of new and beautiful Plants. 179 



"Interesting to those who cultivate rare hardy herbaceous 

 plants," but not so ornamental as many others: the foliage is 

 rather large and coarse, and the flowers, though displayed in 

 panicled racemes, are destitute of that brilliancy which is ne- 

 cessary to be deemed beautiful. It is hardy; grows freely in 

 any good rich garden soil, and is easily increased by seeds, 

 the plants from which, however, do not flower until the second 

 season. It flowered in the garden of the London Horticul- 

 tural Society, In May, 1S41. {Bot. Reg., March.) 



Jlmaryllidkcex. 



AMARYLLIS 

 Banksiiina Lindl. The Banksian Amaryllis. A green-house bulb; growing a foot high; 

 with rose colored flowers; appearing in spring; a native of the Cape of Good Hope; 

 increased by offsels. Bot. Re?., 184-2, t. 11. 

 Pyn. A. grandiflora vai: Banksiana Herbert, Am. 



A very beautiful species of the Amaryllis, but is rather a 

 shy flowerer, and requires peculiar treatment to make it bloom 

 well. The flowers are not large, but appear in a dense um- 

 bel, and are of a clear bright rose color. It is a green-house 

 species, and grows freely in a free rich soil, consisting mostly 

 of sandy loam. It should be kept in a vigorous healthy state 

 while growing, by placing it in a light situation, and giving it 

 plenty of water, and when the leaves die off, to keep the bulb 

 warm and dry. It flowers in the autumn, like the Belladonna, 

 and, like that species, is a most ornamental plant. Mr. Her- 

 bert, in a note appended to the description, states that the 

 bulb should be wholly buried beneath the soil. Easily increas- 

 ed by offsets. (Bot. Reg., Feb.) 



Orchiddceoi. 



CYPRIPE'DIUM 

 barb^tum Lindl. Bearded Lady's Slipper. A hot-house plant; growing a foot high; 

 with green and crimson flowers; a native of the Straits of Malacca; increased by di- 

 vision of the roots. Bot. Reg., 1S42, t. 17. 



The East Indian and the North American Lady's Slipper, 

 though so different that the forms of the latter convey no idea 

 of the former, have been found, upon the closest inspection, 

 exactly the same in their organization. 



The East India species are all beautiful plants, particularly 

 the C. insigne, and, from their easy cultivation, they ought to 

 be found in all good hot-house collections. The present sub- 

 ject is a fine addition to the genus. I'he petals, which spread 

 out over the labellum, are green at the base, shading into a 

 bright purple at the tip. The labellum is of a ricii purplish 

 crimson. The leaves are oblong, acute, green, and spotted 



