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PAXTON'S FLOWER GARDEN. 



There is so much resemblance between this plant and a common Holly, that if its leaves were not opposite, it 

 might be mistaken for one when not in flower. Its blossoms, however, which were first produced in Messrs. 

 Veitch's nursery, are almost two inches long, cylindrical, with a scarlet tube and a yellow border. As it naturally 

 produces a great abundance of these brilliant blossoms, it is a most charming plant when in fine condition. 

 According to Dr. Hooker, the plant extends to the Andes under the equator, at the elevation of 12,000 feet, to 

 the level of the sea, in Staten Island, in latitude 53° south. According to Mr. Lobb, it seldom grows more than five 

 feet high ; and, from the places in which it is found, he thinks it may be hardy. It will be better, however, to 

 consider it, in most situations, a plant that requires protection in winter. — Journal of Horticultural Society, vol. vi. 



Cattleya Leopoldi. Hort. A beautiful stove Epiphyte, with brownish yellow spotted 

 flowers and a rich crimson lip. Native of Brazil. 



This is a mere variety of Cattleya granulosa, with a most brilliant tint of rich purplish crimson in the lip. It is 

 one of the handsomest orchids in cultivation, and seems to have reached us through the Belgians, the first we heard 

 of it being that it had been exhibited at Brussels by Mr. Forkel, gardener to King Leopold at Laeken. 



Hyacenthus fastegiatus. A miniature bulbous plant, with lilac or pale purple flowers 

 that open in the early spring months, having much the appearance of a Scilla. It is no 

 doubt quite hardy, and as such will be welcome to lovers of early flowers. Found in Sardinia 

 and Corsica. 



Bulb ovoid, half an inch in diameter. Leaves six or more, subulate, weak in texture, quite glabrous, half a foot 

 long, contemporary with the flowers, rounded on the back, channelled down the face. Scape erect, terete, shorter 

 than the leaves. Raceme few -flowered ; pedicels solitary, erecto-patent, the lower ones sometimes longer than ti e 

 flowers ; bracts small, membranous, lilac tinted, deltoid or lanceolate. Perianth bright lilac, a quarter or a third of 

 an inch long ; segments oblong-lanceolate, longer than the campanulate tube. Stamens six, inserted in a single row 

 at the throat of the perianth-tube ; filaments very short, flattened ; anthers oblong, minute, blue after they have shed 

 their pollen. Ovary sessile, globose, with very few ovules in each cell ; style long, cylindrical ; stigma capitate. Fruit 

 a small globose capsule. — Botanical Magazine, 6663. 



Fallugia paradoxa. The advent of a hardy plant of sufficient merit to hold a place 

 amongst the host of fine species and varieties already existent is not an every-day occurrence, 

 consequently we hail this Fallugia as an acquisition. Its distinct appearance is also a 

 further recommendation. It will most likely succeed under such conditions as are suited to 

 the generality of plants indigenous to the higher regions of the country it inhabits. 

 Introduced from New Mexico. 



A slender bush, two to four feet high, terminal branches long and slender, tapering into long single-flowered 

 peduncles or lax racemes. Leaves fascicled on the branches, one-third to two-thirds of an inch long, bright green above, 

 white and tomentose beneath, margins recurved. Flowers one to one and a half inches in diameter ; pedicles as long, 

 very slender, bracteate at the base, and with often one or more bracteoles along their length ; bracts and bracteoles small, 

 oblong-lanceolate, appressed. Calyx one-fourth of an inch in diameter ; tube turbinate, villous within ; lobes ovate acute 

 or two to three toothed at the tip, densely tomentose, with a subulate bracteole at the sinus between each. Petals pure 

 white, orbicular fugacious. Stamens in a triple series at the mouth of the calyx, filaments capillary, half as long as the 

 petals ; anthers minute. Carpels numerous, on a minute conical receptacle at the bottom of the calyx-tube ; style 

 slender ; stigma minute ; ovule basal, erect. Ripe carpels lanceolate, silky, ending in capillary feathery styles one 

 to one and a half inches long — Botanical Magazine, 6660. 



