40 NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 



has a particularly bad effect on the' rooting. There is an exception, 

 however, in those which have small close-set leaves, such as the Ericas, 

 &c. ; which, when entirely surrounded with earth, soon begin to rot, 

 and infect the branch, and therefore the leaves should be removed 

 from the portion put into the earth. All decayed parts should be 

 taken carefully off; and woolly-haired cuttings should not be 

 sprinkled, for as the moisture adheres to them for a long time, they 

 are very liable to rot. 



With these, and in general all plants liable to decay, the bell is 

 either placed within the edge of the pot, and the water poured 

 between the two rims, by which sufficient moisture is communicated 

 to the pot ; or a small unglazed pot, without hole at the bottom, filled 

 with sand or mould, is plunged to the rim in the middle of a larger 

 pot ; the cuttings are then stuck round the outer edge of this large 

 pot, and the water is only poured in the smaller pot when as much 

 moisture penetrates through the sides of the pot as the cuttings 

 require. 



PART II. 



LIST OF NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 



ANCiR.T.cuu l'Ei.t.uciDUM. Transparent A ngrec. (Bot. Reg. 2.) Orchidaeeac, 

 Gynandria Monandria. A native of Sierra Leone, imported by Messrs. Lod- 

 diges's, with whom it has bloomed. The raceme of flowers is pendant, about 

 six inches long. Each blussom is about three-quarters of an inch across, 

 White. 



Catleya pumila. Bordered dwarf Catleya. (Bot. Reg. 5.) Orchidaceso. 

 Gynandria Monandria. In Messrs. Loddiges's collection. A native of Brazil. 

 Sepals and petals rosy. lilac ; labellum same colour, with the lip stained with 

 blood-red, having a small white margin. Each blossom is about four inches 

 across. 



Catleya marginata. White bordered. (Pax. Mag. Bot.) Orchidacerp. 

 Gynandria Monandria. Imported from Brazil by Messrs. Loddiges's, with 

 ■whom it has recently bloomed. The flowers are Very large compared with the 

 size of the plant, and are borne singly on the top of the fresh pseudo-bulbs. 

 Each blossom is four inches across. Sepals and petals rosy-lilac; lip stained with 

 a deep blood-colour, having a very distinct white margin. 



Clematis Montana ; variety Grandiflora. Mountain Virgin's Bower. (Bot. 

 Mag.) A uative of Northern India, where it was discovered by Dr. B. Hamil- 

 ton, in the valley of Napal. Messrs. Veitch's have bloomed it in the open air 

 in their nursery. The flowers are pure white, single ; produced numerously ; 

 very fragrant. Each blossom is near four inches across. It strikes readily from 

 cuttings, and deserves general cultivation ; it blooms during a longpeiiod of the 

 summer. 



Convolvulus ocellatus. Purple-eyed Bindweed. (Bot. Mag. 4065.) Con- 

 volvulacEe, PentaudriaMouogynia. From South Africa, and has bloomed in the 

 greenhouse at the Earl of Derby's, Knowsley Park. The flowers are white, with 

 a purple eye. Each blossom is about an inch across. 



