MISCELLANEOUS. 
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MISCELLANEOUS. 
New and Rare Plants in Flower. Achimenes 
ocellata. A novel species of Achimenes is flower- 
ing in the nursery of Messrs. Rollissons, Tooting, 
though from the season the full merits of the 
flower are not developed. The flowers are small, 
somewhat like A. picta, and of the richest crimson 
scarlet ; they have a dark spot or eye in the centre 
of each petal, encircled with a white ring. The 
foliage is of the medium size ; dark green on the 
upper, and stained with red on the under side. 
With a more favourable opportunity of showing its 
flowers, we think it will prove a very promising 
variety. 
Barlceria SJeinneri Major. Now that the 
method of cultivating this charming species is 
more fully understood, it is rarely found out of 
flower during several months of the year, yielding 
a large amount of bloom of a delicate yet rich rosy 
lilac colour, that there is really no wonder the 
species is so general a favourite. For the still 
greater appreciation of its value, we mention the 
fact of a small plant having been in flower up- 
wards of six months, and is still flowering in the 
Orchideous House of Mrs. Laurence, Ealing Park, 
Middlesex. 
Brassavola nodosa. Our vignette represents 
a beautiful little specimen which 
has been flowering for the last 
two or three months in the gar- 
dens of the Horticultural Society, 
Chiswick, showing that, however 
insignificant an individual flower 
may appear by itself, yet when 
produced in such a mass as 
here represented, it becomes 
an object of very considerable 
beauty. 
Bletia verecunda. In the gar- 
dens of the Dowager Duchess of 
Northumberland, Sion House, 
we observed several specimens of 
a fine coloured Bletia which Mr. 
Iveson the gardener supposed 
to be B. verecunda. As a plant 
for winter cultivation, it is most 
useful ; it flowers profusely, and 
does not require any very par- 
ticular care in management. 
The scape is between two and 
three feet long, holding upwards 
of a dozen large purple flowers 
on its branches, which we need not state are very 
serviceable for bouquets. 
Cuphea platycentra. An enormous plant of this 
gay species we noticed sometime since in the nur- 
sery of Messrs. Yeitch and Son, Exeter. The plant 
was in a No. 1 pot, most admirably cultivated ; so 
well filled with flower and foliage, that not a break 
was visible, all equally distributed over the plant. 
We have never seen a specimen better managed. 
Catesbcea parvijlora. This old, though in- 
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teresting little shrub, is flowering in the stove at 
Messrs. Henderson’s, Pine Apple Place, Edgeware 
Road. The plant was only six or eight inches 
high, with spreading branches clothed (densely) 
with small dark green foliage. The flowers are 
produced at the axils of the leaves, but in such a 
manner that unless the plant be suspended they 
are invisible. They are abundantly produced, of 
the purest white, and deliciously fragrant. 
Cattleya quadricolor. A charming species of 
Cattleya was recently forwarded to us by Mr. 
Mylam, gardener to S. Rucker, Esq., Wands- 
worth, Surrey. The habit resembles Lselia Perrinnii 
more so than any species of Cattleya. The 
flowers are produced in pairs, a good size, and 
beautifully coloured though delicate. The ex- 
panded portion of the labellum is of the richest 
crimson, with a margin of pure white ; the edges 
crisped, throat a rich yellow, sepals and petals a 
delicate rose tint. The edges of the large inner 
petals are beautifully curled. This is a very hand- 
some species, and will bear comparison with any 
of the race. 
Erica erubescens. We remarked a handsome 
specimen of the above in flower in the garden of 
the Horticultural Society, Chiswick. The pure 
transparent white flowers, the graceful habit of the 
plant, and the immense profusion with which it 
blooms, allied to the peculiar season when it was 
in perfection, was certainly an object of consider- 
able attraction. Would it not be worth the atten- 
tion of cultivators to have the Heath in several 
varieties flowering during the winter months in- 
stead of the satiety of this species during summer 1 
They would amply repay the cultivator by the enor- 
mous quantity of bloom they generally produce. 
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