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icreatly.iii .tlieir insertions on some of the shoots, being in foyrsj* on others 

 .lu thi-ee5,-And on others fcattenci. Increased h\ cuttings. Soil, sandy peaf." 

 'Oxylobinui, (see page 134.) 



8: IJaymnlfius piiniccus, Hexandria Monogynia. This plant has bfeh long 

 ill pHlQvation in this .country. It is a native of the Cape of tiood Hope, and 

 will liVe in the' (Greenhouse, but appears to thrive best if kept in a Stove. It 

 llonersin. May and June. Coloui-, red. The roots will bear dividing occa- 

 sioualljl Soil: should be loain and sandy peat Htemauthus, from Haima, 

 blood; and anthos, a flower, re.'"erring to colour. 



P. Gladiolus Walsoniiis. A\'atsou's; Triandiia TMonogynia, Irideae. A 

 HatiVe of the Cape of Good Hope. It grows about a foot high, and flowers in 

 May; when planted in the opeu boivb.u- at the front of a Stove or Greenhouse, 

 it will endure the Winters in such a situation. Flowers: orange, streaked 

 with red. Although our climate is so diflerent from that whence this beau- 

 tiful plant is derived, it nevertheless grows and flowers here in great luxuri- 

 anee. Culture : it increases by oflsets, and the soil should be a sandy peat. 

 Gladiolus, from Gladius, a sword; referring to the leaves. 



10. CoHWrt pnWiWd, pale flowered, Monandria Moncgynia. Cannes. This 

 plant was figured in Mr. RosroE's publication on the Scitaminece. He de- 

 scribes it as a native of the West Indies. Messrs. Loddiges's received theirs 

 from Mr. Defpe, at Xalapa. It blooms in May and June, but like all other 

 species of this genus, if repotted after flowering, it will doubtless bloom agaiu- 

 immediately, and thus will bloom any season of the year. Culture : increa- 

 sed either by seeds or separating the plant. Soil : a rich loam, and to be 

 kept in the Stove. Canna, from canna, a cane or mat, referring to stem and 

 leaves. 



Plants figured in the following Periodicals for August : — 



Cu7-tis's Botanical Magazbie, 3s. 6d. coloured, 3s. plain. Edited 

 by Dr. Hooker, King's Professor of Botany in the Univer- 

 sity of Glasgow. 



1. Calceolaria crenatiflora, Crenate flowered Slipper Wort. Class, Dian • 

 dria. Order, Monogynia. Nat. Order, Scrophularina?. Synonyms, Calceo- 

 laria anomala; Calceolaria pendula. Blossoms, yellow with brown spots. — 

 There is no species of tliis beautiful genus which forms so striking an object 

 in the Greenhouse as this. How far it will bear cultivation in tlie open air, 

 we have yet to ascertain. I can see no reason whatever for the specific dis- 

 tinction between Calceolaria crenatiflora and Calceolaria pendula, which is 

 attempted to be drawn in Sweet's British Flower Garden. The chief dis- 

 tinction stated is the ditierence of the number of the crenatures in the lower 

 lip, and the flowers being pendulous or suberect. The former character I find 

 to' vary continually in the flowers, even on the same corymb ; and the latter 

 seems to me to depend solely on the degree of unnatural luxuriance produced 

 by cultivation. I have both plants from Mr. Low, who first raised them from 

 seeds gathered in Chiloe by Mr. Anderson, and who furnished the plant 

 figured as Calceolaria pendula, in the British Flower Garden, and I cannot 

 see a shade of difference between them. Graham. It is a splendid species, 

 growing one foot and a half high, and flowers very profusely. Calceolaria, 

 (sec page 107.) 



2. Salpiglossis linearis. Linear leaved, Didynamia Angiospermia. Soln- 

 nea;. Synonyms, Nierembergia intermedia. Seeds of this plant, which is 

 exceedingly pretty, and very well deserving of cultivation, were received by 

 Mr. Neill, from Mr. Tweedie, at Buenos Ayres, in 18.32, and the first spe- 

 cimen brought into flower in the Stove, at Cannon Mills, in the end of Sep- 

 tember. It seemed to be about to flower very freely, but probably, on account 

 of the season, all the buds dropped ofl' excepting one, which perfected its bios- 



