240 MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE 



REFERENCE TO PLATE. 



Liliom 81'uciosum. Tliis very splendid flowering species was introdu- 

 ced into this country from Japan by Dr. Siebold. it is not only hundsonie 

 on account of its clear deep rose coloured flowers which seem all rugged 

 with rubies and garnets, and sparkling with crystal points, but has ;v very 

 delightful fragrance. Ksempfer said, when speaking of its excellence, that 

 " it is magnificent in beauty." 



The plant will flourish well if kept from the severity of winter, either in 

 a cold pit or greechocse. During the present summer we have seen splendid 

 specimens growing in the open border in good situations. The finest we 

 saw was in the conservatory of Messrs. Loddiges's. The flower stem rises 

 from three to five feet high. It likes a light and rich loamy 6oil. 



Penstemon nETERoPiivi-LUM, various leaved. Thelate Mr. Douglassent 

 this pretty species from California. It is perfectly hardy and blooms from 

 May to October. It has a somewhat shrubby appearance, and blooming so 

 profusely has a very pretty effect. It deserves a place in every flower 

 garden. 



Lopuospermum scandens. This is the proper species of that name, and 

 not the L erubescens which has adorned our gardens, &c for the last se- 

 ven years. The present species was introduced into this country in 1837. 

 The plant is a profuse bloomer, and when grown in the open border, makes 

 a pretty bush about half a yard high. It also blooms profusely when 

 trained. The flowers are not of so bright a colour as the L erubescens, 

 but nevertheless showy. 



FLORICUL1 URAL CALENDAR FOR OCTOBER. 



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

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



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

 house rlast 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 must 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 off. Cuttings of all 

 greenhouse plants that have been grown in the open border.in beds, &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 potledenrly 

 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 off 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 th« 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. 



