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THE FLORIST AND POMOEOGIST. 
[ May, 
the plant well-elevated, and press the compost 
in moderately firm. An ordinary stove tem¬ 
perature suits this Anthurium well, hut it 
should be kept as far from the ventilators as 
can be done conveniently, in order to prevent 
cold air from falling immediately over it, as 
this tends to brown and otherwise disfigure 
the rich velvety surface of the handsome foliage 
of the plant.— Henry Chilman, Somerley 
Gardens. 
IXORA DUFFII. 
f HE Messrs. Veitch and Sons, of Chelsea, 
by whom this novelty has been intro¬ 
duced, describe it as a very fine species, 
with large leaves upwards of a foot in length, 
and brilliantly coloured flowers. It was dis¬ 
covered and introduced to the Sydney Botanic 
Garden by Mr. Duff, one of the staff attached 
to that garden, and was sent to this country 
by the director of the Sydney Garden, Charles 
Moore, Esq. 
The flowers more nearly resemble those of 
1. salicifolia than those of any other known 
species. They grow in large globular cymose 
heads, six inches or more in diameter, and are 
of the richest vermilion-red, shaded with 
crimson. The tube of the corolla is slender, 
and as finely coloured as the limb, the lobes of 
which are ellipsoid and slightly reflexed. 
It is reported to be a native of Ualan or 
Strong Island, one of the Caroline group in the 
Pacific Ocean, and is a beautiful plant, one of 
the most distinct of its tribe.—T. Moore. 
