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under the name of Jphelandra Ghiesbreghtiana, which flowered 
in March last. It is a shrubby species, requiring the tempera¬ 
ture of the stove, and produces its fine scarlet flowers on small, 
loose, one-sided panicles in the winter months, on this account 
it must be considered an acquisition. The flowers are tubular, 
an inch or more long, with a bilabiate limb ; the teeth of the 
lips blunt and equal. It requires similar treatment to that given 
to Justitia, and being a plant of vigorous growth, a good share 
of pot room is important.— -Pax. Mag. Bot. 
B\JBIA.CT&]&.—Tetandria Monogynia. 
Bouvardia Cavanillesii. A graceful, dwarf, greenhouse shrub, 
bearing smooth, scarlet, tubular flowers, nearly an inch and a 
half long, raised in the Horticultural Society’s Gardens from 
seeds, received in January 1846 from Mr. Hartweg, who found 
them in Mexico. It should be treated as is usual with the red 
B. triphylla. Stunted plants flower freely from the old wood.— 
Journ. Sort. Soc. 
Zauschneria Californica. Raised from seeds collected by Mr. 
Hartweg, in fields about Santa Cruz, in California, and received 
at the Horticultural Gardens May 11th, 1847. This curious 
plant, which it has so long been an object to obtain, proves to be 
a species of much horticultural interest. It forms a bushy per¬ 
ennial, about three feet high, and every branch emits from the 
axils of all the upper leaves, one horizontal bright scarlet flower, 
about an inch and a half long. When in bloom the plant is in 
appearance not much unlike a fuchsia, but the calyx tube has 
four stout ribs. It grows freely in any good garden soil, and is 
easily increased by cuttings or seeds. The seedlings flower in 
the first season, in the month of September, if sown in May. It 
is a fine hardy species, rivalling the fuchsia, and most probably 
will flower from June to October if planted in a dry warm 
situation.— Journ. Hort. Soc. 
A FEW SHRUBS FOR FORCING. 
As the resumption of power by the ice-king will shortly banish 
from our gardens all but the hardiest of Flora’s train, and leave 
our choicest spots a deserted waste; we should, while yet we 
may, make arrangements for the reception of all those of her at- 
