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FLORICULTURAL NOTICES, 
PLANTS NEW OR INTERESTING, IN FLOWER IN THE PRINCIPAL SUBURBAN NURSER® 
AND GARDENS. 
yEscuYNANTHus longiflorus. It will be found in our July number, that a plant bearingiig 
name has been already noticed as introduced by Messrs. Veitch, of Exeter, but which is now ns ed 
JE. speciosus. We have again to claim attention to another species, also forwarded by MeM 
Veitch, which proves to be the true JE. longiflorus : they received it from Mr. Thomas Lobb ( 
collector at Java) in plants under the name of Lysionotus longiflorus. It is described as one ot 
high, in dwarf forests, growing on trees at an elevation of from three to four thousand feet. r Jey 
treat it as a stove plant, and find it of easy culture. The flowers are produced freely all oveiiie 
plant in clusters, some holding ten flowers, averaging from four to six inches long, of a very }jh 
crimson scarlet colour. The plant, when in good flower, must have a gorgeous appearance. | 
Browallia Jamesoni. A remarkable and very beautiful plant, its surface profusely decork 
with bright orange and yellow coloured blossoms. It differs from all the species hitherto know as 
annuals, being a shrub, and very superior both in flower and habit. It was introduced by Mels. 
Veitch and Sons, Exeter, and forms a prodigious acquisition to our gardens. 
Cattleya citrina. In the collection of J. E. Schroeder, Esq., Stratford Green, we found is 
beautiful species blooming most luxuriantly, having eight flowers fully developed at once : is 
grown on a log of wood, suspended from the roof of the house, and appears to succeed best win 
turned upside down. Mr. Plant says he has two very distinct varieties, one much larger, with ie 
labellum all yellow, the other having a crisped margin of white. We do not remember to lie' 
seen a finer specimen, whether from the peculiar habit and glaucous appearance of the foli e, 
colour of its flowers, or the exceedingly fine state to which it is grown and bloomed. 
Echinacea intermedia. Messrs. Backhouse, of Fishergate Nurseries, York, have just r- 
warded to us a specimen of this, the handsomest of the purple-flowered Rudbeckia tribe. It is 
a strong robust habit (quite hardy), rising from eighteen inches to two feet, the stem clothed m 
short bristle-like hairs, and marked with brownish streaks throughout : the leaves are scabr 3, 
dark green, nearly heart-shaped at the base, verging towards the upper part to o vate-acumin j. 
The primary leaves are opposite, but assume an apposite position on the lateral floral branc 3. 
The flower is from four to five inches in diameter, of a bright reddish-purple or lilac, very gr- 
looking. It commences flowering in August, continuing until November, and appears to be on >f 
the finest autumnal herbaceous plants. 
Gompholobium sp. At the nursery of Messrs. Knight and Perry, several species of the ab e 
have been flowering abundantly, each differing, either in habit or flower, from the other. The flit 
we have already noticed as flowering with Mr. Ayres, gardener to J. Cook, Esq., Blackheh 
Park. The second is called G. splendens, having very brilliant yellow flowers, and good hat. 
The third has deep yellow' blossoms, with carmine spot in the centre, the back of the flower beg 
a dark chocolate. The habit of the young plant is much like G. polymorphum, but as it ages it - 
comes considerably larger. The fourth is more shrubby, having pinnate foliage, fine and wi : 
this species bears bright reddish-lilac blossoms, in clusters of eight or ten, and is a very le 
bloomer. It is called G. venustum, and will no doubt become a great favourite. The fifth is mill 
akin to the above, being a decided shrub, though the foliage is smaller. It has bright yellow be- 
soms, and produces them in great abundance at the tip of every shoot. This variety is knc i 
particularly by the calyx being thickly covered with down-like hairs. When a fine specimen, ill 
covered with bloom, from the peculiar brightness of its colour, it would be difficult to surpass its j f 
appearance. 
Leschenaultia splendens. A very handsome and well-flowered specimen of the above vj 
sent to the Horticultural Rooms by Messrs. Yeitch and Son, Exeter. In habit, it has much 1 
character of L. biloba , though the foliage is a little longer and curled inwards towards the ste . 
The inflorescence is of a most brilliant and pure scarlet, of the size and form of L. biloba , I t 
produced in clusters and great abundance at the end of each shoot. We noticed a much fiijj’ 
variety, the flowers larger and richer in colour, blooming with Mr. Ayres, gardener to J. Coj, 
Esq., Brooklands, Blackheath Park, Kent. 
Sobralia macrantha splendens. A remarkably fine and richly-coloured flower has lat 
been showing its beauty in the Nursery of Messrs. Rollisson, Tooting, Surrey. It differs fi 
