JANUARY. 17 
Amygdalus (persica) camelli^eflora. See our volume for last year, 
plate 131. 
An^ectochilus Yeitchi. A handsome dwarf stove orchidaceous plant, for 
bell-glass culture; leaves very handsome, green, beautifully streaked and veined 
with silver. India. Messrs. Veitch $ Son. 
Aquilegia eximia. (Flore d Serres, t 1188.) A handsome hardy peren¬ 
nial, resembling A. canadensis and A. Skinneri ; it is sometimes known as 
A. californica; flowers orange scarlet, of curious form. California. M. Van 
Iloutte. 
Arduina grandiflora. An evergreen greenhouse shrub, with sweet- 
scented white blossoms, also bearing crimson fruit, which are said to be richly 
flavoured. South Africa. Messrs. Rollisson. 
Astilbe rubra. (Bot. Mag., t. 4959.) A pretty tall hardy perennial, 
with bi-ternate (twice divided in threes) leaves, and dense robust panicles of 
small red Spiraea-like flowers. Khasya Mountains. Kew Botanic Gardens. 
Azaleas. These will form the subject of a separate article hereafter. 
Befaria Mathewsi. (Bot. Mag., t. 4981.) An interesting and neat¬ 
growing evergreen greenhouse shrub of the rhodoreous group ; flowers in a sort 
of corymbose head, large, oehroleucous. Mountains of Peru. Messrs. Veitch § Son. 
Begonia Griffiths (Bot. Mag., t. 4984.) A remarkably beautiful-leaved 
dwarf stove perennial, known sometimes as B. picta (see Nat. Gard. Aim., 1856); 
leaves few, large, dark green with a grayish zone towards the margin, which is a 
rich purplish green; behind they are pale green, the centre and broad margin 
purple red; flowers pale pinkish. Bhotan. Messrs. E. G. Henderson Son. 
Begonia heracleifolia nigricans. (Bot. Mag., t. 4983.) A handsome 
variety of a fine-leaved stove perennial Begonia. The leaves are green, heavily 
blotched along the margins of the segments with a deeper (almost black) green ; 
flowers pale pink. Mexico. Berlin Gardens. 
Begonia laciniata. (Bot. Mag., t. 5021.) A very handsome soft shrubby 
Begonia, with handsomely variegated sharply-lobed leaves, bright green, with 
red veins behind, the centre and margin of the upper side dark brown purple ; 
flowers large, creamy white, with red hairs on the outer surface. India. Kew 
Botanic Gardens. 
Begonia microptera. (Bot. Mag., t. 4974.) A dwarf sub-shrubby stove 
species, with long pointed sub-falcate ovate-lance-shaped leaves, and corymbose 
panicles of small whitish flowers. Borneo. Messrs. Low Son. 
Begonia Rex. (Illust. Bouq., t. 11.) A beautiful dwarf stove perennial, 
tuberous, producing a tuft of large deep mottled olive-green leaves, which are 
elegantly ornamented by an irregular broad silvery band near the margin ; flowers 
in small cymes, blush. India'. Messrs. Rollisson. 
Begonia rosacea. (Flore d. Serres, t. 1194.) A pretty and very distinct 
dwarf stove perennial; tuberous and stemless; leaves cordate sinuately-toothed; 
flowers pale pink, 6 to 8-petalled, the petals equal in size and disposed so as to 
form a circular flower. New Grenada. M. Linden. 
Begonia semperflorens Saundersiana. A handsome stove perennial 
of compact habit, with neat foliage and bright crimson flowers. A garden 
variety. 
Begonia Wagneriana. (Bot. Mag., t. 4988.) A stove sub-shrub, one 
of the larger-growing soft-stemmed Begonias, remarkable for the separate 
cymose panicles of white male flowers and green females. Venezuela. Berlin 
Botanic Garden. 
Bouvardia Hogarth. (Illust. Bouq., t. 3.) A handsome greenhouse or 
half-hardy sub-shrub, with Ixora-like bunches of flowers , deep salmon pink, 
with a paler tube. A garden hybrid (longiflora xleiantha). Messrs. L. G. 
JIcTidcTSon Sd7Z . 
Bouvardia Laura. (Illust. Bouq., t 3.) A fine greenhouse or half-hardy 
sub-shrub, with large Ixora-liko bunches of flowers, pale pink. A garden 
hybrid (longiflora X leiantha). Messrs. E. G. Henderson Sons. 
Bouvardia Oriana See our volume for last year, plate 125. 
Burtonia scabra. (Bot. Mag., t. 5000.) A showy neat habited dwarf 
greenhouse evergreen shrub; free flowering ; flowers purple with the wings 
crimson. New Holland. Trill. Coll. Bot. Gard. Dublin. 
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