A very curious hybrid production, raised by Mr. 
Smith, in the collection of the Earl of Liverpool^ at 
Coombe Wood, from a seed of P. fulgidum that was 
fertilized with the pollen of P. radula, and it is, as 
near as possible, intermediate between the two. It is 
rather more difficult of cultivation than most of its 
relatives, its leaves being very apt to canker and turn 
brown if exposed to too much sun, or if watered over 
the leaves. It thrives best in autumn and winter with 
us ; the flowers also are much finer in autumn, as its 
anthers are only perfect at that season, and the 
flowers are double the size they are at other times, 
such as are represented in our figure, which was the 
most perfect state of the plant. It succeeds best in an 
equal mixture of turfy loam, peat, and sand; and 
cuttings strike root readily, if planted in pots in the 
same kind of soil, and placed on a shelf in the green- 
house. ? 
