Excerpt from The Florist, Fruitist, and Garden Miscellany A. Aurantiaca. This is one of the best of the genus, flowering abundantly as it does even on small plants, scarcely exceeding 6 inches high. The leaves are 6 - 8 inches long, smooth, dark green above, with the midrib and primary veins of a darkish purple beneath. The flowers are produced from erect imbricated spikes, on the apices of the branches, at first of a rich yellow, subsequently changing to a deep orange-scarlet, and remaining a long time in perfection; some plants of it here having been in flower for two months, and to all appearance will last for a month to come. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Florist, Fruitist, and Garden Miscellany, 1859 WE offer with the new year our usual summary of the novelties of the past season. In doing this we wish it to be understood that it is the most prominent of those which have appeared in public, or have been figured or noticed in the various botanical and horticultural publications, that we here bring together for ready reference. There are, no doubt, others, which have found their way into gardens, which have not taken so prominent a position, or which we shall hear of hereafter. Our notes are necessarily brief, on account of the space they would otherwise have occupied, but we trust sufficient to give some general idea Of the several plants. We have thought it useful, moreover, to record the accessible figures of the plants which have been issued. Florists' flowers are excluded from our plan, and we have arranged our notes under the heads of orchids, stove plants, and greenhouse and hardy plants, for the purpose of greater distinctness. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.