August 24, 1892.] 



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Fig. 67. — Central Walk in the Tempei'ate House at Kew. — See page 398. 



plant, which is vastly superior to the type as named and 

 figured by Lindley. Moreover, it is as easily cultivated 

 as an Allamanda, and the disagreeable odor of its fiowers 

 is easily counteracted by having in the same house with it 



such powerfully fragrant flowers as Hedychiums, Stepha- 

 notes or Gardenias. This plant has already been widely 

 distributed from Kew. It is certainly one of the most in- 

 teresting of all cultivated tropical plants. I might mention 



