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deliciously sweet. It is one of the best for greenhouse and 

 conservatory decoration. 



R. Gibsonii. — This is an introduced species from Sikkim. 

 It is of branching habit, with small foliage, and may easily 

 be grown into a good and handsome specimen. The flowers 

 are large, white, faintly tinged with blush. It blooms in 

 May. 



R. Hennjanum. — This plant is the result of a cross be- 

 tween R. Balhousianum and R. Sesterianum, and is without 

 doubt a valuable addition to this exceedingly ornamental 

 genus. The flowers are large, of good shape, pure white, 

 and deliciously sweet. 



R. Jasminiflorum. — This very beautiful species should be 

 in every collection. The leaves are obovate-oblong, rather 

 acute, smooth, and leathery in texture. The flowers are 

 produced in a many-flowered umbel, tubular in shape, the 

 tube two inches long, the limb spreading, pure white, with 

 the exception of the eye, which is pink ; they are also 

 deliciously fragrant ; it blooms in spring and early summer. 

 Native of Malacca, at an elevation of 5,000 feet. 



B. Javanicum. — A fine species, of which, however, there 

 are several forms in cultivation ; the habit is good, although 

 the plants are somewhat slow in growth. !Foliago medium 

 size, dark green. Flowers large and rich, deep orange in 

 one variety, whilst another form produces blooms of a some- 

 what lighter shade of the same colour. It blooms ia the 

 month of May. Native of the mountains of Java. 



R. Jenkinsii. — A superb species forming a compact ever- 

 green shrub ; leaves oblong, lanceolate, coriaceous in texture, 

 and dark green. Flowers large, funnel-shaped, and pure white. 

 It is a very beautiful species, well deserving attention. 



R. Lobii. — A superb species, which, however, requires a 

 somewhat warm greenhouse to display its beauty. It pro- 



