Floricultural and Botanical Notices. 413 



Gloxinias. — Mr. Glenderining, of the Chiswick Nursery, 

 formerly a partner of Messrs. Liicombe & Co., of Exeter, 

 has succeeded in raising some very beautiful gloxinias, 

 between Sinningirt and Gloxinia. Four of them are figured 

 in the Botanical Register for September, and are decidedly 

 fine additions. Gloxinias are not sufficiently appreciated 

 by our amateurs; they are most desirable plants, easy of 

 cultivation, and flower in the months of August and Sep- 

 tember, at the same time of the Achimenes, when plants of 

 such showy character are greatly needed to ornament the 

 greenhouse. G. variegata is also an exquisite kind, with 

 rich, deep blue flowers and neat fohage. Its cultivation 

 cannot be too highly recommended. 



Corraas. — Strange as it may seem, the beautiful tribe of 

 corraeas are scarcely known in our collections of plants: 

 late improvements have been made in the varieties which 

 have quite altered the character of the group. The rough 

 foliage and stunted habit of the old species have given way 

 to a neater and more elongated growth, and the flowers 

 have also been greatly improved in beauty. C. Goodw, 

 Harrisii and Cavendish/i are three of the most showy and 

 desirable, and should be considered indispensable in the 

 collection of every amateur. 



A double pansy was shown to us to-day, by Mr, Glen- 

 denning; it was an accidental variety in the collection of a 

 fancier, and has been propagated to some extent, and is 

 now selling to the trade. It is a very singular and pretty 

 plant; perhaps, speaking floriculturally, not so splendid as 

 a single flower, but like all such productions, desirable for 

 its departure from the original state. The color is a deep 

 purplish violet, and the flower has upwards of twenty 

 petals. 



Mr. Fortune, in China. — Letters lately received from 

 Mr. Fortune state that he had penetrated as far as the Tea 

 country, and had met with some valuable plants, particu- 

 larly azaleas, some of the plants of which have already 

 been received by the Horticultural Society. He has also 

 sent home some new paeonies, &c. The portion of the 

 country which he has now reached promises many rich 

 productions. — London, Oct. 1, 1844. 



