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some similar contrivance to this may be successful with other Orchidaceous 
plants of difficult management, which grow and flower during the rainy season in 
their native clime. 
FLORICULTURAL NOTICES. 
NEW OR BEAUTIFUL PLANTS FIGURED IN THE LEADING BOTANICAL PERIODICALS 
FOR JULY. 
^o'nium youngia'num. This plant "flowered in June, 1843, in the nursery of Mr. Wm, 
Young, of Milford, near Godalming, after whom it was named by Mr. Barker Webb, who discovered 
it in the Canaries. It appears nearly allied to jEonium (sempervivum) arboreum, which, according 
to Mr. Webb, does not grow in the Canaries," The starry, yellow flowers, are produced in large 
panicles, very similar to the common House-leek. It has a thick shrubby stem, and shining 
succulent leaves, v*'ith ciliated margins. Bot. Reg. 35. 
Andro'meda phyllirecefo'lia. " A very neat greenhouse shrub, introduced lately by Messrs. 
Loddiges, with whom it flowered for the first time in January last. It was originally discovered in 
West Florida, at a place called Apalachicola, by the late Mr. Drummond. We place the plant," 
says Dr. Lindley, " with Sir W, J. Hooker, in Andromeda, for these reasons. In the first placej 
there seems no sufficient grounds for separating them from Andromeda, the genera proposed by 
the Dons, which, to our apprehension, are neither limited by solid characters, nor so contrived as 
to form useful divisions. Secondly, the plant before us will not suit any of them exactly ; so that 
M. De Candolle, who admitted the proposed divisions, although he thrust it into Pieris, a name in 
which he acknowledges there is no common sense, does so with doubt, and questions whether it 
may not form a new genus of itself. For ourselves, we cannot separate it from A. poUfolia. 
One of the most striking characters in this very distinct species is, the peculiar darkness of its 
leaves, which are thus able to set off the snow-white flowers to great advantage. They look like 
pearls on a negro's neck." It is a dwarf evergreen shrub, scarcely hardy enough to stand the 
winter in the open air, requiring similar treatment to the other Andromedas, and may be propa- 
gated by layers. Bot. Reg. 36. 
Begonia meyerii. " Of this fine species of Begonia received from the Berlin Garden, I 
regret," writes Sir William Hooker, " I know nothing concerning the history ; nor of what country 
it is a native ; nor can I find it anywhere described. It is given in ' Steudel's Nomenclator,' ed. 2, 
as of the Hort. Berol. It flowers during the spring and summer." It is one of the tall-growing 
species, with strong, upright branching, and almost woody stems, and obliquely- ovate leaves of con- 
siderable size, waved at the margin, of a pale green hue tinged with red, and having both surfaces 
covered with a hoary pubescence. The large cluster of handsome white flowers is supported on a 
long, downy peduncle, also tinged with red, and proceeding from the axils of the leaves, Where 
the leaves have fallen a large, broad scar, is left on the stem. Bot. Mag. 4100. 
Ceano^thus thyrsiflo^rus. Seeds of this plant were forwarded to the Horticultural Society 
by R. B. Hinds, Esq., who describes it as being very common, and aff'ording a pleasing appearance 
about San Francisco and Monterey. " A considerable number of plants have been distributed by 
the Horticultural Society under the name of C. divaricatus, which species it was at first supposed to 
be. Now, however, that it has flowered, it proves to be C. thgrsijiorus, and the first name has to 
be changed. According to Messrs. Torrey and Gray, this species forms a small tree, with a stem 
sometimes as thick as a man's arm. The wild specimens gathered at California by Mr. Douglas, 
for he too found it, appear to belong to a plant of considerable stature, and are completely loaded 
with dense masses of bloom." A plant against a south wall in the Horticultural Society's garden 
flowered last May. Any kind of soil suits it, and it is readily increased from cuttings of the half- 
ripe wood. Bot. Reg. 38. 
Cala'nthe masu'ca. This species of Calanthe flowered in June last year at the nursery of 
Messrs. RoUisson of Tooting, and again during the present summer. " It is a native of Nepal, and 
may be regarded as the gayest of the terrestrial species of that country, being conspicuous for the 
