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THE FLORIST. 
Poitea vicjefolia. An elegant stove shrub of slender habit, with pinnate 
foliage like the sensitive plant, and short axillary racemes of vermilion papilio¬ 
naceous flowers of peculiar, almost tube-like form. St. Domingo. Horticultural 
Society. 
Prunus triloba. ( Gard. Chron., 1857, 216, 268.) A highly interesting 
and desirable addition to hardy shrubs ; flowers round and semi-double, of a 
delicate pink, upwards of an inch in diameter, thickly set on the long twiggy 
branches. China. Mr. Glcndinning. 
Rhododendrons. Of these we have only room to notice Veitchianum 
(Bot. Mag., t. 4992), one of the handsomest and most distinct of the Indian 
Rhododendrons; a greenhouse evergreen shrub ; flowers large, five inches 
across, pure white, crisped at the edges, which gives a beautiful and distinct 
character to them. It is of stiff dwarfish habit, with moderate sized leaves. 
Moulmein. Messrs. Veitch § Son. 
Ribes nutans. (Bot. Mag., t. 5028.) A neat decumbent hardy peat-loving 
shrub, covering the ground in the manner of ivy, with its glossy ternate dark 
green leaves ; flowers large, white. India. W. Borrer, Esq. 
Rogiera urophylla. [Gard. Chron., 1857, 756.) A half-twining ever¬ 
green stove (or warm greenhouse) shrub, with loose clusters of small yellowish 
white flowers. Mexico. Mr. Glendinning. 
Rudgea leucocephala. A fine stove shrub, with large leathery leaves and 
a dense corymb of white orange-like flowers. Brazil. Messrs. E. G. Hender¬ 
son ^ Son. 
Sabbatia campestris. (Bot. Mag., t. 5015.) A handsome erect- 
branching annual ; the flowers large, deep lilac rose, with a yellow eye. Texas. 
Mr. W. Thompson. 
Salvia candelabrum. (Bot. Mag., t. 5017) A handsome hardy (or 
half-hardy) suffruticose plant, with a powerful aromatic odour, hairy leaves, 
and an erect panicle with trichotomous branches ; flowers showy, the upper 
lip is white, and the lower deep violet purple, darker beside a white central 
streak. Spain. Mr. W Thompson. 
Scabiosa atropurpurea flore-pleno. (Flore d. Serres, t. 1203.) A 
handsome sub-shrubby plant, the common form of which is biennial, the 
present perpetuated by cuttings; floret; dark, blackish crimson, and double, 
forbiing a really handsome flower-head. A garden variety. M. Van Iloutte. 
Scheeria lanata. (Bot. Mag., t. 4963.) A neat stove herbaceous per¬ 
ennial with hairy stems and leaves, and lively purplish lilac flowers prettily lined 
with purple veins, the throat paler, and spotted with orange. Mexico. Kero 
Botanic Gardens. 
Sedum Fabaria. [Gard. Chron., 1857. 660.) A fine hardy herbaceous 
succulent-leaved plant, allied to S. Telephium, but larger and handsomer ; 
flowers pale lilac, in cymes 6 inches across. Alps of Europe. Capt. Trevor 
Clarke. 
Senecio Tagetes. (Gard. Chron., 1857, 516.) An “apparently beautiful” 
climbing stove plant, with ovate leaves and flower-heads in cymes; the rays 
appear, from dried specimens, to be brilliant orange. Guatemala. Horticul¬ 
tural Society. 
Sonerila elegans. (Bot. Mag , t. 4978.) A pretty melastomaceous stove 
sub-shrub, the bright green leaves red behind, the flowers in dichotomous 
cymes, lively rose pink, consisting of three petals. Neilgherry Mountains. 
Messrs. Veitch $ Son. 
Statice macroptera. A handsome greenhouse perennial, with the habit 
of S. Halfordi, but with the leaves lobed at the base ; the flower-stems very 
broadly winged ; flowers violet and white. Probably a garden variety between 
S. Halfordi and S. imbricata. Mr. Glendinning. 
Tanacetum elegans. (Flore d. Serres t. 1191.) An elegant Fern-like 
hardy perennial, with bipinnate leaves, silvery-velvety when young ; flower 
heads yellow, button-shaped. California. French Gardens. 
Thuiopsis dolabrata. ( Gard Chron. 1857, 380—fig.) A noble pyra¬ 
midal evergreen tree, probably quite hardy, described by Thunberg as the most 
beautiful of all evergreens. Japan. Messrs. Veitch ^ Son. 
Tiiunbergia Harrisi. (Bot. Mag., t. 4998.) A noble climbing stove 
