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roots that the plants will receive a check if they are left too long unshifted, when 
those roots touch the side of the pot. 
The freedom with which G. zehrina spontaneously throws up offsets, renders 
multiplication by cuttings superfluous. 
It will be remarked that all we have said relates nearly as much to Gesneras in 
general, as to the more particular subject of observation. The whole of the species 
approximate so nearly in habit, that the treatment which suits one is adapted to 
all. The shrubby kinds, that are not tuberous-rooted, belong to a different class ; 
and are not, of course, included in the section on which we write. 
FLORICULTURAL NOTICES. 
NEW AND BEAUTIFUL PLANTS FIGURED IN THE LEADING BOTANICAL PERIODICALS 
FOR NOVEMBER. 
Aristolo v chia g? gas. Such is the extraordinary character of this species, that Dr. Lindley 
remarks, " well might this flower, although growing on a small plant in a flower-pot, excite the 
astonishment of the visitors to the garden of the Horticultural Society in the months of June and 
July last ; for certainly it is a rare event, even in the prolific regions of the tropics, to meet with 
so strange a production. If we were given to fancies, we should speculate upon the possibility of 
its being a cross between an elephant and an Arum, for the colour belongs to the latter, and the 
ear of the former, turned inside out, is no bad imitation of its form." The blossoms are immense, 
nearly heart-shaped, with a long slender tail ; their colour being a yellowish white, blotched and 
streaked with brownish purple. " It was sent to the Horticultural Society by Mr. Hartweg from 
Guatemala, where it was also found by Mr. Skinner, who states that it is well known in that 
country under a name equivalent to Jew's-ear. It flowered for the first time in the garden at 
Chiswick last summer. It strikes readily from cuttings, and is well adapted for covering a trellis 
in a pot, and for training up the rafters of the cool stove." The odour of the blossoms is less 
offensive than that of some species, and resembles that of old tobacco. Bot. Reg. 60. 
Echi v tes sple'ndens. A very remarkable and handsome new species, introduced by Messrs. 
Veitch and Son, of Exeter, through their collector, Mr. Lobb, from Brazil, and flowered last 
summer. The stems are climbing and vigorous, while the foliage is of unusual size, elliptical, 
acuminate, and nearly glabrous, though with prominent reticulations. The flowers are produced 
in axillary racemes, each having from four to six blossoms, which are very large, and of a pale 
rose colour, with a darker eye. It is a most valuable acquisition. Bot. Mag. 3976. 
Gode'tia grandiflo'ra. " A native of the north-west coast of North America, the country 
above all others rich in handsome hardy annuals. Douglas, however, never met with it, nor does 
any trace of it appear among the collections published from the materials of other travellers. It 
is most nearly allied to G. roseo-alba, a plant the origin of which is not well ascertained. The 
flowers are the largest of any, and have a peculiarly delicate texture." Their hue is a whitish 
pink, with streaks of a deeper tint in the middle of each petal. " The plant forms a bush about 
two feet high, less spreading than G. Lindley ana. It flowers in July and August. Unfortu- 
nately no seed was saved of this handsome annual, which was raised from seeds obtained from 
North-west America, by the late Mr. Moreton Dyer." Bot. Reg. 61. 
Ipomce'a Twee'diei. Described as " a very pretty convolvulaceous plant, sent some years 
ago by Mr. Tweedie, from woods of the Parana, to the Royal Botanic Garden of Glasgow." It 
is most probably a stove species, and perhaps herbaceous. The stems are climbing and slender^ 
the leaves being alternate, cordate, and acuminate. The blossoms are solitary, or produced in 
twos on each peduncle, and the corolla is " scarcely more than an inch long, red-purple, with 
five pale star-shaped lines." The plant is hardly deserving of cultivation. Bot. Mag. 3978. 
