373 THE MAGAZINE OF HORTICULTURE. 



FLORICULTURAL AND BOTANICAL NOTICES. 



New Achimenes. — Some of the new seedlings of these 

 beautiful summer flowering greenhouse plants are very dis- 

 tinct from the imported species, and show the value of hy- 

 bridization in raising new varieties. The following are some 

 of these fine sorts, with a brief description of their flowers, 

 now making a fine display : — 



A. Ambrose Verschaffelt. — Flowers white, with a yel- 

 lowish throat, delicately pencilled with violet, and a dark pur- 

 plish blotch on the upper side. 



A. Dr. Hoft. — White, with a purplish throat. 



A. Hendersoni. — Bronzy purple, with yellow throat. 



A. RECTicuLATA ROSEA. — Palo lavcuder, with a yellowish 

 throat, dotted and veined with crimson purple. 



A. Edmund Bossiere. — Similar to A. Yerschaffelt, but not 

 so deeply marked in the throat. 



A. puLCHELLA. — In sizo of flower and general appearance 

 it approaches the old coccinea, but the flowers are of the 

 deepest and most intense crimson. 



319. Rhodode''ndron moulmaime'nse Hook. Moulmain 

 Rhododendron. (Ericaceas.) Moulmain. 



A greenhouse plant ; growing six feet high; with yellowish white flowers; appearing in spring; 

 increased by layers; grown in peaty soil. Bot. Mag. 1656, pi. 4904. 



This is one of the many Eastern species of this splendid 

 tribe, found by Mr. Lobb at Moulmain, on the Gerai moun- 

 tains, at an elevation of 5000 feet above the sea. He sent 

 seeds to Messrs. Veitch, who were successful in raising plants 

 which flowered in January last. The R. moulmaimense has 

 reddish branches, and leaves four to five inches long, broadly 

 lanceolate, acuminate, coriaceous, dark-green above, and 

 paler beneath. The flowers are of medium size, pure white, 

 tinged with yellow, and greatly resemble some of the finer 

 varieties of the hardy azaleas, the heads of flowers being 

 flat, and not much larger than some of the latter. Its 

 neat foliage, compact habit, and early flowering will render it 

 a fine greenhouse plant for winter decoration. {Bot. Mag., 

 March.) 



