FLORICULTURAL NOTICES. 
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NEW, RARE, OR INTERESTING PLANTS, IN FLOWER, IN THE DIFFERENT SUBURBAN 
NURSERIES AND GARDENS. 
Achimenes Kleeii — named after Charles Rudolph Klee, Esq., the Prussian Consul-general in 
Guatemala, to whom we are indebted for a great many of the fine plants lately introduced from 
that country. This species Messrs. Lane, of Berkhampstead, received from Mr. Skinner in June 
last, and it promises to add another great attraction to this gay race. The flowers are of a rosy 
lilac colour, deeper in the centre, with a small dash of yellow in the throat ; the habit is neat, and 
every way qualified to vie with any of its compeers. 
Angelonia moschata. This species we saw in a collection of plants belonging to Messrs. Veitch, 
in July last, at Chiswick. It differs very little, either in size, shape, or colour of the flower, from 
others in cultivation, but possesses another quality, that of having a strong odour of musk. In 
habit it is much larger than the other varieties, and of stronger growth. 
Amaryllis, sp. nov. We recently noticed at Messrs. Henderson's nursery, Pine-apple Place, 
a remarkably fine Amaryllis, both for size of flower and brilliancy of colour, the latter being a rich 
scarlet. The stem was about three feet high, headed with a large truss of flowers. The plant has 
a noble appearance. We likewise noticed a new Begonia, named, from its colour — ■ 
Begonia aurantiaca. From what we could learn, it is a native of India, and most probably 
will prove one of the handsomest of the tribe. The flowers are of the brightest orange, large, and 
well expanded, apparently produced copiously. It is a bulbous-rooted species, neat in growth, good 
foliage, of a rich, glossy green, slightly marked at the edges with a reddish colour. The flower- 
stem rises several inches, so that the blooms are thrown out beyond the foliage. 
Cuphea purpurea. This singular plant we noticed in flower in the nursery of Mr. Low, 
Clapton. In habit and shape of flower it resembles C. miniata, the difference being in the colour 
of the flower, which is a bright rosy purple. No account of its history is known, whether a species 
or only a hybrid variety ; most probably the latter, as we found it blooming in the open border in 
the nursery of Messrs. Knight and Perry, Chelsea, under the name of C. hybrida, which most 
likely tells the true history of its origin. 
Miltonia spectabilis. We have again to record a specimen of fine cultivation at the nursery 
of Messrs. Rollisson, Tooting, of this delicate yet most handsome species. The plant was three 
feet in diameter, completely laden with its beautiful flowers, amounting to upwards of eighty in 
number. In addition to its beauty, it has the character of being the most permanent of its race 
when in flower. 
Miltonia, sp. nov. In the nursery of Messrs. Veitch and Son, Exeter, we lately noticed a 
Miltonia, somewhat resembling M. Clowesii in flower ; differing principally in the colour of the 
petals, which were of a pale brown colour, with large blotches of deep rich brown, which were 
surrounded by a ring of paler colour than the ground, the lower half of the lip white, while the 
upper was a rich purple colour. The habit is much finer than M. Clowesii, and a brighter green. 
The scape was upwards of two feet long, and had a liberal amount of bloom. We likewise 
noticed — 
Rhododendron Javanicum, flowering finely. This is certainly one of the finest plants of 
recent introduction, and as it blooms most freely, will be the greatest ornament of our Conserva- 
tories. We understand from Messrs. Veitch that there are several varieties of the Java species — 
one, a bright yellow colour, has already been published ; this, however, is the true one, having 
large trusses of the richest orange ; the nearest resemblance to it in colour is the blood-orange of 
Spain. Messrs. Veitch received a dried specimen, having upwards of thirteen flowers on a truss; 
an individual flower being nearly three inches in diameter, some idea may be formed of its 
beauty, when grown into specimen plants. We noticed plants not more than a foot high, showing 
bloom ; adding the beauty of its bright glossy green foliage, slightly tinged at the edges with red, 
to the colour of the flower. We consider that it will take the place of the finest of the Rhodo- 
dendron species. 
Thunbergia Doddsti. We have been favoured with a specimen of the above, bearing foliage 
beautifully variegated with the fine flowers of T. aurantiaca, and we are informed by Mr. Dodds, 
gardener to Colonel Barker, Salisbury, that he raised it from seed gathered from T. aurantiaca 
superba, in 1847 ; grows quite as free, and is perfectly constant. We think it a novelty worthy 
of extensive cultivation with the other varieties. 
