Plate 275. 
ESOHSCHOLTZIA ‘ MANDARIN.’ 
This magnificent variety, unsurpassed for the vivid brilliancy of its colour, originated at 
the Seed Farm of Messrs. James Carter, Dunnett, and Beale, 237, High Holborn, at St. 
Osyth, Essex. Singular to state it has been obtained from the pale-coloured E. rosea , and 
not from E. crocea , as many might be led to suppose from its rich blood-orange hue. The 
flowers are of the largest size, blood-orange in the exterior, and clear golden-orange within; 
far deeper in colour altogether than any Eschscholtzia which has preceded it. By dint of 
careful selection it comes very true from seeds, and the character has become well fixed. It 
is one of the most valuable decorative hardy annuals of late years, and cannot fail to be¬ 
come a great favourite. It will be distributed in the coming spring. . 
Plate 276. 
PAVONIA WIOTI. 
• This distinct and interesting plant has bloomed this season at Messrs. James Veitch 
and Sons’ Boyal Exotic Nurseries, Xing’s Hoad, Chelsea, S. W. It is a stove shrub from 
Brazil, with erect smooth stems, and dentate ovate-lanceolate leaves, six to eight inches 
in length. The flowers are rose-coloured, with persistent bracts, and a closed-up calyx and 
corolla of a dark-purple colour, from which the crimson staminal tube with blue anthers 
projects. The flowers are produced singly on stems from the leaf axils-. It is a plant 
possessing a marked botanical interest; and is highly attractive when in full bloom. 
