Plates 471, 472. 
BERTALONIA PRIMUL^FLORA. 
When we were in the autumn of 1868 visiting the well- 
known establishment of Mons. Linden, at the Jardin Zoolo- 
gique at Brussels, we were struck, amongst other things, by 
the brilliant appearance of a new 'Bertalonia, and we were glad 
to hear some time afterwards that it had passed into the hands 
of Mr. W. Bull of Chelsea, in whose establishment for new and 
rare plants it has been flowering during the past autumn. 
The species of this comparatively new genus, which have 
been of late years introduced, have been remarkable for the 
character of their foliage. Bertalonia guttata , and more espe- 
cially B. margaritacea, with its pearl-like spots on the surface 
of its velvety leaves, are attractive plants ; but the plant we 
have now figured, while possessing much the same character 
of foliage, is still more attractive, owing to the beauty and pro- 
fusion of its flowers. The leaves of the plant are of a beautiful 
dark green, and underneath reddish purple, very velvety in 
their texture, and with some very minute spots towards the 
base. They spread out from the centre, and form a neat habited 
dwarf plant. From its centre arise clusters of flowers of a clear 
soft rose colour, rising well above the foliage, and produced in 
great profusion. 
The ordinary stove treatment is that which is needful for 
this plant. It is by no means of difficult cultivation where 
there are the usual facilities a stove affords ; and as it seems to 
