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PAXTON'S FLOWER GARDEN". 



Fretillaria Recurva. A Liliaceous half-hardy — or, possibly, in some parts of the 

 kingdom, quite hardy — plant, from California. Apparently the handsomest of the genus, 

 and deserving of cultivation. 



"Bulb globose, squamose, sending out copious radicular fibres all round the base. Stem erect, glabrous, purple 

 mottled with green, varying from half a foot to two feet in height. Leaves six to twelve, placed all near the middle of the 

 stem, the lower ones in whorls of three or four each, the upper ones scattered, all linear-sessile, ascending, glabrous, 

 green, two to four inches long. Flowers two to eight in a terminal raceme, drooping, or the upper ascending. 

 Pedicels shorter than the flowers, each subtended by a single bract, which is like an ordinary leaf in shape and texture, 

 but smaller. Perianth one to one and a half inches long, between funnel-shaped and bell-shaped, bright scarlet on the 

 outside, in the inside spotted with scarlet on yellow ground. Segments subequal, oblanceolate, oblong, subacute, refiexed 

 at the top when expanded, with an obscure, narrow, oblong nectary at the base. Stamens rather shorter than the perianth. 

 Anthers small, yellow, oblong. Ovary clavate. Style twice as long as the ovary, obscurely three-lobed at the stigmatose 

 tip." — Botanical Magazine, 6264. 



Blandfordia Flammea. Lindley. From New Holland. A beautiful greenhouse 

 perennial, flowering in October. Flowers two and a half inches long, vivid orange 

 scarlet. Introduced by Messrs. Low and Co. Natural order, Lily worts (LiliaceaV). 



" This, which is perhaps the finest of the Blandfordias, in a vigorous state, is full four feet high, and bears five 

 or six flowers at the end of its graceful stem. The leaves are narrow and stiff ; the flowers about three and a half 

 inches long, one and a half inches across the mouth, of the most vivid orange scarlet, with a broad edge of clear 

 yellow. It is even handsomer than B. intermedia and marginata." — Journ. Hort. Soc, vol. v., p. 32. 



Cheerostylis Marmorata. Linclley {alias Dossinia marmorata, Morren). From 

 Borneo (?). A pretty herbaceous stove plant, belonging to the natural order of Orchids, 

 flowering in September. Flowers white. Introduced by Mr. Hugh Low. 



"The leaves are of a deep reddish olive-green, with a velvety surface, and are traversed by fine golden veins, 

 which disappear to a great extent when the leaves become old. It is far less beautiful than Ansectochilus setaceus or 

 Monochilus regius. The flowers are white, with a reddish calyx, in a long, dark, purple, downy raceme. Although 

 destitute of striking beauty, they well repay a minute examination, being covered with pellucid glands, and frosted, 

 as it were, over all the inner surface. Requires clamp heat, and a mixture of three parts chopped sphagnum and one- 

 third well-decayed leaf -mould. Increased by the creeping stems." — Journ. Hort. Soc, vol. v., p. 79. 



Helianthemum Scoparium. Nuttall. From California. A small hardy shrubby 

 rock-plant, belonging to the natural order of Rock Roses or Cistacese, flowering in 

 September. Flowers yellow. Introduced by the Horticultural Society. 



"A small prostrate shrub, with wiry branches and linear leaves. The flowers, which are small and bright yellow, 

 grow in twos and threes at the end of the branches on naked pedicels about half an inch long. A hardy little shrub, 

 requiring the same treatment as Cistuses. A very nice species for rock-work, on which it thrives in the full glare of the 

 sun." — Journ. Hort. Soc, vol. v., p. 79. 



Anthurium Brownii. A stove aroid, introduced by Messrs. Veitch. Discovered 

 by Mr. Wallis in New Grenada. Of large proportions and imposing appearance. A fine 

 addition to our ornamental-leaved stove plants. It will no doubt succeed best in good 

 fibrous peat, to which has been added some chopped sphagnum, sand, and a sprinkling 

 of broken crocks. Pots extra well drained, so that the plentiful supply of water which it 

 needs may get away. Temperature, that of an ordinary stove. 



"Leaves thick, and leathery in texture, deep green, quite smooth and shining, and elevated on moderately stout 

 stalks, from two to two and a half feet in length. Spathe eight inches in length. Spadix shortly stalked within, or above 

 the spathe, covered with purplish four-parted flowers. Perianth segments, oblong, thickened, and truncate at the 

 extremities. Stamens broad, petaloid. Anther cells widely divergent at the base. Pollen cells globular, studded with 

 a few asperities."— Gardener's Chronicle, N.S., vol. vi., p. 744. 



Pentarhaphia Cubensis. Decaisne. A tender shrub from Cuba, belonging to the 

 order of Gesnerads. Flowers tubular, scarlet, appearing in the summer, handsome. 



