Culture of the Peach in the open Air. 63 



" extremely rich in colour, and a beautiful object for a microscope." (^Bot. 

 Mag., January.) 



Labidtce, 



[flower. ) 



ORTHOSrPHON Benth. (From m-tkos, straight, and siphon, a tube, in allusion to the form of the 



incfirvus Benth. incurved E] pr 1 ""y- jn Pk Silhet 1839. D co. Bot. mag. 3847. 



A pretty stove perennial from the East Indies. (^Bot. Mag,, January.) 



T^hi/melece. 



Pimelea spectdlnlis Lindl. A very handsome plant, with " large heads of 

 pink flowers, collected within broad floral leaves, richly stained and bordered 

 with crimson." {B. M. R., No. 18., January.) 



Orctdddcece. 

 2540. ONCI'DIUM [mag. 3845. 



macrantherum Hook, large-anthered ig [Z3 cu a ap G. P Mexico 1840. O r.w.p Bot. 



A little insignificant plant, with a very few small pale flowers. {Bot. Mag., 

 January.) 



2546. CONGO' R^ 



bufdnia Lindl. toad-skinned £ [Z3 or 1 my Var. Brazil 1838. O r.w.p Bot. reg. 1841, 2, 



A handsome species of Gongora, from the lightness and shape of its flowers, 

 though their colour is a dingy yellow, variegated with purple, green, and brown. 

 {Bot. Beg,, January.) 



G.fulva var. vitellina Lindl. A very pretty plant, " with bright yellow 

 flowers, less spotted than usual;" a native of Mexico, (i?. M. R,, No. 4., 

 January.) 



Catasetum. A plate is given in the Bot. Reg, (t. 5.), containing detached 

 single flowers of the following five species and varieties of this genus : — C. cal- 

 losum, cornutum, barbatum var. proboscldeum, laminatum var. eburneum, and 

 lanciferum. 



Pleurotlidllis recurva Lindl. A creeping plant, with dull purple flowers. {B. 

 M. R., No. 1., January.) 



P. luteola Lindl. With small yellow flowers. {Ibid., No. 2.) 



A'pornm shiudtum Lindl. From Sincapore, with pale yellowish green flowers. 

 (Ibid., No. 3.) 



Ariindina bambusge/o/ia Lindl. An Indian epiphyte, " with the foliage and 

 abit of a small bamboo, and the flowers of a Cattleya." It has flowered at 

 Messrs. Loddiges's. {B, M. R., No. 5., January.) 



Art. V. On the Culture qfthe Peach in the open Air. By Robert 



Errington. 



The peach belongs to the natural order iiosaceae, and is the 

 Persica vulgaris of botanists : it is a native of Persia and was 

 first brought into Europe by the Romans, in the time of the 

 Emperor Claudius, and introduced into this country about three 

 centuries ago, although by some thought to have been brought 

 over during the Roman invasion, which is not improbable. The 

 tree is known to abound with hydrocyanic or prussic acid, 

 and hence probably the injury resulting from eating the fruit 

 previously to the full development of the saccharine juice. The 

 fruit in a perfectly ripened state is highly and justly esteemed, 

 and when divested of its skin is one of the most wholesome 

 brought to table, and peculiarly calculated for invalids. 



The climate of Devon is eminently favourable for the growth 

 of the peach in the open air : the following observations will 



