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■ 1822, by Sir T. S. Raffles. Easy culture, and cuttings in silver 

 sand, under a hand-glass in a warm frame. 



Herbaceous Plants.- — HellenzVz abnormis. Gf little beauty, and 

 the easiest culture. — Gesneirza Douglasz'z. Beautiful, with a 

 fleshy tuberous root. From Rio Janeiro, by Mr. David Douglas, 

 in 1825. "It flowers in the stove during almost all the sum- 

 mer, requires to be cultivated in a moderately light sandy soil, 

 and is propagated with some difficulty by the leaves." — Sin- 

 ning/tf Heller/. Curious ; from Rio Janeiro, by Mr. Douglas. 

 — Calathea flavescens. Pretty, little, stemless, broad leaves, 

 finely nerved across, and yellow flowers in sessile heads. Stove, 

 loamy soil, division. Worth wishing for. — Commelma cucullata. 

 A creeping annual, with caesious downy leaves, and small 

 pale blue flowers in October. — Cleome rosea. A beautiful ten- 

 der annual, from Rio Janeiro, with bright rose-coloured flow- 

 ers from May to October, on branches proceeding from a 

 fine, upright, central stem, giving the whole plant the air of a 

 vegetable candelabrum. Culture like the balsam. Worth asking 

 for. — Gynandropsis pulchella. A pretty little tender annual, 

 from Maranham. — Aspidistra punctata. Obscure, but curious. 

 Growing freely in peat and loam, and propagated by division 

 of the roots. 



Orchideous Plants. — Rodriguezz'a planifolia. Slightly furrowed 

 bulbs, in clusters, with spreading linear leaves, and greenish 

 yellow flowers. " A tender stove epiphyte, preserved with 

 difficulty by being planted in rotten wood, or decayed vege- 

 table matter." — Liparis foliosa. A tender stove epiphyte, with 

 channelled leaves. — Ccelogyne fimbriata. A pretty little creep- 

 ing plant, from China, with yellow flowers. — Brassavola 

 nodosa. An epiphyte, with dull green leaves, tinged with purple, 

 and snow-white flowers. Grown in decayed wood or bark, in 

 which a little moss may be mixed. — Dendrobium crumenatum. 

 A branchy epiphyte, with pure delicate white, highly fragrant, 

 but quickly pei'ishable blossoms. Cultivated readily by being 

 attached to a stump of decaying wood, and propagated by 

 division of the branches. — Oncidium pubes. Dwarf, dumpy, 

 little green bulbs, with solitary leaves, and yellow olive-green 

 flowers. Cultivated with some difficulty in decayed wood or 

 leaf mould. 



Bulbous Plants. — Brodi^a zxioides. Curious, with blue 

 flowers. Cool frame, out of the reach of frost. — Gilliesz'tf gra- 

 minea. " From its want of beauty, it is out of the pale of 

 horticulture, and can only be considered as a botanical curi- 

 osity." — GrifFinza /zyacinthina. A beautiful lily, flowering freely 

 in October and November in the stove, in light, rich, sandy 



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