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FLORICULTURAL NOTICES. 
NEW, RARE, AND INTERESTING PLANTS, IN FLOWER IN THE DIFFERENT SUBURBAN 
NURSERIES AND GARDENS. 
Achimenes atrosanguinea. A hybrid variety of great beauty, most probably allied to that 
section among which are A. pedunculated and A. Mrsuta, the chief difference being the superb and 
brilliant scarlet colour of the flower. We likewise noticed another variety in the same section, called 
A. vermillion, which has bright orange-scarlet flowers, the size, shape, and manner of flowering, 
similar to A. jpedunculata ; both are very superior varieties. We saw them in flower in the 
nursery of Messrs. Knight and Perry, King's Road, Chelsea. 
Browallia speciosa. A fine shrub for the conservatory, bearing large blueish-lilac flowers, 
star-shaped, an inch and a-half in diameter, pale yellow in the throat, produced rather scantily 
over the plant. The plant has a fine habit, with rich green foliage. We saw it in flower in 
September last, in the nursery of Messrs. Veitch and Son, Exeter, where we found 
Calceolaria sp. nov., a remarkably fine shrubby species, growing nearly two feet high, headed 
by an immense mass of golden flowers ; the bracts and calyx of the flowers large and ample, and 
partaking of the colour of the flower. The foliage, though large and coarse at the base, is thrown 
in the shade by the great profusion of the blossoms. For bedding out and forming a striking 
object in the border, we do not know a more useful plant than this. 
Dipladenia crassinoda is deservedly the most admired of its race, from the neatness of 
habit and beauty of its blossoms, as well as for the profusion with which they are produced. 
Mr. Green, gardener to Lady Antrobus, of Cheam Park, has recently had it in fine condition of 
flower. 
Erica cerinthoides coronata. A hybrid Heath of a brilliant red colour, approaching scarlet, 
very handsome, both in size of flower and for the profusion of the bloom. As an addition to the 
numerous seedling varieties, it will be most acceptable, as it will bear comparison with the best of 
the race. We found it flowering in the nursery of Messrs. Rollisson, Tooting. 
Gloxinia carminata splendens, A fine richly coloured flower, with great beauty of form and 
substance of petal, has been forwarded to us by Messrs. Backhouse, of York. To the very numerous 
hybrid varieties of this handsome tribe, the above-named will give an additional and attractive 
feature. 
Impatiens repens. This pretty and distinct Balsam was introduced some time since from 
Ceylon, by Messrs. Low, Clapton. Its flowers are a rich yellow colour, about an inch long, with 
small heart-shaped foliage of a bronzy green, the stem reddish. We noticed it in flower in a small 
pan, hanging several inches down the sides, studded with its blossoms, in the nursery of 
Mr. Jackson, Kingston. 
