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Stylidium compressum, flowers bright rose 



crassifolium, flowers violet, stem two feet high 



ciliatum, flowers white 



diuroides, flowers bright yellow 



hirsutum, blue, as large as Lobelia heterophylla 



hispidum, flowers white 



leptostachyum, flowers white 



nudum, pretty 



scabridum, flowers white. 



PART III. 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



QUERIES. 



On Blooming* the Double Yellow Rose. — Some time ago I addressed a 

 letter to the Conductor of the " Floricultural Cabinet," containing a Query 

 respecting the Double Yellow Rose. As I have not seen thin query amongst the 

 others, in its proper place in the Cabinet, I must suppose it has never been re- 

 ceived. I am very desirous to have it answered, if possible, in the next month's 

 number. 



The Query was this :— I have for some years been endeavouring, by different 

 aspects, soils, and general treatment, to procure the perfect bloom of the Diuble 

 Yellow Rose, but in rain ; I scarcely ever saw a flower of this rose which was a 

 perfect one ; there is always a speck, if not a small hole, on the part of it which 

 produces the hip or seed; I wish some of the readers of the Cabinet would have 

 the kindness to inform me, what causes this rose to bloom imperfectly ? and 

 how it may be made to bloom in perfection, like the cabbage and other roses ? 

 and also, what aspect anil soil is found to suit it best? I am a great admirer of 

 this beautiful Rose, but have always been disappointed by its general failure. 



F. C. P. 



[Some useful instructions on what is requested, appeared in the Number for 

 November, 1831), page -51. — Conductor.] 



ANSWERS. 



On Vieusseuxia Patonia, &c. — My notice was drawn to the subject of the 

 Vieusseuxia Pavonia in your Number for March, 1839, and I very soon dis- 

 covered, by a reference to the "' Hortus Kewensis," (second edition) a standard 

 book in us far as relates to plants known at the date of its publication, in 1810, 

 having been made up alter an inspection of the Linnoean Herbarium, that the 

 two plants here called Vieusseuxia Pavonia and V. Glaucopis, are there called 

 Moraa pavonia and Morcea tricuspis. The reference to plates for the first is Ker, 

 in Botanical Magazine, 1287; to the second is Ker, in Botanical Magazine, 

 GOG, 77_\ and Curtis's Magazine] 168. There is also a reference to Redoute. 

 Liliaceae, 42, under the name of Fieusseuxia glaucopis; if Aiton is right Lou- 

 don is wrong, who refers to these plates as belonging to two separate plants, 

 which be calls Fieusseuxia tricuspis, where he refers to Bot. Mag. 096 ; and 

 aucopis, where he refers to Bot. Mug. 1GS. An examination of the plates 

 will probably determine this. I incline to think that the V. tricuspis and V. 

 glaucopis are the same plant. 



There is a very minute description of these plants in Martin's edition of 

 Miller's Dictionary, under the names of Iris pavonia, (39) and Iris tricuspis, 

 (17 ') to which I may refer Burriensis, but I shall mention the flowers of each, 

 as it fully establishes the difference of the two plants. Jiis pavonia is thus 

 described: — "Thii beautiful flower is orange coloured, with black spots and 



