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this after an interval of a few days, the insects will be destroyed 



without injury to the foliage, or impairing the health of the plants, 



which should be carefully shaded for a few days after each operation. 



Maddersjield Court. W. Cox. 



MEMORANDA FROM KEW. 



Although the golden tinge of autumn now appears on the landscape, 

 stretch the eye in whichever direction one may, still the garden is at 

 present nearly as inviting as at earlier periods of the year. Fewer 

 plants are certainly in flower than in the preceding month ; but then, 

 should the weather prove favourable, many of tne summer- flowering 

 kinds will remain in beauty some time longer. Amongst herbaceous 

 plants, Sternbergia lutea, a bulbous plant about six inches high, from 

 the south of Europe, with large yellow flowers, is in great perfection. 

 It is very similar to a Crocus, and when planted in large patches, 

 has a good eflfect. Vittadinia trilobata, a low-growing plant, with 

 flowers much resembling those of the Daisy, is a good border-plant, 

 which flowers through summer and autumn. Anemone japonica is 

 still in good perfection ; this plant grows luxuriantly in light soil, and 

 forms a bush three feet high. Loasa lateritia, L. Herberti, and L. 

 aurantiaca, are excellent for planting in the centre of a bed and 

 training on sticks, as they flower profusely at this season of the 

 year ; they likewise answer well for training against a wall. 



In a hot-house adjoining the herbaceous ground are some speci- 

 mens of tropical fruits, together with Amherstia nobilis, he, in a 

 thriving condition ; Passiflora princeps, Iporaoea Leari, and Batatas 

 bonariensis, trained against the back wall, are now in the height of 

 flowering. The sacred Indian Bean (Nelumbiura speciosum) grows 

 luxuriantly in a large tub here ; the stems are six feet above the 

 water, and the leaf measures two feet four inches across during sum- 

 mer : it seldom fails to produce plenty of its large showy rose- 

 coloured flowers. In one of the smaller hot-houses are Ixora coc- 

 cinea, I. odorata, and I. incarnata, together with Clerodendron has- 

 tatum, all in flower ; the latter has a large pannicle nearly two feet 

 long. In the stove aquarium the white, blue, and red Water-lilies 

 are now flowering, though not so abundantly as they were a short 

 time back ; amongst them the Nelumbium speciosum is growing as 

 freely as can well be imagined. Outside this house, at the east end, 

 is a large specimen of the Honey-flower (Melianthus major) ; it grows 

 very vigorously, and is protected by a mat-covering in severe weather. 

 It is a very fine ornamental plant ; but to ensure its flowering regu- 

 larly, it must be kept in a greenhouse or conservatory. 



The greenhouse plants, being now all housed for the winter, 

 should be kept rather drj^ and as much air given as possible every 

 mild day. There are but few among them in flower at present, 

 except one or two Pimeleas, Crowea saligna, and one or two others 

 of minor importance. One of the prettiest of autumn-flowering 

 bulbs is the Guernsey Lily (Nerine sarniensis). This species is a 



