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at any season, if kept growing. It may be increased by cuttings, or seeds, which are matured 
freely. Any common garden soil will suit it. 
Dendeo'bium amce^num. A pretty species in the way of, but inferior to, D. Devonianum. It 
blooms on the denuded stems, which are long and slender, with rather distant nodes. The 
flowers are of a delicate blush tint, with an eye or spot of rich purple near the tip of each sepal 
and petal : the lip is pale yellow at the foot, and blush coloured with a broad spot of purple 
towards the top. It is flowering with S. Rucker, Esq., Wandsworth. 
Dendro'bium ano'smum. Dr. Lindley has given this name to a Dendrobium greatly resembling 
D. macrophyllum, which has recently been in bloom in the princely collection of Messrs. Loddiges, 
at the Hackney Nursei*y. It was introduced by those gentlemen in 1840, from the Philippine 
Islands. All the parts of the flower being shorter and more obtuse than those of D. rnacro- 
phyllum, free from the undulating surface, and the powerful and somewhat unpleasant rhubarb 
scent, whilst the colours are precisely similar, we consider it a superior kind for the cultivator. 
Besides these prominent distinctions, it differs in the column being stouter and more exposed to 
view — the sides of the lip scarcely meeting over it, whilst in macro phyllum they inclose it, and 
wrap over each other. The petals also are less strongly reticulated. In Dr. Lindley 's notice, 
he expresses a doubt upon the propriety of considering it as a distinct species— of course this' 
cannot be decided now, until another year's flowers afford the opportunity for further 
examination. It ought to be grown in a basket, or fastened to a block, and suspended. 
GomphoWbium ? A new species of this genus was contributed by Messrs. Lucombe, 
Pince, & Co., of Exeter, to the exhibition in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Regent's Park. It 
possesses a vigorous habit, of a trailing character, and will hence need some support. It is a 
much stronger plant than G. polymorphum, and flowers quite as profusely. The blossoms 
resemble that species considerably, both in size and colour. It will be a desirable species for 
exhibition. 
Hi\\dsia longiflo v ra alba. Instead of the blue tint of the original species, the flowers of 
this are of a delicate pure white : they are pleasantly scented and produced in large clusters at the 
top of the shoots. It is at Messrs. Henderson's Nursery. 
Hydro'lea spino v sa. In the Kew Gardens we noticed a fine plant of this old stove shrub, 
which certainly merits a place in every collection. Imagine a plant with small, ovate, lance- 
shaped leaves, sending up strong stems, two or three feet high, and throwing out numerous twigs 
from every side upon all its length, every one of which, from the foot of the plant to its utmost 
height, are appropriately furnished with foliage, and profusely adorned with small, brilliant-blue, 
convolvulus-like flowers. Plants of this character, and especially those with flowers of a colour 
so universally admired, are just what the cultivator wants ; and as it grows vigorously, and with 
much rapidity, we hope soon to see its merits more generally recognised- It is a native of South 
America, where it is found inhabiting stations bordering on rivulets ; from which we may infer 
that considerable humidity will be necessary, both in the atmosphere and at the roots, to bring it 
to its most perfect state. 
Hypocy'rta di'scolor. This name has been applied by Dr. Lindley to the plant noticed at 
p. 273 of vol. xi. and known in gardens as Columnea Zebrina. It is "closely allied to 
II. aggregata, from which it differs in its smooth long-stalked leaves, large calyx, and smaller 
solitary flowers." The foliage is handsome, but the flowers are not very showy, and, indeed, 
are partly concealed by their situation. 
Mormo\des luxa'tum A strong-growing plant, with the habit of the large Cataseta. The 
cream-coloured flowers are large, fragrant, and showy, and remarkable for the singular contor- 
tion of their parts. They are almost globular, with an aperture on one side, through which a 
dark chocolate-coloured patch or streak may be seen down the centre of the lip. Mr. Rucker 
has a flowering specimen. 
Muss^'nda macropky'lla. A fine Cinchonaceous shrub, introduced from Nepal, of excel- 
lent habit, with large handsome foliage and terminal heads of orange flowers surrounded by white 
floral leaves. It is blooming in a greenhouse at Messrs. Knight and Perry's, Chelsea. 
Phlox Drummondii alba. This is a variety with white flowers, apparently well suited for 
beds in the flower-garden, though not so pretty as the parent species. It may be seen flowering 
at Mr. Groom's Nursery, Clapham Rise. 
