THIS 
FLORIST’S JOURNAL. 
December, 1845. 
SIPHOCAMPYLOS COCCINEUS AND FUCHSIA 
SERRATIFOLIA. 
WITH AN ILLUSTRATION. 
Our first plate this month represents portions of two plants, 
which attracted a very great share of attention at the metro¬ 
politan exhibitions of the past season. 
No. 1. Siphocampylos coccineus. — For the possession of this 
plant we are indebted to the persevering efforts of that in¬ 
defatigable collector, Mr. W. Lobb, who found it in shady places 
on the banks of the river Chagres, in New Grenada, and it was 
raised and flowered by Messrs Veitch, the eminent nurserymen 
of Exeter. It is a plant of great beauty, its brilliant scarlet 
flowers appearing in bold relief above the pleasing bright green 
leaves ; they are produced towards the points of the new shoots, 
and hence a hint in its culture which also applies to the whole 
genus, for all the species possess something of this character: 
in consequence, they require to have their shoots frequently 
“ stopped ” by pinching off the terminal bud in the early part 
of the growing season; this, if repeated three or four times, 
will induce them to form dwarf bushy plants, which cannot fail 
to produce a profusion of flowers. All the species of Sypho- 
campylos are greenhouse plants of the class which bear ex- 
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