MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 191 



REFERENCE TO PLATE. 



1. Stanhopea OCUI-ata, Eyed Stanhopea. Gynandria, Monandria. Orchi • 

 dese.— This most extraordinary species of an eminently remarkably genera 

 of plants was originally imported by Messrs. Loddiges from Brazil, but is 

 also reported to be a native of Mexico, as specimens were previously gath- 

 ered there by Count Karwinski, and are preserved in the Royal Herbarium 

 of Munich It is very readily cultivated by the same treatment afforded to 

 other Orchideae natives of tropical climes. Practical details upon which 

 our readers will find in several previous numbers of the Cabinet ; the form 

 and marking presented to the eye by the flowers of this tribe of plants, are 

 at once peculiarly attractive and striking, such is in a high degiee con- 

 spicuously so with our present species, and must naturally awaken in the 

 mind of every beholder the combined elegance and exquisite skill displayed 

 in this one Hinongst the innumerable delightful works of our ever benevolent 

 Creator. 



2. Chorizema Cordata, Heart shaped Chorizema. Decandria, Mono- 

 gynia, Papilionacese.— For the introduction of this new and beautiful species 

 of Chorizema we are indebted to Robert Mangles, Esq., of Sunning Hill, 

 Berks, who received it from the Swan River colony. Jt grows freely and is 

 readily propagated by cuttings ; it possesses fine foliage, of which other 

 species are generally deficient, and blooms abundantly, it merits a place 

 in every greenhouse or conservatory. 



3. Mimulus Harrisonia, Harrison's Monkey flower. Didynamia, An- 

 giospermia, Scrophularinae. — This variety was raised, we are informed, by 

 Mr. Low, of the Clapton Nursery. R is hybrid between M. Cardinalis, and 

 M. Roseus ; it is by far the most beautiful of the tribe, and besides the 

 beauty of the flowers, it has tbe fine musk scent of M. Moschatus. With us 

 it grows near four feet high, making quite a vigorous branching plant, and 

 blooms profusely. The plant does well either in the open border, or in a 

 pot. 



FLOUICULTURAL CALENDAR FOR AUGUST. 



Pelargoniums. — Those plants that have done blooming should now be 

 cut down, this will induce them to push fresh shoots immediately ; when the 

 shoots have pushed two inches long, the old plants should be repotted, 

 shaking off the old soil and replacing with new. This attention to have a 

 supply of strong young shoots before winter, furnishes the vigorous bloom- 

 ing wood for the ensuing spring, and the plants are kept dwarf and bushy. 

 When the young shoots push after being headed down, there are generally 

 many more than necessary to be retained. 



They should be thinned out when an inch long : the tops now cut off may 

 be inserted in sandy loam, and struck if required. 



Greenhouse. — All exotic trees and shrubs belonging to this department, 

 that are in want of larger pots, or refreshment of new soil, should (if not 

 performed last month) immediately be done. This is the proper time to pro- 

 pagate Aloes, Sedums, and all others of a succulent nature, by means of 

 suckers or bottom offsets; when detached from the parent, they should be 

 potted singly into small pots, using light dry compost, watering sparingly till 

 they have taken root. In the first, or second week at farthest, inoculation 

 may be performed on any kinds of the Citrus genus. 



Dahlias. — Thin out the branches of those kinds which are introduced for 

 shows, an \ if it is d»sired to increase the stock of any new one, cuttings may 

 be selected which will readily strike and form good sized pot-roots ; water 

 should be given copiously every evening, during dry weather; a strata of 

 manure should be laid for three feet around the stem of each plant, which 



