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THE FLORIST’S JOURNAL. 
NEW PLANTS. 
Pentandria Monogynia — Apocynacecs. 
Echitis Splendens. This is another of Messrs. Veitch’s in¬ 
troductions, having been found by their collector Mr. Lobb, in 
a very elevated situation on the Organ Mountains of Brazil. 
All the beautiful species of echites, and indeed, most of our 
stove climbers seem to be eclipsed by this very splendid plant. 
Its habit is very luxuriant, and the leaves are of an unusual size, 
while the flowers which are borne in large clusters and expand 
one or two at a time, are exceedingly lovely, their tint being a 
light blush which deepens towards the margin, and in the centre, 
but the variations of which are so gentle and gradual as to be 
highly pleasing. The breadth of each blossom is from three to 
four inches, and the petals fall back a little, and are slightly 
undulated in a very graceful manner; coming from an elevated 
district it will probably not require so high a temperature as 
some stove climbers, and may possibly be found to succeed in 
a warm close greenhouse. From its vigorous character it does 
not appear suitable for growing in pots, but should be planted 
in a small uncovered and unshaded bed of prepared earth, and 
trained up the rafters of the house. A loamy soil is best for it, 
but a little sandy heath-mould can be added with advantage. 
Being deciduous it will most likely be the better for a little prun¬ 
ing in winter, and should be kept in state of rest from Novem¬ 
ber to January.— -Pax. Mag. Bot. 
Pentandria Monogynia — Campanulacece. 
Campanula Grandis. A finer acquisition to our half-hardy 
herbaceous plants, has not been made for some time, than this 
species of bellflower. It has all the beauty of C. pyramidalis, 
and is even more showy on account of the larger foliage, and the 
greater dimensions of the flowers; it also blooms abundantly 
while the plants are yet small ; the flowers appear in a long ter¬ 
minal spike, and are usually from two and a half to three inches 
across. It may be either kept in a pot through the winter with 
the protection of a cold frame, and afterwards turned into the 
open border, or be cultivated altogether in a pot, and made to 
decorate the greenhouse. Of its native country we have no in¬ 
formation. It was sent to England from St. Petersburgli, and- 
has blossomed in the garden of the Horticultural Society, and 
in the Epsom, Tooting, and other nurseries.— Pax. Mag. Bot. 
Gynandria Monandria — OrchidecB. 
Bromheadia Palustris. A tall growing gracefully orchida¬ 
ceous plant with very delicate flowers; the sepals and calyx are 
white, the labellum is three-lobed, the two side lobes are white 
externally, within streaked with purple ; the middle lobe is a 
