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FLORICULTURAL NOTICES. 
NEW OR BEAUTIFUL PLANTS RECENTLY FLOWERED IN THE PRINCIPAL 
SUBURBAN NURSERIES- 
Chorozema spectabilis. Dr. Lindley has applied this name to a JSwaii River 
plant which has bloomed in the Horticultural Society's garden, and more than one 
nursery establishment, and which seems to be nothing more than a slightly superior 
variety of C. rliombea. The difference (if there be any) is in the brighter colour 
of the flowers, and the shorter and broader leaves of the plant whose appellation 
heads the present notice. It may be worth mentioning, however, that a specimen 
planted in the elevated pit of a warm greenhouse at Messrs. Rollisson's, grew so 
much more luxuriantly, and flowered in such amazing prodigality, that those who 
have not seen the plant in the like circumstances have no conception of its beauty. 
Cinerarias, hybrid. Messrs. Henderson, of the Edgeware Road, to whom 
amateur cultivators owe a debt of gratitude for the many splendid hybrids they 
have obtained from the genus Cineraria^ (or Senec'io^) have this year a number of 
other novelties in flower. Of these, there are some which must be considered im- 
provements on the King, Waterhousiana, &c., while the splendid blue or bluish- 
flowered varieties, with one whose blossoms are of so intense a crimson that it is 
difiicult to gaze on them w^ithout having the eyes affected by their brilliancy, are 
rightly regarded as the best in the collection. 
Eria bractescens. As the name indicates, the distinguishing characteristic 
of this species is the large bracts, which, from their purplish hue, give a showy 
aspect to the plant long before the flowers are opened. It is of vigorous growth, 
with pseudo-bulbs which are continuations of a rising rhizoma, and blossoms that 
are in no degree striking. Messrs. Loddiges imported it from Sincapore, and 
flowered it last month. 
Eria longilabris. A far more valuable species than the foregoing ; and 
lately bloomed in the same nursery. The stems are long, thick, and not much 
unlike those of E. densiflora^ though larger. The flowers appear in extensive, 
nearly upright racemes from the tops of the stems, and are white, with a peculiarly 
elongated lip, which is stained with purple. Altogether the plant is the most 
ornate member of the genus. 
Gentiana v^rna. We cannot deny ourselves the pleasure of recommending 
this diminutive but decided native gem to all who do not object to cultivating 
plants solely because they are indigenous to their own country. Its lowness, and 
the intense blue of its lovely flowers, give it strong claims on the possessors of 
rockeries, or of small flower-beds for dwarf rare plants. It may be procured of 
most nurserymen who grow Alpines, and has just shed its flowers. A variety 
with whitish blooms has likewise flowered at Messrs. Young's, Epsom, and creates 
a gratifying contrast. 
MaxillAria aromatica, var. Mr. Knight, of Chelsea, has latterly succeeded 
