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and a half deep : Form, oblate, regular, very broad at the 

 base, and narrowing little towards the crown : Skin, fair, 

 smooth, pale yellow, nearly covered with broad and distinct 

 stripes, and splashes of red and deep crimson, which extend 

 to the crown : Stem, short, about half an inch long, rather 

 slender, and obliquely inserted in a very broad, deep, and 

 open cavity : Eye, medium size, closed, and deeply sunk in 

 a very abruptly depressed and slightly furrowed basin ; seg- 

 ments of the calyx, medium length : Flesh, white, fine, slightly 

 stained with pink, and very tender : Juice, tolerably abiuid- 

 ant and pleasantly acid, with a rich and peculiar flavor : 

 Core, rather large, close : Seeds, small. Ripe in September 

 and October. 



Art. IV. Floricultural and Botanical Notices of New and 

 Beautiful Plants figured in Foreign Periodicals ; with De- 

 scriptiotis of those recently introduced to, or originated in, 

 American Gardens. 



44. Achi'menes Skinneri Lindl. and Achi'menes pyrop^'^a 

 Li?idl. (Gesnerdceffi.) 



These are the names of two new species figured in the last 

 number of the Journal of the Horticultural Society ; and Mr. 

 Gordon, superintendent of the plant department, has commu- 

 nicated an article descriptive of their habits and treatment, 

 which we extract : — 



Achimenes Skinneri is a very handsome and distinct spe- 

 cies, forming a link between the tall and dwarfer kinds, 

 being exactly intermediate between A. grandiflora and hir- 

 suta. The flowers are about the shape and size of those of 

 A. grandiflora, and like them are quite flat and round, not 

 reflexed, and narrow in the upper petals like A. pedimculuta 

 and hirsuta; while, on the other hand, the flowers, like those 

 of the tall kinds, (A. pedunculata and hirsuta,) have a large 

 eye and a yellow spotted throat. In foliage it differs from its 

 nearest ally, A. hirsuta, in the leaves being more pointed, 

 more attenuated than cordate at the base, more deeply and 

 sharply serrated on the margin, and of a lighter green in 



