422 Floricultural and Botanical Notices 



ded so much to the gayety of the greenhouse during the sum- 

 mer months. This species is from New Grenada, where Mr. 

 Hartweg found it growing in a forest of wax palms and oth- 

 er plants. '4n its native place it prefers rocky ground, in 

 places not much shaded, where it scarcely grows more than 

 five inches in height, seldom producing more than two of its 

 finely mottled bright orange flowers upon a stem." The flow- 

 ers are not only beautiful but the foliage is strikingly showy, 

 having distinct bands of whitish blue, upon a ground of vel- 

 vet of the blackest green : the habit is al.=o extremely neat 

 and pretty. The lower half of the flowers arc yellow, ele- 

 gantly mottled with scarlet, and the upper half deep scarlet, 

 mottled with deeper tints of the same color. It is cultivated in 

 the same manner as A. longifiura, requiring plenty of drainage, 

 and to be kept dry when done flowering. In our collection 

 it has flowered abundantb/' since May. — (^Rot. Reg., Aug.) 



tSelagindcece. 



SELA'GO 



distans Walpers Loose-flowered Selaio. A greenhouse plant ; growing a foot high -, with 

 white flowers ; appearing in spring and puinmer ; increased by cuttings ; cuKivated in sandy peat. 

 Bot. Reg. 1845, t. 46. 



A desirable little plant, with heath like foliage and an 

 abundance of pretty spikes of white flowers, which continue 

 in bloom for a great length of time when properly managed. 

 To do this, however, it is necessary to repot the beginning of 

 August. In winter, water two or three times a v/eek, and give 

 it an abundance of air ; give ample supplies of water in sum- 

 mer, and syringe over the tops. The best soil is sandy peat. 

 It is increased freely from cuttings in the usual way, — {Bot. 

 Reg., Aug.) 



ATnarylUdikcedi. 



CALLIPSYCIIE Herb. 



eucrosioides Herb. Two colored Fairy bloom. A stove bulb ; growing 2 fnet high ; with scar- 

 let and green flowers ; appearing in spring ; a native of Mexico ; increased by offsets ; cultivated 

 in a sandy loam and leaf mould. Bot. Reg. 1845, t. 45. 



" A very curious bulb," with a stem terminated with an 

 umbel of scarlet and green flowers, and very long curved sta- 

 mens. Its cultivation is simple, requiring to be kept growing 

 during summer, and dried off in winter; the flowering com- 

 mences in the spring, before the leaves appear. — i^Bot. Reg., 

 Aug.) 



