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flowers this season were nine inches across, literally covering the plant j they are 

 of a bright rose colour. The plant flourishes in a mixture of rich loam and peat, 

 requiring plenty of pot room; most of the public nurserymen possess plants of it. 

 It would make a fine show if planted in a conservatory. Hibiscus, from hibiscos, 

 the name which the Greeks give to Mallow. 



8. Lasiopus sonchoides, Sonchus-like. (Brit. Flow. Gard.) Syngenesia. 

 Polygamia cequalis. It is a native of Armenia, and is growing in the Chelsea 

 Botanic Garden. The flowers much resembles those of the wild Hawkweed, of a 

 pale yellow colour. Lasiopus, from lasius, hairy ; and pons, a foot. 



9. Oncidium Lanceanum, Mr. Lance's Oncidium. (Bot. Reg. 1887.) Gy- 

 nandria Monandria .Orchidacece. John Henry Lance, Esq., first discovered this 

 plant in Surinam, growing upon a Tamarind tree near to the Government House. 

 Mr. Lance afterwards found many more plants in different parts of the Colony, 

 growing upon the branches or stems of the Tamarind, Calabash, or Sapodilla trees. 

 The plant, however, nourishes freely if tied to the Brugmansia arborea, or Orange 

 tree. The flowers are produced upon a stiff branching panicle. Messrs. Rollis- 

 sons of Tooting, had a plant flowered this season (1836,) the panicle having 

 thirty flowers, each flower being two inches and a quarter in diameter. The sepals 

 are of a greenish yellow colour at their edges, bright yellow in the middle, and 

 regularly marked with broad blotches of crimson and chocolate brown; the lip is 

 of a bright violet at the edge, and a deep violet towards the base. Not only are- 

 the flowers so strikingly handsome in colour, but they possess the additional charm 

 of the most spicy fragrance, which they retain, even stronger, after the flowers'are 

 gathered and dined ; no other Oncidium has fragrant blossoms. The plant merits 

 a place in every collection of this interesting tribe of plants. Most of the nursery- 

 men who cultivate orchideous plants have this for sale. The London Horticul- 

 tural Society presented Mr. Lance with the large Silver Medal, for the introduction 

 of this, and. other fine plants. Oncidium, from orjkidion, a tubercle, referring to 

 two prominences on the lip of the flower. 



11. P^eonia tenuifolia, Mr. PLENA, Double-flowered fine leaved Pteony 

 (Brit. Flow. Gard.) This very interesting variety was presented, by Dr. Fischer, 

 from the Imperial Botanic Garden at St. Petersburgh, to Mr. Goldie, nurseryman, 

 at Ayr, Scotland. It is a very desirable plant for the flower border, not rising 

 higher than half a yard, and producing large double flowers of a deep rich crimson 

 colour. The present variety is cultivated in collections around London. 



12. Trifolium fucatum, Farded Clover. (Bot. Reg. 1883) Diadelphia 

 Decandria. Leguminosae. The late Mr. Douglas sent seeds of this annual 

 Clover from California, to the London Horticultural Society. In the garden at 

 Famham Green, it bloomed, but no seeds were produced, so that the plant is lost 

 from this country. The heads of flowers have a pretty appearance, being of a 

 cream colour towards the centre, and of a rosy-red at the ray. 



13. Verbena erinoides ; var Sabini, Dwarf Erinus-like Vervain. (Brit. 

 Flow. Gard.) Synonym, V. Sabinia. This pretty flowering variety differs from 

 V. erinoides in being smaller, closer in its growth, and of more glabrous habit, and 

 rich purple flowers. It was introduced in 1833, from Chili, and is now in most 

 general collections. The plant is quite hardy, and blooms from May to November. 



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QUERIES. 



On Ciirysanthemi ms. — Being a great admirer of that beautiful and inte- 

 resting tribe of plants the Chinese Chrysanthemums, and being desirous of 

 ptoi uring any new plants which are considered good, I trust you will excuse me 

 for soliciting a comerin your pnbEcafioa tor the following query :— Whether the 

 plants mentioned in your March Number, by Mr. John Carr, as being seedlings, 



