HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 43 



NEW OR RARE PLANTS, 



FLOWERED FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON, AT SFRINGBEOOK. 



Pleroma elegaxs. A melastomaceous plant, with a free habit of growth 

 yet small shining leaves, and large purple flowers from two to three inches 

 across. The flowers appear in threes, at the ends of last year's shoots, and 

 are very handsome. It is a fine species for making a showy spring flower- 

 ing specimen. It thrives well in a warm, moist temperature, taking more 

 light than most melastomacece, and growing well in turfy loam mixed with 

 broken pots. It was imported by Mr. Cope, from Lee & Co., London. 



Erytiirixa MAGNA rosea. The value of this plant consists in its distinct- 

 ness from other kinds in cultivation. Its color is of a delicate light purple 

 rose, but the size of the flower is not equal to the well-known U. cristagallL 

 This may be owing to my plant being very young, a cutting just rooted hav- 

 ing been received from Mr. Buist less than twelve months ago. It will thrive 

 in any ordinary culture usually given to greenhouse plants. 



Dexdrobium saxgulxolextum. An orchidaceous plant originally re- 

 ceived by Mr. Cope from Messrs. Loddiges, of London. It is not so hand- 

 some as many of this tribe, but still very ornamental. The shoots and leaves 

 have a reddish tinge ; the flowers which appear on the matured shoots, are 

 about one inch across, of a pale orange color, but with an edging of purple 

 at the extremity of the petals. It thrives well on a block of wood, with an 

 abundance of loose moss tied around it, in a moist atmosphere kept at about 

 60°. 



Begoxia odorata. Throughout the summer I deemed this plant too coarse 

 and leafy to be of great value ; but the sheet of pinkish-white flowers it has 

 presented fully counterbalances other faults. Its leaves are large, in the way 

 of B. nitida; the flowers also come out in similar trusses, are each about the 

 same size, and are slightly odorous. It is a strong grow r er, readily propagat- 

 ed in the spring by cuttings, grows well in the greenhouse in summer, and 

 the stove in winter, in soil composed of coarse leaf mould and turfy loam. It 

 was imported by Mr. Buist. 



Epacris carmtoxiexsis. New varieties of this charming tribe appear 

 yearly ; our present kind does not differ greatly from others in cultivation. 

 It is in the way of E. impressa, but the scarlet in that is vermilion in this 

 It does well in fresh turfy loam not " well-rotted," and is kept in the green- 

 house the whole season. Also imported by Mr. Buist. T. M. 



