DIPLADENIA CRASSINODA. 
The growth of our subject is less exuberant than that of D. splendens, and it 
also varies considerably in the foliage, which is smaller, perfectly smooth, of a deep 
glossy green, and acute, instead of heart-shaped, at the base. When the flowers 
first open, they are almost devoid of colour, and the fine roseate tint is gradually 
acquired and daily deepening, till they fall off, which is usually in about nine or 
ten days. On Mr. Loraine's plant the same raceme had never more than one 
flower expanded at the same time, and as each decayed, a successor unfolded. 
From Sir William Hooker's {i Journal of Botany," it appears that it was first 
discovered by Mr. Gardner in the more elevated parts of the Corcovado mountains, 
in the neighbourhood of Rio Janeiro. We understand the specimens in this 
country, obtained from the Continent, were also originally procured in South 
Brazil, by a Danish botanist. 
It requires a stove-heat and a moist atmosphere to grow it well ; and though a 
moderate sized pot only is necessary, it should be planted in a well-enriched 
mould, of which loam and leaf-soil form the principal constituents. Probably an 
occasional watering with much-diluted liquid manure might be given with good 
effect. Mr. Loraine attributes his success, and evidently with good reason, to 
having furnished the plant with a moderate warmth at the roots as well as to the 
stem and branches. Want of success in flowering many plants may often be 
traced to inattention to this point. 
Cuttings take root with the greatest readiness, under ordinary management. 
