178 * EXTRACTS. 



Llossoius, mixed witU handsome dark gieen foliage, making alto- 

 getlier one of the finest ornaments of the greenhouse during three 

 months. 



When tlie flmvering season is over, I cut down the stems, and 

 place the pots on a shelf in the stove, keeping them nearly dry 

 until the returning seasMi for potting, &c. 



I think the ahovc method far preferable to that of having clustei-s 

 of plants in the same pots. I never saw such large flowers and 

 healthy plants hy the old plan a.s by single roots; and can confidently 

 recommend my plan to your readers. 



I shall send you shortly a pajjer on the cultivation of the genus 

 Salpiglossis, another handsome liunily for the gi'eenhouse in sum- 

 mer, if you tliink it woidd be acceptable to the readers of your 

 Floriculhiral Cabinet. Thomas Arri-EBY. 



Horsforth Hall, Sept. S, 1833. 



PART II. 

 EXTRACTS. 



Plants figured in the following Periodicals for September ; — 



Curtis's Botanical Magazine, 3s. 6d. coloured, 3s. plain. Edited 

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

 sity of Glasgow. 



1. Catasetiim trifidttm. Trifid lipped. Class, Gynandria. Order, Monai? 

 ilria. Nat. Order, Orchidca. Orchis tribe of plants. — For this beautiful and 

 most intcreslii)g species of Catasetum, the Glasgow Uotanic Garden is indebted 

 to Mr. LocKUAKT, who sent the living plant from 'J'rinidad. It produced its 

 large spike of flowers ii> May. Flowers in a loose, drooping spike, large, of 

 lurid green colour, tinged, and copiously spotted with pur])lc. I.abelluni very 

 spreading, lying close within the lower sepals, of a rather darker green, and 

 more deeply spotted than the rest of the (lowers; the intermediate segment 

 purple. Culture: increased by division of plant. Soil: peal and rotten 

 wood. Catasetum, from Kata, downwards; and seta, a bristle, fr»ni the 

 bristle-shaped api)i.ndages to the column which ])oiuts downwards. 



2. Astraflalu.1 prociiiiibins, Procumbent Milk A'etch. Diadelphia Pecan 

 dria. Leguminosic. This plant was raised from Chilian seeds, by Mr. Ca 

 MERON, Curator of the Birmingham Botanic Garden. It is found in the 

 plains at Coureption, Valparaiso, and Coquimbo, and will jjrobabl)- .always 

 require the protection of a greenhouse or frame. It blooms in May. I'loncrs : 

 bright blinish purple and yellow. Culture: increased by division of plant. 

 Soil ; sandv loaiu, -Vstragalus, from .\bter, star; aud gala, milk. 



