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delicioiisly fragrant, will be conspicuous objects, — surpassing 

 in grandeur, if not in brilliancy, the lovely Japan species and 

 varieties. {Bot. Mag., October.) 



193. TacsoVia sangui'nea Smith. Blood-colored Tac- 



soNiA.. (Passijlorece.) Trinidad. 



a greeiihoiise climber ; growing ten feet high ; with deep red flowers ; appearing in summer ; 

 increased by cuttings ; cultivated in light rich soil. B<;t. JIag., 1SJ2, pi 4674. 



A ncAV and very handsome species of Tacsonia, received 

 by Messrs. Low & Co., from Trinidad, and flowered in their 

 nursery last July. Mr. Low states that "it is a very free 

 flowerer, and will make a first rate conservatory plant, as it 

 does not require much heat, and is easy of cultivation." On 

 this account, it will be a much more desirable species than 

 many others which require the temperature of the hothouse, 

 are difiicult to manage, and of less beauty when in bloom. 

 The leaves are large, sometimes ovate, acute, simple, — some- 

 times cordate, and deeply three-lobed, — the upper side gla- 

 brous and dark green. Flowers deep rose colored on both 

 sides. {Bot. Mag., October.) 



194. Bego^nia HERNANDi.a:FOLiA Hookc)'. Hernandia-leaved 



Begonia. (BegoniacecB.) Veraguas. 



a stove plant ; growing about eight inches high ; with rose-colored flowers ; appearing in 

 summer ; increased by a division of the roots ; grown in leaf mould, peat and sand. Bot. Mag., 

 1852, pi. 4G76. 



"A most lovely species, with singularly shaped, very thick, 

 concave, and peltate leaves, deep blood color beneath, and 

 the copious petioles, peduncles, and flowers, of a full rose 

 red." A fine stemless species, growing only eight or ten 

 inches high, and undoubtedly one of the prettiest of the group. 

 In our climate it will probably prove to be a free blooming 

 plant under our ordinary greenhouse treatment, and will 

 consequently be a fine companion to the B. parviflora, fuch- 

 soides, &c., which contribute so much to the gaiety of the 

 greenhouse in summer. (Bot. Mag., October.^ 



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