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in lumps, and a smaller quantity of silver sand, also some hard lumps 

 of decomposed manure, made so by drying, so that it will not easily 

 coagulate into a mass ; but if a sufficient supply of clear manure 

 water can be commanded the above manure is not needed. Use for 

 the stronger and more robust plants nearly all loam and charcoal, 

 and a greater proportion of peat and sand for those of weaker growth, 

 but in all cases let the soil be open and lumpy, and in order to 

 prevent the soil from being too fine let it be passed through a fine 

 sieve so as to take away the finest of the soil. Have clean pots, 

 shake off a large portion of the old compost, place the roots in regular 

 course in the pot, then fill up with the compost, and shake, or care- 

 fully press, the soil to the roots. The plants being placed in the 

 greenhouse, let them be syringed overhead so as to soften the buds, 

 which aids them in breaking easily. Do not water much at the root 

 till the fibrous ones begin to strike into the fresh soil, and then in 

 proportion as the plants grow. Manure water occasionally applied 

 is always beneficial to them, and the best kind is a sprinkling over 

 the surface of the ball, of superphosphate of lime, washed down by 

 the usual mode of watering the plant. By due attention to thinning 

 the shoots to a regular supply, and securing them, &c, plants will 

 be produced of first rate merit. 



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NOTES AND CORRESPONDENCE. 



New or Rare Plants. 



Gvcnochrs Loddigesii. Mil Loddioes. (Bot. Mag. 4215.) Orchidaceae. 

 Gynandria Monandria. Introduced from Surinam by Messrs. Loddiges, and 

 has bloomed in the Royal Gardens at Kew. The raceme of flowers is terminal, 

 long and drooping; flowers five or six, large; each being five inches across. 

 Sepals and petals greenish-brown ; the sepals blotched with brown. Lip, flesh- 

 coloured, spotted with red. Very interesting and pretty. 



Ai.i.oplectus dichrous. Two-cot.oured. (Bot. Mag. 4216.) Gesneriaceoc. 

 Didynamia Angiospermia. T. G. Lorraine, Esq., introduced it into this country 

 from Brazil. It requires to be grown in the stove. It has the appearance of a 



