 

 into the border in spring. 



NOTES ON NEW OR RARE PLANTS. 

 Camellia Japonica, var. Miniata. 



This very pretty variety was raised from seed, in the nursery of 

 Messrs. Low and Co., of Clapton. 



A flower of C. myrtifolia was supposed to have been impregnated 

 by one of C. Lady Hume's blush. The flower is very like a superior 

 one of myrtifolia, a rich vermilion, with a blush-white centre, sur- 

 rounding a point of deep rose young unexpanded petals. Tlie flower 

 is generally of a fine form, but sometimes is six-angled, like those of 

 Lady Hume's blush. It is a very handsome variety, and a valuable 

 acquisition to this noble tribe of plants. (Figured in Pax. Mag. Bot.) 



Dendrobium Kuhlii. 



Orchidea. Gi/nandria Monandria. 



Mr. Lobb sent this singular species from Java, to Messrs. Veitch's. 



The flowers are smallish, produced in an erect many-flowered raceme ; 



a bright rose colour. In size and form, a separate flower is like a 



single Larkspur about an inch long. (Figured in Bot. Reg., 46.) 



EdGWORTHIA CHRYSANTHA — GoLDEN-FLOWERED. 



TliymelacecE. Octandria Monngipiia. (Syn. Daphne papyrifera^ 

 Mr. Fortune discovered tliis shrub in Chusan, and in 1845 sent it to 

 the Horticultural Society, in whose garden at Chiswick it bloomed 

 this spring in the greenhouse. The flowers are small, produced in 

 terminal balls, in form like those of Lloya carnosa. Each ball of 

 flowers is about an inch and a half across. They are of a golden 

 yellow colour, sweet scented. It is a greenhouse or half-hardy plant, 

 (Figured in Bot. Reg., 48.) 



Epidendrum ptriforme — Pear-shaped (bulbs). 



Messrs. Loddiges imported this small species from Cuba ; it bloomed 

 last January. The flower stems rise to about five inches high, each 

 bearing one or two blossoms. A separate flower is about two and a 

 half inches across, petals greenish-yellow and red, and the lip a pale 

 straw colour, veined with crimson. It is a pretty species. 



Eranthemum strictum — The Upright, 



Acanthacea. Diandria Monogynia. 

 A very beautiful flowering plant ; was introduced into this country 

 by J. Slater, Esq., of Newick Park, near Uckfield, in Sussex, from 

 Nepal. It is a shrub, growing three or four feet high when permitted, 

 but is easily kept a dwarf plant, at any desired size, blooming equally 

 profuse. The flowers are borne in erect spikes, which are Ironi one 



