This splendid plant is one of those mentioned by
us in a former number, the produce of P. Husseyanum,
fertilized by the pollen of P. ignescens. Its brilliancy
and richness of colour surpasses any that we have
hitherto seen, and no artificial colouring can come
any way near to the original; very different from what
we lately saw in an advertisement, where it is stated that
the figures were so highly flattered, that they were not
to be known, which any person, who will give himself
the trouble to compare with the originals, will soon
find to be quite the reverse, if the plants are in good
health and the flowers perfect, in which state we
always choose our plants for drawing, and in that
state they may be seen at Mr. Colvill’s Nursery. It is
very well for any person to say that the figures are
flattered, if he wish to sell an inferior kind of plant
for the sort that is wanted, which is a very common
practice, but a very bad one.
This beautiful plant was raised from seed last year,
at the Nursery of Mr. Colvill. We have named it, in
compliment to William Wells, Esq. of Redleaf, near
Tunbridge, Kent, a liberal and an extensive cultivator
of ornamental plants, and to whom our gardens are
indebted for many choice plants introduced by him
from China and other countries.
The same mode of treatment as is recommended
for P. ignescens, and others of that tribe, is also suitable
to the present plant.