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FLORICULTURAL NOTICES. 
PLANTS NEW OR INTERESTING, IN FLOWER IN THE PRINCIPAL SUBURBAN NURSERIES 
AND GARDENS. 
A v rum spe. Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting, have recently introduced a very strange and 
formidable-looking plant from Java, the first sight of which in the case filled them with alarm ; 
the specimen, having a serpent-like form, curved over the other plants, and being of a dingy 
green, mottled over with irregular spots of a lighter colour, made the resemblance to the constrictor 
family still greater. It is quite round, eight inches in girth at the base, tapering to the end, 
four feet long, and about six inches from the end it branches in two, where no doubt the flowers 
are produced. The plant has tuberous roots, very much resembling the Jerusalem Artichoke. 
Boro v nia trifi'lla. A handsomely-grown specimen is now profusely covered with its rich 
roseate flowers, in the nursery of Messrs. Henderson, Pineapple Place, Edgeware Road. It differs 
from B. ledifolia by curving its foliage upwards, and being less compact in habit. The flowers are 
produced more abundantly, and of a deeper colour, while the tips of the petals are slightly curved 
backwards. It is a charming plant at all seasons, and very graceful in habit. 
Burlingto x nia ri'gida. This charming species is now exhibiting its delicate rose-coloured 
flowers from three or four scapes, in the stove of Messrs. Rollisson's, Tooting. The plant (as in 
this specimen) has very distinct attractions ; the habit so peculiar, from the long thin rhizoma 
growing erect and forming a bulb at the top, from which descend the thin graceful roots, while the 
flowers are so delicate in colour and fragrance that the plant attracts the admiration of all lovers of 
the floral race. The specimen is from five to six feet high, and growing most luxuriantly. 
Came'llia Japo'nica. During late years numerous hybrid Camellias have been introduced from 
the continental nurseries, of anything but good properties, that it is quite a pleasure to see this 
noble flower in a new and good form, At the nursery of Mr. Low, Clapton, are two seedlings of 
excellent qualities, one a pure white (C. Jap. alba imbricata), of large size, petals round and of 
good substance, well filled up and without the ochre colour so common in the centre petals of the 
old double white ; the whole floAver lying quite flat upon the bud scales. The other seedling (C. 
Jap. miniata) is a smaller flower, but in point of shape has been considered almost perfection ; it 
has a dazzling brilliancy of colour, bordering betwixt a deep pink and bright scarlet, and, seen 
either in the bud, the half expanded, or the fully developed flower, camiot fail to attract the 
admirers of this splendid family. The habit of each seedling is good as regards the size and 
colour of the foliage. 
Dendro'bium spe. A new species of Dendrobium from the East Indies has lately flowered in 
the nursery of Messrs. Henderson, Pineapple Place, Edgeware Road, of a somewhat singular 
character when compared with species already in this country. The singularity consists in its 
having pseudo-bulbs very near one species (D. densiflorum), while the flowers and spike are like 
another species (D. fimbr latum). The pseudo-bulb swells out, and is more angular than D. densi- 
florum; while the flowers, though smaller, are considerably brighter in colour, and the labellum is 
fringed and in equal beauty to D. fimbriatum. The species will be a decided acquisition to 
this beautiful race. 
Dendro'bium heteroca'rpum. This species has been exhibiting its flowers in Messrs. 
Rollisson's stove, and is more remarkable for the richness of its fragrance than for its beauty of 
colour. The petals are a pale buff, while the labellum approaches almost an orange colour, with 
brownish streaks down the centre ; the whole covered with down, giving a rich velvet appearance 
to the flower. The flowers are produced on the leafless stems in various numbers, from one to three 
at each axil, and remains a considerable time in flower. 
Dipteracau'thus sca'ndens. A new genus under this name has lately been introduced by Mr. 
Glendinning, Chiswick. The plant is a climber of very handsome habit, having deep rich green 
lanceolate leaves produced in pairs affixed to the stem opposite each other ; the stem round, 
smooth, and a dark-green colour. The flower spike is about four inches long, branching, and 
having an abundance of buds, while it expands about six white Mimulus-like flowers on each spike. 
The plant is a very liberal bloomer, sending its spikes of flowers both from the axils of 
the leaves and the ends of shoots in the greatest profusion, rendering the want of colour of minor 
consequence. 
Franci'scea hydrang jei/o v rmis. Since our figure of this plant was published, we have seen it 
