figured in the London Flor. and Bot. Magazines. 63 



Register for October. Dr. Lindley thinks it the "prettiest 

 of the genus." The seed sown in a damp place, under the 

 shade of a wall or fence, not fully exposed to the sun, it 

 grows vigorously, and flowers beautifully in May and June. 

 In a bright sun, it " becoixies a poor dwindling thing, not 

 worth cultivation." From the latter cause, we believe, all 

 the miinuluses are not truly estimated : we knaw of few 

 more elegant or more desirable plants than these, when 

 properly grown ; and, if pains are taken with their Giiltivation, 

 they amply repay the trouble. 



SCmZA'NTHUS. 



Schizanthus pinnatus var. humilis is figured i'n Paxton's 

 Magazine of Botany for October. It is a charming dwarf 

 variety, raised from seeds, collected in Chili, in the garden 

 of the Compte de Vandes, Bayswater, in 1831. We receiv- 

 ed the seeds of a variety last season, marked diffTisus, which 

 we suspect are the same. We have plants which will be in 

 bloom in a few weeks : they are very dwarf m their growth. 



MONOCOTYLEDONOUS PlANTS^ 



CCXXXIX. Iridece. 



GLADrOLUS. 



Gladiolus pudibundus, a hybrid variety, between G. car- 

 dinalis and G. blandus, is figured in Paxton's Magazine of 

 Botany for October. It is a lovely variety, flowering with 

 great freedom in the green-house for a long time : the color 

 of the flowers is a delicate rose, shaded into white near 

 the base of the petals. It is yet rare. 



CCXL. Orchidece. 

 We are extremely happy in being able to state that Mr. 

 Wilder, of Hawthorn Grove, Dorchester, is enriching his 

 collection with this curious and tndy splendid family of 

 plants. He has already several oncidiums, Renanthera 

 coccinea, some bletias maxillarias, epidendrums, dendrobi- 

 ums, &c. In our future numbers, we intend to notice some 

 of the finest of the Orchideee, figured in the London periodi- 

 cals, as they will now be objects of much interest. 



CCXLI. Scitam'inecB. 



CA'NNA 

 glaiica IVilld. var. nibro-liltea Hook. Reddish yeUow-Jlowered. A stove perennial ; growing 

 five feet high ; flowers red and yellow ; appearing in Angnst; a native of Jamaica- Bot. 

 Mag., t. 3437. 



" Among the handsomest of the genus." The foliage is 

 very fine ; the blossoms large, red, and orange yellow color. 

 (Bot. Mag., Oct.) 



