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THE FLORIST. 
broad smooth leaves and rich orange-scarlet flowers, in the way of 
jE. grandiflora. Moulmein. Stove sub-shrub. Messrs. Veitch. 
Amygdalus persica roseo-plena. [Gard. Chron. 1856, 244). A double 
flowered rose-coloured Peach, forming a valuable acquisition to dwarf 
early-flowering shrubs ; it has a hose-in-hose calyx. China. Hardy 
deciduous early-blooming shrub. Mr. Glendinning. 
Aralia PAPYRiFERA. [Bot. Mag. t. 4897). Remarkable for its fine palmately- 
lobed leaves, as well as for its yielding Rice paper. The flowers are small, 
inconspicuous, in small umbels disposed in a large spreading panicle. 
Island of Formosa. Warm greenhouse shrub. Kew Botanic Gardens. 
Argyreia hirsuta. [Bot. Mag. t. 4940). A handsome but large-growing 
climber, with large rosy-lilac Convolvulus flowers. India. Stove climber. 
French Gardens. 
Azalea lateritia hybrida. A curious hybrid between A. lateritia and 
A. amoena, and preserving in its flowers the hose-in-hose character of the 
latter; intermediate in colour. Greenhouse evergreen shrub. Messrs, 
Standish ^ Noble. 
Barbacenia purpurea X sanguinea. [Flor. d. Serres, t. 1152). A series 
of pretty hybrid Barbacenias raised between purpurea and sanguinea have 
been raised in the Belgian Gardens; flowers of various shades of purple 
crimson or rose. Stove perennials. M. Van Houtte. 
Begonia rotata. [Gard. Chron. 1856, 260). A pretty addition to the genus ; 
leaves deep green, digitate, shining: flowers panicled bright rose. Mexico. 
Cool stove sub-shrub. Horticultural Society. 
Biotia meldensis. {Gard. Chron. 1856, 580). Anew seedling Arbor-vitse 
said to have been raised between the common Arbor-vitee and the Red 
Cedar; pyramidal in habit, and having the cone of a Thuja. French Gardens. 
Calathea pardina. {Flor. d. Serres, t. 1101). A fine mottled-leaved plant 
of the Canna or Indian-shot family. The leaves are large, with regular 
blotches of dark brown on each side the midrib; flowers yellow. New 
Grenada. Stove perennial. M. Linden. 
Camellia Lindleyana. {Gard. Chron. 1856, 245). A handsome dark 
crimson Chinese Camellia, in the way of myrtifolia or Bealii. China. 
Greenhouse evergreen shrub. Mr. Glendinning. 
Caraguata splendens. {Flor. d. Serres^ t. 1094). A showy Bromeliaceous 
plant, with broad green spineless Haves, and large spreading crimson bracts 
surrounding the central flower stem ; the lower bracts variegated with red 
and green ; the upper or inner ones small, yellow. Berlin Gardens. 
Castanea chrtsophylla {Bot. Mag. t. 4953). A handsome hardy tree, 
with ovate-oblong leaves, pale golden-coloured beneath. Naturally a 
largish tree. California and North-West America. Hardy tree. Kew 
Botanic Gardens. 
Chamaicyparis thurifera. {Gard. Chron. 1856, 772). A handsome new 
Mexican Conifer, in the young state very glaucous. It forms a tall tree 
with spreading branches. Mexico. Horticultural Society. 
Clivia Gardeni. {Bot. Mag. t. 4895). A handsome plant in the way of 
C. nobilis, but with large, curved, dull orange and yellow, drooping, tube¬ 
like flowers, with a spreading or funnel-shaped greenish mouth. Natal. 
Greenhouse perennial. Kew Botanic Gardens. 
CoLLiNSiA VERNA. {Bot. Mag.t. 4927). A beautiful annual, quite new to 
gardens, the plant formerly known under this name being C. grandiflora; 
flowers with a white upper and blue under lip. North America. Hardy 
annual. Mr. Nuttall. 
Dirc^a Blassi. {Flor. d. Serres, t. 1140-1). A very beautiful Gesnera, 
producing pendulous stems, which bear whorls, or interrupted racemes of 
large rich scarlet flowers, standing erect on the reflexed footstalks. Supposed 
to be from Brazil. Stove perennial. Belgian Gardens. 
Dirc^a lobulata. Flor. d. Serres, 1 . 1042). A handsome plant, with rich 
scarlet flowers in the way of Gesnera faucialis, which is now included in this 
genus Dircaea. Brazil. Stove tuberous perennial. Belgian Gardens. 
Echeveria nuda. {Gard. Chron. 1856, 280). A pretty species in the way of 
E. coccinia, with crimson flowers. Mexico. Greenhouse succulent shrub. 
Horticultural Society. 
