I20 New Plants. 



thick, and finish by putting a hand-glass over all, first painting or white- 

 washing the glass to cast off the sun's rays ; keep the glass close, excepting 

 on days of strong sunshine, when the glass ought to be raised a little at 

 one side up to the moment the plants make their appearance, giving a 

 sprinkling of water when the surface shows signs of getting dry : thus 

 continue to keep the soil damp ; but stagnant water must be avoided. 



The plants, in the first stages of formation, will be recognized in the 

 minute cups that make their appearance on the beds, and which will soon 

 start up fronds. As soon as they can be handled, remove the board off 

 the stage, and place another in its stead ; which cover as recommended for 

 the others, only making the bed of earth double the thickness. Take the 

 plants out singly with a pointed stick, and prick into narrow rows on the 

 new bed ; give a slight watering out of a fine rose, and return the glass as 

 before ; keep shaded for a few days, until the plants have begun root- 

 action, when air can be admitted by degrees. In a few weeks the plants 

 will be fit for pots, when all danger is past. 



A. Kerr, in ^'■Scottish Gardener.'''' 



NEW PLANTS. 



Tacsonia Van Volxemii. — This is undoubtedly one of the finest conserva- 

 tory climbers ever introduced, second only to the justly and universally ad- 

 mired Lapagcria rosea. The healthiness, vigor, and rapidity of its growth 

 combine to make it highly desirable for producing immediate effect in 

 conservatory decoration. The flowers, which are of a rich, rosy crimson- 

 color (fully five inches in diameter), are freely produced from the axil of 

 each leaf, and are gracefully suspended on long, slender foot-stalks a foot 

 in length, so peculiarly slender and thread-like, that the flowers hang, as it 

 were, clear and detached from the foliage, and have the appearance of 

 brilliantly-colored parachutes suspended in the air. 



The foliage is also remarkably good, and free from that coarseness 

 which detracts much from other tacsonias. 



" Our plant is growing in a mixture of rough peat, loam, and coarse 

 sand, with abundance of drainage, and plenty of pieces of broken brick- 



