14 
NOVELTIES AND SPECIALITIES. 
NEMOPHILA ATOM ARIA FOLIIS VARIEGAT A. 
(NEW.) 
A silvery variegated-foliaged variety of tlio well-known JV. ntomaria. Price lx. per paoltct. 
NIEREMBERGI A FRUTESCENS. 
This extremely pretty soft-wood shrub was introduced to Europe from the Andes of Chili. It 
has stood unprotected for the last four winters in France, and may therefore be expected to prove 
nearly, if not quite, hardy in this country. The plants, when raised from seed, usually attain a 
height of from 18 inches to 2 feet, but by carefully pinching back the shoots nice compact bushes 
may be readily formed. The flowers are white, tinged with violet, the throat being yellow, with 
deep violet rays. Price Is. per packet. 
OXALIS VALDI VIANA. 
(NEW.) 
This sbow T y Oxalis was introduced by the late Mr. R. Pearce. It is quito hardy, of good habit, 
throwing its flower spikes well above the foliage. The flowers are sweet scented, of a bright yellow 
colour, and the plants continue a considerable time in bloom. Price Is. per packet. 
PANSY, FANCY VARIETIES. 
EXTRA CHOICE MIXED. 
Tho collection from which this seed was saved comprised all the most distinctly blotched and 
striped varieties in cultivation. These kinds having been most carefully fertilised, will, no doubt, 
produce a large proportion of more curiously blotched and striped varieties than tho originals. 
Price 2s. 6 d. per packet. 
PANSY, SHOW VARIETIES. 
EXTRA CHOICE MIXED. 
Saved from a splendid collection of tho most distinct and best named varieties, including dark 
seifs, yellow and white ground varieties. Price 2s. M. per packet. 
PALAVA FLEXUOSA. 
(NEW.) 
A most beautiful annual, introduced from Bolivia by tho late Mr. R. Pearce. Height 15 to 18 
inches, of free branching habit ; its flowers, which are produced in the greatest profusion, are an 
inch in diameter, of a bright rosy pink, fading slightly towards the centre, whilst the base of the 
sepals and petals is almost black, producing a dark eye, which contrasts most gracefully with tho 
other portions of the flower, and renders it extremely effective. It succeeds admirably in tho open 
air, producing its numerous flowers throughout the greater portion of the summer, and it is equally 
■well adapted for pot culture. Price Is. per packet. 
PARMENTIERA CEREIFERA. 
This tree is confined to the valley of the River Chagres, Isthmus of Panama, and has been 
discovered and introduced by Dr. Seemann. In Botany of the Voyage of H.M.S. “Herald'' Flora 
of the Isthmus of Panama, Dr. Seemann thus speaks of it “ In entering a forest of these trees, a 
person might almost fancy himself transported into a chandler’s shop. From all the stems and 
lower branches of the trees hang long cylindrical fruits, of a yellow wax colour, so much resembling 
a candle as to give rise to tho popular appellation, ‘ Palo do velas’ ( Candle Tree). The fruit is 
generally from 2 to 3, but not unfrequently 4 feet long, and about an inch in diameter.” 
It has opposite trifoliolated leaves and large white blossoms, which, in its native habitat, are 
given throughout the year, but are in the greatest abundance during the rainy season. 
Tho work just alluded to states, that previously only one species of Parmentiera, P. edulis, was 
known to exist ; the fruit of which, called Quahxilotl, is eaten by the Mexicans, while that of 
P. cereifera serves for food to numerous herds of cattle. 
As in most of the Crescentiaeeee, the flowers grow out of the old wood; the fruit is fleshy, and 
the seeds very small, not larger than lentils. Price. 5s. per packet. 
