FROM THE SOCIETY'S GARDEN. ^gjj 



the corolla and antheriferous ; the anterior arm longer, hornlike, 

 clear yellow, prominent, and sterile. Seeds very small, smooth, 

 cinnamon-coloured, oblong, strongly ribbed. 



A half-hardy annual ; with the same kind of treatment as the 

 small Blue Lobelias, it flowers all the summer and autumn, if 

 planted in rather a moist situation. 



It is very pretty, and a most abundant flowerer, well suited for 

 planting in the American border. 



17. Cerasus laurocerasus ; var. Pumilio. 



This is a curious dwarf variety, resembling the common Laurel 

 in much the same way as the Clanbrazil Fir resembles a 

 Spruce. The leaves are from 2 to 3 inches long, and the habit 

 extremely dwarf. If it does not hereafter run away, it will be a 

 useful variety for places where the common Laurel is too large. 



A plant was received in 1851 from Lieut. -General Monckton, 

 F.H.S., whose brother's gardener, William Reynolds, raised it 

 from seed of the common Laurel. 



18. Hedychium flavescexs. Loddiges, Bot. Cab., t. 723. 



Received from Dr. Siebold in August, 1850, under the 

 name of Hedychium Roxburghii. 



A stout plant, about 4 feet high, with a great fleshy rhizome.. 

 Leaves about 15 inches long by 5 inches broad, covered on the 

 under side with long silky hairs. Flower spike erect, a foot 

 long, covered with brown hairs. Outer bracts rather distant, 



2 inches long, with a short leafy revolute point, and closely 

 covered with rusty hairs at the edges ; rolled round a very short 

 spike of 5 flowers, surrounded by membranous, nearly-smooth 

 bractlets. Ovary and long tubular calyx shaggy with brown 

 hairs. Tube of the corolla smooth, slender, 4 inches long ; its 



3 outer petals linear and revolute ; of the pale yellow 3 inner, 

 the lateral are unguiculate, spathulate-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 slightly toothed ; the lip is unguiculate, deeply 2-parted with 

 half-oval divisions, about half the length of the bright orange- 

 coloured filament. The flowers emit a very agreeable spicy 

 fragrance. 



It requires to be potted in a rich loamy soil, and to be placed 

 in the dampest part of the stove while in a growing state; after- 

 wards it should be removed to a cooler and drier place to bloom ; 

 after flowering it should be dried gradually, and rested for about 

 a month. It blossoms in September. 



It is a very fragrant plant, and rather showy, but remains only 

 a short time in bloom. 



