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ceps is the finest of the genus, leaves bipinnated ; leaflets 

 cordate, acuminate, downy, and pendulous ; flowers rose- 

 colour, in large close heads. Drain the pots well. (Soil 

 No. 12.) 



Brunfelsias, very fine, free flowering plants, with white, 

 yellowish, or purple flowers. B. grandiflora blooms 

 freely, and is finely scented a plant before me, now 

 (28th of Jan.) only one foot high, has six full expanded 

 flowers upon it, each fully two inches in diameter. (Soil 

 No. 9.) 



Buonapdrtea juncea, a very curious low growing plant, 

 with long narrow, recurved, round leaves ; with spikes of 

 small blue flowers. There does appear to be three distinct 

 varieties in cultivation, but are rarely attainable. (Soil 

 No. 12.) 



Buddha madagascariensis blooms profusely during 

 winter in spikes of orange-coloured flowers, of a kind of 

 honey fragrance the plant is strong growing, and of the 

 easiest culture. (Soil No. 11.) 



Calathea zebrlna, frequently known as mardnta zebri- 

 na ; it is a plant unique in appearance, having large elon- 

 gated ovate leaves, beautifully striped with green and dark 

 purple, and called the Zebra plant. It has light blue flowers 

 in ovate spikes, about the size of large pine cones. It is 

 an herbaceous plant; but in the warmest part of the hot- 

 house retains its splendid foliage ; requires a very liberal 

 supply of water, and ought to be in every collection. (Soil 

 No. 11.) 



Cdnnas, about thirty species, several of them deserving 

 cultivation both for flower and foliage : they are principally 

 natives of the West Indies, and might all be easily obtained. 

 The finest are C. gigdntea, has large leaves and orange 

 flowers; C. limbata, flowers scarlet and yellow; C. dis- 

 color, has large cordate, acuminate leaves of a crimson 

 colour, the flowers are scarlet; C. iridiflora, has large crim-' 

 son nodding flowers, very different from any of the others, 

 and the finest of the genus. They all, while in a growing 

 state, require a liberal supply of water; and being herba- 

 ceous plants, watering ought to be given up about the first 

 of November, and renewed in February, thus giving them 

 a cessation which they require to flower freely ; but when 

 water is constantly given, which is the general plan in our 



