FOREIGN NOTICES. 



New Plant. — Achimenes magxifica ; alias Locheria magnifica. Planclwn and Linden in 

 Fl. des Sevres, x. t. 1013, — Most people would call this an Acliimenes, of which it has all 

 tlie habit, and, as far as we can discover, all the essential points of structure. We must, 

 therefore, object to the introduction of a new name for which there is no sort of necessity, 

 either botanical or horticultural. It is said 

 that Locheria differs from Acliimenes in having 

 the cup in which the ovary is seated of a mem- 

 branous instead of a fleshy texture ; so that 

 the subdivision of genera is now to be made 

 dependent, not only upon the mere thickness 

 of an organ, but what is worse, of one of no 

 functional importance. To that doctrine few 

 in this country will subscribe. 



Putting aside names, we must add that the 

 plant before us was introduced from Popayan 

 by Jlr. Triana, one of the collectors employed 

 by Mr. Linden. It would appear from the 

 published plate, a figure of which we copy of 

 the natural size, to be extremely handsome, 

 with thick, velvety leaves, and large flowers 

 of a rich, deep red color, spotted with lines of 

 black purple. It may be compared to a gigan- ijif'''^'^ 



tic form of Acliimenes hirsuta or pedunculata ; ^^^ 



like which it has the scaly rhizome and little 



bulbs so common among plants of its class. We observe that Mr. Linden has it in his new 

 catalogue under the name of Locheria magnifica, at the price of 20 francs. 



How TO TKEAT PLANTS WHICH HAVE BEEN DRIED UP, AS OrANGE TrEES, &C., RECEIVED FROM 



abroad. — It may, perhaps, be worth while to detail the means by which a plant apparently 

 quite dead from drought was restored to vigorous growth. A large Gardenia florida was re- 

 ceived in such a condition as to appear worthless. The more succulent part of its stem and 

 branches were withered ; its leaves shrivelled up, and the whole asjject of the j)lant resem- 

 bled a newly -planted evergreen killed by the March winds. There were many circumstances 

 which rendered it desirable to restore the plant if possible, and what seemed hopeless was 

 attempted, and, as the sequel will show, accomplished. As a preliminary, the plant, pot 

 and all, was immersed in a tank of water, sufliciently large to cover every branch. Here 

 it remained until the bark became plump by absoi-ption, and after being removed, and the 

 now saturated soil washed from its roots, leaving them as bare as the branches, it was re- 

 potted in as small a pot as would conveniently hold the roots, using a compost suitable to 

 the nature of the plant. The entire stem, as well as the main branches, was now enveloped 

 in moss, and kept constantly damp by syringing. Of course the plant was shaded on sunny 

 days. Tlie pot being plunged in a gentle bottom-heat, and a damp atmosphere maintained 

 around the branches, in a short time the leaves began to drop off — a certain sign, under the 

 umstances, of returning health. Two or three weeks elapsed, and tiny buds be 

 leaves and shoots followed, and the plant was restored. True, most of the sm 



