HIBISCUS SCHIZOPETALUS. 
The greenhouse section of the Hibiscus contains some 
of the most beautiful and useful plants we have for 
flowering in the house. They are of easy culture, and 
produce their showy double and single flowers nearly 
the whole season. Being of a shrubby character, they 
thrive under difficulties that would destroy herbaceous 
plants. When too large for the place they are to fill, 
they can be cut down, when they will immediately burst 
forth into new and luxuriant growth, which will flower 
profusely within a few months after cutting. The single 
flowering sorts are by far the most showy, although 
the double ones are more lasting and useful for 
cutting. 
The subject of our illustration is a very beautiful one, 
aent out by Messrs. Veitch, of London, and is described 
ns follows: (‘This plant is regarded by the authorities 
as a variety of the well-known H. rosa sinensis, but it is 
so remarkably distinct in general appearance that few 
ordinary observers would consider it as so nearly related 
to that species. The flowers are pendulous on slender 
peduncles, the petals being deeply cut or lacinated 
somewhat in the style of the Clarkias. The united fila¬ 
ments of the stamens closely surround the style, and 
the latter projects about two inches beyond the corolla, 
terminating in five divisions. The color of the petals is 
a brilliant orange red; and although the flowers, like 
those of other Hibiscuses, are of short duration, yet the 
plant is both attractive and interesting. It is a native 
of east tropical Africa, where it was found by the Rev. 
J. A. Lamb, from whom Messrs. Veitch obtained their 
plants. It was exhibited at one of the Royal Horticul¬ 
tural Society’s meetings and was honored with a first- 
class certificate. It requires similar culture to its con¬ 
gener.” 
