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Did our limits admit of such an introduction, we might supply a copious list 
of the most interesting among trailing plants. Having indicated their nature, 
however, we are compelled to refer to catalogues, where they are either described 
as trailing or creeping plants. As a better clew to their habits, it may suffice to 
say, that of hardy shrubs, the common Ivy, the Periwinkles, the Cotoneaster 
microphylla^ most of the Rock Roses and Sun Roses, and the Daphne cneorum^ 
are excellent trailers ; while the more herbaceous species include most of the 
Sedums, many of the Yerbenas, some of the Lobelias, several species of Alyssum^ 
Draha^ and Aubrietia, and those beautiful moss-like Lycopodiums, whose soft 
verdure constitutes such a lovely feature in the moister and shadier parts of 
conservatories and stoves. 
We must not fail to note that there are many trailers indigenous to Britain, 
which, like other native plants, deserve a far more extensive cultivation than they 
have yet received. 
FLORICULTURAL NOTICES. 
NEW OR BEAUTIFUL PLANTS FIGURED IN THE LEADING BOTANICAL PERIODICALS 
FOR OCTOBER. 
Cando^llea tetra'ndra. " The plant which is called Candollea cuneiformis in gardens, is a 
species with leaves and flowers not having the size of the present subject, and stamens placed 
from six to nine in a parcel ; otherwise it has much the same appearance. This species is 
manifestly quite distinct. The former comes, or is said to come, from King George's Sound j 
this has been raised from Swan River seeds. In country, therefore, they are not very different. 
It is remarkable for the large size and orange colour of the aril of its seeds. In a small way, 
this organ is like that of the nutmeg, and will represent the nature of the mace iu that spice. It 
is a greenhouse plant, and will grow freely in almost any sort of soil ; but it appears to thrive 
best in a compost consisting of peat, loam, and sand in equal proportions. It will bloom freely in 
a pot ; but, where that can be accomplished, it will do much better planted out in a bed. 
Whether potted or planted out, the neck of the plant (that portion of the stem immediately 
above the soil) should be a little elevated, otherwise it is liable to suffer from damp in winter. 
Water should be liberally given during the summer months, and plenty of air at all times when 
the weather permits, applying no fire-heat, except to keep off frost. It is easily propagated by 
cuttings, under ordinary treatment." Bot. Reg. 60. 
Cirrhope'talum chine'nse. a singular and beautiful little object,^ having a circlet of its 
pretty flowers surmounting a stout stem of about three inches in height. Each flower has two long 
tongue-shaped petals, depending like lappets from its sides, and being apparently of a pinkish 
cream colour. The hue of the other parts of the flowers appears to be a deep crimson. Nothing 
can be more interesting than the species of Cirrhopetalum grown of blocks of wood, and bearing 
their elegant heads of feathery blossoms. The present one is a native of China. Bot. Reg. 49. 
Dendro^bium a'queum. " Among the crowd of Indian species belonging to this large genus, 
or group of genera, the plant figured seems to be hitherto unknown to the botanists of India. 
With the manner of growth of D. Pierardii, its pale watery green flowei's are quite destitute of 
the attractive colours of that gay species, and are entirely different in the structure of the lip, 
which is furnished with a large cavity, almost a pouch, at the base of the middle lobe. It is also 
a much stouter plant, with wavy leaves." Messrs. Loddiges imported it from Bombay, and 
flowered it in November, 1842. It " may be grown in the same way as many other Dendrobiums, 
potted in rough turfy peat, well mixed with pieces of broken pots. For drainage, the pot should 
be nearly half filled with potsherds, and the soil elevated one-fourth the height of the pot above 
