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FLORICULTURAL NOTICES. 
NEW OR BEAUTIFUL PLANTS FIGURED AND DESCRIBED IN THE LEADING BOTANICAL 
PERIODICALS FOR AUGUST. 
Abelia floribunda. A greenhouse plant, bearing its lovely flowers during the spring months, 
and continuing a long time in great beauty. The species has attracted much attention, and has been 
exhibited at the horticultural shows with the generic name variously written, and sometimes 
corrupted into Russelia. It grows between two and three feet high, and the flowers are tubular, 
from two to three inches long, of a purple red, and are produced at the extremity of the branches. 
—Bot. Mag., 4316. 
yEscHYNANTiius speciostjs. This is unquestionably the most beautiful species of iEschynanthus 
yet known to us. Mr. Thomas Lobb, from whom the seeds were received by Messrs. Veitch and 
Son, detected this plant in Java, on Mount Asapan, near Bantam, attached to the trunks of forest 
trees. It requires the same treatment as tropical Orchidaceous plants. The flowers are between 
three and four inches long, full orange, with the extremity scarlet. — Bot. Mag., 4320. 
Cattleya bulbosa. Brazil is supposed to be the parent of this exquisite little species, but it 
is not certain. It belongs to the same section as C. Aclandece, from which it differs in its having 
much larger lateral lobes to the lip, a very differently formed middle lobe, and flowers of quite 
another colour. It may also be compared with C. pumila, which should be placed in the same 
section. This very pretty epiphyte should be either fastened to a block of wood, with a little 
sphagnum, or placed well elevated upon a pot filled with one-third of broken potsherds, and the 
remainder with the rough fibre out of peat soil, and half decayed leaves, in nearly equal portions, 
and afterwards placed in the lightest, coolest, and driest part of the Orchid-house. It 
requires but little water, even in the growing season, as plenty of moisture for Gattleyas may 
always be obtained by pouring water over the shelves and footpaths ; as for the smaller kinds, 
they should never be syringed overhead. It is best increased after it has begun to grow, and not, 
as is generally done, when in a dormant state. — Bot. Beg., 42. 
Dryandra carduacea angusti folia. A Swan River species of Dryandra, discovered by Mr. 
Drummond, and reared in the Royal Gardens of Kew, from seeds sent by that indefatigable and 
most successful botanist. It flowers in the spring months. — Bot. Mag., 4317. 
Forsythia viridissima. This beautiful Chinese plant Mr. Fortune describes as a deciduous 
shrub, with very dark green leaves, which are prettily serrated at the margin. A deciduous shrub 
easily increased by cuttings and layers, and bearing a profusion of bright yellow blossoms all over 
the shrub.— BoL Reg., 39. 
Gastrolobium villosum. This fine orange-flowered shrub is a native of the Swan River 
colony, where it would seem to be common. It was first found by Mr. James Drummond, from 
whose specimens it was described by Mr. Bentham. Its introduction to notice, in the gardens of 
this country, is owing to Messrs. Low and Co. It promises to be a very pretty greenhouse plant, 
and will require the same kind of treatment as Chorozemas and similar plants. It should be 
potted in a mixture of sandy loam, peat, and silver sand. It may be increased by cuttings, bu 
the best plants are raised from seeds, which in most species are freely produced when the plants 
attain size. — Bot. Reg., 45. 
Liebigia speciosa. This is a lovely plant, well deserving the name of " speciosa," and, in its 
genus, equally worthy to bear the name of the most distinguished chemist of the present day. It 
was originally discovered in Java by Blume, and was imported from that island through the means 
of that zealous collector, Mr. Thomas Lobb. — Bot. Mag., 4315. 
Lonicera discolor. This is a fine hardy deciduous shrub, from four to six feet high, a native 
of India, from whence it has been recently introduced through the East India Company. It pro- 
duces abundance of greenish white flowers about the beginning of June, and in September and 
October it has a profusion of large black berries. It is easily increased, either by seeds or by 
cuttings of the half ripened wood, treated in the usual way, and grows freely in any common soil 
which is not too poor. — Bot. Reg., 44, 
Leucothoe pulchra. A pretty plant, received at the Royal Gardens of Kew, from Mr. 
