xlvi THE HISTORY OF THE BOTANICAL MAGAZINE 
Hortus Kewensis. In 1859 it had long been cultivated at 
Kew, but it had never shown any disposition to flower. 
Charles Dorrien, of Ashdean, was more fortunate ; and it was 
he who supplied the fine flowers from which the drawing 
for the Magazine was made. On the Continent flowers first 
appeared in 1850; but the tree very rarely flowers under 
cultivation, and the Magazine figure is the only good 
coloured one. 
Grammatophyllum speciosum (pl. 5157) is a striking and 
gigantic Malayan Orchid, with stems 10 ft. high and flower- 
scapes 6 ft. high, bearing numerous yellow flowers spotted 
with brown, and 6 in. across. The beautiful and often 
richly-coloured Caladiums were heralded by C. bicolor var. 
Neumannii (pl. 5199), and C. bicolor var. Chantinii 
(pl. 5255). Malortiea gracilis (pl. 6291) is another of the 
numerous elegant dwarf Palms of Central America. At 
this date (1862), however, Palms had not yet become 
popular in England. Plate 5319 represents Anthurium 
Scherzerianum as it first flowered at Kew, in 1862, with 
spathes only an inch long, and furnishes a noteworthy 
instance of what has been subsequently effected by high 
culture.. Grasses present great variety, yet I remember 
none so anomalous in aspect as the Brazilian Anomochloa 
marantoidea (pl. 5331), which more nearly resembles plants 
of the order, indicated by the specific name. Lilium auratum 
(pl. 5338) created probably a greater sensation in the 
gardening world than any other of the numerous intro- 
ductions of the late John Gould Veitch, and in a great 
measure reinstated the genus in public favour, and led to 
the great results that have followed. Berberidopsis coral- 
lina (pl. 5343), a very beautiful Chilian shrub, has not, so 
far as | am aware, from some cause, fulfilled expectations 
to which it gave rise. Calanthe Veitchiix(pl. 5375), a 
hybrid between Calanthe vestita (pl. 4671) and Limatodes 
rosea (pl. 5312), claims our attention, not for its beauty 
alone, but also as being the first of Dominy’s hybrid Orchids, 
of which a coloured plate has been published. His first 
hybrid, Calanthe Dominii, was described by Lindley in 
1858. Lewisia rediviva (pl. 5395), a showy member of the 
Portulaccacer, and a native of North-West America, bears 
a very appropriate specific name. I well remember the 
history of the plant figured. It was collected by Dr. Lyell, 
who was attached to the Boundary Commission in British 
Columbia, and after having been immersed in boiling water, 
on account of its well-known tenacity of life, it was dried 
for a herbarium specimen. More than a year and a half 
