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REHMANNIA ANGULATA. 
There are now several species of Rehmannia 
known, but the one that has attracted most 
attention during the past year or two is R. 
angulata, the flowers of which are shown half 
natural size in the sketch. As one might almost 
guess from the shape and drooping character 
of the blossoms, the plant belongs to the Fox¬ 
glove family. It is a native of Central China, 
whence it was introduced a few years ago by 
Messrs. Veitch of Chelsea. It was shown at 
the R.H.S., in 1903, when it received an 
Award of Merit. On June 14th, 1904, how¬ 
ever, the plant (from which the sketch was 
made), was again exhibited, and was awarded 
a First-Class Certificate. The plant, which is 
covered with soft hairs, grows 3 to 4 ft. high, 
and is pyramidal in habit. The lower leaves 
are broadly ovate lanceolate with large 
irregular teeth or indentations on the margins, 
and are often over a foot in length. The 
flowers, as may be seen from the drawing, are 
borne singly in the axils of the leaves, and 
there are sometimes 10 to 12 on the same stem. 
They are bright rose in colour with a white 
throat, speckled or blotched with purple, and 
washed with yellow. It will be noticed that 
the front segment of the calyx is conspicuously 
longer^ than the others, but like them is re¬ 
curved. 
This species can be scarcely classed as hardy, 
at least in most parts of the kingdom. It has 
however been recorded as hardy in the 
Cotswold Hills without any protection. On 
the whole, it is safer to shelter in a cold frame 
or greenhouse during the winter months, 
although it may prove to be a first-rate plant 
for bedding out during the summer months in 
sheltered spots. It is easily raised from seeds, 
and flourishes in a mixture of sandy loam and 
peat. - 
JASMINUM PRIMULINUM. 
This charming Chinese shrub came as a 
revelation to visitors to the RTFS. Show, 
Westminster, on January 9th last, when 
specimens were exhibited from the gardens of 
Feopold de Rothschild, Esq., Gunnersbury 
Park, Acton, by the gardener, Mr. Geo. 
Reynolds. The gracefully arching shoots were 
wreathed in bright primrose yellow blossoms, 
most of which were of a semi-double character. 
Unlike the hardier winter Jasminum (J. 
nudiflormn), the species under notice bears 
leaves and flowers at the same time. So far as 
is at present known J. primulinum is not 
altogether hardy in our climate except in 
perhaps the most favoured spots. It is a 
native of Yunnan, where it grows in the hedges 
and copses at great elevations, and has resisted 
16 degrees of frost on a north wall in Messrs. 
Veitch’s Nursery, at Coombe Wood. It 
flourishes in a cold greenhouse, and the fact 
that it flowers in the depth of winter is 
sufficient to recommend its general cultivation. 
The plant was first shown at the R.H.S. on 
March 10th, 1903, when it received a First- 
Class Certificate. It has since been figured in 
the “ Gardener’s Chronicle,” March, 1903, 197; 
Flora and Sylva,” 1904, and the “ Botanical 
Magazine,” t. 7981. 
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