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small, yellow ; but the numerous stamens, an inch long, of a bright 

 rosy-red colour, produce a liandsome appeamnce. With due attention 

 to tying and stopping the leads, the plant may be formed to a bush of 

 any size desired. It is very likely to flourish and bloom during the 

 summer season in the greenhouse, and to be in the warmest part during 

 winter. It deserves a place in every one, being very interestingly 

 ornamental. (Figured in Bot. 3Iay., 4500.) 



Cephalotaxus Fortdni. 



This is a handsome spreading evergreen tree, a native of the north 

 of Cliina, and is found in this (England) country to be perfectly hardy. 

 Mr. Fortune states that in Cliina it grows from forty to sixty feet high. 

 It is of tiie Yew-Coiiiferse tribe. Messrs. Standish and Noble, of 

 Bagshot, have plants of it which stood uninjured the last winter. 

 (Figured in Bot. Mag., 4499.) 



Cereus Tweediei. — Mr. Tweedie's Golden-flowered Cereus. 



Seeds of this most beautiful Cereus were received from Mr. Tweedie, 

 from Buenos Ayres ; and the plant has recently bloomed in the splendid 

 collection of the Royal Gardens of Kevv. The tallest plants are from 

 a foot to half a yard high, and the stem an inch in diameter, of a cylin- 

 drical form, growing erect. The flowers are produced freely for several 

 inches of the upper portion of the plant. Each flower is nearly three 

 inches long, rising upwards in a curved direction outwards. The 

 flowers are of a rich orange colour, and the numerous anthers, of a 

 deep purple extending beyond the rest of the flower, give additional 

 beauty to it. (Figured in Bot. May., 4498.) 



Cattleta Walkeriana. 



It was found by Mr. Edward "Walker in Brazil, on the stem of a tree 

 overlianging a small stream of water. It has lately bloomed in the fine 

 collection in the Orchid House belonging to C. B. Warner, Esq., at 

 Hoddi'sdon, in Herts. The stems are oval, rather short, each having 

 one oblong leaf. The flowers grow singly, or in pairs. A separate 

 blossom is five inches across ; sejials and petals of a rosy-lilac colour. 

 The low er part of the labellum is of a sulphury-wiiite, the margin of 

 the lip is of a rosy-red, and the middle a light yellow, with a spot of 

 crimson. It is a very pretty species. (Figured in Paxtori's Flower 

 Garden, plate 2.) 



Fkitillaria pallidi flora. 

 A hardy species, flowers yellow. Van Houtt's Flora. 



Lagetta lintearia. — Jamaica Lace Bark — (Syn. Daphne 



Lagetta). 



This often-heard-of plant was introduced to the Royal Gardens of 

 Kew in 1844, where in the stove it bloomed and fruited last season; 

 the plant being about three yards high. The flowers are borne at the 

 terminal part (near a foot of eacli) of the main branches. They are 

 arranged in spikes (produced every few inches along tiie stem), eacii 



