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yet seen, horizontal, and with a faint and pleasant fragrance; they are 7 in. to 8 in. 
long, very narrowly funnel-shaped, the tubes being only | in. thick at the base, 
the lobes oblanceolate, spreading only near the tip. The filaments are greenish- 
white, scarcely decimate, bearing linear-oblong anthers a quarter of an inch long, 
and filled with yellow pollen. 
A very distinct species, from the Philippine Islands, introduced in 1873 by 
Messrs. Veitch and Sons, of Chelsea, by whom it has been exhibited, and to whom 
the award of a First-class Certificate for its production was made. We borrow our 
diminished figure of the plant from the Gardeners' Chronicle^ where a full-sized 
representation, too large for our page,' has been published. Its beauty and 
fragrance will ensure for it a favourable reception with the flower-loving public. 
—T. Moore. 
SOHIZOPETALON WALKERI. 
Uj-WHEN flowers are again loved for ‘‘sweet flowers’” sake, and the fashion 
for colour-displays and ribbon-borders—grown for the purpose of beating 
one’s neighbours at the “ Grange,” and at the “ Hall,”—has passed away, 
then will many of our “ old loves” return, and not before. We are 
wearied, satiated, and overdone with the everlasting ‘ Christines,’ ' Golden 
Feathers,’ ‘ House-leeks,’ ‘ Scarlets,’ and ‘ Yellows,’ which, common as gingerbread 
at a country fair, are so persistently spread before our eyes. On the other hand, 
what pleasure will be experienced when we may anticipate meeting some old 
acquaintance in every visit to a fresh garden I ’ Some, however, may say I have 
gone out of the way, amidst the sheen of a sun-bound season, to throw a cold 
mantle upon this draper’s-shop gardening. To return, then, let me commend the 
singular cut-petaled Schizopetalon Walkeri, as a lovely annual to all who 
delight in flowers for their own sake. It is not large-blossomed nor remarkably 
showy, the flowers being pure white internally, and of a rich brown on the outer 
surface, but it has the singular habit of expanding these flowers towards evening, 
when they diffuse a very powerful fragrance. As a native of Chili, it needs a 
warm site when sown in the open ground, and it may be successfully cultivated 
in pots.— William Earley, Valentines. 
RUSTIC SUMMER-HOUSES. 
jT is at this season of the year especially, that one can fully appreciate the 
luxury of a Summer-house. The possibility which it affords of enjoying 
the free air with shelter from the sun, at a time when the dwelling-house is 
either too hot or too draughty to be endured, gives it a value which is most 
thoroughly appreciated. A Summer-house is, in fact, one of the real luxuries of 
a home-garden, and no apology need be offered for here introducing one or two 
sketches of Rustic-houses, such as might be introduced with advantage when the 
surroundings are appropriate. 
Rustic Summer-houses are various in design and construction. Those we 
