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FLORICULTURAL NOTICES. 
PLANTS NEW OR INTERESTING, IN FLOWER IN THE PRINCIPAL SUBURBAN NURSERIES 
AND GARDENS. 
iEscHYNANTHUs longiflorus. It will be found in our July number, that a plant bearing this 
name has been already noticed as introduced by Messrs. Veitch, of Exeter, but which is now named 
^E. speciosus. We have again to claim attention to another species, also forwarded by Messrs. 
Veitch, which proves to be the true jE. longiflorus : they received it from Mr. Thomas Lobb (their 
collector at Java) in plants under the name of Lysionotus longiflorus. It is described as one foot 
high, in dwarf forests, growing on trees at an elevation of from three to four thousand feet. They 
treat it as a stove plant, and find it of easy culture. The flowers are produced freely all over the 
plant in clusters, some holding ten flowers, averaging from four to six inches long, of a very rich 
crimson scarlet colour. The plant, when in good flower, must have a gorgeous appearance. 
Browallta Jamesoni. A remarkable and very beautiful plant, its surface profusely decorated 
with bright orange and yellow coloured blossoms. It differs from all the species hitherto known as 
annuals, being a shrub, and very superior both in flower and habit. It was introduced by Messrs. 
Veitch and Sons, Exeter, and forms a prodigious acquisition to our gardens. 
Cattleya citrina. In the collection of J. E. Schroeder, Esq., Stratford Green, we found this 
beautiful species blooming most luxuriantly, having eight flowers fully developed at once : it is 
grown on a log of wood, suspended from the roof of the house, and appears to succeed best when 
turned upside down. Mr. Plant says he has two very distinct varieties, one much larger, with the 
labellum all yellow, the other having a crisped margin of white. We do not remember to have 
seen a finer specimen, whether from the peculiar habit and glaucous appearance of the foliage, 
colour of its flowers, or the exceedingly fine state to which it is grown and bloomed. 
Echinacea intermedia. Messrs. Backhouse, of Fishergate Nurseries, York, have just for- 
warded to us a specimen of this, the handsomest of the purple-flowered Rudbeckia tribe. It has 
a strong robust habit (quite hardy), rising from eighteen inches to two feet, the stem clothed with 
short bristle-like hairs, and marked with brownish streaks throughout : the leaves are scabrous, 
dark green, nearly heart-shaped at the base, verging towards the upper part to ovate-acuminate. 
The primary leaves are opposite, but assume an apposite position on the lateral floral branches. 
The flower is from four to five inches in diameter, of a bright reddish-purple or lilac, very gay- 
looking. It commences flowering in August, continuing until November, and appears to be one of 
the finest autumnal herbaceous plants. 
Gompholobium sp. At the nursery of Messrs. Knight and Perry, several species of the above 
have been flowering abundantly, each differing, either in habit or flower, from the other. The first 
we have already noticed as flowering with Mr. Ayres, gardener to J. Cook, Esq., Blackheath 
Park. The second is called 67. splendens, having very brilliant yellow flowers, and good habit. 
The third has deep yellow blossoms, with carmine spot in the centre, the back of the flower being 
a dark chocolate. The habit of the young plant is much like 67. polymorphum, but as it ages it be- 
comes considerably larger. The fourth is more shrubby, having pinnate foliage, fine and wiry : 
this species bears bright reddish-lilac blossoms, in clusters of eight or ten, and is a very free 
bloomer. It is called G. venustum, and will no doubt become a great favourite. The fifth is much 
akin to the above, being a decided shrub, though the foliage is smaller. It has bright yellow blos- 
soms, and produces them in great abundance at the tip of every shoot. This variety is known 
particularly by the calyx being thickly covered with down-like hairs. When a fine specimen, well 
covered with bloom, from the peculiar brightness of its colour, it would be difficult to surpass its gay 
appearance. 
Leschenaultia splendens. A very handsome and well-flowered specimen of the above was 
sent to the Horticultural Rooms by Messrs. Veitch and Son, Exeter. In habit, it has much the 
character of L. biloba, though the foliage is a little longer and curled inwards towards the stem. 
The inflorescence is of a most brilliant and pure scarlet, of the size and form of L. biloba, but 
produced in clusters and great abundance at the end of each shoot. We noticed a much finer 
variety, the flowers larger and richer in colour, blooming with Mr. Ayres, gardener to J. Cook, 
Esq., Brooklands, Blackheath Park, Kent. 
Sobralia macrantha splendens. A remarkably fine and richly-coloured flower has lately 
been showing its beauty in the Nursery of Messrs. Pvollisson, Tooting, Surrey. It differs from 
