figured in the London Flor. and Bot. Magazines. 261 



eties." And, from the seed of that gorgeous variety, M. 

 Smithii, I have plants bearing the appearance, not only of dis- 

 tinct varieties, but, I presume, of distinct species. The result of 

 my experiment on these seedlings shall be forwarded for your use. 

 Jlfimulus guttatus (?) Dec, now in flower with me, I consider 

 a splendid flower. On six flowering stems, I have at this mo- 

 ment fifty or more expanded flowers, of the brightest orange- 

 yellow, faintly dotted within. Each flower is larger than the 

 variety M. Smithtt, so much admired, and, in my humble 

 opinion, with all due deference to that of the floral world, quite 

 equal, if not superior. A pecuharity of a longer persistence of 

 flowers than in Smithii I have noticed — several flowers continu- 

 ing bright and firm for an entire week. This individual was a 

 stolone from an old plant last autumn, preserved from the frost 

 until the beginning of April, when it was removed into a warm 

 room, and abundantly supplied with water. In May, the weaker 

 shoots were all cut out, then repotted into a very finely commi- 

 nuted natural compost, of vegetable mould and sand, and again 

 copiously watered. This composition, precisely that used with 

 such success in the cultivation of heaths (Ericaceae), seemed to 

 impart a new energy to the plant, and its delicately fibrous roots 

 completely permeated the soil. On June 12th it expanded its 

 first flower, and now (June 21) it presents an exuberance of 

 growth rarely seen, with a foliage of the deepest green, and in- 

 florescence brilliant and splendid. It may be added, that the 

 above treatment was in-door cultivation, which secured it a more 

 strict attention, which has been amply repaid. For parlor flow- 

 ers, I do not know of any so desirable, possessing their pecuHar 

 economy ; while grown in ornamented, glazed or porcelain pots, 

 furnished with deep pans, and supplied with a profusion of water, 

 these fine mimuli might supersede that almost antiquated and far 

 less easily cultivated plant, the aquatic Calla sethiopica. — [Com. 

 by J. L. R.) 



OrchiddcecB. 

 ANGRiE'CUM 



caudatiim Lindl. hnng-tailed Angnecum. A stove epiphyte ; with greenish-white 

 riowers; appearhig in August; a native of Sierra Leone. Bot. Reg., 1844. 



A most singular and beautiful species, which flowered in the 

 collection of the Messrs. Loddiges, at Hackney, where it is 

 grown on a piece of wood suspended from the roof of the stove. 

 It is increased with great difficulty, and is not likely to become 

 common at present. One of the most remarkable structures oc- 

 curs in this species, which is, the unusual length of the spur, 

 measuring nine inches. It is impossible to imagine for what wise 

 purpose this singular appendage was intended, unless, as Dr. 

 Lindley remarks, " to exhibit the endless diversity of power .of 

 the Creator." {Bot. Reg., April.) 



