Retrospective Criticism. 179 



3337 CYCLOBO'THRA. Of this genus, which is closely allied to Caloch6rtus, two species are 



registered in p. 475. of Hort. Brit. ; namely, C. purpCirea and C. barbata. To these the species 



hitherto called Calochortus elegans, and the following species introduced by Mr. Douglas, are 



now to be added : — fHort, trans. 2. s. 1. pi. 14. f. 1 



pulchella Benth. pretty-Jlwd. 5 A or 1 au.s Y California 1832 ? O p.l 



The stem is about 1 ft. high, much branched ; each branch terminated with 

 an umbel of two or three pendulous flowers issuing from the base of a green 

 leaflike bract, longer than the peduncle. The leaves are narrow, linear 

 lanceolate, 3 in. to 5 in. long, placed at the ramifications of the stem and 

 branches. The sepals are of a greenish hue, and ovate lanceolate form ; the 

 petals longer, much broader, of a bright yellow colour, and bordered with a 

 beautiful but delicate fringe, C. pulchella produces seeds in great abundance, 

 and will probably become as common as a fritillary. (Bentham, in Hort. 

 Trans., 2d ser. i. 413.) 



SlbaBentk. v/hite-petaled 5 A or 1 au.s W California 1832? Op Hort.trans.2.s.l.pl.l4.f.3 



C. alba is closely allied to C. pulchella ; but the flowers are larger, the petals 

 both longer and broader, "of a whitish colour, and not fringed at the margin. 

 (Bentham, in Hort. Trans., 2d ser. i. 413.) 



All the species of Calochortus, Cyclobothra, and Triteleia are probably 

 hardy; they seem only to require a shady situation, an da warm and light soil 

 which is effectually protected from wet in winter. But, as they are all at 

 present extremely rare, they have hitherto been taken up as soon as their 

 leaves had died, and kept dry until the roots had begun again to shoot. 

 {Bentham, in Hort. Trans., 2d ser. i. 414,) 



Art. V. Retrospective Criticism. 



Corrections. — Mr. Rangecroft. In IX. 675., for " Mr. Haycroft," read 

 " Mr. Rangecroft." This gentleman, now long since dead, when gardener to 

 the late Duke of Portland, at Bulstrode, was a most successful cultivator of 

 exotic plants. He was the first who induced Nelumbium speciosum, Mag- 

 nolia purpurea, and, our informant, Mr. Main, believes, Ixora_ coccinea, to 

 flower in Britain. Under his culture, too, those rarely flowering plants, Port- 

 land^ grandiflora and Catesbse v a spinosa flowered frequently. In X. p. 10. 

 line 6. from the bottom, for " bridges," read " hedges." 



The Gardener's Magazine as a monthly Publication. — I must think your 

 Magazine would meet with more extensive circulation if you would publish it 

 monthly, at Is. Gd. or 2s. Two months is too long a time from one feeding of 

 the mind till the next. Although coarse-feeding animals thrive best with 

 feasting and fasting; still man is not so gross in his mental appetite, but that 

 he could digest and turn to more use a little monthly, than he can a large dose, 

 if he be crammed with it only every alternate month. — H. T. Bury St. Ed- 

 munds, Dec. 3. 1833. 



Several correspondents having expressed a similar opinion, we have de- 

 termined on complying with their request, and on publishing the Magazine 

 in future monthly, at Is. M. — Cond. 



On the fraudident Practices of Gardening Authors. (V "III. 289. IX. 116.492.) 

 —We have received a long letter from " A Constant Reader," full of severe 

 criticism on " An Enemy to Deceit." It would occupy three of our pages, 

 and would be of very little interest to any but the parties concerned. The 

 object of " A Constant Reader" is to defend the late Mr. Stewart of Valley- 

 field, for having published a paper, stating that he grew his pines without 

 moist bottom heat; and afterwards, when he employed tan for that purpose, 

 for not publishing a notice of the inefficiency of the mode which he had pre- 

 viously recommended to the public (VIII. 289. IX. 116.) Our opinion is, 

 that " An Enemy to Deceit" did quite right in exposing the discrepancy be- 

 tween Mr. Stewart's paper and his subsequent practice; and we only regret 

 that the exposure did not take place in Mr. Stewart's lifetime. — Cond. 



Heating by Hot Water at Munich. — With reference to your complaint 

 (VIII. 67.) of my not having done justice to the Gardener's Magazine, 



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