This handsome flowering plant is of hybrid origin, and
was raised in 1825, in the choice collection of R. H. Jen-
kinson, Esq., from a seed of P. incomparabile that had
been fertilized by the pollen of P. eximium or P. oblatum.
We have named it in compliment to our much respected
friend, David Stewart, Esq., of Great Russell Street,
Bloomsbury, formerly Superintendant of the fine establishment
of the late J. J. Angerstein, Esq', of Woodlands,
near Blackheath, at that time the most celebrated garden
in the country, for forcing fruits of all descriptions, and
for the choicest collection of the best grown Conservatory
plants that we ever beheld, many of which flowered there
foi the first time in this country: to Mr. Stew'art we are
indebted for the first rudiments of our education on the
cultivation and propagation of plants, having been for
some time one of his pupils, and by his permission we were
allowed to try different experiments, which has afterwards
enabled us to establish quite a different system in the cultivation
and propagation of plants, than any hitherto used:
how we have succeeded, we leave those to judge who have
seen and understand the subject: though we have now
quitted that employment for the present, for one still more
agreeable to our taste, that of publishing different works
on Botany and the Cultivation of Plants.
One of Mr. Stewart’s principles was to imitate and
assist nature as much as possible, which principle we have
always strictly adhered to, quite in opposition to the generality
of Horticulturists.
The present plant being related to P. ignescens, requires
the same treatment; an equal mixture of light turfy
loam, peat, and sand, will suit it very well j and cuttings
root freely, planted in the same sort of soil.