This very handsome plant is a hybrid production, 
and was raised last year at the Nursery of Messrs. 
Colvill, from a seed of P. ignescens that had been 
fertilized by the pollen of P. quercifoUum. We think 
it one of the handsomest, and it certainly is one of the 
most distinct mules of the shrubby kind that has yet 
been raised. Its brilliancy of colour exceeds all of the 
tribe that we have yet published, and no artificial co- 
louring can come any way near it. Its habit and the 
form of the leaves, likewise the number of flowers 
in the umbel, are very near P. quercifolium, but the 
loose growth of the umbel and the colour of the 
flowers are more like P. ignescens, except the obscure 
spot on the under petals, which is similar in several 
varieties of P. quercifoUum. It seems to be a free- 
growing plant, and thrives well in a mixture of turfy 
loam, peat, and sand. Cuttings also strike root rea- 
dily if planted in pots in the same kind of soil, and 
placed on a shelf in the greenhouse. 
