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Odontoglossum Krameiu, Kramers Odontoglot (Bot. Mag., t. 5778).— A 

 splendid species, the petals and sepals delicate creamy-white, the lip light mauvy 

 purple. 



Rlaxdfordia Ctxxixghami, Allan Cunningham's Blandfordia (Bot. Mag., t. 



5734). — A fine Australian liliaceous 

 plant, introduced hy Messrs. E. G. 

 Henderson and Son. The scape 

 rises two or three feet high, and con- 

 tains from fifteen to twenty flowers 

 of a fine deep yellow colour, shading 

 to orange red. It requires no parti- 

 cular care to flower it perfectly in 

 the greenhouse, and, as it produces 

 abundance of seed, it can be easily 

 multiplied. 



Styrax japonica (Gartenflora, 

 t. 583). — Styraceje. A pretty hardy 

 shrub, growing four to six feet high, 

 with elegantly spreading branches, 

 hearing a profusion of white flowers, 

 resembling snowdrops, from the 

 points of the young branchlets. 



COMBRETUM MICROPETALUM, 



Small-petaled Combretum (Bot. 

 Mag., t. 5617). — A magnificent 

 climber, native of Brazil. It flowers 

 in the stove in September, pro- 

 ducing a profusion of blossoms cha- 

 racterized by their numerous long 

 yellow stamens, which give to the 

 racemes the appearance of so many 

 brushes. 



BLA2JDF0RDIA CUNNINGHA1II. 



Tyd.£A Lixdexiana (Gartenflora, 1868, 

 t. 582). — Gesneraceas. A handsome stove 

 perennial, introduced from tropical America. 



Oxcidium gtrobulbox (Gard. Chron., 

 1869, p. 838).— Orchidacece. Merely a bota- 

 nical curiosity. 



Oncidium hyph^maticum (Gard. Chron., 

 I860, p. 814). — Orchidacese. A pretty showy 

 Oncidium, worthy the attention of cultivators. 



Cypripedium Parishii, the Rev. Mr. 

 Parish's Lady's Slipper (Bot. Mag., t. 5791). 

 — A superb species, belonging to the Indian 

 section, of which C. insigne is the type. The 

 flowers are yellowish green, with the exception 

 of the two long sepals, which are stained deep 

 purple. 



Primula pedemoxtaxa, Piedmontese 

 Primrose (Bot. Mag., t. 5794). — One of a 

 lovely series of Swiss Alpine Primulas of the 

 Auricula group. The leaves are produced in 



rosettes, from two to three inches in diameter, and close to the ground, 

 profuse bloomer, the flowers being of a rich rose-purple colour. 



C01IBEETU1I MICIiOPETALUM. 



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