244 notes on new or eabe plants. 



Mldinilla speciosa — The Showy. 



Melastomacea. Octandria Monogynia. 

 An inhabitant of Java, from whence Mr. Lobb sent it to Messrs. 

 Veitch's, who exhibited it in bloom at the Horticultural Society's show 

 at Chiswick last July. It is a shrubby plant, about four feet high, 

 erect branching. The flowers are borne in drooping terminal panicles, 

 eight or nine inches long ; a delicate rose colour. A separate blossom 

 is about three quarters of an inch long and the same across. (Figured 

 in Bot. Mag., 4321.) 



ViBURNAM PLICATUM — CrIMPLED-LEAVED GuELDRES RoSE. 



Mr. Fortune says this plant is a native of the northern parts of 

 China, and is much cultivated in the gardens of the rich, by whom it 

 is much admired. "When full grown it forms a bush eight or ten feet 

 high. It blooms very profusely, and, like the common Gueldres 

 Rose, forms numerous heads of snowball flowers. It is perfectly hardy, 

 and is growing in the Chiswick Garden. It will be a great favourite 

 in our shrubberies, &c. (Figured in Bot. Reg., 51.) 



Browallia Jamesoni. 



This is a very valuable addition to this interesting genus. It is a 

 shrubby plant, blooming profusely. The flowers are a brigiit orange 

 and yellow, exceedingly showy and beautiful. It is in the collection 

 of Messrs. Veitch, of Exeter, 



Rhododendron Javanicum. 



This singularly beautiful species has been sent to Messrs, Veitch, 

 from the mountains of Java. It is about as hardy as tlie Chinese 

 Azaleas. It is a fine-looking plant, tlie leaves being a deep green, 

 flat, about six inches long and two broad. The flowers are produced 

 in large heads ; a beautiful orange colour. It is a superb plant. 



Clematis tubulosa. 



This fine species is a native of Northern China. It forms a hand- 

 some bush. The flowers are borne in clusters and spikes, of an azure • 

 blue colour (like Bluebells), which continue in perfection through the 

 end of summer and autumn. It is considered to be hardy too. It is 

 in the collection of Messrs. Backhouse, of York. 



Tom Thumb Scarlet Pelargonium. 



We have seen numerous beds of this lovely variety during tiie pre- 

 sent season. Its dwarf character, most profuse blooming, ricli dark 

 green foliage, and brilliant scarlet flowers, render it unequalled for the 

 purpose. Some beds of it were margined witli the dwarf variegated- 

 leaved, having lilac flowers — it had a pretty effect; and in another 

 instance the bed was margined with the variegated-leaved, having 

 scarlet flowers. The new and handsome variety of this section of 

 Pelargoniums called Lucia rosea, with flowers of a beautiful delicate 

 pinky-rose, having one-third of each of the upper petals nearest their 

 origin wliite, giving a very neat contrast, is valuable. The heads of 



