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six or eight breeders of it, and it sells readily at 21s. each. No 

 doubt a many new varieties will every year make their appearance, 

 and I doubt not but England will enjoy as great celebrity as ever 

 Holland did. Should " Tenurbs " wish for any other information 

 not conveyed in tins, I sball feel pleasure in answering any inquiries 

 he may make, so far as my humble abilities will permit. 



I purpose publishing a catalogue in July, which will contain up- 

 wards of sixty new varieties of broken flowers possessed by no other 

 florist in England, together with upwards of 200 select varieties of 

 seedling breeders, and at the same time intend to notice, as far as 

 possible, the various names under which some varieties are sold; 

 also what kinds possess the properties required by all florists. If an 

 article on the history of the Tulip will be of service to the readers of 

 the Cabinet, I will forward it for the April number. 



[We feel, we believe, with all the readers of the Cabinet 

 who are admirers of this splendid flower, greatly obliged to Mr. 

 Slater for the very useful articles which he furnished us, and which 

 appeared in former numbers : they are the best practical observations 

 upon the Tulip we ever saw ; for them and the other interesting and 

 valuable articles inserted in the present number, we feel under great 

 obligations to him. The other communication we shall be glad to 

 receive. — Conductor.] 



PART II. 

 LIST OF NEW OR RARE PLANTS. 



FROM PERIODICALS. 



1. Botjvardia sn/ENDENs, Splendid Bouvardia. (Bot. Mag. 3781.) Rubi- 

 acese. Tetrandria Monogynia. There is a great similarity between this and 

 the well-known B. triphylla at first sight ; but this is of freer growth, leaves 

 narrower, and more scabrous ; the flowers, too, are of a more splendid colour, 

 being of a fine vermilion. We have seen it in bloom in the gardens of the 

 London Horticultural Society. It requires a similar treatment to the B. try- 

 phylla, and, as is the case with all others of the genus, it is very easily increased 

 by slips, or cuttings of the roots, inserted in sand or sandy peat, and struck in 

 heat. The plant merits a place in every greenhouse and flower-garden. Plants 

 being so readily raised, and so beautiful, renders it a valuable acquisition for 

 planting in a bed in the flower-garden. The well-known B. triphylla, and more 

 especially B. Jacquiniflora, we have long grown in beds, and have been among 

 the prettiest plants so cultivated. 



2. Catasetum Russej.lianum, the Duke of Bedford's Catasetum. (Bot. 

 Mag. 3777.) A native of Guatemala, and sent in 183S to this country by Mr. 

 Skinner. The flowers are produced on a raceme, and are very numerous, of a 



