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lasting upwards of a week in good condition, are produced freely, and make a neat and pretty 
appearance in the hothouse. 
Gesneria macrantha purpurea. A dwarf plant, with flowers, stem, and leaves clothed with 
woolly hairs. The species flowers at about six inches high, producing four most intensely bright 
scarlet blooms, about three inches long ; for those to whom size is an object, this species will be a 
most useful one, as it rarely grows larger than here represented. It was in flower in the nursery 
of Messrs. Knight and Perry, Chelsea. 
Ixora spe. nov. Messrs. Rollisson's, Tooting, have a species of Ixora in flower imported by 
them from Java. The inflorescence much like those of /. coccinea ; perhaps the individual flower 
may be a little larger, and brighter in colour. The habit and general appearance is that of 
/. coccinea. 
Justicia Carthaginensis — an old though scarce species in our gardens — has been flowering 
abundantly in the stove of Mr. Glendinning, Chiswick Nursery. The colour is a deep, rich lilac, 
the centre of the lower petals being striped with white. It is a profuse bloomer, has an excellent 
habit, enriched with foliage of a deep, bright, bluish-green. 
Lobelia fulgens, var. We were delighted, a short time ago, to find in the flower-garden of 
the late Mr. Wells, Redleaf, Kent, several most beautiful varieties, both in size, form, and colour. 
One of the varieties, called L. fulgens multiflora, has most brilliant scarlet flowers, the three lower 
petals an inch-and-a-half long, spreading out to about the same length from point to point. The 
flower-stem rises four feet, sending out laterals close to the ground ; foliage a deep green, 
slightly tinged with reddish-purple at the back of the leaves, stem, and peduncles. A second 
variety, L. fulgens pyramidalis, differs slightly from the above in colour, being of a lighter and 
brighter scarlet, the lower petals longer, narrower, and more pointed : the habit same in every 
respect. A third variety, called L. Marryatti, is less robust, not rising more than from two to 
three feet high. The flower is deep crimson-purple ; some of them become mottled with a pale 
rose-colour, and have a singular appearance. The foliage is neat, and a bright green. They are all 
most useful varieties for cultivation. 
NymphyEA spe. nov. — a most interesting and handsome aquatic — has been flowering for some 
time past in the stove of Messrs. Knight and Perry, Chelsea. The species has flowers of the 
purest white, and the centre is enriched with a mass of golden-coloured stamens ; when in fine 
perfection, measures more than six inches in diameter. The bud is a beautiful bluish-green, and 
expands generally about eight in the evening, and closes at eight in the morning, and is highly 
fragrant. The foliage is handsome, of a deep green, and beautifully reticulated. 
PHALiRNOPSis amabilis. Mr. Schroeder, of Stratford Green, has lately had a most superb 
variety of this charming orchid in flower, having blooms nearly twice the size of any specimen 
hitherto seen by us. The petals were so fleshy and opaque that the white was pure and dazzling ; 
this, with a golden mark or two in the centre of the flower, and the entire absence of pink or any 
other colour, renders it the most charming specimen we have seen. The variety is the one with 
long, narrow leaves, and the whole exhibited great merit in the cultivation. 
Solanum Pseudo Capsicum. This old plant we noticed in the nursery of Messrs. Knight and 
Perry, Chelsea, and think a very desirable one for ornamental purposes at this season, not for 
its flower, which is small, white, and insignificant, but for its beautiful orange-coloured fruit, about 
the size of a fine cherry, which are produced in abundance. The richness of the fruit is increased 
by the neat foliage of the plant. The species is one that deserves some attention from cultivators, 
as it makes a gay appearance in the greenhouse at a time when both flowers and fruit are scarce. 
