FLORICULTURAL NOTICES. 
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NEW OR INTERESTING PLANTS FLOWERING IN THE PRINCIPAL SUBURBAN NURSERIES 
AND GARDENS. 
Aca'cia. a species allied to A. brevifoUa and vestita. From the first, it differs in having 
less of the white silvery appearance of the leaves, which, however, are slightly glaucous ; and 
from the second, in their firmer and more rigid texture, and in being destitute of the downy hairs. 
The leaves have the same oblique form, and are about the size of those of the former species. 
The heads of flowers are arranged on a loose raceme, on stalks issuing from the axils of the 
leaves, and assume a drooping position. It is an Australian species, and was exhibited at the 
rooms of the Horticultural Society, in Regent Street, last month. 
^schyna'nthus macula^tus. Two or three specimens of this magnificent plant are flowering 
in the splendid collection of Mrs. Lawrence, at Ealing Park. The rich scarlet blossoms, with 
their deep markings at the opening, and the delicate purple anthers protruding beyond the petals, 
are produced in large many-flowered clusters ; and though they are inferior in size to the 
gorgeous blossoms of grandiflorus^ they are yet equal to that species in beauty. The clusters 
are borne in profusion near the extremity of the shoots. The leaves are thick and fleshy, shaped 
like a lance, with long drawn out points, and are of a deep healthy green colour, which contributes 
much to increase the brilliant appearance of the flowers. As it does not grow so luxuriant and 
rambling, and is disposed to flower more profusely than M. grandiflorus, it will be more easily 
cultivated, and may be grown by those whose space will not allow them to have the other gpecies 
in perfection. Mrs, Lawrence's plants are grown in pots, which are almost entirely concealed by 
the pendent branches hanging over the sides. When grown in a basket, with the branches 
trained loosely around them, it is even more interesting. It may also be attached to a block of 
wood, with its roots and a portion of the shoots enveloped in hypnum moss ; but in this way it 
seldom grows so freely or maintains a healthy condition so long as when planted in a pot or a 
basket. It delights in a soil of which leaf-mould forms the principal part. Being an East Indian 
plant, a warm damp atmosphere, such as is preserved in an Orchidaceous-house, is the most 
favourable to its growth. 
Cypripe^dium barba^tum. Resembling the old C. venusium very much, both in the markings 
of the beautifully mottled leaves, and in the general character of the flower. The petals are 
clearer in colour, and have more white in the upper part. It was introduced in 1840 fi'om 
Mount Ophir, and is flowering in the collection of Mr. Rucker. 
Ccelo'gyne CRi stasia. One of the most showy of the genus. The flowers are large, with a 
good breadth of petal, and are of a delicate and pure white, with the exception of two lines of 
sulphur- coloured hairs, which form an elevated fringe along the middle of the lip. The delicious 
odour that they exhale is an additional recommendation. It is a small plant, and the pendent 
flower-spikes point out a block of wood as the most eligible mode of cultivating it to show the 
flowers to advantage. It is flowering in the nursery of Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting, 
Cyrtopo^dium Anderso'nii. Several gigantic specimens of this old West Indian species are 
flowering in the houses at Ealing Park. The great height of the flower-stem, and the abundance 
of large yellow blossoms, tinged with brown, give it a commanding appearance. Some of the 
stems have seven or eight lateral spikes, each carrying about twenty flowers. The leaves are 
not produced till after the flowers have decayed. A moist atmosphere, tolerably warm, is requisite 
in the growing season, and the opposite treatment during the season of torpidity. 
Dendro^bium ^'mulum. a small species, barely interesting enough to notice, with terminal 
racemes of flowers in the way of D. speciosum, though much lax'ger in proportion to the size of 
the plant. It has a short stem, three or four inches high, crowned with two or thi'ee broad, egg- 
shaped leaves, terminating in an acute point. The racemes have an easy nodding position, and 
when the plant is well grown they sometimes become so long as to droop, or curve gracefully 
downwards from the mere weight of blossoms. In the extreme length of the pointed petals, and, 
indeed, in the general shape of the flower, it has much resemblance to D . linguceforme, noticed 
last month. The colour of the flower is a yellowish white, and the lateral divisions of the lip are 
streaked with purple lines. In comparison with many of the showy members of this extensive 
genus, the present falls into insignificance ; yet, as it is one of those which are better grown in a 
close greenhouse than in the warmer temperature required for the majority of Orchidacese, it will 
