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Dendrobium rhombebm. Rhomb-lipped. (Bot. Mag. 17.) Orchidaceae 

 Gynaudria Monandria. Mr. Cuming" sent it from Manilla to Messrs. Loddiges, 

 with whom it recently bloomed. The flowers are produced in short racemes, 

 having lour on each. Yellow, with the lip stained and streaked with red. Each 

 blossom is about two inches across. 



Digitalis purpurea, var. superba. (Pax. Mag. Bot.) This veiy handsome 

 flowering Foxglove we saw in bloom last summer in the garden of Mr. Gaines, 

 of Battersea, who gave us specimens of it. The flower stems rise about a yard 

 high, blooming as profusely as the common wild Foxglove ; the flowers being 

 larger, white with a beautiful blush tinge, marked numerously with purple spots, 

 surrounded with a white border, which produces a striking effect. It blooms for 

 several months, and is a highly ornamental border plant, well deserving a place 

 in every flower garden. 



Echites spi.endens. The Splendid. (Pax. Mag. Bot.) Apocynaceae. Pen- 

 tandria Monogynia. This very handsome half-deciduous climber has been 

 introduced from Brazil (where it was discovered on the Organ Mountains) by 

 Messrs. Veitch's, nurserymen of Exeter, and with whom it bloomed last summer 

 from July to October. This season it will come into bloom, apparently, much 

 earlier, and thus afford a proportionate extended blooming season. It is what 

 may be termed a coolish stove climber, probably doing well in a warm greenhouse 

 or conservatory. The plant grows rapidly and vigorously, blooming profusely in 

 clusters of nine or ten in each, but only about two on a cluster expanded at once. 

 Each blossom is funnel-shaped, about four inches across the mouth, the petals 

 falling back a little, and slightly undulated at the outer edge, of a beautiful 

 light blush, deepening towards the margin, and in the centre, which give such 

 a gradual diversity of tints as to render it peculiarly handsome. It is a most 

 splendid flowering plant, well meriting a place in every suitable situation. 



Indigofera stachyoides. Long-spiked. (Bot. Reg. 14.) Leguminosae. 

 Diadelpbia Decaudria. A handsome hardy greenhouse shrub, seeds of which 

 were collected in Bhotan, in the north-east of India, and sent to R. H. Solly, Esq., 

 who presented them to the London Horticultural Society, in whose garden it 

 has bloomed. The flowers are of a bright rose colour, produced in erect ra- 

 cemes. 



Oncidium bioam.osum. Two-warted. (Bot. Reg. 12.) Orchidaceae. Gy- 

 nandria Monandria. Sent from Guatemala by Mr. Skinner, and it appears has 

 bloomed first in this country with Mr. Bateman. The flowers are produced in a 

 dwarf erect raceme, of a very rich yellow, having the sepals and petals edged 

 with a cinnamon colour, slightly fragrant. Each blossom is two inches across. 

 It deserves a place in every collection. 



Oxylobium capitatum. Headed. (Bot. Reg. 16.) Leguminosae. Decandria 

 Monogynia. A very neat and pretty flowering greenhouse shrub, imported from 

 the Swan River by Mr. Low, of the Clapton Nursery, with whom it has bloomed. 

 The flowers are produced in terminal racemes, having from eight to twelve on 

 each, red outside, inside yellow streaked with red. Each blossom is about half 

 an inch long, and as much across. It deserves a place in every greenhouse. Is 

 easy of culture, and readily increased. 



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QUERIES. 



On Fuchsias. — A constant subscriber to your Floriculturai. Cabinet wishes 

 to know where your Fuchsia Enchantress, figured in August, 1842, can be pro- 

 cured, and what its price ; alsj the Seedlings in November, 1342, and what are 

 their names and prices, and where they can be purchased ; the distance is great, 



