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four feet in height, and of a particularly handsome character, the stem terminating 
in a long spike of small scarlet woolly blossoms. These last, though they by no 
means rival those of the species already referred to in dimensions, are not inferior 
in richness, and it is more than probable that the plant will become a favourite, at 
least in those gardens wdiere large plants are desired. 
Thysanotus intricatus. One of the charming productions of the fertile soil 
of Australia, obtained by Captain Mangles, R.N., from the Swan River colony. 
An innumerable quantity of slender stems issue from its roots, and these are so 
closely and intricately interwoven with each other, as to form an almost inextri- 
cable mass, the surface of which presents a brilliant covering of deep blue flowers. 
These have a stripe of purple down the centre of each petal, and are most exqui- 
sitely fringed round the margins. Tlie leaves are narrow, scanty, and scarcely 
to be distinguished from the stems. It is flowering liberally with Messrs. Low 
and Co., Clapton. 
OPERATIONS FOR AUGUST. 
One most important design of the cultivator of exotic plants, and especially of 
those obtained from tropical regions, should be to render the corresponding epochs 
of the existence of all as nearly as possible simultaneous. In a collection of plants 
which naturally inhabit such an immense variety of climate, that climate also 
having its maximum and minimum degrees of temperature at extremely remote or 
totally reversed periods, this object may be deemed almost impracticable. Expe- 
rience, however, the only thing by which such a subject can be tested, is in favour 
of the presumption that this important consummation may be attained. 
We are extremely desirous of impressing upon the minds of all who have the 
superintendence of stove plants, the propriety and value of the above practice. 
Unless every species is induced to conform to a general system of treatment, regu- 
lating its development or dormancy according to British seasons, their culture can- 
not be conducted on any principles which are at all calculated to entail success. 
We have chosen to allude to tropical species thus distinctively, because every one 
sees the necessity of managing the kinds requiring less artificial assistance with an 
eye to this end, and acts accordingly. 
Taking this datum, then, as our basis, which, indeed, we have long done, it fol- 
lows that, in the present month, the temperature of the stove should be maintained 
at a moderately high rate, but that air should be allowed more freely to circulate 
through it, and, where shading has been adopted, it ought now to be greatly 
modified, in order to aflbrd every desirable condition for the thorough maturation 
of the young wood of the present year's growth. If this latter process be rightly 
effected during August and September, all kinds of plants may be indulged with a 
