sequent management of it was very successful, has glven 
me the following note. 
“In the autumn of 1837 the seed of this beautiful plant 
was sown in light soil, and placed in a frame nearly ex- 
hausted. It soon vegetated, and was potted in fresh light 
soil, composed of two-thirds peat and one-third loam and 
sand. It was soon after placed in a cool pit, and regularly 
shifted into a larger pot as it required it. Under this treat- 
ment it grew freely, and was covered with its beautiful 
flowers for several months in the early part of the present 
year. 
“The only particular thing in its cultivation is, that it 
must always have plenty of air and not too much water, 
otherwise it is very apt to damp off at its neck soon after 
flowering. 
* It is easily propagated from cuttings, treated in the 
usual way." 
A fine plant exhibited by Mr. Halley of Blackheath, at 
one of the meetings of the Horticultural Society in Regent 
Street, received the Society's Large Silver Medal, which is 
given on those occasions exclusively for new ornamental 
— of great beauty, never previously exhibited to the 
public. 
Fig. 1. isa calyx, with one of the segments turned back 
to shew the ovary and style; 2. is a longitudinal section of 
the ovary. 
