FLORICULTURAL NOTICES. 
119 
NEW, RARE, OR INTERESTING PLANTS, IN FLOWER, IN THE DIFFERENT SUBURBAN 
NURSERIES AND GARDENS. 
At the recent exhibitions in the Gardens of the Horticultural Society and the Royal Botanical 
Society, we noticed the following well grown plants in perfection of bloom : — 
Weigela rosea. Messrs. Veitch exhibited a most charming specimen of this Chinese shrub. Its 
beautiful and graceful habit, the profusion with which it was bloomed, the delicacy and richness 
of the colom’, made it an object of the greatest admiration to the visitors, and certainly proves 
all that we have hitherto said of its being one of the handsomest shrubs for the lawn or flower- 
garden that has been introduced. Franciseea latifolia M^as shown, most beautifully studded with 
large and varied coloured flowers, by Mr. Carson ; a plant worthy more extensive cultivation. 
BouvarcUa Jlava, shown by Mr. Bruce in excellent condition. The plant has a very graceful and 
pendulous habit, producing at the extremity of its shoots clusters of long, pale-yellow, trumpet- 
shaped flowers very abundantly, proving itself a plant worthy of extensive cultivation. Boronia 
pinnata. — Among the very numerous specimens of the above, we must particularly point to a fine 
one shown by Messrs. Henderson ; large, compact, and most profusely covered with pink blossoms, 
exhibiting great skill and attention in the cultivator. jBschynanthus Javanicus, a fine specimen 
shown by Mr, Jack, in good flower, seems to be but a very little move irom JE . pulcher and 
J?. Boschianus, especially in the flower, while the foliage is about midway betwixt those species ; 
most probably a hybrid of nature’s formation. 
Chorozema Henchmanni an immense specimen ; Davesia latifolia, Podolohium stauropliyllum, 
admirably managed, and Eriostemon myoporoides, were exhibited by Messrs. Frazer, nurserymen, 
Lea Bridge Road. Lesckenaultia biloha has been produced remarkably fine by the following culti-* 
vators : Messrs. Carson, Kyle, Bruce, Jack, and several others. Acacia pulchella, a very handsome 
and compact specimen by Mr. Taylor, gardener to T. Coster Esq. Tetratheca verticillata was 
exhibited in most profuse condition of bloom by Messrs. Henderson, Pine-apple Place Nursery, 
Edgeware Road, and by several other cultivators, proving it to be a first-rate plant for specimen 
cultivation. Among the numerous varieties of hybrid Azaleas, we noticed the following as being 
the best, and worthy a place in every Collection ; A . Feilder^s, white, large and pure in colour, 
good texture, and a profuse bloomer ; A. macrantha purpurea, a fine bold flower richly spotted with 
crimson, shown by Mr. Donald, gardener to Mrs. Lawrence, Ealing Park'; A prwstans, a rich 
rosy carmine, very brilliant in colour, shown by Mr. Carson ; A. alba maculata, a fine-shaped 
flower, large, spotted and flaked with rosy lilac, novel and handsome ; A. alba exquisita, a flower 
of the purest white, without mark or spot, rather long, petals well rounded, and of good substance ; 
A. violacea elegans, very fine and well-shaped flower, a bright rosy lilac colour, shown by Mr. 
Green. Messrs. Standish and Noble, nurserymen, Bagshot, exhibited a semi-double Azalea of 
some considerable beauty, a bright rose colour, outer petals broad and round, with the inner petals 
much larger than any double variety yet produced ; no doubt it will become a favourite, being large, 
as well as a good bloomer ; they likewise had a large collection of seedling Ghent Azaleas profusely 
in bloom, exhibiting a great variety of tints, varying from the brightest scarlet and orange to pale 
yellow. Messrs. Frazer had a fine A. alba magna, its size and purity of colour being a very great 
recommendation. Among the numerous collections of Pelargoniums, one exhibitedby Mr. Gaines 
of Battersea, consisting of Fancy kinds, was well deserving of especial notice, from their 
neatness and very great profusion of blossom, showing them as likely to become most useful for 
bedding, &c., intermixed with other varieties. Mr. G. likewise exhibited a new seedling, called 
N e Plus Ultra, a very beautiful variety, and an improvement upon the one raised by him called 
Anais, the rich crimson being more equally distributed throughout the flower, leaving a deep and 
regular margin of white. 
Among the various collections of Orchidaceous plants, the following were very superior in 
rarity and cultivation : — Epidendrurti crassifolium, a most remarkable specimen, with upwards of 
twenty large heads of bloom. Camarotis purpurea and Dendrobium moniliforme, most charmingly 
flowered by Mr. Williams, gardener to — Walner, Esq.; Dendrobium formosum with ten or 
twelve of its large white flowers fully expanded ; Phalcenopsis grandifora with five scapes of 
bloom. Yanda tricolor and several other species were exhibited very finely in flower by Messrs. 
Veitch, Exeter. Bletia campanulata, with three scapes of large rich purple blossoms, Vanda inszgnis, 
Chrysis bractescens,^^ne, Cymbidium eburneum, Epidendrum bicornutum and tibicinis, Dendrobium 
Devonianum^ very handsome, D. Dalhousieanum, D. densijlorum, seventeen spikes fully expanded, 
Odontoglossum citrosmum, seven spikes in good condition, and Paphinia cristata, were exhibited by 
