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Title: Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants
Year: 1842 (1840s)
Authors: Paxton, Sir Joseph, 1803-1865.
Subjects: Botany--Periodicals Flowers--Periodicals.
Publisher: London: W. S. Orr and Co.
Contributing Library: Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, McLean Library
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BICOLOR. blossoms of both in a combined form. The lower part of the tube of its flowers isa lively and delicate crimson, which passes into a whitish tint towards the upperportion. The , segments of the limb, which are singularly large, are purely whitewithin, and the prominent yellow stamens constitute a pretty relief. Its habit isneat, but not remarkable, and the foliage is tolerably good, with a slight tinge ofbrown on the under side. With its allies, it is valuable for blooming through the winter months; whenit renders the greenhouse gay for a very considerable period. Placed among thecrimson-flowered hybrids, it creates a most delightful variety, and is very easilycultivated in a light loamy soil. Increase may be effected either by cuttings, orby grafting it on stocks of C. pidchella, C. alba, or C. speciosa. At Mr. Knights, of the Kings Road, Chelsea, where we procured our draw-ing in the autumn of 1840, the plant is now blooming most profusely, and is bothelegant and ornamental.
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JlcLcr. iie!>; aLh. j^-aJtx. amt-t/^i^- LOASA HERBERTII. (Mr. Heibert8 Loasa.) Class. (^j„^ POLYADELPHIA. POLYANDRIA. Natural Order. lOASACEiE. GENHRrc CHARACTER.~See p. 7 of the present volume, i and flowers most like those of L. pentlandica, but withSpecific Character—Plant a hybrid, with leaves ; the laxer and more climbing habit of L. lateritia. At the seventh page of this volume, we gave a figure of Loasa pentlandica,and those who have our fifth volume will find a representation of L. lateritia atpage 77. The plant which we now depict is a hybrid, between those two species,and a glance at the plates of each will show that it is most essentially likeL. pentlandica, in regard both to the vigour and handsomeness of its leaves, andthe greater size and deeper colour of its blossoms. We stated, however, in the article which accompanies the drawing of L. pent-landica, that its habit was hardly loose enough for a climber, and that it was bestadapted for planting in beds. Still, it

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