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NEW AND RARE PLANTS IN FLOWER. 
added to this, the petals are somewhat undulated at the edges, which gives it an air 
of gracefulness and elegance far superior to any other species with white flowers. 
Amongst the Orchidese Mr. Knight has an apparently new species of Camafidium, 
the flowers of which are of a deep yellow colour, prettily spotted, and, though 
small, are by no means insignificant; it certainly merits a place among second- rate 
Orchidese. He has also just received a quantity of Orchidese from the island of 
Panay, as well as some from Rio Janeiro, amongst which will be found a few decidedly 
new and extremely curious species, which, if Mr. Knight succeeds in starting, will 
doubtless prove valuable. 
Messrs. Loddiges, Hackney. Miltonia spectahilis. This truly beautiful and 
highly valuable Orchideous plant, which we have previously noticed in the August 
number of this Magazine, as nearly allied to Cy r tochilum Jlavescens, hut vjhich. was then 
destitute of a name, has since received the above appellation from Dr. Lindley, in com- 
pliment to the family of the Earl of Fitzwilliam, for the zeal which that distinguished 
nobleman has displayed in the cultivation of this beautiful tribe ; the plant certainly 
possesses considerable merits, and is every way calculated to perpetuate the name 
of the noble family before alluded to ; it Is now again flowering at the above-named 
nursery, and as this seems to prove that it is a profuse flowerer, we think no person 
who possesses a collection of this beautiful tribe, will willingly be long destitute of this 
splendid plant. Messrs. Loddiges have a curious stove plant which they have just 
imported from (we think) Demerara ; from the size, shape, and disposition of the 
flowers (which are white), we should think that it is a species of Asclepias ; it is 
evidently of a shrubby habit, and the present specimen is about a foot high ; it is 
now growing in the manner in which it was introduced, that is, into a block of 
wood ; but whether it is really a parasite, whether seeds of it may not have been 
accidentally or intentionally dropped into the piece of wood and thus generated in 
the soil which frequently accumulates in the hollows of old and decayed trees, or 
whether it has been placed in its present situation merely as a matter of experiment 
or curiosity, yet remains doubtful ; we should think the latter has most probably 
been the case ; at any rate it has a most interesting appearance, and is well worthy 
of any attention that may be devoted to it. 
Mr. Low's, Clapton. Fuchsia glohosa elegans. This splendid variety (for a 
representation of which see the May number of this Magazine for the present year) 
is, without doubt, equalled by few and surpassed by none of the already numerous 
species and varieties of this genus at present existing in our collections ; the size 
and brilhancy of the colour of its flowers are sufficient to recommend it to every 
lover of floriculture ; it is now flowering beautifully at the above nursery. Mr. 
Low also possesses a very fine specimen of a species of Anigozanthos, which is 
considered new ; it is however probable that the plant in question may prove to be 
A. rufciy but as we are not suflficiently acquainted with the latter species we cannot 
determine ; it is a very ornamental plant, and flowers freely, and if new is certainly 
a valuable one. This nursery has recently received a valuable addition to its 
former stock, in a collection of Cacti and other succulent plants, which Mr. Low 
has imported: much might here be said to induce persons to cultivate this curious 
