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NEW AND RARE PLANTS IN FLOWER. 
in flower at this nursery, there is one called the King, which merits particular 
attention. It is of rather dwarf habits, and the flowers are of a lilac-coloured 
ground, beautifully tipped with purple. It grows very compact, and is an ex- 
tremely beautiful and valuable addition to this interesting genus. As few plants 
are more truly ornamental than Cinerarias, the beautiful varieties which have been 
raised by Messrs. Henderson should be in the collection of every individual who 
has any taste for flowers. 
Mr. Knight's, Chelsea. A curious species or variety of Gesneria is now in 
flower at this nursery, and is remarkable for the tendency manifested by the 
flower-spike to incline downwards. The flower-stem grows erect to about a 
foot high, and then, as if it had suddenly come in contact with some object that 
impeded its growth, it becomes pendulous. In other respects it resembles G. 
Cooperi, and we should have been led to believe that the above circumstance had 
been caused by disease, were there not several plants of it growing in a similar 
maimer. Loeligia ornata. This new, or at least, very rare plant, is now flower- 
ing at the nursery of the above gentleman, and like many other Proteaceous plants, 
the flowers are very pretty, but not strikingly beautiful ; being of a brownish 
yellow colour. It is certainly an ornamental plant, and would doubtless, when 
profusely in flower, be an interesting object in the greenhouse. Kennedia 
glaberata. This pretty species of Kennedia was raised in the nursery of Mr. 
Knight about three years since, and is now flowering abundantly. Its elegant 
habits and showy blossoms, as well as the profusion in which the latter are pro- 
duced, entitle it to the attention of every cultivator of greenhouse climbing plants. 
Messrs. Loddiges', Hackney. Dendrobium nobile. We have pleasure in again 
directing the attention of our readers to this lovely plant, which is now flowering 
in the collection of the above gentlemen in afar superior manner to that in which we 
previously witnessed it. The great beauty and delicacy of its flowers, combined with 
the rapidity and luxuriance of its growth, will cause it to rank high in the estima- 
tion of every admirer of this charming tribe, and in point of real merit, we 
consider that it is inferior to no orchidaceous plant with which we are acquainted, 
though there are many which produce much larger and more showy blossoms. 
Several other species of Dendrobium are now most beautifully in flower, such as 
D. aggregation, secundum, aureum, &c, the flowers of the latter of which are 
most delightfully fragrant, and towards the evening of each day perfume 'the 
whole house with their delicious odour. In the Camellia-house of Messrs. 
Loddiges, a more magnificent display of flowers can scarcely be conceived than 
are now exhibiting themselves. The extraordinary size and luxuriance of the 
specimens in this collection are well known to most individuals, and nearly the 
whole of them are now most profusely covered with their splendid flowers. We 
recommend all our readers, who reside ' at a convenient distance from the metro- 
polis, to visit the collection of the above gentlemen, and we feel assured that they 
will experience a rich treat in witnessing their Camellias in their present state of 
perfection. 
