310 THE PHILADELPHIA FLORIST. [No. 10 



the Messrs. Low, of Clapton. It is a hothouse plant, with tender, pale nJ 



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green leaves, prettily blotched with deep brown. 



Cochl euria acauiis, or winter Violet grass, is also a new thing; shown 

 in London. If sown in an American border, or similar place, it grows 

 and blooms from this season up to Christmas. A little patch of it ta- 

 ken up and put in a saucer in water, will also keep flowering a long 

 time, rendering it an interesting plant tor the drawing room window. 



Fuchsia princeps. The Gardeners' Chronicle says of this : " That 

 must be a very fine florist's flower that would induce us to notice it in 

 our editorial col urns * but we feel obliged to bring for- 



ward as prominently as possible a new Fuchsia in the way of Corallina, 

 the beauty of which we can scarcely find adequate language to de- 

 scribe. Flowers of the deepest rose color, three inches long, with a 

 deep purple corolla, stamens projecting an inch beyond the flower, the 

 slender pale pink stalk of which is from 2 to 3 inches long: such is a 

 single blossom. Every twig is loaded with from 3 to 7 of these gor- 

 geous flowers, so that the branches are forced downwards by the 

 weight which they are unable to support. Add to this that the leaves 

 are firm, deep green, with bright reddish stalks, and that the young 

 wood is of the same color, and the mind may conceive what a magni- 

 ficent effect is produced by this variety, what has been well named 

 Fuchsia princeps by Messrs. Lucombe & Pince, of Exeter, the raisers 

 of it. 1 ' 



Hexacentris mysorensis. An extraordinary and beautiful new clim- 

 ber, requiring the temperature of a stove or warm greenhouse, per- 

 fectly distinct in its character from anything yet introduced. It is a 

 most abundant bloomer, producing its long pendulous clusters of large 

 golden yellow and deep crimson flowers in great abundance, continu- 

 ing in perfection for several months. The habit of the plant is ex- 

 cellent, with neat dark green foliage, and is of easy culture. A plant 

 of first-rate quality and great beauty, sent out by Messrs. Veitch, of 

 Exeter. 



Cultivation of the Neapolitan Violet. — In the early part of May, I 

 take the plants from the cold frames or house, shake the whole of the 

 soil from the roots, and divide them according to their size; large plants 

 will divide very well into three, the small ones into two plants. These 

 are then planted out on an east or west border in rows one foot apart, 

 and the same distance from plant to plant, taking care the border is 

 well dug and highly manured with well decomposed hot-bed ma- 

 nure, or rotten cow dung, which last 1 find of great service to them. 

 After planting they must be well watered, and should the summer 

 months prove very dry and hot, they will require to be well and fre- , 

 ^rquently supplied with manure water, for if the plants do not grow ^J 



