462 Queries and Answers. 



when wild, the damp and sultry woods of Martaban It has hitherto 



flowered only in the collections of Mr. Harrison and Mr. Bateman." (Bot. 

 Reg., August.) 

 CCLVI. Aroidece. 



2672. CALA^DIUM. [Bot. mag. 3345 



+23489 grandifblium W. large-leafed |_ □ or 6 ap.my W Demerara, Caraccas 1803. C s.p 

 ^Trum grandifblium Jacqvin. Not Caladium grandifblium Si?ns in Bot. Mag. t. 2643. 



23489a Simsii Hook. Siras's fl_ □ or 6 ap.my W C s.p Bot. mag. 2643 



Caladium grandifblium Sims in Bot. Mag. 2643. Not /rum grandifblium of Jacquin. 

 Now that I have seen a recent flowering specimen of the true C. grandifblium, I cannot but come 

 to the conclusion that Dr. Sims's plant is of quite another species, with leaves glossy on the upper 

 surface, and having a broad semicircular sinus at the base with differently shaped lobes, and a 

 spatha almost exactly resembling, both in form and colour, that of our C. fragrantissimum ; being 

 red, and remarkably inflated below, and not pale green, and attenuated at the base. — Dr. Hooker. 



C. grandifolium W. is figured from the Glasgow Botanic Garden, where " it 

 makes a truly handsome appearance ; with its climbing and rooting stems, its 

 large foliage, and pale spathas with a dark red line down the middle on the 

 back." The stem is dingy green spotted with purple. The leaves are 2 ft. 

 or more long, heart-shaped, arrow-shaped ; petiole rounded, spotted with 

 purple. Spatha at first pale green, afterwards pale buff; green at the base 

 on the outside, pinkish within ; marked at the back with a purple or dark 

 red line. Flowers scentless. {Bot. Mag., August.) 



Miscellaneous. — Plants of Berberis mitis Schrad., 2?etula grandis Schrad., 

 and of some other species, have arisen from the seeds sent, as noticed in 

 p. 170., to Mr. Penny. 



hi the Nursery of Messrs. W. Young and G. Penny, at Milford, near Godal- 

 viing, Surrey, the following species and varieties of plants were flowering on 

 July 13. 1834: — is!6sa bracteata alba plena Penny; Maria Leonida rose 

 Hort., introduced last autumn from Paris. This is a freely growing, abun- 

 dantly flowering variety ; its flowers are moderately double, and very fragrant ; 

 the petals white, slightly tinged with pink, the base of each yellowish. .Lotus 

 arenarius and atropurpureus ; Dianthus attenuatus ; nova sp., allied to D. gi- 

 ganteus, but the flowers of it are larger and brighter. Taxanthema pectinata, 

 tatarica, puberula, a new species allied to puberula, nana, and arborea ; Hy r 

 pericum floribundum, Genista rhodopnoa, Cytisus racemosus, ^empervivumi 

 cruentum, Ornithogalum capense ; Fuchsia grandiflora, longiflora, speciosa, and 

 praeVoxjPterocephalusRhodocephalus, Calceolaria arachntiideaalbida,Luculia 

 gratissima, Rhodochiton volubiiis [Lophospermum Rhodochiton D. Don], 

 Ipomce v a Sellowra, .Ranunculus creticus and cardiophyllus ; Isoplexis canad- 

 ensis, glabra, and var. pubescens ; Jnthyllis tetraphylia, Petunia viscosa and 

 hybrida, Astragalus falcatus, Ononis angustifolia, *Spirae v a sororia, Cheiranthus 

 longifolius and mutabilis Bot . Reg. ; Frankenia fliymifdlia, Fiola palmaensis, 

 thus named from its inhabiting the Isle of Palma, one of the Canary Islands. 

 We have succeeded in obtaining a fine hybrid between this distinct species and 

 one of the finest varieties of pansies. From Cineraria cima we have obtained 

 some elegant varieties from seeds. — G. P. 



Art. IV. Queries and Answers. 



ABSORPTION of Sap by the Roots of Plants; in answer to J. D. P. (p. 295.) — 

 There are few things that can be more interesting and important to the gar- 

 dener than an acquaintance with the laws and principles of vegetation; and 

 it is pleasing to observe, that, limited as is our knowledge of phytological 

 science (in comparison with others upon which an almost uniform opinion 

 prevails), even noiv an attention to its principles will teach us the great pro- 

 priety of instituting some new systems of management; and, what is of great 

 importance, will furnish us with an incontrovertible answer to those who may 

 have the right to ask, why in such and such a manner we conduct our opera- 

 tions. The great diversity of opinion that exists in relation to some phyto- 

 logical doctrines, though operating as a present inconvenience to the young 



