HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 47 



in miniature, about two feet every way, covered with flowers ; an Acacia 

 pulchella, with a head of rare elegance ; Polygala dalmasiana, the best 

 variety in cultivation, having flowers of the size of P. grandiflora. and the 

 brilliancy of P. cordata ; an Erica rubida, one of the most elegant of the 

 whole genus ; some fine Epacriclae, and a lot of Pelargoniums trained in the 

 English fashion, which I hope will make fine specimens next summer: they 

 are in good hands for that. Mr. Wm. Gray is gardener to Mr. Rathbone, 

 who with Mr. Corning, I understand are going to overtop you, or at least 

 to equal you; we shall see however. I wish that one of them at least, 

 could eclipse Mr. Cope's Orchideae house, but that I fear would be a tough 

 and long job. L. M. Albany, N. Y. 



At Mr. Dundas' houses are generally to be seen in bloom some rare 

 plants. "We saw there last week a fine spike of Dendrobium nobile; two 

 fine specimens of the very free blooming Gfoodyera discolor ; the white 

 flowered Brassavola caudata and a Gf-ongora, and one of the best heads of 

 Aeschynanthus pulcher we have ever seen. 



At Mr. Lennig's there was in bloom a beautiful Camellia, the variety 

 Duca Visconti, a good shaped flower, shaded with pink, and striped with a 

 deeper shade. This collection contains some of the choicest varieties of this 

 genus ever sent out. 



At Mr. Knorr's, in "West Philadelphia, we saw Franciscea latifolia, a 

 handsome, free blooming species; the yellow Ruellia McDonaldii, Urioste- 

 mon intermedium, Epacru candidissima and hyacinthiflora ; the new double 

 Primula sinensis, and a fine bloom of Azaleas. 



Franciscea eximia, (noticed in last number.) After all attempts to 

 make this plant bush out and look handsome had failed, 1 let it go up as 

 it liked. It has lately produced its flowers. They are the largest of the 

 family, each being near an inch and a half in diameter,of a pale blue color ; 

 the leaves are three inches long, with the edges much undulated. My ex- 

 perience leads me to believe, the best treatment for it is a soil composed of 

 equal parts^ loam, peat and sand, in a warm stove, with an abundance of 

 light and air. It is a very strong grower. 



Plumbago Zeylaxica. The seeds of this plant were presented to Mr. 

 Cope by Mr. Ezra Bowen, who obtained them from the Calcutta Botanic 

 Garden. It was introduced into England above a hundred years ago, but 

 has been long lost to collections there. I introduce it into this list, as it is 

 probably the first plant that has been introduced into the United States.— 

 The flowers are rather smaller than those of P. capensis, but of a pure 

 white ; the leaves are nearly round ; it is easily grown in a light stove, but 

 soon " damps off" in a cool damp atmosphere. T. Meehan, gr. to 



C. Gop$ f Esq., Springbrook. 



