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NEW, RARE, OR INTERESTING PLANTS IN FLOWER IN THE PRINCIPAL 
SUBURBAN NURSERIES. 
iEscHYNANTHUs grandifl5rus. A specimen of this superb plant is now- 
exhibiting its blossoms in the nurseries of Messrs. Henderson, Pine-apple Place? 
and at Messrs. Loddiges', Hackney. That in the former collection is only a year 
old, and was fixed as a cutting last summer amongst some moss on a block of wood. 
It has, since that time, completely covered the block, and is producing a large 
bunch of its brilliant blossoms from the extremities of each of the main shoots. A 
more showy object can hardly be imagined. At Chatsworth, a fine plant has 
several hundred flowers at present developed, and constitutes a magnificent display. 
Angelonia speci6sa. Three or four new species of Angelonia appear to have 
been introduced by Mr. Gardner, from Brazil, and one has appropriately been 
selected to bear his name. That now noticed seems, however, to be the most 
showy. It is of an upright habitude, growing from one foot to eighteen inches 
high, with narrow hairy leaves, and large flowers, which are of a very bright deep 
blue, beautifully spotted with purple in the middle. They are situated about 
half an inch from each other. The species is blooming most abundantly in 
the collection of Mr. Low, Clapton. 
C vcnoches maoulatum. An extremely interesting dwarf species of CycnocheSy 
bearing, in the orchidaceous house of Messrs. Loddiges, a long raceme of its pretty 
flowers. These are of a somewhat brownish white or stone colour, liberally spotted 
with dark purplish spots. It is a most valuable acquisition to a collection of 
Orchidaceae, and flowers rather profusely. 
Dendr5bium revolt)tum. Brought from Manilla, a few months back, by 
Mr. Cuming, in a flowering state, and subsequently flowered with Messrs. Loddiges, 
who possess specimens with their blossoms now expanded. The species is quite 
novel, of a neat character, with long and moderately stout stems, from one to two 
feet long, and thickly studded with foliage. The flowers are small, whitish, with 
one or two bars of orange in the centre, and having the petals very much folded. 
They are frequently but not numerously produced, and the plant cannot rank with 
the highly delightful species that principally compose this genus. 
Fernandezia lunIfera. This charming little gem is fully as engaging as 
F. elegans^ from which it has not many points of difference, the foliage and mode of 
growth being extremely similar. In the flowers, however, there are two conspi- 
cuous processes opposite each other, which, in conjunction, form a very perfect and 
beautiful crescent. Hence the origin of its specific appellation. Messrs. Loddiges 
have a plant of it in bloom in their establishment, to which, though by no means a 
glaring object, it contributes much attraction. 
Hedychium aurantiacum. A handsome species, allied to H. angmtifolium, 
but differing in the hue of its flowers. It is blossoming freely with Messrs. Rolli- 
son, Tooting, The average height of its stems is about four feet ; its leaves are 
