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this plant before the eye. But it will be better to reserve all 

 explanation of its appearance until we figure it, which will be 

 shortly. It was sent from New South Wales to Messrs. 

 Loddiges by Mr. William MacLeay. 



64. CAMPANULA Lceflingii. 



Brot. phytogr. lusit. no. 10. 



A beautiful little Portuguese annual, raised in the garden 

 of the Horticultural Society, forming an entangled mass of 

 the most delicate blue bells, with a tender foliage, reminding 

 one of the texture of the fragile ivy-leaved Bell-flower. It is 

 to be feared that it will scarcely be hardy, coming as it does 

 from the west of Europe. It is said indeed to inhabit the 

 vicinity of Madrid and Mogador, in which case it may exist 

 with us in the open air during summer : but its delicate sub- 

 stance will hardly resist the cold nights we so often experience, 

 unless in very favourable seasons. It is well worth a place 

 in a greenhouse. 



Q5. SOBRALIA macrantha. 



Lindl. in Sertum Orch. sub. t. 29. Gen. Sf Sp. Orch. p. 431. 



A flower of the most delicate texture, of the richest 

 crimson, and between seven and eight inches in diameter, 

 growing on the summit of a reedy stem, will give the reader 

 some notion of the magnificence of this rare plant, as it is now 

 flowering in the garden of the Horticultural Society, from 

 specimens sent from Guatemala by Mr. Hartweg. Or it may 

 be compared, for the flowers, to a huge Cattleya. It is one 

 of the terrestrial species, and apparently easy enough to culti- 

 vate in a cool stove ; but it is at present in few collections, no 

 one liking to divide the roots until something more shall have 

 been heard of its habits. It is stated by Mr. Skinner that 

 each flower-head will go on blossoming for many weeks suc- 

 cessively, provided the faded blooms are pulled off* before they 

 decay. We have nothing like this in our gardens, yet ; nor 

 is there any thing finer of the race to be introduced. It is 

 the leader of the crane of its order. 



