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NEW GARDEN PLANTS. 
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Begonia strigillosa, Dietrich. Bristly Begonia.—Ord. Begoniace® (Begoniad tribe).—Introduced into 
Germany from Central America. A very singular-looking stove plant, with a creeping stem. The leaves are 
fleshy, oblique, cordate acuminate, dark green on both sides, glossy above. The surface is studded with reddish 
glandular hairs, accompanied with the fringing usual in B. manicata. The petioles are thick, long, round, green, 
spotted with red, from which spots arise single scales, terminating in long white hairs, which gives the plant a 
bristly appearance. The flowers are bright-red, and supported in large corymbs on stalks about a foot long, the 
stalks covered with scales. This species is of easy culture, and is considered a valuable acquisition for a stove or 
warm conservatory. 
Pitcairnia Funcriana, Dietrich. Funck’s Pitcairnia.—Ord. Bromeliads (Bromeliad tribe).—This flowered in 
the establishment of M. Nauen, at Berlin, last October, and is inserted in the catalogues as Puya Funckiana. It 
was introduced from Merida by Messrs. Funck and Schlim. Dr. Dietrich considers it a Pitcairnia, and not a 
Puya. The flowers are white, and surrounded with yellow cups and bracts, which are arranged on a flower stalk 
about three and a half feet long. It is cultivated as other species of this genus. A temperature of 60°—65° is 
sufficient to flower it, and it has a very showy appearance when in bloom. 
Impatiexs cornigera, Hooker. Horn-bearing Balsam.—Order Balsaminacese (Balsam tribe).—A coarse 
stove annual, growing four feet high, with large ovate acuminate leaves, and rather pretty flowers, growing several 
together in the axils of the leaves ; the lower sepal is yellowish and downy, the upper bears a green horn, and is 
with the rest of the flower of a pinkish lilac. It flowers the whole summer and autumn. Sent from Ceylon to 
Kew, by Mr. Thwaites, in 1851.— Bot. Mag., t. 4623. 
Machjeranthera tanacetifolia, A Tees. Tansy-leaved Dagger-flower.—Order Asterace® § Asteroide® (Com¬ 
posite plants).—A branching half shrubby biennial, growing a foot high, with sessile oblong pinnatifid leaves, and 
terminal flower heads, consisting of numerous dagger-shaped purple ray florets, and a yellowish disk. It was sent 
by Dr. Wright from Hew Mexico to Kew, where it flowered during summer. It is the Aster tanacetifolia of 
Humboldt, and the A. chrysanthemoides of Willdenow.— Bot. Mag., t. 4624. 
Eugenia ugni, Hooker and Arnott. The Myrtilla.—Order Myrtace® (Myrtle tribe).—A charming free- 
flowering evergreen shrub, hardy at Exeter, and therefore well adapted for conservative walls, and cold conserva¬ 
tories. It grows two to four feet high, with numerous opposite ovate myrtle-like leaves, and axillary four or five 
petalled globose flowers, white, tinged with rose. It is the Myrtus Ugni of Molina. Messrs. Veitch bloomed it 
in July, 1851. It is a native of South Chili and the islands, and was introduced by Mr. W. Lobb- The flowers, 
as well as the leaves, when bruised, are fragrant.— Bot. Mag., t. 4626. 
Pentstemon baccharifolius, Hooker. Baccharis-leaved Pentstemon.—Order Scrophulariace® (Linariad 
tribe).—A handsome erect growing plant, flowering during summer and autumn. It grows about a foot and a 
half high, with opposite distant spinescent-toothed leaves, the lower ones spathulate, the upper oblong and rotun- 
date. The flowers are rich scarlet, in a terminal elongated panicle. Sir W. J. Hooker, in Botanical Magazine, t. 
4627, conjectures it may be annual, but it is stated to increase by cuttings. Native of Texas, and recently intro¬ 
duced to Kew. 
Grindelta grandiflora, Hooker. Large-flowered Grindelia.—Order Asterace® § Asteroide® (Composite 
plants).—A showy orange-flowered biennial, four feet high, branched corymbosely at top, with alternate sessile 
lanceolate leaves, having a broad cordate semi-amplexicaul base, and the terminal flower-heads measuring fully 
three inches across. It is from Texas, and flowers in autumn. Introduced to Kew, where it is foimd to increase 
readily from cuttings.— Bot. Mag., t. 4628. 
Centranthus macrosiphon, Boissier. Long-tubed Centranth.—Order Yalerianace® (Yalerianwort tribe).—A 
showy autumn-flowering annual, with a stout dwarf erect branched fistular stem, ovate leaves, the lower ones 
almost toothless, the upper deeply cut at their base, and compact dichotomously corymbose panicles, of deep rose- 
coloured flowers. It is allied to C. Calcitrapa, but is larger, and has longer flowers. Native of Grenada, and 
introduced from the French Gardens. It is well figured in Paxton's Floicer Garden, ii., t. 67. 
Grammatophyllum speciosum, Blume. Showy Grammatophyl.—Order Orchidace® (Orchid tribe).—A very 
fine caulescent stove epiphyte, with distichous sword-shaped leaves, and racemes of large yellow flowers, thickly 
spotted with red; the sepals and petals are alike obovate-oblong and leathery, and the lip is rolled round the 
column. It is from the Malay Archipelago, and was flowered last summer by Messrs. Loddiges, “ after years of 
patience.” Figured in Paxton's Flower Garden, ii., t. 69. 
Salvia Candelabrum, Boissier. Chandelier Sage. — Order Lamiace® (Labiate tribe).—This fine hardy 
herbaceous plant was introduced from Malaga by E. Delins, Esq., and is figured by a woodcut in Paxton's Flower 
Garden (ii. 161). Its leaves resemble those of common Sage ; but it throws up a branching naked panicle of 
flowers, which have a greenish yellow upper lip and a rich violet lower one. The flowers, though handsome, 
drop too soon, which render its appearance shabby. 
Podocarpus nubigena, Bindley. Cloud-born Podocarp.—Order Pinace® (Conifer tribe).—A yew-like hardy 
evergreen bush or tree, with stiff linear deep-green leaves, having a double glaucous band beneath. It is a native 
of Southern Chili, and has been imported by Messrs. Yeitch. See Journal of Horticultural Society, vi. 264. 
