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is a hardy perennial, growing freely in a mixture of loam and peat, and readily in- 
creased by divisions or by slips. The flowers are a golden yellow, furnished within 
with numerous round, dark fulvous red dots ; the upper lip is two-lobed and re- 
flexed, lower lip three-lobed and spreading, having two prominent folds above, and 
copiously bearded with club-shaped yellow hairs. Brit. Fl. Gard. 406. 
NOTICES OF NEW AND RARE PLANTS 
IN FLOWER IN THE LEADING NURSERIES IN THE VICINITY OF LONDON. 
Messrs. Henderson's, Pine-Apple Place. Lophospermum scandens. A 
new species of Lophospermum is now in flower at this nursery, and although 
L. scandens is said to flower in June, this is without doubt the identical plant ; its 
flowering at this season may be accounted for by the plant being very young (a 
cutting of this year), and it has most probably been reared in heat. It is a most 
elegant species, and will prove a truly valuable addition to any collection of green- 
house or half-hardy climbing plants. (Enothera Drummondi. This, though we 
believe a hardy species, has at this nursery been potted and placed in the green- 
house, probably for the purpose of ripening its seeds ; but it is there flowering most 
profusely, and in very abundant succession ; its large bright yellow flowers and 
bold habits have a very striking appearance in the greenhouse at this season of the 
year, and if this habit is to be depended upon, it will doubtless prove highly 
valuable for this purpose ; as a border plant, it is well worthy of a place in every 
collection. Messrs. Henderson possess what is considered a new species of Draco- 
cephalum, but it is evidently Physostegia truncata^ and is now flowering in the 
greenhouse in great perfection. The have likewise a good collection of Chrysan- 
themums now in flower. As this beautiful genus of plants is so universally and 
justly admired for ornamenting our conservatories and flower-gardens at this dull 
season of the year, we would here inform our readers that Messrs. Chandler, of 
Vauxhall, have been eminently successful in raising an immense number of new 
seedlings, many of which are strikingly beautiful, and the whole are now flowering 
in most excellent order, and have a truly splendid appearance. 
Mr. Knight's, Chelsea. Mr. Knight has succeeded in raising a hybrid 
Passijlora^ between P. alata and P. princeps ; the foliage bears some resemblance 
to that of P. alata, and the flowers partake of the elegant form of P. princeps, but 
are of a beautiful white or cream colour ; this last property is, we should think, 
sufficient to entitle it to be considered as a distinct species ; it is a free grower, and 
produces an abundance of flowers, and is now beautifully in flower in the stove of 
the above nursery. There is also a hybrid Rhododendron now in flower in this 
nursery, raised between R. arbor eum and R. Caucasicum ; the flowers are flesh- 
coloured, and very good ; and perhaps its flowering at this season is a mere casualty. 
