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PAXTON'S FLOWER GARDEN. 



as long as the flowers. Ovary inferior, smooth, shining", sharply triangular, with six 

 placenta; standing in pairs near the inner angles of three double partitions. Sepals keeled 

 at the back, narrow, acuminate, slightly serrated, somewhat mealy. Petals not quite 

 twice as long, erect, pink, obovate, apiculate, naked at the base. Stamens six, equal, as 

 long as the petals. Style somewhat protruded, with three short slightly twisted stigmas. 



The species is one of the prettiest of its race, which we are glad to perceive is gradually 

 coming into favour among gardeners. For brilliancy of colour the vegetable kingdom 

 hardly produces anything equal to that of many species of Bromeliads ; witness the Vriesias, 

 JEehmeas, Pitcairnias, and Billbergias already in cultivation. 



