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NEW AND RARE PLANTS IN FLOWER. 
those of Convolvulus minor) renders it a most desirable and interesting feature in 
any collection. Lupinus Cruikshankii. This is, according to Sir W. J. Hooker, 
a shrubby species of Lupinus ; and, though not new, yet perhaps is the most 
elegant species of this extensive genus at present known to our collections, and no 
person who possesses a taste for floriculture should be destitute of it. Campanula 
Scheuchzeri. A somewhat rare species of this interesting genus, with large blue 
expanding flowers, and rather dwarf habits, is now flowering most profusely. The 
whole of the above, together with some very fine species of Lilium, viz. L. super- 
bum, Canadense, candidum, &c, are now flowering in a high state of perfection in the 
nursery of Messrs. Henderson ; and they have also many very interesting Alpine 
plants now in flower. 
Mr. Knight's, Chelsea. Drymonium bicolor. This is a new stove-plant of 
much interest ; the genus appears to be nearly allied to Sinningia, and the flowers 
are very similar in size and shape to those of Sinningia villosa ; they are of a 
greenish yellow colour, slightly spotted with brown, and the inside of the tube of 
the corolla is very hairy ; the foliage is smooth and of a deep green ; the plant is 
shrubby, and of such a climbing habit, that it throws out long roots or feelers all 
the way up the stem, especially on the young wood ; these attach themselves to the 
wall against which it is trained, in a similar manner to those of the common ivy ; 
this renders it a desirable plant for training against the wall of a stove, more 
particularly as it is a remarkably free grower. Gloriosa superba. A very fine 
specimen of this magnificent plant is now flowering most profusely in the stove of 
the above named nursery, and forms one of the brightest ornaments of the stove at 
present known to our collections. Amongst the Orchidece, several fine specimens 
of various species of Stanhopea, as well as others which are less beautiful, are now 
flowering in great perfection. Nuttalia grandiflora. This is a new and extremely 
beautiful herbaceous plant, and is now producing its fine purple-coloured blossoms 
very abundantly at the above nursery. 
Messrs. Loddiges', Hackney. Cycnoches veniricosum. This is a new, or at 
least a rare, species of Cycnoches, and with the exception of its having flowered in 
the collection of J. Bateman, Esq., of Knypersley, we are not aware that it has ever 
before flowered in this country ; it bears a striking resemblance to C. Loddigesii 
in general appearance, but differs from it in the flowers being of a pale green colour. 
It is certainly more curious than beautiful, but is highly deserving of a place in 
every collection. Vanda tessellata or Hoxburghi. These two species approximate 
so closely in many respects, that it is almost difficult to say which of the two it is 
that is now so beautifully in flower at Messrs. Loddiges' ; but, judging from the 
time of flowering, and knowing that V. Roxburghi usually flowers much later in 
the season, we should think that the present subject is V. tessellatum ; however, it 
is a plant of considerable merits, and one of which no collection should be destitute. 
We are happy to inform our readers, that those two immense specimens of Testu- 
dinaria elephantipes, which we some time ago had occasion to notice, are growing 
most vigorously, and are without doubt the finest at present in the country. 
Mr. Low's, Clapton. Fuchsia Atkinsoniana. This is, we believe, a new species 
