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FLORICULTURAL NOTICES. 
Lucombe and Pince's Nursery. It flowered in April, 1848, and is perhaps the first of the species 
that has blossomed in this country. The flowers are a beautiful rose-colour. — Bot. Mag., 4381. 
Tetrazygia ELiEAGNOiDES — Elceagnus-HJee Tetrazygia. A West Indian plant, as are all the 
species of the genus. It was raised at Sion House, from seeds collected in Jamaica, where it 
flowered in March, 1848. The flowers are white, and produced in terminal panicles. — Bot. 
Mag., 4383. 
Trop^eolum Smithii — Sir James Smith's Nasturtium. A very distinct and elegant species of 
Tropazolum, for the introduction of which to our gardens we are indebted to Messrs. Veitch and 
Son, and to their indefatigable collector, William Lobb. It is a native of high mountains in 
Columbia, growing at an elevation of nine thousand feet above the level of the sea. Treated as 
the TropcBolum majors and minors, there is every reason to believe that it will prove as hardy. It 
flowers through the summer months. — Bot. Mag., 4385. 
Thyrsacanthus strictus — Straight Thyrsacanthus. This is a very pretty shrub, producing 
salmon-coloured flowers, arranged in short clusters in a naked, interrupted, slender, terminal, 
downy spike. It is a stove shrub, requiring the same treatment as Justicias, and easily increased 
by cuttings. It is a useful plant, as it remains long in bloom. — Jour. Hort. Soc, 3, 237. 
Vrtesia speciosa — Showy Vriesia. A handsome species, better known in our collections by 
the name of Tillandsia splendens, under which appellation it has been received from Mr. Newman, 
of the " Jardin des Plantes" at Paris. The leaves are firm, dark-green, with black transverse bands. 
The scape grows from a foot to eighteen inches long, and is clothed from the centre upwards with 
closely-imbricated scarlet bracts and yellow flowers. It grows freely, fastened to a block of wood 
suspended in an Orchid-house. — Bot. Mag., 4382. 
NEW, RARE, OR INTERESTING PLANTS, IN FLOWER, IN THE DIFFERENT SUBURBAN 
NURSERIES AND GARDENS. 
Chirita Moonii. This fine species was exhibited by Mr. Smith, curator of the Royal 
Botanical Gardens, Kew. The plant is a native of Ceylon, and has fine bluish, lilac flowers, two 
or three inches long, and about the same in diameter. The foliage is of moderate size and pale 
green colour. The plant grows about eighteen inches high, and has an abundance of bloom. 
Epacris, seedling var. Messrs. Low recently favoured us with five very distinct varieties of 
Epacris, the whole of them possessing the free and vigorous habit of E. impressa. No. 1. E. 
campanulata, is short in the tube, but spreads widely at the mouth, a very rich crimson, free 
bloomer, and very handsome. No. 2. E. bicolor is strongly allied to E. grandiflora, but con- 
siderably larger in flower and richer in colour. No. 3. E. andromedceflora is a very profuse 
bloomer, the individual flower in colour and appearance not unlike the Heath of the same name. 
No. 4. E. densiflora has a delicate rose-tinted flower, shading to white towards the mouth ; it is a 
most profuse bloomer. No. 5. E. delicata, is also very beautiful, large, and almost white, a slight 
blush tinting the flower ; we think this the finest flower in size we have yet seen : it is also a free- 
bloomer. 
Hibiscus, var. A fine flower, pale sulphur colour, and dark chocolate centre, has copious and 
rich green foliage ; we noticed it flowering in the stove of Messrs. Rollissons, Tooting. We are 
unacquainted with its history, but suppose it is a seedling variety. The flower is about four 
inches in diameter. 
Leptospermum bullatum. In the nursery of Messrs. Henderson, Pineapple-Place, we noticed 
some little shrubs having greatly the appearance of the common May, when in bloom, the 
individual flower being rather larger. It has the quality of being a profuse bloomer, pure white, 
and is highly attractive. 
Periphragmus pyrifolia. Messrs. Veitch have flowered the above. It was found on the 
Andes in Peru, by their collector, Mr. Lobb ; grows from two to three feet high, and has rather 
handsome foliage. The stem is much branched, with the flowers terminal, in large trusses of 
whitish yellow-coloured blooms. We understand it is of very easy cultivation, requiring only a 
cool greenhouse for protection during the winter season. 
Siphocampylus nitida. In the nursery of Messrs. Rollissons we noticed this little shrub in 
