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275. DiPLADE^NiA Harrish Purdie. Lord Harris's Dip- 



LADENiA. (Apocyneae.) Trinidad. 



A stove climber ; growinir ten feet hish ; with yellow flowers ; appearing in summer ; increased 

 by cuttings ; srown in leaf mould, peat and sand. Bot. Mag., 1S55, pi. 4825. 



A magnificent twining plant, " not surpassed by any 

 one of its congeners, Avhether we consider the size and 

 beauty and fragrance of its flowers of metallic lustre, or its 

 entire habit. The very buds are handsome, large and droop- 

 ing, with a blending of red into a full clear yellow, which 

 colors, however, become more brilliant in the fully expanded 

 corolla," which is more than three inches in diameter. It is 

 a stove plant, and " a more ornamental one can scarcely be 

 imagined." In our climate, if started in a warm house, it 

 would bloom finely during summer in the greenhouse or conser- 

 vatory, in the same way as the other species. It is a superb 

 acquisition. {Bot. Mag., Jan.) 



276. HoY^A LACUNO^SA Blume. Furrowed Hoya. (Ascle- 



piadete.) Java. 



A stove plant; growing six feet high ; with blush-colored flowers; appearing in summer; 

 increased by cuttings ; grown in light, rich soil. Bot. Mag., 1S55, pi. 4826. 



Somewhat like the pretty Hoya bella, but lacking the 

 pink eye which adds so much to the effect of that species. 

 It is a native of the trunks of trees, not only in Java, but in 

 other islands of the Indian Archipelago. In habit and growth 

 it is a counterpart of H. bella. {Bot. Mag., Jan.) 



277. ESCALLO^NIA PTEROCLA^DON HookcT. WiNGED-BRANCHED 



EscALLONiA. (SaxifragesB.) Patagonia. 



A half-hardy shrub ; growing four feet high ; with pinkish flowers ; appearing in summer ; 

 increased by cuttings and layers ; grown in leaf mould, peat and sand. Bot. Mag., 1855, pi. 4827. 



"A bushy plant, with leaves like a small-leaved myrtle, 

 and very pretty, almost Epacris-like flowers, white, tinged 

 with red." In England it is perfectly hardy, and forms a 

 fine shrub, four to five feet high, an abundant bloomer and 

 fragrant. Probably with us it would require greenhouse cul- 

 ture ; or it might be wintered in a frame and turned into the 

 open ground in summer ; its very small evergreen foliage and 

 its heath-like flowers render it every way a desirable plant. 

 {Bot. Mag., Jan.) 



