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Calandrinia sp. —July 9, Messrs. Yeitch & Son, Exeter and 
Chelsea.—A pretty dwarf rock plant from South Chili, stated to 
be perfectly hardy; something in the way of (7. umhellata, but 
larger-flowered ; the leaves narrow, greyish, with appressed hairs; 
the flowers rich bright rose purple or deep magenta. 
Cineraria Prairie Bird. —March 26, Mr. C. Turner, Slough. 
—A deep clear violet, with a white ring around the dark disk. 
It is a pretty sort, of good general properties. 
Cineraria Maid of Astolat. —March 26, Mr. C. Turner.— 
A well-formed variety; white, with narrow marginal belt of rosy 
purple. 
Cineraria Rosea plena. —May 14, Mr. A. Kendall, Stoke 
Newington. — A dwarf compact-habited tufted growing sort, 
with the flower-heads rosy crimson, many of them full double, and 
others semi-double. If the double-flowered character is unimpaired 
it will be a pretty plant for decorating small flower-vases. 
CoB^A SCANDENS VARIEGATA. —June 25, Mr. Bull, Chelsea.— 
This differs from the common sort in having the leaves edged with 
creamy white, and forms a pretty variegated climber. 
Coleus Verschaffeltii. —June 25, Mr. W. Bull, Chelsea.— 
A very richly coloured free-growing soft-wooded branching stove 
plant, having as shown, the leaves of a pale green tint, with a blotch 
of rich reddish chocolate. With the advancing season this colour 
becomes richer and more extended, until, as exhibited at the Dahlia 
Show, September 11, the whole surface of the leaves was clothed 
with this rich warm tint. In this state it is a very fine plant for 
decorative uses. The habit is that of C. Blumeiy but the leaves 
are larger. 
CuPANiA PiNDAiBA.—Juue 25, Mr. Bull, Chelsea.—A graceful 
pemiate-leaved, large-growing, conservatory shrub, from Brazil. 
Epacris Vesta. —April 9, Messrs. Veitch & Son, Chelsea.— 
A very pretty and distinct variety; the flowers white, tipped with 
bright pink. 
Erodium guttatum. —April 23, Mr. Wicks, Gardener to W. 
Wilson Saunders, Esq., Reigate.—A pretty half-hardy herbaceous 
plant, with purple geraniaceous flowers, spotted with black in the 
centre; it is suitable for rock-work as a summer plant. 
Hypolepis distans. —July 9, Mr. W. Dean, Bradford.—An 
elegant, slender, drooping-fronded, greenhouse. New Zealand fern, 
suitable for baskets. It has a creeping caudex and bipinna,te 
fronds, a foot or a foot and a half long, finely divided; the stalks 
and main rachis rough, with small raised, often prickly points. 
Illicium anisatum variegatum. —June 11, Mr. Standish, Bag- 
shot.—A greenhouse shrub, introduced from Japan, and apparently 
a variegated form of /. anisaturn, 
Nemophila discoidalis elegans. —July 9, Messrs. Chari- 
wood and Cummins, Covent Garden.—A pretty and eflective 
variety, the flowers being distinctly bordered with white around a 
bright chocolate or bright reddish maroon centre. 
Pansy Princess Alice. —May 28, Mr. W. Dean, Bradford.— 
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