INTRODUCTION; WHERE GROWN; CuLTuRE. Weare indebted to the 
kindness of John Willmore, Esq. of Oldford, Staffordshire, for the spe- 
cimen drawn.. Mr. T. Williams, his zealous and talented gardener, in- 
forms us that to encourage this plant to flower it should be actively 
stimulated when it begins to shoot, by being removed from the Green- 
ouse into the Stove. Mr. R.A. Salisbury, who wrote an interesting — 
notice of it, was of opinion that it might bear full exposure in the 
southern parts of the island, if planted against a wall, and protected 
during frost. He was led to this view by observing the structure of 
the buds, which are large, scaly, and viscid, like those of the Rhodo- 
dendra. This isan important guide in acclimatising plants, since those 
shrubs and trees, the buds of which are either naturally provided with 
scales, or have the power of forming them when placed in a colder situ- 
ation than their natural locality, and, above all, if created with a vis- 
cid resinous juice like those of the horse-chesnut, and many poplars, 
will bear without injury a very low temperature. 
the honey below. He therefore suggested that, when kept where 
the bees have no access, the stigma should be artificially fecundated 
by sprinkling the pollen over it. . 
In its natural situation it is chiefly indebted to the agency of insects 
for the continuation of the species. Man in his pride is apt to think 
“That many a flower is born to blush unseen,” 
if it bloom remote from the place of his abode 3 but a more extended 
knowledge of Nature reveals to us that every flower has its attendant 
insect or bird, to minister to its necessities, or benefit by its processes. 
The naturalist, th erefore, instead of indulging an unbecoming vanity, 
has his mind prepared to see 
God every where, sustaining and directing ; 
So that the earth shall yield her secrets up, 
Derivation oF THE Names. 
Bak: +h . Pe » a +, 1 W 
t fang 
Reticulatus, from the reticulated or netted veins of the leaves, 
SYNONYMES. 
