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act is not a theft. A Brahmana must not buy 
flowers, but he may do so if 
price for the same. Flowers should not be ool- 
ected in 
become stale sooner than others, 
ich may not open the following morning is 
forbidden, | 
The use of flowers, or leaves and twigs, in 
ceremonies, though originating in the 
Vedas ‚лав e general in the later Pu a nas. Ia 
the Vedus, the Samid (faggots), or rather twigs, 
with small leaflets for feeding the fire witb, 
were much valued. The Soma, however, whic 
was squeezed for its juice to mix with fermented 
barley gruel, superseded all. Bat what this Soma 
was it is rathe gunt at this distant age to 
certain edic Yazas and 
Wee, have all eel “Hi ote. The Soma was 
vat? Scarcity 
Vedas, 
for its substitute, the Putika. is mentioned in the 
later B:áhmanas, This Рава again has per 
become pretty scarce, and there are few experts 
the Ti who can recognise it and 
. The su ‚боша has been 1 
the 20- 
ma brevistigma, It is an — endless VIE 
plant which exudes a milky juice, and it grows in 
d arid soil. With the ind | Halses ance "of 
Hohe Prince Rana Varma of Travancore, a fave 
iving specime f the same were obtained, but the 
plants being impatient of damp, almost all died; 
the few which survived are now thriving and bearing 
flowers in the dry climate of Vindh; аза], in Mirzapur, 
North-western provinces, specimen, 
reared in a hanging pot, is н се some 
luxuriance, but it has ney be 
to bear 
flowers here in the moist atmosphere of ены. 
The Palaca (Butea 3 is ы Samid ог faggot 
-of Vedic antiquity. Its o s described in a 
legendary anecdote occurring is one өм the Biáh- 
manas of the Veda, and it is said to have been born 
of Nectar, With this tree is aasociated in the 
Vedas the sedi (Acacia Catechu), but they are 
both used as Samid or faggots dipped in ghi and 
thrown o m the fire j ust to feed onthe same, The 
Soma and the sacred Grass Kuca predominate in the 
Vedas, 
Although the Soma has been 3 and lost 
sighs of, Pee Grass still retains its im 
be 
portance, 
n: — 4 this grass 
pa substitutes ; for, the rules, a mat 
made of this grass is specially considered a sanctifi 
togethe: ith 
peculiar knot make up the Pavitri, the purifier, with 
_ which every her object being sprinkled is 
à Palàca baiser p periods has, 
which has also ternate foliage," Райи 
аза т origin 2 the Vilva, Т 
bence tbe Vilva is often styled as 8 
ТНЕ 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Остовкв 26 1895, 
j.e., born of Nectar (Amrita), which was churned out 
of the ocean by the joint labours of the gods and the 
demons, who, in so doing, used the serpent-god Cesa 
as the churning-rope, and the Mount Meru as the 
pris din staff. 
( То be continued.) 
NEW OR NOTEWORTHY PLANTS. 
MASDEVALLIA FORGETIANA, Krnel., u. Sp.“ 
AN тте of Masdevallia vm 
Brazil, the hom 
w, glossy, bright green, paler 
the apex, and a little 
shorter than the slender sharply 9 "ee 
talk, About the latter, I am f it bs 
one-flowered or few-flowered ; the ifie э? hand 
one-flowered, but it seems to me that there have 
been several lowers, The сир or calyx of the sepals 
is very short, somewhat compressed, with a deep 
impression below, forming a rectangular chin at the 
very base of the cup; the free portion of the sepals 
tender ие. outside, &., and a little more 
the inside, The A and - 
e very тт чау апа 
x other Masdevallias ; the lip, thong ve 
mall, needs some remarks, It is linear, with а 
Май, triangular, thickened, and somewhat warty 
apex; in the middle there are on each side two small 
lobes, and two small elevations or calli on the disc, 
plant is, perhaps, n 
the 
— — Orchid, and requires warmer treat- 
than the alpine eee By special 
абд of esters, F. Sander first flowered 
A oA it is named after the oólléetos, Mr, Forget, 
ra 
dois SANDERIANUS, u. sp, (?), 
tablish a new species, flowers are, of c e, 
strictly nr especially in Orchids, and еде, 
is able a new Odontoglossum or Dendro- 
bium w м la eaves or bulbs are at hand, But 
among she | вас Orchids of the Sanda — 
Ancectochilus and allied 
can assume a species to be new if the leaves that we 
receive show differences from those of other plants 
of the same genus, The two leaves I received um 
Mr. F. Sander belong 3 to а new Апо 
chilus, and are the 
have seen, са two opposite, broad, oblong 
leaves, blunt at the top, with a slightly waved 
border, dark г green and velvety on the vapper side, with 
us, the underside pale flesh-coloured, with 
8 veins, In size the leat t greatly surpasses the 
dimensions 55 other зө wn species of Ancectochilus, 
y 11 em. long (about 4 4 inches) and 6 cm, 
broad (2j ачыу мая never reached b 
other Ancctochilus, and rarely by the beautiful 
Dossinia marmorata, which edidit differs in the 
* Masdevallia Forgetiana, Krnz 
» — Folii 
ceolatis obtusis in petiolu yere. t 
dimidium usque vestiente, ovario-brevi c 
» yatho floris b 
campanula! a tum um formante ре, 
libera sepali dorsalis brevi trian i udam teretem 3 cm 
саса маа ў ctm lateralibus multo majoribus semi- 
omnino c i i 
— ve rte li brevissi: in 
gulo ap 
sequilongo, generis.—Northern Brazil, | ; gynostemio 
— collector, F. Krünsln. eg. Mr. Forget, Mr. F 
` such. as to lead Messre. Dobbie to belie 
that I received were b 
analogy, I incline to regard the plant u. as [эге 
€— and I have therefore given it pri 
me, Р. Krünzlin 
———ͤ— —— 
AN eee ASTER Mp 
AsT r once amongst the most 
ты Д "саат, and popular cf our 
s, and, i 
ы upon them than they usually ; Qe 
seeds which w 
Germany, wher weather in the ay 
rule, is more favourable for seed-g aring „ 
in this country. While he Con 
seeding purposes, it has not been th 
other than the Globe or “ Quilled” 
this country with the same end in | 
Н, Cannell & Sons, at Eynsford, have male. | 
ments in this direction of late year 
breadths of land are devoted to their ahm w 
тт. 
themum: flowered, and other varieties, to the 
of т оп 30,000 plants. The seeds were 
March, the seedlings pricked oat in the i 
аз been а decided 
the county of Kent, seed of Aster, of the dat-p 
er points bel! 
we should prefer home-grovin " to тг Ж 
KEW. NOTES. E 
ARISTOLOCHIA CLY peata,—We e at 15 
ceeded im inducing this species to dere hi 
ere is ure, 
i Gardeners’ Chronicle, 1 
otch of 3 ри above the 
Mb 
ferent from the now popular A. gigas ^ 
both in leaf-c and habit, al 
ovate acuminate, slightly peltate, wii di 
°з 
= 
> 
similar leaves and flowers, 
А. clypeata was discovere 
Grenada), xA the collector Wi 
M, Linden . There is & n". 
figure of it in T Dlsiration Horticole, 1870, 
ERTA MAGNA, 
This plant was introduced from Nita 
flowered for the first time at Kew in 
E 
180 
fact, they deserva more а 
e 
ught to find favour cs 
нё. 
