368 Retrospective Criticism. 



Hermione cupularis, which is Mr. Haworth's name for the soleil d^m- of the 

 gardens. (^T/ie British Floiver-Gcirden, May.) 



Coburgia fulva (ah*eacly noticed in our Vol. VIII. p. 350.) is figured in 

 Curtis's Bot. Mag. for March, t. 322., where it is observed " that a tem- 

 perature of 43° seems most favourable to its blossoming in perfection." 



CCXXXIX. IridecB. Pns reticulata Bieb. is figured in Sweet's British 

 Floiver-Garden for May, t. 189., from the collection of Messrs. Whitley, 

 Brames, and Milne, of the Fulham Nursery, " where it blossomed early in 

 March last, and, we believe, it exists at present in no other collection." 

 This rare, elegant, and comparatively diminutive species has four-cornered 

 leaves like /. tuberosa. (27ze British Flower-Garden, May.) 



CCXL. Orchidece § Vandese. 



2532. ZYGOPE'TALUM. [1923 



stenocliilum j5. C. narrow-lipped j? 23 or f o W.Y.spot Brazil 1828. D Itpotsh Bot. cab. 



" We received this fine plant in 1828, from Mr, Warre, who discovered 

 it, and sent it home from Brazil. The blossoms are of long duration, like 

 those of the other species of this beautiful genus, which appear to be 

 many, differing slightly from each other, but all very beautiful. {Bot. 

 Cab., May.) 



2537. MAXILLA^RIA. [Bot. cab. 1914 



punctata JJ. C. s]^otted.sepaled ^ E] fra § n.d W.spot Brazil 1828? D It. moss, potsh 



" Its flowers possess a very delicate and agreeable fragrance. It should 

 be potted in vegetable earth, with moss and pieces of broken pot inter- 

 mixed." The flowers are pretty, their segments white, sprinkled with 

 pink spots. (Bot. Cab., April.) 



Orchidecs § Ejjidendrece. 



i554,. EPIDE'NDRUM (A. bulbbsa). 



pygmae'um Hook, pygmy j^ O cu J ja G.W Brazil 1831. D p.r.w Bot. mag. 3233 



Like evei'y created object, interesting when examined; but this is not 



obviously ornamental. {Bot. Mag., April.) 



CCXLI. ScitaminecB. 



2. MARA'NT^ 47 bicolor. 

 2 minor B. C. smaller £ [Z3 or | f.m. W S. America 1828 ? D r.l Bot. cab. 1921 



" It is a neat little stove plant, not growing much more than 6 in. high. 

 The leaves are very richly and beautifully tinted, and the simple flowers 

 are produced in February and March. It should be potted in rich loam, 

 and will increase freely by separating the roots." {Bot. Cab., May.) 



Art. II. Retrospective Criticism. 



Corrections. — In p. 82. line 3. for " Part I." read " Part II." In 

 p. 243. line 1. for " S. B. W." read " J. B. W." 



The Lists of Plants in the Accounts of Provincial Kurseries to be supplied 

 by the Parties possessing the Plants. — Sir, I think that these lists do not 

 deserve a place in your valuable pages, on the ground of public usefulness, 

 unless they contain plants that are rare, difficult to be procured, and 

 unless all those enumerated are not only possessed by the party contribut- 

 ing the list, but possessed by them in sufficient quantity for sale. Such 

 lists, too, in every case, would appear with a better face if they came 

 directly and professedly from the interested party, as their so doing would 

 cast the responsibility for their accuracy on this party. They should by 

 no means be inserted on the doubtful authority of a borrowed name. It 

 is even possible that in the list of rarer plants in the nursery of Messrs. 

 R. Jeffries and Sons, Ipswich, inserted p. 102., that Messrs. R. Jeffries 

 and Sons do not hold themselves responsible for it, as, by the signature, it 



