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some  of  the  humiliation  we  should  otherwise  feel,”  any  more 
than  the  private  munificence  that  benefited  Liverpool  so  greatly  of 
late  years  in  this  connection.  It  supplies  in  no  wise  extenuating 
circumstances,  but  emphasises  the  want  of  the  sense  of  propor¬ 
tion  from  which  the  execution  of  this  problem  suffers  in  our  great 
metropolis. 
The  limited  results  so  far  attained  are  of  an  extremely  humi¬ 
liating  character.  It  is  by  no  means  too  late  in  principle,  and 
in  fact,  to  conclude  that  an  infinitely  greater  effort  will  yet 
be  made  in  order  to  place  us  abreast  of  the  moral  claim  which 
charge  of  gardens  should  have  a  wide  knowledge  of  plants  of  all 
sorts,  and  make  it  an  aim  in  their  professional  practice  to 
resuscitate,  or  bring  forward  from  time  to  time,  classes  of 
plants  of  different  characteristics,  and  to  cultivate  each  in  its 
turn  to  the  greatest  perfection.  Herein  lieth  the  true  art  of 
gardening,  and  the  secret  of  its  wonderful  interest.  Instead  of 
gardeners  in  different  gardens  striking  out  in  lines  of  their 
own,  one  finds  that  all,  or  nearly  all,  follow  the  beaten  track. 
Jacobinia  chrysostephana  has  been  taken  in  hand  by  Messrs.  J. 
Veitch  and  Sons,  Limited,  of  the  Royal  Exotic  Nursery,  Chelsea, 
Jacobinia  (Cvrtanthera)  chrysostephana. 
horticulture  and  our  environment  emphatically  impose  upon  us, 
and  that  some  publio-spirited  men  of  wealth  will  yet  join  the 
chief  donors.  I  am  authoritatively  informed  that  the  £20,000 
desired  by  the  Garden  City  Association  had  been  fully  subscribed. 
— H.  H.  R.,  Sidcup,  December  6,  1902. 
JACOBINIA  (CYRTANTHERA)  CHRYSOSTEPHANA. 
This  plant  is  one  of  many  others  whose  great  merits  have 
been,  or  are,  entirely  overlooked  by  gardeners.  We  consider  it 
an  essential  quality  in  the  faculty  of  gardening  that  those  in 
S.W.,  and  when  plants  were  exhibited  by  them  before  the  Royal 
Horticultural  Society  on  November  18,  an  Award  of  Merit  was 
bestowed  by  the  Floral  Committee.  It  is  an  Acanthaceous 
member,  introduced  from  Mexico  in  1870,  and  has  been  figured 
in  the  “  Botanical  Magazine  (t.  5,887),  under  the  name  of 
Cyrtanthera  chrysostephana — the  corymbose  flower-heads  being 
golden  yellow,  or  rather  golden  apricot  in  colour.  Our  illustra¬ 
tion  gives  a  good  idea  of  the  terminal  clusters.  The  plants  are 
treated  the  same  as  Justicias,  which  are  easy  stove  subjects  to 
cultivate.  A  number  of  well-flowered  and  foliaged  plants  furnish 
an  invaluable  addition  to  the  stove  in  winter,  and  they  are  of  a 
very  serviceable  height — l|ft  to  2ft  high  when  grown  in  Gin 
pots.  Messrs.  Veitch’s  plants  were  cultivated  in  their  new 
branch  nursery  at  Feltham,  Middlesex. 
