240 MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Bauhinia forficata. — A leguminous flowered plant, recently bloomed in the 

 stove at the Glasgow Botanic Garden. The flowers are about six inches 

 across, of a pure white, produced on a pendant raceme of ten or twelve on 

 each. 



Clethra tomentosa. — It appears to be known too as a variety of the Clethra 

 admifolia, that kind it appears inhabits the middle and northern states of 

 America, whilst the present kind is only found in the southern states. It is a 

 pretty flowering hardy shrub producing numerous erect, long racemes of 

 white flowers ; It well deserves a place in every shrubbery, as does the C. 

 Admifolia. The flowers are not only pretty, but very fragrant. The shrubs 

 grows about a yard higb, bushy ; and blooms from July to the end of the 

 summer. 



Dendrobium bicamuratum. — Has bloomed in the collection of George 

 Barker Esq., Springfield, Birmingham. It had been collected in India by Mr. 

 Gibson, for the Duke of Devonshire, the flowers are produced in fours, small, 

 of a dull yellow, spotted and streaked with purple. 



Gongoranigrita. — Imported by S. Rucker, Junr. Esq., SlreathamHill, from 

 Demerara. The flowers are in colour of a deep puce coloured velvet. 



Spirea cuneifolia. — Discovered in the cold parts of India, and seeds sent 

 to the Hort. Society. It is found to be a hardy shrub, producing numerous 

 compact, corymbose panicles of white flowers. 



Spirea vaccinifolia.— Also obtained from India and found to be hardy pro- 

 ducing compact panicles of white flowers. 



Spirea Iaxiflora. — Also from India and hardy. The flowers are white but 

 are produced in loose shaggy panicles. 



FLORICULTURAL CALENDAR FOR OCTOBER. 



Plant stove. — Plants of Cactuses that have been kept in the open air or 

 greenhouse, now put into the stove, will bloom immediately. 



Greenhouse-plants.— Those plants that were removed into the green- 

 house last month, should have plenty of air given them every mild day ; 

 but the lights should be close shut up at night, also when cold, damp, wet, 

 or other bad weather prevails, excepting a little at the doors about the middle 

 of the day. The plants should not be watered in the broad-cast manner, 

 as it is termed, but should be attended to singly, so that no plant may be 

 watered, but what is actually dry. To water in the evening is detrimental 

 to the plants and ought to be avoided. Camellias, if wanted to flower early, 

 should now be placed in a stove. 



Flower garden, &c. — Auriculas roust now be removed to their winter 

 quarters and all dead leaves picked off. Carnation layers potted off should 

 be placed for protection during winter. Offsets of the herbaceous kinds of 

 Calceolarias in beds or borders, should now be potted of. 'Cuttings of all 

 greenhouse plants that have been grown in the open border, in bed, &c. such 

 as Heliotropes, Geraniums, shrubby Calceolarias, should be taken off as early 

 as possible in the month, and be struck in heat, in order to have a supply of 

 beds, &c. the next year. Hyacinths and other bulbs, should be potted early 

 in the month for forcing. Seeds of Schizanthus, Stocks, Salpiglossis, and 

 similar kinds of plants wanted to bloom early next season, should be sown 

 the first week in the month in pots, and be kept from frost during winter. 

 Perennial and biennial flowers may be divided, and planted oil where in- 

 tended to bloom next year. A cover of soil round the roots should be given 

 to Dahlias, lest a sudden frost coming should injure the crown buds. Seeds 

 of all kinds of flowers not yet gathered, should be collected early in the 

 month or they will be liable to injury by frost. 



(Reference to Plate. — See next month.) 



