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Gesnera yestita. — A shrubby species, seeds of which Mr. H&rtweg sent from 

 Bogota. The flowers are orange, mottled at the end. 



Brownea Ariza. — Like Brownea grandiceps, but has larger flowers, being 

 near six inches across. In the province of Bogota it grows in the woods from 

 30 to 40 feet high. 



Hybanthera cordifolia. — A twining herbaceous greenhouse plant. It had 

 been roceived at Berlin under the name of Echites sinensis. The flowers are of 

 a greenish yellow, about an inch across, produced in umbels. ] 



New Plants recently seen in Nurseries, &c. 



Bbaufortia splendens. — A greenhouse shrub of considerable beauty. The 

 flowers are much in the form of B. deeussata ; they are, however, of a purple 

 crimson, but in this new species are of a splendid scarlet. It is the profusion of 

 long coloured stamens that form what is termed the flowers. It blooms during 

 the winter months, and well merits a place in the greenhouse. It is in Mr. 

 Knight's Nursery at King's-road, Chelsea. 



Physianthus auricomis. — A climbing hothouse plant, much like Stephanotus 

 floribundus, of a beautiful white, and fragrant. They are produced m large 

 clusters, profusely, during the entire autumn months. It bloomed in Mr. 

 Knight's nursery last autumn. 



Rondoi.etia spkciosa major. — This is a fine autumn and winter flowering 

 plant. The flowers are larger than the original species, and of a brighter colour. 

 It well deserves a place in every plant-stove or warm greenhouse. It has been 

 in bloom at Messrs, Henderson's, Pine-Apple Nursery, London 



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QUERIES. 



On increasing Plants from Cuttings, &c. — As an old subscriber to your 

 Fi.oricultural Cabinet, I should fee much obliged by your informing me, in 

 your next number, of the best method to be adopted for striking cuttings, and 

 their propagation. Having been at considerable expense in erecting a green- 

 house, I am desirous of extending my collection of greenhouse plants, such as 

 Geraniums, Fuchsias, Calceolarias, Cinerarias, and others. I have recently seen 

 in one of your numbers charcoal recommended. I have tried it, and found it 

 does not answer. By answering the above, giving a description of the soils 

 most suitable for striking, you will much oblige me and other admirers of 

 Nature's beauties. 



Boltonlee Moor. Tuos. Kerrison. 



[Generally speaking, all soft-wooded plants, as Pelargoniums, &c, strike root 

 readily ; hard-wooded, such as Epacris, Heaths, Eutaxias, Chorozemas, &c, 

 are more difficult, but by a particular attention in the process of preparation, 

 and subsequent treatment, all may be accomplished with facility. Cuttings 

 from soft-wooded plants may be made by cutting through horizontally close 

 under a bud, and such will usually succeed. Cuttings from the hard-wooded 

 class succeed the best when they are selected from the side shoots, cutting them 

 off at their origin, when they are about half ripened. The part to be inserted in soil, 

 &c, must be divested of leaves, by means of a sharp knife, and the more delicate 

 (as Heaths) by means of a sharp razor. Sandy loam, or sandy loam and peat, 

 will be suitable for soft-wooded plants, and, for the other clas3, what is called the 

 white sand is best, the pot to be filled up with loam and peat, or entire sandy 

 peat, nearly as high as where the bottoms of the cuttings, when inserted, come 



