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278. DlPLADE^NIA ACUMINA^TA Hookcr. AcUMINATED 



DiPLADENiA. (Apocynea3.) Brazil. 



A stand twiner; growing six or eisht feet high ; with deep rose-colored flowers ; appearing in 

 summer ; increased by cuttings ; grown in rich leaf mould and light loam. Bot. Mag., 1855,'pl. 



4838. 



Another new Dipladenia, with even larger flowers than D. 

 HarriszV, and of a clear brilliant deep rose color. It is a native of 

 Brazil, and was introduced by Messrs. Veitch & Son. In 

 general appearance it is like D. crassinoda, but the leaves are 

 more acuminate, and the flowers much larger and a deeper 

 color. It requires the same treatment as the other species. 



All the Dipladenias are magnificent, deserving much more 

 attention than they have received from our cultivators. In 

 England they form the most prominent objects at the exhi- 

 bitions of the London Horticultural Society. — {Bot. Mag., 

 Jan. ) 



279. Tali^num poly'andrum Hooker. Many-stemmed 



Talinum. (Portulaceas.) Australia. 



An annual plant ; growing a foot high ; with rose-colored flowers ; appearing in summer ; 

 increased by seeds. Bot. Mag., 1855, pi. 4S33. 



Anew annual allied to the Portulaccas, with a kind of fleshy 

 foliage and slender stems, bearing numerous deep pink flow- 

 ers. It is a native of Swan River. — {Bot. Mag., Feb.) 



280. Bilbe'rgia Wetherellii Hooker. Mr. Wether- 

 ELL^s BiLLBERGiA. ( Bromcli 3,633. ) Brazil. 



A stove plant ; growing four feet high; with white and purple flowers; appearing in winter; 

 increased by suckers ; grown in light rich soil. Bot. Mag., 1855, pi. 4835. 



A magnificent plant, producing long spikes of flowers, sur- 

 rounded with superbly colored crimson bracteas. The habit 

 of the plant is similar to others of the tribe, large and rather 

 coarse like the leaves of the pine apple, but throwing out 

 very long showy spikes of flowers ; it re quires a stove tem- 

 perature. — [Bot. Mag., Feb.) 



Eschscholtzia' tenuifolia. — This new and very pretty 

 plant, which has lately attracted considerable attention among 

 English cultivators, we raised from seeds given us by Messrs. 

 Breck & Son, of Boston, as a new Lupin. Its finely cut 

 foliage renders it a beautiful species. 



