figured in the London Flor. and Bat. Magazines. 343 



peeping forth from under the snow; and to recall those happy 

 moments, have given my new favorite, the three-colored gilia, 

 an envied situation near a patch of heart'' s-ease, which the skill 

 and praiseworthy assiduity of modern floriculturists have rendered 

 so conspicuously rich and splendid. — R. 



Hydrophylldcece. 



KEMO'PHILA. 



We have now in beautiful bloom, in our garden, several plants 

 of the N. insignis. It is a fine annual, trailing on the ground, and 

 covered with a profusion of white and blue flowers. Planted in 

 patches, it would present a beautiful display all summer, and 

 would be valuable to plant with petunias and eschscholtzias. It 

 is yet quite rare, but, as it seeds tolerably freely, no doubt it will 

 soon become as common as other annuals. 



Iriddcem. 



We have lately had in flower several beautiful species of /'xia, 

 Gladiolus, Peyrousia, Hesperantha, and other Cape bulbs, which 

 we received from the Mass. Horticultural Society, and which, 

 with others, formed part of the hberal donation of the Baron Lud- 

 wiG. /'xia stricta, flexuosa, and viridiflora are beautiful plants, 

 particularly so the latter. Gladiolus blandus is a most charming 

 species : the petals are of a yellowish white, the three upper 

 ones elegantly pencilled with bright pink, or rosy red. The 

 specimens were not very large, and only produced spikes with 

 three or four flowers; but we presume, if grown strong, they 

 would produce eight or ten. Peyrousia falcata is a small but 

 delicate species, with spikes of sky-blue flowers, about six 

 inches high. A species of Hesperantha, but unknown, was also 

 very fine. The bulbs were all weak from the length of time they 

 were out of the ground; but when they have been grown strong, 

 their flowers will be much more beautiful. 



Gladiolus natalensis is now throwing up its tall spikes of ver- 

 milhon, yellow, and green flowers in abundance, in the open bor- 

 der. It should be cuhivated in every collection. 



Orchiddcece. 



HABENA'RIA (From hahena, a rein or thong, in allusion to the long strap-shaped spur.) 



proctra Lindl. Tall Habenaria. A stove plant ; growing two feet high ; with greenish white 



flowers; appearing in August ; propagated by offsets. Bot. Reg. 1858. 

 Synonyme : O'rchis procera Swai-tz, 



A " rare species," long since found, and introduced into Per- 

 soon^s Synopsis^ since which time nothing has been heard of it, 

 until it flowered in the splendid collection of the Messrs. Lod- 

 diges, at Hackney. It is a native of Sierra Leone. It requires 

 the heat of a damp stove to grow it well. The genus Habena- 

 ria consists now of upwards of eighty species, and many more, 

 it is supposed, will have to be added to it. (Bot. Reg.., June.) 



