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L'indun Houth Li.ruRAi. Society. — From J. Batemaa, Esq., a collection of 

 cut blooms of Orchidaceous plants, containing Aerides Brookei, an exceedingly 

 beautiful and comparatively new species, from Bombay ; the flowers are sweet- 

 scented, white, and the labellum margined with rosy-purple, which gradually 

 loses itself towards the centre ; it first flowered at Norton Priory in June last 

 with Sir 11. Brooke, after whom it was named ; but the merit of its introduction 

 belongs to C. Plorsfall, Esq., of Liverpool, with whom it flowered this spring, 

 producing a panicle upwards of two feet in length, with numerous bran -lies and 

 fifty-two flowers; Grammatophyllum multifloium, with greenish-yellow flowers 

 spotted with olive ; Odontoglossum lseve, whose perfume resembles that of the 

 Tuberose ; Govenia liliacea, white, with the two upper pelals delicately spotted 

 with light purple ; Epidendrum a'atum, which, although n it particulaily 

 handsome, deserves cultivation on account of its agreeable perfume ; Brass.a 

 maculata, and the pretty Dendrobium moschatum : a Knightian medal was 

 awarded for Aerides Brookei. From Mr. Green, gardener to Sir E. Antrobus, 

 two seedling Cacti, bearing considerable resemblance to C. Ackermanni, and a 

 remarkably fine plant of Tropae'olum edule, a pretty new species, with dark 

 yellow flowers and slender foliage ; it is likely to prove a valuable addition (o 

 this beautiful genus: a Banksian medal was awarded for it. From the Earl of 

 Caernarvon, a collection of cut blooms of Azaleas, flowering for the first time ; 

 these had flagged greatly from the journey and the heat of the room ; most of 

 them were hybrids between A. Sinensis and other varieties ; and from what could 

 le judged of them in their present condition, some of them bore evidence of con- 

 siderable beauty. From Mr. Paine, gardener to Miss Wigan, a seedling Cactus, 

 called fulgidus, but very much like to C. Ackermanni. From Mr. Beck, two 

 health}- seedling Pelargoniums, in slate pots; they were the same as were exhi- 

 bited in February, and had received no other than common attention; they were 

 so far interesting, that they proved pretty clearly that this class of plants will 

 grow in slate pots, equally as well as in those made of a more porous material. 

 From Messrs. Treggon, one of Ward's portable cases, differing from those iu 

 general use in being so constructed that, by means of an apparatus for containing 

 hot water, the)' can be kept above the ordinary temperature in cold weather; 

 also in having a door, which in some cases will prove very useful, and do away 

 with the necessity of taking off the roof whenever anything requires to be done 

 in the inside. From the gardens of the Society a collection of plants, consisting 

 of a well-bloomed specimen of Clematis Sieboldi ; Statice mucronata, a pretty 

 species, not so much cultivated as it deserves to be; the showy and new Cam- 

 panula grandis, with its fine blue spikes of flowers ; Pernettia angustifolia, a 

 handsome dwarf shrub, with white heath-like flowers. There wera also cut 

 flowers of a new baidy species of Indigot'era, from the north of India, with lilac 

 and rose-coloured blossoms; a large collection of Azaleas and Rhododendrons. 

 The profuse bloom of these may be ascribed entirely to the seed-vessels having 

 been picked from the plants as soon as the blossoms had faded; thereby pre- 

 venting the plants from wasting their energy in the formation of seeds. Every 

 year since this was first practised the bloom has been more abundant. There 

 was also exhibited by Mr. Paine a piece of wood rendered incombustible by some 

 process which has not yet transpired ; silica and lime, however, appeared to be 

 two of the ingredients used in this preparation ; a small chip was held over the 

 flame of a candle for a considerable time, without receiving any injury, except 

 being charred. 



FLORICULTURAL CALENDAR FOR SEPTEMBER. 



Annual flower-seeds, as Clarkia, Collinsia, Schizanthuses, Ten-week Stocks, 

 &c, now sown in pots, and kept in a cool frame or greenhouse during winter, 

 will be suitable fir planting out in open borders next April. Such plants blooni 

 early and fine, and their flowering season is generally closing when spring-sown 

 plants arc coming into bloom. 



Carnation layers should immediately be potted off. 



China Rose Cuttings now strike very freely ; buds may still be put in suc- 

 cessfully. 



