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year. It is now in flower again in the Cape-house, 
and will probably continue in bloom for some time 
that of an erect, 
ovate glossy 
duce, those of Embot It is a 
The 
— mesi of the leaf- like calyx lobes, which develop 
the form of stars, their colour being cream- yellow, 
dotted with brown, and the whole surface sonnel 
with long soft white silk-like cM the attraction ^ 
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a thrives only grown in 
a hot moist stove—in fact, the Kew Swer s are grown 
bium Phalæ nopsis. Possibly 
a, which аге generally 
difficult to m 
succulent Were would grow better and flower with 
orne оп а 8 branched panicle, which is 
eal enclosed in large boat- shaped spat the 
x E long, springing from the axils of the oldest 
A figure of it has been prepared for the 
— Majazine, 
NOCHES HaaGE 
This distinct species first — at Kew exactly 
three years ag — т after it had been received 
from Mr. E, Rand Para, Brazil, along ^q © 
а 
pentadactylon, which aon at the same time. С. 
Haagei was first described by Rodriguez, ма the 
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after the flowers have faded, and assume a bright 
ма пени, Тһе 
senda an 
my — of ХЕ T second being а native of 
Madag s evergreen, andi isa bna 
some indi ua — when n 
prefers a peaty soil, and enjoys plenty of „ой 
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4 0s 1 
has lately been exhibited in the atove at Kew. It 
began by эч eme four large — ER 
and bore e time thir n various 
stages of ca di "The p lant is жога de a 9-inch 
pan m": from the roof, and its Page — 
angled moat completely hide the pan. 
the Unc аге p nearly a foot in 3 and i in 
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Fic. 89,— MESSRS. DOBBIE AND CO.'4 ASTER FIELD AT ORPINGTON, KENT, 
greater freedom 5 inn more liberally in respect 
to moisture and h 
— Mum 
M. Martiana Cogia is one of the most 
Напа of 
magn 
f all Palms, апа oval-shap2d fruits are know 
in South America as i "Kokeri s." There is a — 
alm-house at Ke ich has been 
specimen in the 
е wn oe г this Maximiliana, but now that it is in 
‚ it proves to be a species of Sch heelea, The 
d one might almost say the only 
notable difference between these two genera is in 
the structure of a flowers, The Kew plant 
has pinnate leaves 25 feet long, and narrow pinne 
3 eet long, each leaf а a gigantic 
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паше bm since been adopted by Mr. Rolfe, who has 
paid 
pecial attention to this and m: 2 for 
some ges with the result nsiderab'e 
r of species have been add ec- 
. Haagei has elongated 6 
een A leaves 8 inches 
inches, and а slende 
long, bearin ng six floweri "pers 2 inches across; 
sepals are 1 inch lo — ‘lanceolate and keeled; the 
petals are ovate, flat, and as long as the * their 
1 "eni wg the li is 
ith a tinge of Tote y^ а 
few red dots, is п ines ы. flat, 1 inch in diameter, 
055 at the tip, with a pair of teeth - like pro-, 
jections in the centre below the top of the slender 
arching, green column. The plant is again in flower 
in the warm Orchid-house. 
tion 
inches long, apa gre 
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