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PLANTS NOT FIGURED IN BOTANICAL REGISTER. 



Habuothamnus fasciculatus. A greenhouse plant of much beauty, in the 

 collection of M. Van Houtte, of Ghent. It forms a bush, growing five or six 

 feet high, with broad ovate-oblong leaves and fine heads of crimson flowers, 

 They are arranged ill a panicle, so as to render the branches a complete mass of 

 bloom. A flowering specimen has been sent to this country by M. Van Houtte, 

 and the flower portion was ten inches long and six in diameter. It is a native 

 of Mexico, and will form one of the most ornamental plants for the greenhouse. 



Dendrobiijm planibui.be. From Manilla, sent to Messrs. Loddiges's by 

 Mr. Cuming. The flowers are small, white veined with purple. 



Efidendrum ovulum. Bloomed with Messrs. Loddiges. Sepals and petals 

 green, lip white, with crimson veins. 



Oncidium candiduh. Sent by Mr. Hartueg from Guatemala. Flowers ivory 

 white, with two violet dots at the base of each petal; lip bright yellow each an 

 inch across. 



Dendrochilum latikolium. Sent from Manilla to Messrs. Loddiges. Flowers 

 green. 



Angr.icum Ashantense. Sent from Ashantee to Messrs. Loddiges. The 

 plant is singular in appearance ; the floweis are cinnamon-coloured, in spikes 

 about four inches long:. 



PART III. 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



QUERIES. 



On Hardy Ferns. — A subscriber to the Floricultural Cabinet requests 

 to know where the best collection of Hardy Ferns can be procured. 



A friend of ours, an amateur grower, possesses every known hardy species ; 

 and if our correspondent will give us a list, we will endeavour to supply the kinds. 



Conductor. 



On the Impregnation of Flowers. — A correspondent -wishes to obtain 

 information relative to the impregnation of Geraniums, in order to produce 

 various crosses by that method. Answers to the following questions will be 

 thankfully received. 



How are the male and female blossoms to be distinguished ? In what state of 

 the blossom's expansion ought the prolific powder to be applied ? likewise the 

 manner of doing it. And, last but not least, how are the plants to be managed 

 after impregnation has been effected, so that the blossoms thus acted on shall 

 produce prolific seed ? 



Monus Filius. 



Pelargoniums, commonly called Geraniums, are of the kind termed bisexual, 

 containing within a single flower both sexes, male and female. The stamens 

 (male) are composed of two parts; one, usually long and slender, by which they 

 are fastened to the bottom of the corolla; this is oalled the filament ; the other, 

 placed at the top of the filament, called the anther. Each anther is a kind of cell 

 or box, which opens when it is ripe, and throws out a dust, usually of a white or 

 yellow colour ; this is termed pollen, or farina. The pistil or pointal, placed in 

 the centre, is composed of three pints, the germen, the style, and the stigma. 

 The germen is always placed below the style ; its office is to contain the embryo 

 Beeds. The style is placed on the germen, and the stigma is the curved portions 

 crowning the style. When the anthers burst open, and the dust appears, then it 

 is in its perfect state. It is usual at that time the stigma is so too. When it is 



