170 ^^oticcs of new and beautiful Plants 



Paxton^s Ma2;azine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants. 

 Each number containing four colored plates. In monthly num- 

 bers. 2s. 6c/. each. 



Immediately after writing the article under this head, in our last, our 

 foreign magazines, up to a late date, came to hand, and we hope for 

 the future that they will be regularly received. We shall in conse- 

 quence be enabled to give our readers an account of nearly or quite 

 all the new plants which have been, and all that may be, introduced 

 into Britain. Those of great beauty will, as heretofore, be particularly 

 noticed, while those which are merely of botanical interest will be but 

 slightly mentioned. The orchideous plants, though but few are yet 

 cultivated, will be noticed, in order that all the sj)ecies, should they 

 hereafter become extensively grown, may be found recorded in our 

 Magazine. 



Dicotyledonous, Polypetalous, Plants. 



iSlalvdcem. 



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gplciidens Hooker Splendid Hibiscus. A preen-hotise (?) plant ; crnwinc from twenty to 

 twenty-five feel high; color ol the flowers n rosy pink; appearing in tlie spring; jiropagated 

 from seeds anrt cuttings; a native of Kew Uoliaiid. I'ax. iMag. Bot. 



This is stated to be a " splendid feature " of the natural order JVfal- 

 vacefp; it was introduced some years since by Mr. Frazer, from New 

 Holland, who describes it as follows: — " This I consider as the king of 

 all the known Australian plants. 1 have seen it [the plant] twenty-two 

 feet and a half high. The flowers, this season, measured nine inches 

 across ; they were of the most delicate pink and crimson color, and 

 literally covered the entire plant." The plant from which the drawing 

 was taken grew in a stove, but Mr. Paxton recommends keeping it in 

 the green-house. It thrives in peat and loam, and is easily increased. 

 It is a highly desirable plant, and woithy of a place either in the stove 

 or green-house. (Pax. Mag. Bot., August.) 



Escallonikcex. 



ESCALLO'NM 

 illinita Presl. Varnished Escallonia. A green-house everzreen shrub; growing five or 

 six (?) feet high ; color of tlie flowers white ; appearing in August and September; prop- 

 agated by cuttings ; a native of South America. Bot. Reg., 19:j0. 



" By far the most hardy [in England] of the many species of Escal- 

 lonia at present in our gardens, and is not unlikely to become a common 

 evergreen." The flowers appear in terminal spikes, and are exceedingly 

 neat. It is a native of the mountains of Chili, and it also grows near 

 Valparaiso. The plant is stated to emit a powerful, and, to some per- 

 sons, disagreeable odor, resetnl)ling the smell of swine. The drawing 

 was taken from a plant in the Horticultural Society's gardens : easily 

 grown from cuttings. (Bot. Reg., Oct.) 



The genus Escallonia is scarcely known in our gardens. E. montevi- 

 densis is generally covered with hundreds of heads of flowers: we have 

 a plant of this, but have never yet been able to flower it, but hope to 

 do so the coming season. 



Onagrdcece. 



GODE'T/^ 



vindsa Linill. Winc-stMincd Godetia. A pretty hardy annual; growing a foot or more in 

 lieight ; color of the flowers rosy white ; npiicMring in July and August ; increased freely 

 by seed ; a native of C'arifornla. Bot. Rep., J880. 



This is the last of all the new godetias introduced to the London 

 Horticultural Society by the late Douglas, from California. It is a 



