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about a dozen. The tubular portion of a bloom about five inches long and the 

 limb about an inch and a half. White, with the inside striped with red. 



Gladiolus oppositiflohus. — From Madagascar. The flower stem is vigorous, 

 many flowered, very showy. The tube is short, of a pale red colour ; the limb 

 is red with purple stripes. The Hon. the Dean of Manchester (W. Herbert) 

 states that Gladiolus Gandevensis is a hybrid between G. oppositiflorus and 

 Natalensis; so is G. ramosus between G. oppositiflorus and Cardinalis, or 

 Cardinalis-blandus. 



Lycastb plana. — Nearly allied to the Maxillaria or Lycaste macrophylla, of 

 which it has much the habit. The sepals are of a deep rich red inside, and the 

 petals finely tipped with a rich crimson. 



NEW PLANTS SEEN IN NLKSEUIES, &C. 



Fkanciscea villosa. — In bloom at Messrs. Loddiges's. It is a very neat and 

 nteresting species. The leaves are quite hoary, and the flowers of a deep purple 

 colour, slightly fragrant. 



Gksneua Mukkii. — The flowers are as large as those of G. Cooperii, and 

 similar in colour, hanging half pendant. We saw it in fine bloom at Messrs. 

 Henderson's, Pine Apple Place. It is a very ornamental plant, and deserves to 

 be in every hothouse collection. 



Columnea splendens. — A pretty flowering greenhouse species. The foliage 

 is thick and shining. The flowers, which hang down in a very graceful manner, 

 are of a reddish-crimson colour. It well merits a place in the greenhouse. 

 Messrs. Rollisson possess plants of it. 



Begonia. — A new species, from South America, is in bloom in the Epsom 

 Nursery. The leaves are large, of a brilliant blood red beneath. The flowers 

 are produced in large panicles of a deep pink colour. It is a very pretty species, 

 well deserving a place in every stove collection. 



PART III. 

 MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



QUERIES. 



On Culture of Hvacinthus pi.imosus and Ixias in Pots. — I should be 

 obliged if some correspondent would favour me in an early number of the 

 Cabinet with a successful mode of treating the Hyacinthus plumosus and the 

 various Ixias, when grown in pots for the greenhouse. 



Totnes. A Twelvemonth's Subscriber. 



On a successful method of Guowing Indian Azaleas. — Louisa would be 

 glad of some hints on the management of Indian Azaleas, so as to enable her to 

 grow them as fine as the specimens seen at the Exhibitions of the London Horti- 

 cultural Society. 



Hants, December 12, 1842. 



[Turfy, sandj', peat soil, not sifted but chopped, which has been laid in a 

 ridge for six months, and about a quarter of rich loam also kept rough, is a com- 

 post they delight in, using a free drainage. Care must be taken not to over-pot 

 them, and to let the ball be highest at the centre, and be raised so that the 

 water does not lodge about the collar of the plant, or the plant will be very 

 liable to canker oft. They should be repotted just before they begin to push in 

 spring; when growing frequently be syringed over head, and kept in a tempe- 

 rature from 00 to CO degrees. Have a liberal allowance of air and light, taking 

 care they are not placed in a cold current, as it often destroys plants so situated, 

 especially in the early spring months. When done blooming, about the end 



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