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NOTICES OF NEW AND RARE PLANTS 
IN FLOWER IN THE LEADING NURSERIES AND PRIVATE GARDENS IN THE 
VICINITY OF LONDON. 
Messrs. Loddiges, Hackney. Rondeletia odorata, a new and beautiful 
stove plant (the flowers of which are of a bright scarlet, with a little yellow in the 
centre), is now in flower, and is well worthy of a place in every collection. There 
are several fine Orchidece now in flower, viz., Cattleya guttata, Eulophia cochleata, 
Dendrobium densifiorum, a new species of Oncidium with pink flowers, and a new 
species of Bolbophyllum, similar in growth to B. careyanum, but the flowers are of 
a dark chocolate colour. There are also two extraordinary large specimens of Testudi- 
nario eliphantipes, which Messrs. Loddiges have recently imported from the Cape. 
Mr. Low's, Clapton. Euphorbia Jacquincefiora, a rare and splendid scarlet 
flowering stove plant, is now in flower. Also a fine plant of Camellia Bonkellaera, 
which is literally covered with flowers ; this is deservedly esteemed as one of the 
best known species of this extensive and valuable genus. Lobelia persicifolia, an 
old but rare species of Lobelia, has recently flowered at Mr. Low's, and is worthy 
of notice, not only on account of the beautiful scarlet colour of its flowers, but 
because it is a shrubby species. 
Mr. Knight's, Chelsea. Pentstemon latifolium. This new and beautiful 
species has recently flowered in the above-named nursery, and merits a place in every 
collection, as it produces its flowers so very abundantly, and continues in flower for 
a great length of time ; also a very fine variety of Primula sinensis, the flowers of 
which are considerably larger than the original species, and much darker in colour, 
Mr. Knight has several newly-imported species of Sarracenia, which have not yet 
flowered, but among which he expects to have some very good new ones. 
Messrs. Rollison's, Tooting. Epidendrum Skinneri. This new and 
highly beautiful Orchideous plant, which has pink flowers, has been in flower for 
several weeks, and still remains so, and on this account, as well as the striking- 
beauty of its flowers, no collection of this much-admired tribe of plants should be 
without it. Oncidium leucochilum, a new species of Oncidium, is now in flower, 
and, with the exception of O. lanceanum, is equal in beauty to any other known 
species of this peculiarly interesting genus ; the outer sepals of the flowers are of a 
light green-coloured ground and beautifully spotted with brown spots ; the lower lip 
(labellum) is white, from whence it derives its name. There is a remarkably fine 
plant of Clianthus puniceus, which is showing flower very abundantly, and from the 
well-known beauty of this plant we should judge that this specimen, when in flower, 
will be surpassingly beautiful. 
Mr. Young's, Epsom. Luculia gratissima. This beautiful plant, which is now 
flowering in great abundance at the above-named nursery, seems to require a 
situation between the heat of the stove and that of the greenhouse, and is valuable 
as it flowers at the season of the year when flowering plants are most wanted in our 
conservatories and stoves, and more particularly as it is a remarkably free-growing 
as well as free-flowering plant, and is also delightfully fragrant. Kennedia nigricans 
