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FLORICULTURAL NOTICES. 
Thoma'sia stipula'cea. “ This fine species, with its large purple flowers, seems unquestionably 
the T. stipulacea of Dr. Lindley’s Swan River Botany, and it is probably the T. macrocarpa of 
Hugel, but there are some discrepancies in the description. It was raised from New Holland 
seeds, sent by Mr. Drummond, in the Royal Botanic Gardens of Kew, where it bears its copious 
flowers in autumn.” It is a small bushy shrub, growing two or three feet high, with rather large 
heart-shaped leaves, sinuated on the margin. Bot. Mag. 4111. 
NEW OR INTERESTING PLANTS FLOWERED IN THE PRINCIPAL SUBURBAN NURSERIES 
AND GARDENS. 
Agani'sia pulche'lla. Messrs. Loddige, of Hackney, introduced this delicate and interesting 
little plant from Demarara in 1836, and a specimen is now producing its very neat blossoms in 
one of their stoves. It has several ascending rhizomas, upon which the long, tapering pseudo- 
bulbs encased in brownish scales are formed at intervals of two or three inches, and surmounted 
by a rigid and somewhat plaited oval, lance-shaped leaf, acutely pointed at the extremity. The 
flowers are borne in racemes which spring from the base of the pseudo-bulbs, and though not 
remarkable for large dimensions, they are peculiarly attractive, from the delicacy and fragility of 
their texture. The sepals are somewhat broader than the petals, and both are of that glistening 
white rarely seen but in Orchidacese, and which we can only compare to the pellucid appearance 
of half melted snow. The lip presents a little variety, having a considerable dash of yellow in it, 
and purple spots at the base. It is well-deserving of a place in choice collections, and maybe 
grown in a pot or basket filled with rough, fibrous peat ; but, perhaps, a block of wood, to which 
it may easily be attached and then suspended from the roof, will accord best with its habit. 
^Echme'a di'scolor. At the last meeting of the Horticultural Society, at the rooms in 
Regent Street, a specimen of this plant was exhibited, from the Society’s Garden at Chiswick. 
It is a very ornamental stove-plant of the Bromeliaceous order, remarkable for the brilliant 
scarlet hue of the panicled flower-stem and calyces. The petals are of a soft pink or purple tint, 
and protrude a little beyond the outer envelope. The leaves are broad, minutely dentated on 
the margin, and rather purplish underneath. Deprived of its flowers, the plant something 
resembles a miniature pine-apple. It requires a genial bottom-heat, and a rather liberal supply 
of water during the growing season, and will thrive in any soil that is not of a too retentive 
nature. 
Bego'nia Martia'na. This is a strikingly showy species of Begonia , with long striated stems 
growing very erect, and furnished with rather small leaves of the usual oblique form, deeply and 
unequally indented at the edges, and covered with a thin, glaucous bloom. The flowers are 
more richly coloured than the generality of Begonias , for, whilst a white or very pale pink is the 
usual colour, we have here a much deeper shade, almost approaching crimson. It is a very free 
and quick growing kind, and makes large bushes when encouraged by the use of a moderately 
rich soil, and allowing sufficient pot-room. Specimens have been flowering for a long time in a 
very superior style at Messrs. Henderson’s of Pine-apple Place, and at the Exotic Nursery of 
Mr. Knight, Chelsea. 
Bigno'nia Chamberlay'nii. In a stove at Mr. Knight’s Nursery a large specimen of this 
showy species, trained under the roof, is flowering beautifully. The blossoms are very large and 
of a rich yellow colour, and being produced in profuse quantities over a large portion of the 
surface of the main branches, they constitute a very engaging feature. It would, doubtless, 
succeed well in a warm greenhouse, and as it is one of the more abundant flowering species, it 
must be a desirable acquisition. . Like many other magnificent members of the same genus it is, 
however, very rarely met with. It is a native of Brazil, from whence it was imported as long 
ago as 1820. 
Diplope'ltis Huge'lii. A curious greenhouse plant, of a slender, suffruticose habit, and 
easily induced to form numerous ramifications, by occasionally pinching of the extremity of the 
growing shoots. The stems are hairy, and furnished with small, opposite, cuneate leaves, roughly 
and unequally toothed towards the end. The flowers are borne in long, loose panicles, and 
consist of four pink petals, and a disc of a peculiar construction. It is one of those plants which 
look very insignificant under careless management, and, when well cultivated, have an elegant 
