Ai)ri]  20,  1809. 
JOUnNAL  OF  IIOIITIOULTIJIIK  AND  OOTTAOF  OAllDENKll. 
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^  irr  /I  MossfH.  Vcitch  in  ISI.'i,  and  was  lignrod  in  the  “  liotanical  Mnfjazine” 
K  M  1)0  I  1 1  I{  1  I JM  (  X)( /O [ N  I^j  U M .  (t.  4850)  about  tilut  titno  from  Hpcciinena  suiiplied  by  that  firm.  It  inakos 
A  r.TiloiJfJll  hardy,  and  f^rown  in  the  ojK-n  in  favoured  localities  in  a  somewhat  loose  bu•^h,  with  leathery  obloni^  leaves,  4  inches  loii^  by 
the  S.W.  counties  of  Kntrland,  this  South  American  I'rotead  re(|uires  the  1  J  inch  wide,  dark  f^reen  above,  (glaucous  beneath.  'I'lie  (lowers  are  borne, 
protection  of  a  cool  Kreenhouse  in  iriost  pbice'-.  At  present  a  plant  is  in  dense  terminal  racemes.  'I'liey  are  scarlet  in  colour,  and  i.i  inches. 
l'i<;.  ri.^KMIlOTIlUIUM  (dXXM.XKli.M. 
flowerin^j  nicely  in  the  Himalayan  house  at  Kew,  where  its  bright  ' 
coloured  blossoms  are  seen  to  udvantn{,o!  aj^ainst  the  dark  foliaf'e  of 
neighbouring  Khododcndrons  atid  Camellias.  Though  by  no  means 
common,  it  has  been  in  cultivation  in  this  country  for  close  on  half  a 
centurj'.  1 1  is  recorded  to  have  been  in  flower  at  the  Kxeter  nursery  of  i 
long,  'riuj  racemes  on  the  Kew  example  are  from  1  to  0  inches  long- 
When  onct)  plarited  care  should  be  taken  not  to  disturb  the  roots,  as  it 
is  a  diflicult  plant  to  establish  again  if  interfered  with.  Where  it  wili 
grow  and  flower  well  it  makes  a  gorgeous  object  during  late  spring.— 
W.  1). 
