272 General Notices. 



in this state, as an unusually large-flowered 'Night bloom- 

 ing Cereus,' but the slightest inspection of the stem and 

 branches, and the diff'erent nature of the flower-bud, the 

 patent sepals, and, above all, the great size of the flowers, 

 fourteen inches in diameter, from tip to tip of the calyx se- 

 pals, and fourteen inches long from the base of the calyx to 

 the tip of the stigma, all indicate a most distinct species," 

 heretofore undeveloped. 



It is a most rapid and vigorous grower, — a single cutting 

 received from Honduras, soon covering the back wall of a 

 rather lofty house ; the branches vary in size, but are not 

 generally larger than the little finger, and in shape like C. 

 grandiflora ; the immense flowers look as if they could not 

 belong to such meager branches. In color of the petals and 

 sepals it resembles the C. grandiflora. This is a most mag- 

 nificent species, and will be sought after by every lover of 

 this grotesque and showy tribe. — {Bot. Mag., April.) 



209. Crossa^ndra flaVa Hook. Yellow-flowered Ckos- 

 SANDRA. (Acanthaceae.) Sierra Leone. 



A stove plant ; growin? six inches high ; with yellow flowera ; appearing in spring ; increased 

 by cuttings ; grown in leaf-mould, peat and sand. Bot Mag., 1853, pi. 4710. 



An acanthaceous plant, with large, long, wavy foliage, and 

 terminal spikes of bright yellow flowers. A pretty addition 

 to stove collections, but requiring a high temperature to bloom 

 it in perfection. — (Bot. Mag., April.) 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Art. I. General JVotices. 



Effects of the late Winter on Coniferje. — The following notes 

 are intended to show the effect which the late severe winter has had in 

 Messrs. P. Lawson & Sons' nursery here. In the pinetum there were no 

 coverings of any sort given to the plants, in order to test how far they might 

 be calculated to stand our climate, and these results now appear : — 



1st. — CupressiiucB : Juniperus drupacea, macrocarpa, rufescens, recurva, 

 squamata, chinensis (male and female,) excelsa, tetragona, dolobrata, sphse- 

 rica, are not the least injured ; but Bermudiana, flaccida, mexicana, sophora. 



