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New Plants. — We copy from "The Floral World" the following notices 

 of new plants : — 



*■' Eucalyptus globulus. — This beautiful species of Australian gum-tree has 

 been in cultivation in this country half a century, but has been known only iu 

 a few botanic gardens as a curiosity. But it is so elegant in appearance, and 

 so well adapted to the embellishment of English gardens, that it merits to be- 

 come a favorite wherever such as are called 'sub-tropical ' plants are cultivated. 

 Like many other such things, this is 7to( a sub-tropical plant, as it thrives in the 



EUCALYHTUS RUJDULUS. 



coldest parts of Tasmania, where grapes and olives never ripen. It is a tree of 

 rapid and gigantic growth, requiring the shelter of a cool conservatory in winter, 

 and well adapted for a conspicuous position on the lawn during summer. We 

 are indebted to Messrs. Hooper & Co. of Covent Garden, who offer plants and 

 seeds of this Eucalyptus, for the opportunity of figuring it. 



"■ Ophrys insectifera, van aranlfcra, Spider Ophrys (Bot. Mag., t. 5712). — 

 Orchidaceae. A pretty terrestrial orchid from Mentone, and the one which Lin- 

 naeus regarded as the typical form of that group of Ophrys which includes the 

 lesser and common spider, the bee, and the drone, amongst British orchids. 



