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come out a pale colour, and change to bright red, and 

 about the size of a garden Provins rose ; leaves downy, 

 cordate, angular, five-lobed, accuminate, and slightly 

 toothed. H. lilliiflbrus, is a new highly esteemed spe- 

 cies ; the flowers are various in colour, being pink, 

 blush, red, purple, and striped. We have not seen it 

 in flower, but had its character verbally, from a re- 

 spectable cultivator. The leaves vary in character, 

 but are generally cordate, crenate, accuminate ; the 

 petioles are brown, and the whole slightly hirsute ; is 

 deciduous, and requires to be kept in the warmest part 

 of the house. 



Hoyas, Wax-plant, seven species. All of them are 

 climbing succulents, requiring plenty of heat and little 

 water. H. carnosa is the finest flowering species of the 

 genus, and known in our collections as the wax plant ; 

 the leaves are green and fleshy ; the flowers are melli- 

 fluous, five parted, and in pendulous bunches, slightly 

 bearded, and have every appearance of a composition 

 of the finest wax ; of a blush colour. H. crassifolia has 

 the best looking foliage, and the flowers are white. 

 The former will keep in the Green-house, but will not 

 flower so profusely. 



Herndndias, Jack-in-a-box. The species are rare, 

 except H. sonora, which is an elegant looking, plant, 

 when well grown ; the leaves are peltate, cordate, accu- 

 minate, smooth; flowers white, and in panicles; the 

 fruit a nut. The English name is said to have been 

 given, in allusion to the small flowers and large leaves 

 of the plant. A great heat is required to grow it 

 well. 



