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but most difficult, tribe to which lx)th those plants belong, reflects new 

 lustre upon a name already immortalised in the annals of literature and 



philanthropy The leaves are extremely beautiful, being marked on 



their upper surface with dark green and purple belts or spots, not very un- 

 like the leaves of Maranta zebrina." For the information given respecting 

 this plant and the following one, Mr. Lindley expresses acknowledgment 

 to Dr. Wallich, adding, that that information will serve " to convey some 

 idea of the minute attention which has been given to every part of Indian 

 botany by our distinguished friend, and of what may be expected from the 

 splendid works, to the publication of which he is now devoting himself." 

 The plant is a native of damp shady rocks, upon the mountain of Taong 

 Dono-, near Ava, 1000 ft. high, and with us requires the bark stove. — 

 Pholid6ta(fiAo/i!5 a scale, ota ears; scaly earlike bracteae of the spike) 

 imbricata; Gynan, Monog., and Orchideae Malaxideae. An epiphyte on 

 the mountains west of Ava. Dr. Wallich remarks, in a paper quoted by 

 Mr. Lindley, that, " like most members of this lovely tribe, it is easily made 

 to grow on the trunks of old trees, taking care to place some vegetable 

 mould under its roots, and tying it so as to retain its situation. It requires 

 constant humectation, which is easily effected by means of a small vessel 

 suspended over it, with a perforated bottom, through which the water is 

 let down upon the plant by means of a string, the upper end of which fills, 

 though it does not quite shut up, the aperture of the vessel. It is propa- 

 gated by separating its bulbous stems, which generally form dense tufts, 

 ornamented with evergreen, dark-coloured, shining leaves, of a pecuHarly 

 firm and leathery texture." — Calceolaria floribunda. A fine hardy suf- 

 frutescent species, newly introduced from Chile. Best treated as an 

 annual, turned into the open border in May, and left in the autumn to 

 perish. — Calceolaria ascendens. Succeeds perfectly in the open border 

 during summer. Raised fi-bm seeds collected by Mr. James M'Rae, 

 upon clayey banks on the Cordilleras. — jLupinus ornatus. In mountain 

 valleys near the river Colombia. Perennial, flowering from May till 

 the end of November. " Mr. Douglas remarks it is one of the finest of 

 the tribe." 



This number completes vol. xiv. of a work which only requires the in- 

 dications in Italic letters, and a rigid adherence to the literal translation 

 of specific names, distinguishing the expletive additions by Italics, as in this 

 Magazine and in Horticus Britanniciis, to be very much to our satisfaction. 



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Part CXXXVII. for Sejjtember, contains 

 1561 to 1570. — Xylosteum campaniflorum. A neat bushy shrub, quite 

 hardy, about 2 ft. high; supposed to come from North America. Increased 

 by layers in good garden soil. — Marica martinicensis. From Martinique, 

 and not a foot high ; must be cultivated in a stove in loam and peat soil ; 

 flowers early in spring. — Cratae^gus Oxyacantha punicea. A beautiful 

 variety of thorn, quite hardy, and free in growth, and deserves a place in 

 any garden ; maybe increased by budding upon the whitethorn — Passi- 

 flora Herbert2a?2«. From New Holland a few years ago. " It requires the 

 protection of a green-house, and may be increased by cuttings." It flowers 

 in the beginning of summer, and produces fruit. — JEnca hniniades. From 

 the Cape of Good Hope in 1790, and requires a light airy green-house; by 

 cuttings in sandy peat earth. — 7Yis cristata. A delicate and beautiful hardy 

 species, from North America, increased by separating the roots ; it likes 

 a shady situation. — Mirbeh'a dilatata. From the sputh-west coast of New- 

 Holland, by Mr. Brown. Its flowers are elegant ; it requires the green- 



