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M. piilchra. — ^A beautiful species with long drooping 

 branches, the leaves oblong, obtuse at the base, slightly 

 pointed, of a deep shining green when mature, but beautifully 

 tinged with red when young; The flowers are large, pen- 

 dulous, the tubes bright deep scarlet, and the limb yellow ; 

 they are produced in clusters upon a short peduncle springing 

 from the axils of the leaves ; it blooms during April and May. 

 Native of New Grenada. 



M. speciosissima. — This very beautiful shrub is not of 

 compact habit, and should be suspended from the roof or 

 grown upon a shelf, so that its branches may hang down- 

 wards. The leaves are from two to three inches long, some- 

 what oblong, obtuse, three-nerved, dark green, thick and 

 leathery when mature, but, like many of the plants belonging 

 to this order, beautifully tinged with red in a young state. 

 The flowers are upwards of an inch in length, tubular, bril- 

 liant scarlet, with yellow points ; they are pendulous, and 

 produced very freely in clusters from the axils of the leaves, 

 during the early spring months. Introduced from Columbia. 



Mandevilla. 



There is but one species known at present of this beautiful 

 plant, which belongs to the order Apocynacea, and was intro- 

 duced with the popular name of Chili Jasmine. The soil 

 best adapted for it is a mixture of equal parts good peat and 

 turfy loam, with a liberal addition of sUver sand. As a pot 

 plant this will scarcely give satisfaction to any one, being 

 extremely difficult to grow into a handsome plant in that way, 

 but, if planted in a well-drained border in the conservatory, 

 it will prove one of the grandest plants that can be grown. 

 After flowering the shoots should be spurred back to within 

 one or two eyes of the old wood. It may be propagated by 

 cuttings or seeds. 



