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PAXTON'S FLOWEE GARDEN. 



is -a well- chosen cross between two very distinct species, the rare East Indian .N. sanguined, 

 and the Chinese N. distillat'oria j the former remarkable for its large size, and the intense 

 red colouring of nearly the whole surface of the pitchers; the pitchers of JS T . disiillaioria, 

 which was the pollen parent, and much better known, are pale green. In form the 

 pitchers of the new variety are intermediate between the parents; the colour is claret- 

 red; and when sufficient time has been allowed for the plants to attain their full size, 

 the pitchers will, no doubt, be large. 



Leaves sessile, glabrous, coriaceous, oblong obovate acute, reddisb at the margins, auricrdate-amplexicaul at 

 the base, midrib depressed above, prominent beneath. Pitchers deep claret-rod, thinly covered with appressed 

 brownish hairs, and here and there purple-spotted, cylindric, somewhat ventricose, and slightly contracted above 

 the middle ; wings deep, sharply and irregularly toothed at the margin ; mouth rounded, slightly prolonged at the 

 back, and surrounded by a clear shining red closely-ribbed margin ; throat pinky-cream, coloured with red spots ; 

 lid about the. size of the mouth, suborbicular, convex, with radiating venation, and with a simple spur at the base. — 

 Gardener's Chronicle, N.S., vol- xvi., p. 748. 



Diospyros aaiplexicaulis. A stove shrub, with hard 

 dry alternate sessile leaves, which clasp the stem by their 

 base. Native of the Mauritius. (Fig. 117.) 



D. amplexicaulis ; glaber ; foliis sessilibus amplexicaulibus coriaceis 

 orbiculatis obtusis v. acutis, fructu turbinato ligneo 10-loculari 10-spermo 

 in calyce coriaceo cupuliformi campanulato 6-lobo insidente. 



An anonymous correspondent of the Gardener's Chronicle has sent us a 

 leaf of what certainly is the plant now defined. He appears to have received 

 it under the name of Jossinia sp., and no doubt from the Mauritius, for 

 we find it among dried plants of that island communicated by M. Bouton. 

 How different it is from a Jossinia, whose fruit is fleshy and eatable like 

 a medlar, will be seen by the accompanying figure taken from M. Bouton's 

 specimen. It may also be added that in the Jossinias the leaves are filled 

 with transparent dots after the manner of their race ; Avhile in Diospyros, as in all Ebenads, 

 the leaves are dotless. It seems to be related to D. reticulata. 



Aster. Sikkimensis. Hooker. A handsome hardy perennial, with rich 

 violet and yellow flowers. Native of the Sikkim Alps. Belongs to Compo- 

 sites. Introduced at Kew. 



Raised from seeds sent by Dr. Hooker from the Alpine regions of Sikkim. It flowers in 

 October, and enlivens the garden at that late season with its copious bright purple flowers. It 

 is remarkable of this and of Aster Cabulieus, that the stems form almost perfect wood the first 

 year, three or four feet high, in the early winter abounding in leaf-buds, but dying clown with 

 our winter to the root. Stem erect, almost woody, and fragrant, three or four feet high, purplish- 

 brown. Leaves glabrous, lanceolate, narrowly acuminated, spinuloso-serrate, with several parallel, very oblique 

 nerves and numerous lesser connecting ones. Corymbs large, leafy, with numerous heads, which are purple. In the 

 open ground it has every appearance of assuming the character of a hardy perennial. — Botanical Magazine, t. 4557. 



Pitcairnia crNNABARiNA. Dietrich. A fine stove Bromeliad, with spikes of brilliant 

 red flowers. From Brazil. Introduced by Ohlendorff & Son, of Hamburg. 



The leaves of this species are quite entire, smooth, and reddish underneath. The racemes are about six inches 

 long, one-sided ; the flowers quite smooth, about two inches long, of a deep rich vermilion red colour. Seems to be a 

 very handsome plant. — Allgem. Gartenzeit, 1850, p. 202. 



