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The long canal beds have been replaced by smaller beds in which the 
and good loam substituted. The collection is a large one, and we 
every reason to believe that it will shortly prove of considerable 
interest to botanists and horticulturists, and a great attraction to 
visitors generally. 
Weldenia candida.— Weldeniais a monotypic genus of Commely- 
nacee, and is a near ally of Zebrina and Rhoea, both known in gardens 
as Tradescantias. A figure of JVeldenia was published in Hooker’s 
Icones Plantarum about fifteen years ago under the name of Lampra 
volcanica, with the following note by entham: “Of this curious 
plant only a single specimen is known, gathered by Hartweg in the 
crater of the Volcan de Agua, near Guatemala, in August 1840. 
the same time of year, and he could find no trace of it. It is said to 
be very ornamental, and its | rrr to our plant houses would be 
very desirable." Last year, Mr. Audley C. Gosling, Her Majesty's 
Minister to Central Afferics; sn us that his sons had ** made the 
ascent of the Volean de Agua, and at the bottom of the crater found 
bulbs of the plant, which r. J. Donnell Smith informs me is 
Weldenia candi : have planted these bulbs , and 
they flower to perfection at 9,000 feet lower altitude than where 
Agua it is from — 6^ to 11^ Centigrade (21° to 51° Fahr.) If you 
have not this plant in Me I Shall be happy to send e some 
Mr. G 
bulbs.’ osling’s offer was gladly accepted, and in September 
last the er were recei y are now flowering i cold 
hou d a figure has been prepared for publieation in the 
eal ms borne eingly on s ott erett scapes, each flowe adding 
only a a day. Singly the plants are not very effective, but no 
doubt i in eal mass they would be attractive. 
Photographs of Buitenzorg.— The Royal Gardens have recently 
become possessed, through the liberality of Dr. Treub, Directo 
Botanie Garden, Buitenzorg, Java, of a series of some thirty finely 
executed photographic views taken in the Gardens over which he 
presides. "These photographs, which e a good idea of the principal 
features of the s, showing not only characteristie groups o 
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