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This remedy will not only destroy them, when the plants are literally 

 covered, but if applied in time, entirely prevents their appearing at 

 all ; I speak from actual experience on the subject. The houses I 

 have already named, and many others that I have had under my care, 

 have given ample proof of the truth of the assertion ; and I now feel 

 so satisfied upon the subject, that with the greatest confidence I can 

 recommend it as a specific to the public. 

 August 12th, 1842. 



PART II. 

 LIST OF NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 



Aerides Brook.ii. — (Sir 'William Brooke's Air-Plant.) (Pax. Mag. Bot.) 

 Orchidaceae. Gynanilria Monandria. A native of the East Indies, imported from 

 thence by C. Hnrsfall, Esq., of Liverpool, with whom, on a Palm Tree, it is 

 growing in the stove. It is of a vigorous habit, having long tortuous stems with 

 nodding, many-flowered racemes, each bloom being about two inches_ across. 

 Lahellum while at the base, and terminating into a bright rosy-purple. ' Sepals 

 and petals white, with a slight tinge of purple at the tips. It is a very hand- 

 some flowering plant, which well deserves a place in every collection. 



Alstuckmf.hia nkmokosa. — Woodland Alstrcemeria. (Bot. Mag. 3958.) 

 Amaryllideaj Hexandria Monogynia. Ri ots of this handsome species were 

 found on the Organ Mountains of Brazil by the collector of Messrs. Veitch's, 

 of Exeter, at an elevation of 3000 feet. One of the plants was set in the open 

 border, and has endured last winter as well as A. aurea. It is very closi ly 

 allied to the A. aurea. The flowers are canipanulate, nearly regular. The 

 edges of the sepals dark red, the centre of a bright golden colour. Petals of a 

 golden-yellow? tipped with green. They are produced numerously on an erect 

 stem. It is a very pretty addition to this lovely tribe, and well merits a place 

 in every flower-bed. 



Begonia crassicaulis. — Thick-stemmed. (Bot. Reg. 44.) Begoniacea?. 

 Monoccia Pol\andii.i. Introduced by the London Horticultural Society from 

 Guatemala. The flowers are white, tinged with pink, produced numerously in 

 large panicles, and at the time when the plant has no leaves. Each blossom is 

 about half an inch across. 



BiuNOKiA i'icta. — Painted Bignouia. (Bot. Reg. 45.) Bignoniaccac. Didy- 

 nainia Angiospermia. Probably a native of Buenos Ayres. It has recently 

 bloomed in the collection of Messrs. Rollisson. It is a very handsome creeper, 

 not vigorous, but blooms very profusely. The flowers are campanulate, the 

 tube being two inches long, and about three quarters of an inch in diameter, 

 with a spreading limb about two inches across. They are of a beautiful violet 

 colour, \eined with rich purple, produced in pairs. It is a very handsome 

 flowering species, and is said to be as hardy as Bignonia capreolata. It requires 

 a strong and rich loamy soil, in which all Bignonias flower more freely than in 

 light soils. It deserves a place in every collection, especially in the greenhouse, 

 where itcomes into bloom early in spring and continues long. 



Coburgia humilis — Humble Coburg-lily. (But. Reg. 40.) Amaryllidacea;. 

 Hexandria Monogynia. From the Peruvian Andes, growing at an elevation of 

 10,'J84 feet. The flowers are of a fine scarlet colour, each being about (wo 

 inches long, and at the mouth about three quarters of an inch across. Like all 

 Ooburgias, it requires a strong rich soil. 



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