Plate 275. 



ESCHSCHOLTZIA ' 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. 

 PAYONIA \YIOTL 



- This distinct and interesting plant has bloomed this season at Messrs. James Veitch 

 and Sons' Royal Exotic Nurseries, King's Boad, 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 arc 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. 



