This pretty plant, we are informed, has been lately
received from Paris, where it has been cultivated for
some years past. We suspect it to be of hybrid origin,
but what its parents are we cannot at present determine.
We first met with it at the Nursery of Mr.
Tate, in Sloane Street, Chelsea, where our drawing
was made last summer. We are informed that it is
known by the name of P. venustum in the French collections
; but as we believe it has not been published,
either by that or any other name, and as we have already
published a P. venustum, we have adopted the
name by which we received it, in compliment to Mrs.
Fairlie, of Ware Park, Herts, a great admirer and extensive
cultivator of plants. I t is rather late in coming
into flower, and may be considered as one of the autumn
bloomers, at which time it is all covered with
flowers, that make a pleasing appearance, particularly
as the colour is so different from most others. It is of
easy culture, thriving well in a mixture of sandy loam
and peat, or other light vegetable soil; and cuttings
soon strike root, if planted in pots and placed in a
sheltered situation.