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remainder were pinched off close to the stem. The next year the leader was 

 again stopped, and three more lateral branches laid in; and so on till all the wires 

 were filled. As the branches upon the wires became strong they produced 

 shoots of various lengths ; of these the stronger ones were cut back to a single 

 eye, but such as were from 2 to 6 inches in length were preserved ; and this 

 operation was repeated every spring. 



The author added that, in cultivating this plant, it is important not to disturb 

 the roots, which find their way through the pigeon-holed sides of the chamber 

 into the tan-pit, until they become as thick as a quill. When the tan is 

 renewed in the autumn, such roots may be selected and coiled into small 60 

 pots, filled with light earth, where they are to remain till the following spring, 

 by which time they will have firmly established themselves. At that season 

 they may be severed from the parent plant, 3 or 4 inches in length being left 

 above the edge of the pot, and grafted in the usual way ; by which means this 

 species may be rapidly multiplied. It is, however, necessary, in performing the 

 operation, to leave on the scion a heel about 4 inches long, which may be in- 

 serted in a phial of water tied to the side of the pot. The graft should also 

 be surrounded with clay, and placed under a bell-glass in a moderate heat. If 

 the phial is regularly supplied with water as the scion consumes it, an adhesion 

 will quickly take place with the root which forms the stock, and a young plant 

 will be acquired. 



The author added that the house in which this specimen of Combretum 

 purpureum had been trained was left uncovered from November, 1830, to 

 February, 1834, during which time the thermometer fell to 26° Fahr. The 

 consequence of such exposure to cold was the loss of leaves, but no further 

 injury resulted ; whence he concluded that the species need not be treated as 

 a stove plant, but will suit a green-house, provided the wood is well ripened in 

 the autumn. 



The following objects were exhibited. From Mrs. Lawrence, F.H.S., a 

 large collection of plants, among which were specimens of Stanhopea oculata, 

 bearing twenty-four flowers ; beautiful plants of .Erica viridiflora, and other 

 heaths ; Cuphea Melvilhz, with 23 heads of scarlet and green flowers ; some 

 very fine plants of Crassula coccinea ; and the rare 5tatice sinuata in great 

 perfection. From Mr. Thomas Hogg of Paddington, a collection of carnations 

 and picotees. From William Newbery, Esq., F. H. S., a cucumber. From 

 James Bateman, Esq., F. H. S., a variety of Stanhopea insfgnis, with 

 flowers rather larger than usual; also the spike of a new epiphyte from 

 Oaxaca, called by its possessor Mormddes pardina. The latter specimen 

 consisted of 17 beautiful yellow and brown flowers, which emitted a per- 

 fume resembling a mixture of pine-apple and heliotrope. From the Hon. 

 and Rev. W. Herbert, F. H. S., a specimen of Cymbidium crassifolium. 

 Unfortunately this plant had been much injured by its journey ; it, however, 

 proved to be new to our gardens. Mr. Herbert stated that he had received 

 it a few years since from Calcutta; that its spike was pendulous, and 3 ft. 8 in. 

 long, with 20 large flowers, of which 17 were perfect; they appeared to have 

 been of a brownish red, on a straw-coloured ground. From Mr. John Halli- 

 day, gardener to the Lord Sondes, F.H.S., a fine plant of Manettia cordifolia, 

 trained to a trellis surrounding the pot in which it grew. [On applying to 

 Mr. Halliday for a description of this pot, he, with the permission of his em- 

 ployer, kindly sent us one, from which we have had made the engravings, Jigs. 



40, 41, 42» Fig. 40. is a general view of the pot with the wire framing 

 attached ; the small horizontal copper wires which serve to attach the stouter 

 iron perpendicular wires, being only shown at the top of the figure. Fig. 



41. is a view or plan of the upper surface or rim of the pot, showing the eight 

 holes through which the wires are passed. Fig. 42. b shows a section of one of 

 these rim-holes ; c, a section of a rim projected from the side of the pot, into 

 which the lower ends of the iron wires are inserted ; d shows the wire inserted 

 through the two rims, and turned up a little after it passes through the lower 

 one. The height of the pot is 8 in. ; its width at top 9 in. ; the height of the 



