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sting upwards of a week in good condition, are produced freely, and make a neat and pretty 
>pearance in the hothouse. 
Gesneria macrantha purpurea. A dwarf plant, with flowers, stem, and leaves clothed with 
Dolly hairs. The species flowers at about six inches high, producing four most intensely bright 
arlet blooms, about three inches long ; for those to whom size is an object, this species will be a 
ost useful one, as it rarely grows larger than here represented. It was in flower in the nursery 
‘ Messrs. Knight and Perry, Chelsea. 
Ixora spe. nov. Messrs. Rollisson’s, Tooting, have a species of Ixora in flower imported by 
lem from Java. The inflorescence much like those of I. coccinea ; perhaps the individual flower 
ay be a little larger, and brighter in colour. The habit and general appearance is that of 
coccinea. 
Justicia 'Carthaginensis — an old though scarce species in our gardens — has been flowering 
Dundantly in the stove of Mr. Glendinning, Chiswick Nursery. The colour is a deep, rich lilac, 
te centre of the lower petals being striped with white. It is a profuse bloomer, has an excellent 
abit, enriched with foliage of a deep, bright, bluish-green. 
Lobelia fulgens, var. We were delighted, a short time ago, to find in the flower-garden of 
le late Mr. Wells, Redleaf, Kent, several most beautiful varieties, both in size, form, and colour, 
ne of the varieties, called L. fulgens multiflora, has most brilliant scarlet flowers, the three lower 
tals an inch-and-a-half long, spreading out to about the same length from point to point. The 
I ower-stem rises four feet, sending out laterals close to the ground ; foliage a deep green, 
ightly tinged with reddish-purple at the back of the leaves, stem, and peduncles. A second 
ariety, L. fulgens pyramidalis, differs slightly from the above in colour, being of a lighter and 
Tighter scarlet, the lower petals longer, narrower, and more pointed : the habit same in every 
aspect. A third variety, called L. Marryatti , is less robust, not rising more than from two to 
aree feet high. The flower is deep crimson-purple ; some of them become mottled with a pale 
ose-colour, and have a singular appearance. The foliage is neat, and a bright green. They are all 
aost useful varieties for cultivation. 
Nymphasa spe. nov. — a most interesting and handsome aquatic — has been flowering for some 
me past in the stove of Messrs. Knight and Perry, Chelsea. The species has flowers of the 
urest white, and the centre is enriched with a mass of golden-coloured stamens ; when in fine 
erfection, measures more than six inches in diameter. The bud is a beautiful bluisli-green, and 
xpands generally about eight in the evening, and closes at eight in the morning, and is highly 
fragrant. The foliage is handsome, of a deep green, and beautifully reticulated. 
Phalasnopsis amabilis. Mr. Schroeder, of Stratford Green, has lately had a most superb 
ariety of this charming orchid in flower, having blooms nearly twice the size of any specimen 
litherto seen by us. The petals were so fleshy and opaque that the white was pure and dazzling ; 
his, with a golden mark or two in the centre of the flower, and the entire absence of pink or any 
)ther colour, renders it the most charming specimen we have seen. The variety is the one with 
long, narrow leaves, and the whole exhibited great merit in the cultivation. 
Solanum Pseudo Capsicum. This old plant we noticed in the nursery of Messrs. Knight and 
Perry, Chelsea, and think a very desirable one for ornamental purposes at this season, not for 
ts flower, which is small, white, and insignificant, but for its beautiful orange-coloured fruit, about 
he size of a fine cherry, which are produced in abundance. The richness of the fruit is increased 
sy the neat foliage of the plant. The species is one that deserves some attention from cultivators, 
as it makes a gay appearance in the greenhouse at a time when both flowers and fruit are scarce. 
