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scarcely knows which most to admire ; but the most striking 

 are Aurora, Hebe's Lip, Competitor and Isabella : no descrip- 

 tion can do justice to these ; they must be seen to be fully ap- 

 preciated. They will be in the highest state of perfection the 

 latter part of May. 



8. Gaede^nia Devonia^a Lindl. The Duke of Devonshire's 

 Gardenia, (Cinchonaceae.) 



A stove plant ; growing two feet high ; with white flowers ; appearing in summer ; a native of 

 Sierra Leone ; increased by cuttings ; grown in leaf mould and peat. Bot. Reg. 1846, p. 63. 



In our last volume, (XII p. 28), we described the new and 

 splendid G. Stanleyd^za, and the present plant is one intro- 

 duced at the same time, and by the same indefatigable col- 

 lector of African plants, Mr. Whitfield. "This glorious plant 

 is a native of Sierra Leone, and is, perhaps, the finest of its 

 noble race, and is, we trust, worthy of the name which we 

 have ventured to confer upon it. Handsome as Lord Derby's 

 gardenia certainly is, it is as far removed from this as an earl- 

 dom from a dukedom." The flowers are described as eleven 

 inches long, "pure white at first, but, after a time, changing 

 to a light straw color, and look much like then a huge white 

 lily." The plate certainly represents a most magnificent plant, 

 and the two species which are here mentioned must be to the 

 hothouse what the beautiful Japan lilies are to the conserva- 

 tory, the greatest ornaments throughout the summer and au- 

 tumn. The foliage is large, broad and handsome. 



Mr. Glendenning, who furnished the plant from which the 

 drawing was made, states, that these species can be made to 

 bloom at a variety of seasons, as freely as the Cape Jasmine. 

 To do this, it is only necessary to place them, after flowering, 

 m a high temperature of at least 80°, with moisture, plunge in 

 bottom heat, and syringe freely. Afterwards expose them to a 

 lower temperature, and plenty of light, and the bud.s will be 

 set. They may then be removed to the greenhouse, where 

 their blossoms will freely expand. {Bot. Reg. Nov.) 



9. iEscHYNA'NTHUs MiNiA^TUS Lindl. Vermilion Eschynanth. 



Gesnerdce«. 



A stove plant ; growing two feet high ; with vermilion flowers ; appearing in summer; a native 

 of South America ; increased by cuttings ; grown in peat and leaf mould. Bot. Reg. It>46. p. CI. 



This is another of the brilliant -^Eschynanthuses, introduced, 

 through the exertions of Messrs. Veitch's collector in Java. 



