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ovule slips aside, and allows the fertilizing particles to enter through the 

 foramen. 



"We have retained the more popular name of the Plumbago Larpentae, though, as 

 many of our readers are doubtless aware, it is now called Valoradia plumlaginoide*, 

 Leadwort-like Valoradia. Nor is this the only synonyme conferred on it by 

 Botanists ; for its first designation was Ceratostigima plumbaginoides ; and it is 

 generally regretted that this name was not adopted, alluding as that term does, so 

 expressively to the minute gland-like processes or horns upon the arms of the 

 stigmas. It was our intention to have given a diagram of these marks of distinc- 

 tion between the true Plumbagos and the present plant : but by an inadvertence of 

 the artist, it has been omitted. We must not forget to point out the fringe of hairs 

 or cilia at the edge of the leaves, nor the reddish tinge of the chaffy bracteas by which 

 the heads of flowers are surrounded, nor the delicate veins and minute teeth of the 

 beautiful heart shaped petals. 



"We shall avail ourselves of the earliest opportunity of figuring one of the most 

 desirable of the genus Statice ; in the mean time, we venture to recommend, as 

 fully equal iu value to the majority of cultivated plants, the Plumbago Larpentas. 



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("Continued from page 04 j 



Watering (continued). — We observed in the conclusion of the last article, under 

 this head, that the water should be poured gently, and in a small stream, on the 

 surface of the soil. If this precaution is disregarded, and the fluid is applied 

 violently, the result will be that the soil will be disturbed, and, in the course of a 

 short time, probably a hollow formed around the stem, not only giving the pot a 

 very unsightly appearance, but injurious to the health of the plant. It was also 

 advised that the water employed should be of the same temperature as the apart- 

 ment ; but an exception to this rule may be made in the case of Calceolarias, 

 to which the coldest water may be applied with advantage, these plants being 

 natives of the Andes, where they are fed by the streams of melted snow. 



It frequently happens that plants potted in soils of too open and sandy a texture, 

 become so dry from neglect, that when a dose of water is given them, it escapes 

 almost instantly. In such cases, the proper method of proceeding will be to give 

 the plant only a small quantity of water in the first instance ; but after a short 

 interval a more copious supply may be given, which will then be retained by the 

 soil. 



