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THE PHILADELPHIA FLORIST. 283 



NEW PLANTS. 



Chrysanthemum Hendersonii. This new pompone variety was 

 I shown for the first time in London, on the 16th of October, and a cut 

 bloom of it was in a stand of Chrysanthemums shown at the Pennsyl- 

 vania Horticultural Society's stated meeting, on the 16th of Nov. It 

 is a yellow of good form, a free bloomer, and has the merit of bloom- 

 ing earlier by a month than the other varieties. 



Ehodoleia Championii. We saw a specimen of this very rare piani 

 at R, Buist's Nursery, Kosedale, a fewweeks since. It is not yet, that 

 we can see, in the catalogues of European nurseries. It is a shrub, of 

 the habit and general appearance of the Camellia, with rose coloured 

 flowers like those of the single C. japonica but in structure very differ- 

 ent Dr. J. £. Planchon, in the "Flore des Serres" describes it thus : 

 u In the centre of the supposed flower are stamens in great number 

 (50), not arranged in a single circular series, but inserted by groups 

 of ten around five central points, each occupied by a pistil with two 

 carpels ; in other words, five hermaphrodite flowers, with ten stamens, 

 wishout any trace of petals. What then are the rose-coloured pieces 

 of the supposed single flower 1 Bracts of a petaloid involucre. And 

 those rough pieces, resembling a calyx 1 Bracts still. In fact, you 

 have before you a real niche of flowers, of poor naked flowers, which 

 nature, like a tender mother has placed in a charming receptacle after 

 her own fashion." Judging from the figure, the flower will be very 

 attractive, and as they hope it will prove hardy in England, it may 

 be so in our Southern States. It is a native of China. 



Bouvardia leiantha. We think this an improvement on the well 

 know r n favorite B. triphylla ; having the merit of blooming when 

 smaller, of a better colour and larger head. It has been in bloom 

 at Mr. Knorr's in West Philadelphia. A plant was also shown at the 

 last meeting of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society by Mr. Cope's 

 gardener. 



New Ipomoea. At Mr. Buist's we saw a new seedling Ipomoea, 

 which was, with the exception of the Pharbitis limbata, the most 

 beautiful we have ever seen of the morning glory tribe. It is of a 

 beautiful sky blue colour, in size equal to I. Leani, with the merit of 

 blooming when quite small. 



Dipteracanthus spectabilis a semi-herbaceous shrub, with numerous 

 bright blue flowers. It is a rapid growing plant, and the blooming 

 season of long duration. 



A correspondent at Waterbury, Ct., informs us that Horticulture is 

 greatly on the increase there; several greenhouses have been erected, 

 Ssj and others are in course of completion. Grape culture under glass is 

 f^now beincr engaged in with spirit. J^?j 



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