This pretty plant, we are informed, has been lately 
received from Paris, where it has been cultivated for 
some years past. We suspect it to be of hybrid origin, 
but what its parents are we cannot at present deter- 
mine. We first met with it at the Nursery of Mr. 
Tate, in Sloane Street, Chelsea, where our drawing 
was made last summer. We are informed that it is 
known by the name of P. venustum in the French col- 
lections ; but as we believe it has not been published, 
either by that or any other name, and as we have al- 
ready published a P. venustum, we have adopted the 
name by which we received it, in compliment to Mrs. 
Fairlie, of Ware Park, Herts, a great admirer and ex- 
tensive cultivator of plants. It is rather late in coming 
into flower, and may be considered as one of the au- 
tumn bloomers, at which time it is all covered with 
flowers, that make a pleasing appearance, particularly 
as the colour is so different from most others. It is of 
easy culture, thriving well in a mixture of sandy loam 
and peat, or other light vegetable soil ; and cuttings 
soon strike root, if planted in pots and placed in a 
sheltered situation*. 
