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THE FLOWER GROWER'S GUIDE. 



spcciosissirnus, raised by Mr. H. Kenny, gardener 

 to Viscount Maynard, Easton Lodge, Dunmow, 

 in 1837. It flowered in the collection of the late 

 Mr. Major, of Croydon, and a plant was sent by 

 him to Easton Lodge about twenty years ago. 



The flowers are of the first size, and the colour 



crimson and violet. (Fig. 118.) 

 0. Lemairi. — Antigua. Bears a strong resemblance 



to C. grandiflorus. 

 C. Macdonaldle. — Honduras. Stems slender and 



Fig. 118. CeRETJS OEANDIFLOIITTS Maynaedi. 



cylindrical. Properly treated plants afford flowers 

 successively during the summer. These are 

 remarkably fine, measuring 14 inches across, but 



in other respects not differing materially from 

 those of C. grandiflorus. 

 C nyticaltjs.— Mexico. Stems four to six-angled, 



