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along the course of the veins on the upper surface are scattered irregular an¬ 
gular livid or pale purplish flecks or blotches. India. Messrs, Veitch and Son. 
Cissus VELUTiNUS. (Bot. Mag t. 5207.) A climbing stove shrub, with red 
stems, and having the leaves red beneath, groved above, silvery along the course 
of the principal veins. It is inferior to C. discolor. Probably Malayan. M. 
Linden. 
Clarkia pulchella V . NANA. A dwarf bushy-habited variety, called Tom 
Thumb ; the plants form a compactly branched mass, about eight inches in 
height and as much in diameter, profusely flowered, the flowers rich purplish- 
rose colour. An English variety. Messrs. Carter and Co. 
Clarkia pulchella v. striata. A very pretty variety, with the flowers 
white, streaked and flaked with rosy-purple in a very elegant manner. An 
English variety. Messrs. Carter and Co. 
Clematis ccerulea v. violacea. {L'lllust. Hort. t. 254.) Ranunculacese. 
The flowers of this fine hardy creeper are represented to be yellow, edged with 
reddish violet. A Belgian variety. M. Spae. 
Clerodendron cruentum. [Card. Chron. 1860, 456.) Verbenacese. A 
noble-habited hothouse plant, with erect stems, large smooth oblong stalked 
leaves a foot long, and a large dense oblong terminal panicle of rich orange-red 
flowers. India. Messrs. Veitch and Son. 
CoLUMNEA ERYTHROPHiEA. [Hort. Lind, t.^.) Gesneracese. A tall fleshy- 
stemmed stove plant, with broad lanceolate leaves, and axillary long-tubed two¬ 
lipped scarlet flowers, the large leafy calyx stained with red at the base. Mexico. 
M. Linden. 
CoRDYLiNE Banksii. [Card. Chron. 186f', 792.) Liliacese. A slender- 
growing subarboreous greenhouse plant, of elegant character, with long linear 
lanceolate leaves contracted below into a long petiole. The flowers are white. 
New Zealand. Mr. Standish, [For information on this and other Cordylines 
in cultivation, see Card. Chron. as above quoted.] 
CoRDYLiNE Banksii v. erythkorachis. A very handsome variety of the 
foregoing, in which the central rib of the long narrow leaves is of a deep crimson- 
red colour, the upper surface being also marked with a few slightly divergent 
pale reddish or orange-coloured lines formed by the principal side veins. New 
Zealand. Messrs. Veitch and Son and Mr. Standish. 
CoRYDALis SPECIO.SA. {Card. Chron. 1860, 336.) Fumariacese. A very 
handsome dwarf, herbaceous spring-flowering plant, with bipinnatifid leaves, 
and dense spikes of large golden yellow flowers, stained with bright brown towards 
the point. Mantchuria. Olasnevin Bot. Garden. 
CosMiDiuM Burridgeanum p. ATROPURPUREUM. 1321.) Compositse. 
A fine variety of a very handsome annual, in which the dark-coloured (Corecpsis- 
like) spots, at the base of the orange-yellow florets, are enlarged, so as to leave 
but a small border of yellow. A Belgian variety. 
CoTONEASTER Symondsii. Rosaceae. A beautiful dwarf erect hardy evergreen 
shrub, with ovate elliptic leaves and bright orange-scarlet flowers. An English 
variety. Mr. Standish. 
Cydonia japonica, varieties. {L’lllust. Hort. t. 260.) Rosaceae. The 
varieties here represented, obtained in the Belgian gardens, are—Gaujardii, de¬ 
scribed as having the flowers bright rose, but represented a light red; Papeleuii, 
very pale citron, with a faint rosy border; Princess Emilie Soutzoe, a deep crim¬ 
son, rather dull in tint, as represented. M. Verschaffelt. 
Cyrtodeira cupreata V. viRiDiFOLiA. {Bot. Mag. t. 5195.) Gesneraceae. 
This is the very elegant and showy-flowered trailing stove plant, known in gar¬ 
dens as Tapina, or Achimenes splendens. 
Delphinium formosum v. Beauty. [Flor.Mag. ined.) Ranunculaceae. A 
remarkably beautiful variety, having the sepals of the richest blue, and the petals 
pure white, with a small tuft of yellow hairs near the base. The contrast of the 
two colours is very striking. An English variety. Messrs. Fraser. 
Deutzia gracilis variegata. Philadelphaceae. A neatly-variegated sport 
of the well-known Deutzia gracilis. An English variety. Mr. G. McIntosh. 
Dianthus hybridus (Captain Clarke’s). Caryophyllaceai. A very hand¬ 
some, fragrant, semi-double, bright, rose-coloured Mule Pink, the produce of a 
florist’s Carnation crossed with an Indian Pink; leaves resembling those of a 
