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years ago, and last summer bloomed in the collection of C. Horsfall, Esq., of 

 Liverpool. The flowers are arranged in racemes, which usually have lateral 

 ones proceeding from the sides. The graceful half-nodding racemes of flowers, 

 of the mingled purple, rose, carmine, and yellow, tints and spots, produce a very 

 beautiful appearance. The blossoms are deliriously fragrant. It deserves to be 

 in every collection. 



BuGAINYII.LEA SPF.CTABII.IS. TlIB REMARKABLE. (PaX. Mag. Bot ) Nycta- 



ginaceae. Octandria Monogynia. An evergreen climbing shrub, very suitable 

 for a conservatory or greenhouse. It is a native of Peru. The flowers are large, 

 being three inches across, of a beautiful rich purple colour. It well deserves a 

 place in either situation. 



Azalea indica, var. Optima. (Pax. Mag. Bot.) The flowers are large, of a 

 rich red, shaded with dark crimson. A. Broughtoni, a beautiful rose, shaded 

 with lilac. A. exquisita, pink, with white margined petals. All very handsome. 

 They have recently bloomed with Mr. Knight. 



PART III. 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



QUERIES. 



On Cai,i.a jEthiopica. — A subscriber from the commencement of the Fi.ori- 

 cui.tural Cabinet will feel much obliged if a correspondent will give some 

 information respecting the treatment of the Arum Lily, or Calla ^Ethiopica, the 

 proper compost, &c. 



February 24th. 



[The plant is now named Richardia j^thiopica. It thrives in a rich turfy 

 loam and turfy sandy peat, two parts of the former to one of the latter, chopped, 

 not sifted, compost, and to have a free drainage. It flourishes in a warm green- 

 house, having plenty of light, and the pot to be placed on wood, not stone, or 

 similar cold material. In its growing state requires to have a liberal supply of 

 soft water; during winter just enough to save it from drought. — Conductor.] 



On Verbenas, Anagallis, Petunias, and Calceolarias.— During winter I 

 have lost nearly all my stock of the above, will cuttings now put in be strong 

 enough to plant out in beds the coming season. Lucy. 



[If the stock plants now have lateral shoots four or five inches long, they 

 should be cut oft' clean at their origin, inserted in sandy loam or peat, and be 

 placed in a moist heat, they will readily strike root on doing so ; early pot them 

 singly, and replace them in heat to start them, after which gradually inure them 

 to a temperature, so that by the end of May, or early in June, they might be 

 planted out with entire balls. These plants may be expected to bloom by the 

 iiiidule or end of July. In order to have a vigorous disjday and earlier, too, 

 strong plants had better be procured at once. — Conductor.] 



OnClianthis PDNICEUS. — A constant subscriber begs to be informed of the 

 probable reason why a tine plant of (lianthus puniceus, which flowered pro- 

 fusely this spring, should have lost all its leaves in the centre of the plant. The 

 leaves near the root and at the top are abundant. It is still growing vigorously, 

 and has not Suffered from either snails or red spider, but it is stripped of leaves 

 in the middle. Is it the habit of the plant ? It must be about four years old, 

 and is planted on a south wall of the house. 



August 10, 1844. 



On Lii.ium i.ancuui.iuai. — Isabella is desirous of being informed whether the 

 kinds of Liliuiu lancifohuiu have been grown and succeeded to satisfaction in 



