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Wilder has some new ones out, particularly his large rose- 

 colored one called Glory. Messrs. Winship have a striped 

 one, similar to the Duchess of Orleans. As the plants get 

 older and stronger we may expect to see them showing still 

 better flowers ; enough has, however, been seen to establish 

 the reputation of all these Seedlings. 



MiTRARiA cocciNEA. This ucw and beautiful flower we 



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have had in bloom for a long time. It is a most brilliant ad- 

 dition to the greenhouse in winter. Its profusion of large 

 scarlet bell-shaped corols, depending from its small slender 

 stems, and set off" by its neat habit and tiny foliage, render it 

 a conspicuous object. We have not heard of its flowering 

 elsewhere in the country, though introduced two or three 

 years ago. It does not flower freely until the plants attain a 

 good size. We shall endeavor to give an engraving of it in a 

 future number. 



200. Ho^YA frate'rna Blume. Thlck-leaved Hoya. (As- 



clepiadea?.) Java. 



A Btove plant ; growing six feet high ; with yellowish buff flowers ; appearing in spring ; 

 increased by cuttings ; grown in light rich soil. Bot. Reg., pi. 4684, 1853. 



This is one of the best of the many species of the Hoya 

 which have yet been cultivated ; excelled by none, unless the 

 H. bella. The flowers are large, and of a pecXiliar yellowish 

 buff" shade. The leaves are remarkable, no less for their size, 

 than they are for their firmness and thickness ; some of them 

 measure a foot in length. The truss of blossoms is nearly as 

 large as the H. carnosa. It was first discovered in Java, by 

 Blume, and more recently by Mr. Thos. Lobb, who sent it to 

 Messrs. Veitch of Exeter, in whose collection it flowered all 

 last summer and autumn. It requires the same treatment as 

 the bella and imperialis. [Bot. Reg., Nov.) 



201. EcHiNo'psis CRisTA^TA Salni Dyck. Crested Echi- 



Nopsis. (Cactaceae.) Bolivia. 



A greenhouse plant ; growing one foot high ; with white flowers ; appearing in summer ; in- 

 creased by oflsets ; grown in light rich soil. Bot. Reg., pi. 4687, 1852. 



A very fine species of the Echinocactus, heretofore called ; 

 but now classed under the new genus of Echinopsis, estab- 

 lished by the Prince of Salm Dyck. In general appearance 



