FLORICULTURAL NOTICES. 
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Strobilanthes scabra. A stove subshrubby plant, with deep green oblong 
leaves, and clusters of showy yellow flowers at the summits of the shoots. It 
is a native of various districts in India, and has lately blossomed in the collection 
of His Grace the Duke of Northumberland. “ It is remarkable for being covered 
over with short stiff hairs, which form little points upon the leaves and stems.” 
Being related to Justicia in character, it may be treated like the species of that 
genus, but is rather shy in producing its flowers. “ This may be overcome in two 
ways ; either by planting it in the border of the stove and allowing it to become a 
large bush, or by growing it in rather small pots, keeping it very cool all the 
summer, and bringing it back to the stove in autumn.” Cuttings root with facility. 
Bot. Beg. 32. 
NEW OR INTERESTING PLANTS RECENTLY FLOWERED IN THE 
SUBURBAN NURSERIES. 
Brugmansxa floribunda. A handsome dwarf species of this noble genus, 
flowering when not more than a foot high. The leaves and branches are covered 
with a light ferruginous down, and the flowers, which are small, are of a deep 
orange colour. The large inflated calyx, almost as long as the corolla, is of the 
same hue, and exceedingly conspicuous. It is flowering in a stove at Messrs. 
Young’s nursery, Epsom, but it is probably a greenhouse plant. 
Clintonia pulchella, var. An extremely pretty variety of this brilliant 
little* annual has just opened its flowers with Messrs. Rollison of Tooting. It is 
distinguished by having white flowers, with a blotch of yellow on the lower petal. 
In a bed of the species it would form a beautiful contrast, and it is hoped that 
seeds will be ripened. 
Epidendrum alatum. This fine pseudo-bulbous Epidendrum is blooming in 
great beauty in the stove of Messrs. Rollison, Tooting. It has roundish pseudo- 
bulbs, long narrow leaves, and tall, strong, branching flower-spikes. The blossoms 
are greenish yellow, with a lip of a similar colour striped with a purplish tint. On 
each side of the column there is a prominent and broad wing-like appendage, which 
supplies the name to the species. It continues flowering several weeks. 
FAchsia cordifolia. Lately introduced from Mexico, and flowered by Messrs. 
Young of Epsom. It is a plant of very regular growth, branching from the 
bottom to the top of the stem and taking a somewhat pyramidal figure. The 
leaves are heart-shaped, and intermediate in size between F.fulgens and globosa. 
The blossoms are produced singly from the axils of the leaves, and are large, 
pendent, of a pale orange colour, with green tips to the sepals. It is a rather 
interesting species. 
Gesnera dIscolor. Probably a South American species ; received and 
flowered by Messrs. Young of Epsom, who are at present the sole possessors of it. 
It has suffruticose stems and very large leaves, which have prominent and pretty 
purple veins interlacing each other at the back. The edges are beautifully fringed 
