The Florist and horticultural journal . Fifteen dollars. $25 for the eight plantsshall be paid to any exhibitor at any exhibition in Philadelphia,New York City or State, Baltimore, Albany, Rochester, Boston, & Ericas must be such sorts as E. Neillii, Cavendishii, retortamajor, Irbyana, Cerinthioides odorata, Ventricosa superba, Banksianaalba, Andromeda3-fiora, oblata, &c. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Communications received from P. S. Carolan, Sav.; Luke Seely,Rushville ; Ed. Ohio Farmer; J. McDonald, Pensacola, Fla.; , Watertown, Mass.; Geo. L. Brown, Mobile, Ala.; SamuelJordon, East Stoug


The Florist and horticultural journal . Fifteen dollars. $25 for the eight plantsshall be paid to any exhibitor at any exhibition in Philadelphia,New York City or State, Baltimore, Albany, Rochester, Boston, & Ericas must be such sorts as E. Neillii, Cavendishii, retortamajor, Irbyana, Cerinthioides odorata, Ventricosa superba, Banksianaalba, Andromeda3-fiora, oblata, &c. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Communications received from P. S. Carolan, Sav.; Luke Seely,Rushville ; Ed. Ohio Farmer; J. McDonald, Pensacola, Fla.; , Watertown, Mass.; Geo. L. Brown, Mobile, Ala.; SamuelJordon, East Stoughton, Mass.; Jas. Stevenson, Waterbury, Conn.;P. Develin, Mobile, Ala.; Jno. B. Garrett, Montgomery, Ala. We should like to hear from all our correspondents who havenames to send, as early as convenient. We have been unavoidably detained, owing to delay in getting outour plate, but we have vanity enough to think that we will be foundworth waiting for. Erratum.—Page 18, for Physera chrysopthalma read Physuruschrysopthalmus. I,. ACHIMENES LONGIFLOUA ALBA On Sum? at €w School THE FLORIST AID HOETICULTURAL JOURNAL. Vol. II.] Philadelphia, February, 1853. [No. 2. ACHIMENES LONGIFLORA VAR. ALBA. Gesneriaceae-Gesneriffi—Didynamia-Angiospermia. GEN. CHAR.—Calycis tubus ovario adnatus, limbus 5-partitus, lobis lanceo-latis. Corolla tubuloso-infundibuliformis basi hincssepe gibba, limbo piano 5-fido,lohia subsequalibus subrotundis. Stamina 4, didynama, antheris non stam. quinti corollce basi interne impositum. JVectarium glandulo-sum annulare tenue. Stylus in stigma vix incrassatum obliquum aut subbilobumabeuns. Capsula semibilocularis bivalvis, placentis parietalibus subsessilibus.—Herbse Americana erectce, villoscs. Folia opposila aut ter?iato~verticil lata petiolatadtntata. Pedicelli unifiori axillares. Corollce coccineos aut purpurea. DC. CHAR. SPEC.—A. foliis 3-4* natim verticillatis, ovatis, obloilgisve, grosse ser-ratis, cauleque vil


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