238 THE FLORIST. 



very deficient in this respect. Aloes grow well with us, and also 

 Cactuses, at least the few varieties we have got. 



Of Florists' flowers, we have the Ranunculus, but almost single ; 

 some poor coloured Tulips, and a good variety of Anemones from 

 English seed. As to native flowers, there are not many near us 

 which are worth cultivating. We have the Correa ; but the only 

 place where it grows in our neighbourhood is on the summit of 

 Mount Barker, among the rocks ; it is a brilliant-coloured one, but 

 I think not quite so brilliant as the one figured in the Florist. We 

 find the seed, like many other native seeds, difiicult to vegetate ; in 

 fact, though the plants we have in the garden flower well, and seed 

 too, I never saw any young ones under them. 



NEW PLANTS. 



Figured in the Botanical Magazine for September. 



BoLBOPHYLLUM LoBBii. A Singular stove Orchid of dwarf habit, having 

 excessively large flowers for the size of the plant: they resemble those of a 

 Maxillaria. Introduced by Messrs. Veitch, through their collector Mr. Lobb. 



Medinilla magmfica. This magnificent Medinil is noticed at p. 177 of the 

 Florist and Garden Miscellany. 



PoRTLANDiA BREviFLORA. A hard-woodcd evergreen stove-plant, having 

 large showy white flowers, produced from the axils of the leaves. It was trans- 

 mitted to Kew by Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, and Co., of Exeter. 



Nymph^a micramtha. a very pretty aquatic, having smooth ovate leaves 

 and whitish flowers, with a yellow and red disk. It resembles N. odorata, but 

 is much smaller. 



CoccoLOBA MACROPHYLLA. An crect shrubby evergreen stove-plant, attain- 

 ing the height of sixteen or twenty feet, having large coarse leathery leaves, and 

 small inconspicuous flowers of but little beauty. On the summit of the stem is 

 produced upwards a wavy raceme of fruit nearly three feet long, of a deep red 

 colour, and very attractive : it is at present bearing fruit in the great Palm- 

 house at Kew. Native country. Tropical America. 



Coloured Illustrations in Paocton''s Flower -Gar den for September. 



Bryanthus erectus. a compact hardy dwarf evergreen shrub, attaining 

 the height of but a few inches, and bearing a profusion of rose-coloured flowers 

 in the spring, resembling miniature Kalmias. This is a hybrid, said to be 

 obtained by Mr. Cunningham, of Comley Bank, Edinburgh, between Menziesia 

 coerulea and Rhododendron Chameecistus. 



MouTAN OFFICINALIS SALMONEA. A large and very showy double variety of 

 the tree Peony ; the outer petals are of a salmon-colour, the inner ones have a 

 deep rich tint of the same. It was introduced from China to the Horticultural So- 

 ciety through Mr. Fortune. It requires the same treatment as other tree Peonies. 



Oncidium sessile, a rather pretty Orchid, nearly allied to O. excavatum ; 

 the flowers are borne in a close narrow panicle, clear yellow in colour, Avith a 

 few pale cinnamon-brown spots near the base. Native country, Santa Martha. It 

 was introduced by his Grace the Duke of Northumberland through Mr. Purdie. 



The woodcuts contain : 1. A portion of a branch containing leaves and flowers 

 of Trichosacme lanata ; 2. Two flowers of Calanthe vestita ; 3. A sprig of Steri- 

 phoma paradoxum ; 4. A flower of Aspasia lunata ; 5. A raceme of flowers with 

 leaves of Luvunga scandens, — a plant noticed at p, 202 ; 6. A small branch 

 with a head of flowers of Arnebia echioides ; 7. A flower of Hedychium chryso- 

 leucum,— a plant noticed at p. 177; 8. Flowers and. leaves of Siphocampylos 

 Orbignyanus ; 9. A sprig of flowers and leaves of Gaultheria Lindeniana. 



Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. J. Houlsto.v. 



