66 THE FLORIST. 



rose-coloiir. It was raised at Kew from seed sent by Mr. Drummond from 

 Swan Iliver. Figured in the Botanical /Magazine for February. 



LiLiUM Wallichianum. a scaly bulbous large- flowered lily, attaining the 

 height of four to six feet, and having narrow leaves and solitary terminal drooping 

 fragrant flowers nine to ten inches long, of a creamy white, with large yellow 

 anthers. It resembles the habit of L. longiflorum and speciosum. It grows 

 freely, is very showy, and will prove an acquisition for the greenhouse during 

 autumn, as it is a late- flowering kind. It is a native of the north of India. 

 Figured in the liotanicul Magazine for February. 



Vanda C/ERULea. a noble and exquisitely beautiful Orchid ; it has the 

 foliage of Aerides odoratum, with flowers three to four inches in diameter, of a 

 bluish lilac, and they are produced abundantly on upr'ght spikes. It is a native 

 of woods on the Khasya Hills of India, and is one of the many valuable exotics 

 introduced by Messrs. Veitch of Exeter through their collector Mr. T. Lobb. 

 Figured in Paxton's Floicer-Garden for February. 



Banksia occidextalis. a pretty flowering evergreen greenhouse shrub, be- 

 longing to Proteads. It is an erect hard-wooded shrub, forming a bush six to 

 eight feet high in its native sandy peaty grounds in New Holland. This species 

 belongs to a tribe wliich is but little cultivated unless in large collections, al- 

 though many of them are elegant shrubs for decorating the conservatory or green- 

 house, forming large handsome but>hes with a neat foliage and richly coloured 

 flowers. 'J he present species is one of the best, and richly deserves a place in 

 all collections. Its flowers are collected into elongated clusters, and are of a 

 rich red. Figured in Pax:to7i''s Flower-Garden for February. 



Bii.BERGiA Morelliana. An evergreen stove-plant, belonging to the pine- 

 apple family. It is one of the showiest of the genus, bearing a large pendulous 

 panicle of flowers, a foot or more long, of a reddish-pink and blue colour, with 

 many large reddish-pink bracts (not much unlike those of Medinilla magnifica). 

 This species has recently flowered in one of the stoves at Kew. It was received 

 from the continent under the name of Tillandsia Morelliana. Figured in the 

 Magazine of Botany for January. 



Royal Botanic Gardens, Keic, J. Houlstox. 



WHY DO CARNATIONS RUN.' 



I HAVE cultivated (writes a Correspondent) Carnations for about 

 six years, and with very indifferent success, though I have taken 

 the greatest pains with them. I have been supphed by Ely, Nor- 

 man, Holland, Groom, and Turner. I have an undue proportion 

 run both in rich, middHng, and poor compost, both in the open 

 ground and in pots. Would you be good enough to say what com- 

 post you think least likely to cause this defect, and whether you 

 consider want of shading from powerful sun when the buds are 

 swelling could have any thing to do with it .'' 



This last season I had Lord Milton grown in pots in compost 

 of three degrees of richness, as subjoined, and with the following 

 results : 



^"™ :lhr^ -~= - •., 



Sand . . tVJ * Sand , . yg-J 



Would you consider the undecayed fibre in sods twelve months 

 dug injurious.? Do you think it would be better to have it picked 

 out .'' I have now two heaps of compost prepared as follows : 



Loam . . . -I 1 T 1.1 

 Hotbed-dung. | yiwhtlv 

 Sand . . . VeJ '■''"• 



Loam . . T 1 7- 1,^7 

 Dung . . I V[^9htly 



run. 



