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whence we possess native specimens; according to Dr. Wallich, it also occurs in 
Malabar.” The tree is of a handsome character, branching freely, and producing 
large as well as peculiarly dark and glossy foliage, with racemes of distant but 
spacious white flowers. The figure was obtained from Sion House, the seat of His 
Grace the Duke of Northumberland, and it is cultivated in a moist stove, with an 
enriched soil. Dr. Lindley observes, that “ the sages of Ceylon having demon- 
strated, as they say, that Paradise was in that island, and having, therefore, found 
it necessary to point out the forbidden fruit of the garden of Eden, assure us that it 
was borne by a species of this genus, the Divi Ladner of their country, and pro- 
bably the plant before us.” It is assumed that before the fall of man the fruit 
was edible and delicious ; but that it then became poisonous, as it now remains. 
Bot. Beg., 53. 
Tithonia ovata. Sir W. J. Hooker has only assigned this plant provisionally 
to the genus Tithonia , till its affinity can be more accurately determined. As far 
as the culturist is concerned, however, it would seem to be of little importance to 
what genus it belongs, for its character exhibits few points of interest, the flowers 
being syngenesious, comparatively small, and of the usual yellow colour. It is a 
strong-growing plant, raised in the open air by Mr. Glover, of Manchester, from 
seeds imported from Mexico by his friend Mr. Leeds. It blossoms in the autumn. 
Bot. Mag. 3901. 
NEW OR INTERESTING PLANTS WHICH HAVE RECENTLY FLOWERED IN THE 
PRINCIPAL SUBURBAN NURSERIES AND GARDENS. 
Begonia Martiana. A very handsome species, herbaceous or sub-slirubby in its 
character, and bearing a great number of beautiful blush-coloured flowers throughout 
the summer and autumnal months. The leaves are small, of the usual unequal 
figure, and not at all conspicuous ; but the plant branches abundantly, and the blossoms 
are particularly large. It has bloomed in a stove at Messrs. Henderson’s, Pine- 
Apple Place, for the last three or four months, and promises to remain still longer 
in flower ; on which account, and for the superior size of its blossoms, which are 
generally more or less tinged with a deep pink hue, it is one of the best species of 
the genus. 
Clerodendron splendens. Imported by Mr. Knight, of the King’s Road, 
Chelsea, from Sierra Leone, and now blooming in the stove of that gentleman. 
From most other species of Clerodendron , it is immediately distinguished by being 
a climbing plant. It has little disposition to ramble, and bears opposite, simple, 
shining leaves, resembling those of Poirrea coccinea (the old Combretum purpureum ), 
to which the plant is not remotely allied in habit. The flowers appear in clusters 
near the tips of the branches, and though not large, are of a splendid deep scarlet 
colour, which renders them extremely showy. The species seems inclined to 
