NEW GARDEN PLANTS. 
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perennial herb, of erect habit, one and a half to two and a half feet high, branching from the base, and in the lower 
part furnished with opposite oblong-obovate glaucous leaves, which taper into a stalk, the pair at the base of the 
panicle being ovate and sessile. The flowers come in a narrow elongated panicle, a foot or more long, consisting 
of two-flowered peduncles, axillary to small opposite ovate bracts ; they are drooping, of a deep rich rose colour, 
with a tube an inch long, ventricose on the underside towards the mouth, and a spreading limb as much across, of 
five roundish nearly equal lobes. The blossoms are a good deal like those of Achimenes rosea , but richer coloured; 
they are produced in June and July. It is beautifully figured in the Botanical Magazine, t. 4601. 
Collinsia multicolor, Lindley. Many-coloured Collinsia.—Order Scrophulariacese (Linariad tribe).—Ahand- 
some hardy annual with the habit of Collinsia bicolor. It grows a foot and a half high, with downy stems, bearing 
coarsely toothed ovate-lanceolate leaves, with a cordate base; the lower floral leaves are of the same form, the 
middle ones linear-entire, and the upper ones abortive, smooth on the lower side, and changing to a brownish 
purple. The flowers are stalked, with nearly glandless pedicels, and form whorls along the upper part of the stem. 
“ The middle boat-shaped lobe of the lower lip of the corolla is crimson, the lower lip itself lilac, and so is the upper 
lip, except that there is a broad white spot in its middle, relieved by numerous sanguine speckles.” C. tinctoria 
from the same country, is said to differ in having smaller flowers, which are sessile, hut both these and C. bicolor 
seem very nearly allied. It is from California, and was introduced in 1850 by Messrs. Yeitch of Exeter, who ex¬ 
hibited it at one of the Chiswick fetes. It flowers in May and June. See a figure in Paxtons Flower Garden, 
ii., t. 55. 
Desfontainea spinosa, Ruiz and Pavon. Spinous Desfontainea.—Order Gentianacese (Gentianwort tribe).— 
A very handsome evergreen shrub, supposed to he hardy or nearly so, having the aspect of a common holly, though 
with opposite leaves. The flowers are tubular, cylindrical, almost two inches long, with a scarlet tube and a 
yellow border. They are produced in the greatest profusion. It seldom exceeds five feet in height, according to 
Mr. Lohb, who found it on the Andes of Patagonia, and sent it to Messrs. Yeitch of Exeter in 1849. It has been 
noticed in the Journal of the Horticultural Society , vi., 265, and appears to have produced a flower or two at Exeter 
in the course of last summer. 
Yaccinium Eollisoni, Hooker. Bollison’s "Whortleberry.—Order Yacciniacese (Cranberry tribe).—A charming 
greenhouse (or cool stove) autumn-flowering evergreen hush, with something the aspect of the Minorca Box. It 
grows two feet or more in height, erect, glabrous, and much branched, and is clothed by numerous ohovate leaves? 
about three-fourths of an inch long, leathery, glossy, and dark green above, paler and almost glaucous beneath. 
The drooping flowers grow in terminal four to six-flowered racemes ; the corollas are smooth, rich crimson, pitcher¬ 
shaped, tapering upwards, with a limb of five short reflected lobes. It is a native of Java, where it grows on the 
lava of the “ silent volcanoes it also grows on the Salak Mountain. Messrs. Bollison of Tooting introduced it in 
1850, through their collector Mr. J. Henshall. It promises to he a free flowering plant, and if so, its neat habit, 
glossy leaves, and rich-coloured flowers, will make it a favourite in cultivation. There is a figure in the Botanical 
Magazine , t. 4612. 
Platycodon chinense, Lindley. Chinese Platycode.—Order Campanulacese (Bellwort tribe).—This plant for¬ 
merly referred to Platycodon grandiflorum , by Dr. Lindley, and under that name pretty well known in gardens, is 
now supposed to differ from the plant properly so called, in having stouter stems, racemose instead of solitary 
flowers, and ovaries half-egg shaped instead of being of the form of an inverted cone ; very slight differences, it 
must he confessed, which have no doubt resulted from vigorous growth under cultivation. It is a fleshy-rooted 
plant, with stiff erect stems, bearing ovate nearly sessile leaves, and large blue bell-shaped flowers. Mr. Fortune 
introduced it from the South Coast of China, in 1845, to the garden of the Horticultural Society, and it is found 
to blossom towards the end of summer. A figure, under the name of P. chinense , is given in Paxton's Flower Gar - 
den , ii., t. 61. 
Spiraea callosa, Thunberg. Callous-toothed Spiraea. Order, Eosaceas (Bosewort tribe).—A very handsome 
deciduous hardy shrub, having dark green sharply serrated lance-shaped leaves, and hearing branched cymes of 
brilliant rose-coloured flowers. It has the general appearance of Sjgircea bella. It is from the north of China and 
Japan, and was re-introduced by Mr. Fortune in 1850, to the nursery of Messrs. Standish and Hoble of Bagshot. 
It flowers in July and August, and appears to have been long since introduced for the Horticultural Society by 
Mr. Beeves, but lost; see Paxton's Flower Garden , ii., 113. 
Chrysobactron Hooreri, Colenso. Dr. Hooker’s Chrysobactron.—Order Liliaceae (Lilywort tribe).—A showy 
summer-blooming half-hardy or greenhouse evergreen perennial herbaceous plant, having large fleshy fibrous 
roots and producing a tuft of radical leaves, which are linear strap-shaped and channelled, about eighteen inches 
long, and of a glaucous green colour. The flowers form an erect, rather open raceme at the top of a leafless scape, 
which grows from one and a-half to two and a-half feet in height. The perianth is of a rich golden yellow, 
composed of six oblong spreading sepals, which in size and arrangement have considerable resemblance to some of 
the large flowered Scillas. This plant is a native of Hew Zealand, where it grows in great clumps in boggy 
places, and, when in flower, clothes the plains in a sheet of yellow. It was introduced in 1848, by Mr. Bidwill, 
to the Boyal Botanic Garden, Kew. See Botanical Magazine , t. 4602. 
AxGRiECUM arcuatum, Bindley. Arched-racemed Angreecum.—Order Orchidacese (Orchid tribe).—A green¬ 
house species, producing a stiff hard stem a few inches high, clothed with tough leathery distichous bluntly-two- 
