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On the Culture of Solaiidra. grandijlbra. 



I am a great admirer of this plant, and have therefore made 

 the cultivation of it my particular study for these last sixteen 

 years, and consequently have been improving on my treat- 

 ment. Should my present plants answer expectation, I shall 

 have great pleasure in sending flowers and seeds in the autumn, 

 together with an account of my mode of treatment, should it 

 be considered worthy of notice. I remain, Sir, &c. 



Middleto7i, June 24. 1828. R. L. Howes. 



The cockscomb alluded to by our correspondent (p. 101.), 

 measured " from the mould to the top of the blossom ?> ft. 6 in., 

 the crest of the flov/er in length 23 in., and in breadth about 

 6 in." Mr. Howes's flower being only " 22 in. high, and 

 lOiin. broad," it is, of course, smaller than the Appleton 

 flower. — Cond. 



Art. XVI. On the Cidture of Sold7idra. grandiflora. 

 By E. W. Churchill, Esq. R. N. 



Sir, 

 _: When at Malta, in May, 1824, I was much struck with 

 the magnificent 

 appearance of a 

 Solandra gran- 

 difl6ra(7%.96.), 

 trained aoainst 

 the wall of the 

 governor's gar- 

 den at St. An- 

 tonio, where it 

 covered at least 

 50ft.ofwall,and 

 was at that time 

 in full flower. 

 Having had a 

 plant of the So- 



landr« grandifl5ra eight years in my possession without its 

 ever having flowered, and knowing also many other plants to 

 be in my neighbourhood equally reluctant, I made particular 

 enquiries of the person in whose charge the governor's garden 

 then was, as to the treatment he gave the plant ; his answer 

 was, " None, save that of watering it profusely whilst in flower 

 bud." November, December, January, February, and March 

 are months during which heavy rains fall at Malta; April is 



