Garden of Bury St. Edmund’s, by Mr. Turner, the curator of that 
establishment. We are informed that for the more convenient and 
extensive disposal of it to all who desire to possess the plant, the stock 
of it has been disposed of to the Messrs. Henderson, Nurserymen, of 
Pine Apple Place, Edgeware Road, London. Under the care of these 
extensive and superior cultivators we doubt not but it will meet every 
attention which may tend to develope its superiority. They have 
called the plant Lophospermum Hendersonii. Diogenes would, we 
fancy, have almost smiled, had he witnessed our present system of 
giving names; the frequency of it, however, in the present day, renders 
the little trait of vanity which it displays quite excusable. In the 
present instance, we doubt not, its proper appellation will be adopted, 
now that it is figured and published. The system of compounding 
the specific names of parent plants, between which hybrids have 
arisen, was first proposed in Maund’s Botanic Garden, and applied to 
a plant raised by the author himself. Under No. 385 of that work 
it is observed, Authors have not agreed on the most convenient 
mode of naming hybrid or mule plants. Some have thought that 
names may be completely arbitrary ; some name them after the person 
with whom they originated ; whilst others would altogether excommu¬ 
nicate such productions fi’om botanical nomenclature. Notwith¬ 
standing the opposite theoretical position taken by some botanists, w'e 
believe, doubtlessly, that hybrid plants become established, and hold 
a permanent place in the vegetable kingdom; it is therefore but 
reasonable to notice them; and it is far better that their origin be 
registered, whilst it is known, in lieu of remaining to become the 
subject of future conjecture and error.” 
In allusion to the Lophospermum erubescente-scandens Mr. Turner 
says, ‘‘It is remarkable for its strong growth, its bright green foliage, 
and above all, the extreme abundance of its flowers, which are of a 
very superior colour and size, compared with either of its parents. 
In fact, numbers of persons, who have seen the plant trained up 
against one of the old abbey walls, have pronounced it to be one of 
the finest ornaments for a wall or trellis that our gardens can boast.” 
It demands no peculiarity of management. If the root be left in 
the open ground during winter, it must be covered over as a protection 
against frost. 
Derivation of the Names. 
Lophospermum, from \o(1)oq (loplios) a crest, and (nrepfia (sperma) a seed. The 
trivial name of erubescente-scandens, is given from the parentsj erubescens, 
growing red or blushing, and scandens, climbing. 
