Culture oflridece in the Island of Jersey. 15 



Hodengne'xSst. maculdta Lindl. " A native of Guatemala." It has small 

 flowers, of no beauty, {B. M. R., No. 218., Dec.) 



E^ria niitmis Lindl. An East Indian epiphyte, " with a single large nodding 

 terminal white flower." {B. M. R., No. 196., Nov.) 



E. veluthia G. Lodd. " A singular plant, of no beauty, from Sincapore. 

 {B. M. R., No. 209., Nov.) 



E. clavicauUs Wall. An Indian epiphyte, with pretty white and pink flowers. 

 {B. M. R., No. 220., Dec.) 



Grobya. galedta Lindl. " A Brazilian orchideous plant," with dull green 

 flowers stained with purple. {B. M. R., No. 197., Nov.) 



Pholiddta conchoidea Lindl. A Manilla epiphyte, nearly allied to P. imbri- 

 cata, but with much larger flowers, " the keels of the lateral sepals " of which 

 " are so deep and concave, as to give the lower side of the flower the appear- 

 ance of the inside of a bivalved shell." {B. M. R., No. 198., Nov.) 



Polystachya cerea Lindl. A small Mexican species, the flowers of which are 

 in a drooping raceme, and have the colour and texture of old wax. {B. M. R., 

 No. 208., Nov.) 



^;'o?«e/iaceae. 



PITYA [18^,71. 



heterophylla Lindl. various-leaved )f 123 cu 1 my Pk Mexico 1838. D p.l Bot. reg. 



A very curious plant, with pink flowers arranged in a close oblong spike, 

 and two kinds of leaves. " Those at the base of the plant arise from tough, 

 concave, broad, horny petioles, which overlie each other, forming a kind of 

 bulb, and are extended into narrow, hard, serrated, spiny, brown processes, 

 about 2 in. long. The leaves, on the other hand, which are first formed, are 

 thin, lanceolate, bright green, and more than 18 in. long when full grown, and 

 bear no resemblance to the first." It should be kept in a stove of moderate 

 heat, close to the light, and be allowed abundance of water while it is in a 

 growing state. (Bot. Reg., Dec.) 



Art. VII. On the Culture of Ixias and other Iridece in the Island 

 oj Jersey. By Bernard Saunders, Nurseryman there. 



Agreeably to promise I send you a few hints on the culture 

 of the Babiana, Ixia, Sparaxis, Tritonia, &c., which in this 

 island are very successfully grown in the open borders. 



In September, or at the latest in October, we begin to pre- 

 pare our beds by well digging them about a spade and a half 

 deep, burying a stratum of rotten horse-dung at the bottom ; 

 about two good barrowfuls will suffice for a bed or border 30 ft. 

 long by 4 ft. wide. The soil, in general, must be a good 

 friable sandy loam, and ought to be well broken in digging ; 

 and the beds should be rounded so as to allow the escape of 

 the heavy rains which are here very prevalent in the autumn and 

 winter months. As soon as the ground is thus prepared and 

 regularly raked, begin to plant the roots in rows across the beds, 

 about 2^ in. deep and 4 in. from each other, and about 8 in. 

 between the rows, covering the bulbs with sand about 1 in. 

 deep previously to covering with mould. After the beds are thus 

 planted, rake and dress them well, and thus the work is com- 

 pleted until towards the spring ; observing to keep the ground 



