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Maxii.la.hia Candida.— An orchidea from Brazil. The flowers ore white, 

 about the size of M. ochroleuca. 



Columnea Schiedeaka. — From Mexico; producing numerous long yellow 

 and brown flowers all along its stems, and are very showy. It probably requires 

 a stove temperature, but it well deserves a place there. The leaves are of a fine 

 deep creen above, and stained with crimson underneath. J. Rogers, Esq., recently 

 exhibited a plant at the London Horticultural Society's rooms, Regent-street, 

 which was very attractive. 



Acacia urophylla. — A native of the Swan River colony, and raised by 

 Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, and Co., of Exeter. The foliage is elegant. The 

 peduncles are short, and the flowers in each head few but fragrant. It will be 

 an ornament to a greenhouse. 



Rivea timjefolia. — A half-shrubby climber, lately bloomed at Syon gardens. 

 It is from various parts, as Cape of Good Hope, West Indies, Peru, and others. 

 The leaves are like those of a Lime-tree ; the flowers are large, light purple. It 

 is a highly ornamental plant : it is the Convolvulus, or Ipomaea tiliaefolia, of 

 some botanists. 



Acacia biflora. — From Swan River ; bloomed at Messrs. Loddiges. Flowers 

 yellow, fragrant like hawthorn ; a very pretty little greenhouse shrub. 



Salvia tubifeka. — From Mexico, and has lately bloomed in the garden of 

 the London Horticultural Society. It has a stem about a yard high, and ter- 

 minates by long drooping racemes of slender purple flowers, something the 

 colour of Justicia elegans. It is one of the best Salvias yet introduced. It has 

 bloomed in the greenhouse, but is probably as hardy as the others. 



PART III. 

 MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



QUERIES. 



A List of New Plants. — The following is a list of plants I received from 

 France in 1839, which I do not find in Paxton, nor have any of them bloomed 

 except the first, which is not much, and is stated to be hardy, so I have put it 

 out. 



Iris Ruriensis. Edwardsia velutina. 



Philippotlendron regium. Thuja filiformis. 



Spiraea Nikondiertii. Ceanotbus Africanus roseus. 



Should any of your readers have bloomed them, and will give an account of them, 

 they will oblige. S. 



On Grass suited for a Lawn. — Having a small piece of pleasure-ground on 

 a sunny bank to lay down this present season, I would be glad to inquire, 

 through the means of your most valuable journal, the Cabinet, the best sort of 

 grasses, and what is the best mode of treatment to be followed during the first 

 j'ear ; by answering this at your earliest convenience you will much oblige 



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fit is necessary to have the ground well cleared of all indiscriminate plants 

 before sowing. The following selection is suitable, and may be had of the prin- 

 cipal London seedsmen. When sown, the seed should be well raked in and 

 evenly rolled. When the seeds come up, any prominent weed or unsuitable 

 grass which may spring should be taken away. 



During the first season it will require to he rolled and mown three or four 

 times. In subsequent years, should either daisy, plantain, or dandelion appear, 

 they should be taken away entire ; a small portion of salt laid ou the crown of a 

 dandelion or plantain will effectually destroy it. 



