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of vigorous habit, and blooms profusely from the time of its becoming a foot high. 

 In its native country it flourishes in a rather boggy soil. The flowers are pro- 

 duced in terminal panicles, of a beautiful blue-purple with a white centre. Each 

 blossom is about two inches across. The plant deserves a place in every stove 

 collection. 



Peristeria Humboi.dti. Humboldt's. (Bot. Reg. 18.) Orchidaceae. Gyn- 

 audria Monandria. Imported from Porto Caballo, in the province of Venezuela, 

 by John Wilmore, Esq., of Oldford, near Birmingham. The flowers are numerously 

 produced on a long pendulous raceme. Each blossom is near four inches across. 

 Sepals of a reddish brown, numerously spotted. The petals are a rich crimson 

 red, also spotted with darker colour. The labellum is blue, green, yellow, and 

 white, spotted with darker colour. It is a singular and handsome flowering 

 species. 



PoincianaGilliesii. Dr. Gillies'. (Bot. Blag. 4006.) Leguminosse. Decandria 

 Monogynia. A native of Mendoza in South America, and has bloomed in the 

 Royal Gardens at Kew outside, at the front of a stove. It has attained the height 

 of seven feet. Its handsome Mimosa-like foliage is beautifully so. and is addi- 

 tionally ornamental when its fine panicled corymbuus heads of forty or more 

 flowers are in bloom. They are of a pretty yellow, with fine crimson-coloured 

 stamens about fiva inches long, which produces a striking contras!-. Each blossom 

 is two inches across. 



This fine shrubby plant, growing and blooming in the open ground, is one of 

 the finest for every suited situation, and ought to be grown wherever practicable. 



Ribes albidum. "Whitish-flowered Currant. (Pax. Mag. Bot.) Grossulaceae. 

 Pentandiia Monogynia. A seedling currant raised in the garden of Sir David 

 Milne, at Inveresk, near Musselburgh, and it was in possession of Messrs. Hau- 

 dasydes, nurserymen, at Musselburgh, near Edinburgh, who have sold many 

 throughout the country. 



The bush, and in its profusion of flowers, is like the well-known and universal 

 favourite the Kibes sanguineum, Blood-flowered Currant. The flowers are of a 

 delicate French white with a pii.k eye. It is a very valuable acquisition to the 

 shrubbery and flower garden. 



PART III. 

 MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



QUERIES. 



On the Culture ov Ericas. — A young amateur gardener and subscriber to 

 the Fi.oriculturai. Cabinet (in the south of Ireland) will feel much obliged by 

 directions for the cultivation of Ericas, the best period for potting them, best 

 situation in the greenhouse, and at what time, and in what aspect, they should bt 

 put out of doors. 



March 9th. Erina. 



On Double Flowers. — An old subscriber to the Floricui.tural Cabinet 

 would feel obliged by being informed the plan to be pursued to make the roots 

 that bear single flowers produce double ones. 



April 10th. 



On Pansies being destroyed ev a Grub, &c. — I shall feel greatly obliged if 

 you, or any of your numerous readers, will iuform me in what way I can prevent 

 the destruction of my pansies By a little grub about a quarter of an inch in length, 

 not thicker than a thread, and of a whitish colour. 



The " Gardener and Practical Florist" attributes the failure of the plants not 

 to a grub but to the wind ; but this is certainly not often the case with me, as I 



