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of correcting their rambling character, it will be much more advantageous and 
certain when employed upon young specimens ; inasmuch as the avoidance of an 
evil, by judicious treatment, is preferable to its removal by any after measures. 
At such time, therefore, as the shoots are pliable, and the tendencies of the plant 
capable of being rightly directed, the operations in question should be commenced, 
and can be continued as they may prove requisite. 
As an additional hint, to aid in the fuller effectuation of this plan, in respect to 
reclaiming deformed specimens, we would observe, that a trifling incision in the 
stem of the plant, at one or two of the points where its bark is most distended, will 
most probably facilitate the protrusion of young branches. These incisions ought 
not, however, to be deeper than the bark ; and they should be longitudinal, or there 
would be a danger of the stem being broken. 
FLORICULTURAL NOTICES. 
AcHiMENES GRANDiFLO^RA. " The drawing of this fine plant was sent, in January last, by M. 
Van Houtte, of Ghent. It would seem to vie with A. longtflora in the size and beauty of its 
flowers. Their colour is much more verging to red, and the leaves are rusty-coloured below. 
It was discovered by Schiede and Deppe, in Mexico, growing in shady places, near the Hacienda 
de la Laguna, in Barranza de loselos. Its period of flowering is not stated." The flowers are 
very showy, and apparently of a deep pink hue. It now exists in most of the great English 
nurseries. Bot. Mag. 4012. 
Catase'tum viridi-flaVum. " Every district of tropical South America seems to afford a 
Catasetum different from what is found in other places ; but how far these are to be defined as 
specifically distinct it is impossible to say. The present, quite unlii^e, in the general appearance 
of its flowers, any other known to us, is yet with difficulty to be distinguished in words. It was 
discovered by Mr. Barclay (while employed as government botanist on the Pacific side of South 
America, in H.M. surveying-ship Sulphur) in Central America, and sent thence to the Royal 
Botanic Gardens of Kew, where it flowered in the Orchidaceous house, in the summer of 1842." 
Its pseudo bulbs and foliage are of the common form. The great peculiarity of the flowers is, 
that they are throughout of a uniform yellowish-green hue. The lip is slightly ciliated. Bot. 
Mag. 4017. 
EcHiuM PETR^'UM. " This is a beautiful herbaceous plant, native of rocks in Dalmatia, 
where, we believe, it was first discovered by General Baron v. Welder. It is apparently a 
genuine Echium, having an irregular corolla, with an erect limb, and perfectly even throat, 
without any appendages." Reichenbach, however, considers it the same as Lithospermum 
rosmarinifolium. " The plant was raised in the garden of the Horticultural Society, from seeds 
presented by Baron Welder, and flowered beautifully, in a cool greenhouse, in May. At that 
time it was the gayest little plant possible, with its neat clean leaves, stiff stems, about nine 
inches high, and pale blue flowei's, which are pink before they open. It is a little hardy ever- 
gi'een shrub, growing from one to two feet high. It succeeds best in a mixture of sandy loam 
and rough peat, that is rather poor. It must be kept in a dry airy situation, in a cold pit, where 
there is plenty of light at all times, but particularly during the winter. It flowers freely in the 
months of April and May, but is difficult to preserve through the winter, as it is very subject to 
damp off, even when the plants are old. It is increased by seed freely, or by cuttings of the 
young wood." Bot. Reg. 26. 
Ipomoe'a cyno'sa. Thirteen synonyms are given as belonging to this plant, in palliation of 
which it is stated to be "variable in appearance, sometimes smooth, sometimes hairy, and, like 
