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very showy character. It is a native of India and the Indian 

 Archipelago. 



C. speciosum. — This handsome plant is said to be the 

 result of a cross between C. Balfouri and C. spleiidens. It 

 resembles the former in having a very large calyx, but instead 

 of being pure white, as in that kind, it is suffused with red, 

 and the corolla is a rich deep rose. It is of scandent habit, 

 with oblong-ovate glabrous leaves, and will become a very 

 fine exhibition plant. 



C. splendens speciosissimum. — A superb variety of C. splen- 

 de7is, and one of the beet stove climbers in cultivation. The 

 leaves are somewhat oblong, and of a deep shining green ; its 

 bright scarlet panicles of flower are produced throughout the 

 summer months. The original form is a native of Sierra 

 Leone. 



C. squamatwm. — This is one of the very finest of the 

 genus, for either stove or conservatory decoration, its large 

 branching panicles of bright scarlet flowers being produced 

 about July, and continuing in beauty for months. The 

 leaves are roundish-cordate, and the panicle, which is loosely 

 pyramidal, is everywhere coloured. The plant is a native of 

 India and Japan, and sometimes called C. Kmmpferi. 



C. Thomsons var. Balfouriana. — This is a seedling form of 

 C Thomsons, obtained in this country, and is of scandent 

 habit, producing large, smooth, dark green, opposite leaves, 

 and large panicles of bright crimson flowers, with pure white 

 calyces. C. Thomsonm is similar in character to this variety, 

 but somewhat small in all its parts, and therefore we prefer 

 Balfouriana, which we regard as quite an indispensable 

 plant, either for home decoration or exhibition purposes. 

 C. ThomsoncB, the parent of this variety, is a native of Old 

 Calabar, where it luxuriates on the banks of the river, above 

 the range of salt water. Some hybrids between it and C. 



