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with Messrs. Loddiges. It is altogether stronger than A. striatum, and in this 
particular approaches A. bicolor, though the blossoms are hardly so showy as those 
of that species. With conical pseudo -bulbs, and large, abundant, deep green, ovate, 
numerously-nerved foliage, its flowers proceed, in common with those of its 
congeners, from the sheath of the newly-organized and growing pseudo-bulb. The 
peculiarities of the blossoms are a light cream-coloured ground, with many irre- 
gular spots and blotches towards the extremities of the outer portions, and a long 
narrow yellow lobe to the labellum. Both these plants, being terrestrial, must be 
grown in pots of very light soil, carefully drained, and kept quite dry during the 
autumn. 
CoRRCEA BicoLOR, &c. The floHcultural market is now filled with hybrid 
Corroeas, and the lovers of attractive winter-flowering plants will have no difiiculty 
in selecting from them a few really inestimable kinds. The one whose title 
especially heads this notice, is, beyond doubt, the most distinct that has yet met 
our observation. Its leaves are not at all singular, being simply somewhat small 
and oval. Nor are the flowers nearly so large as those of some others. Still, the 
combination of white and crimson in the same blossom, — the lower part of the 
tube being crimson, the upper white,— occasions a most unique and alluring 
appearance ; and, for novelty and liveliness it is unsurpassed. C. rosea is, on the 
other hand, without exception the most inferior hybrid we yet know. Its flowers 
are rose-coloured, smaller, and less briUiant than those which any of its allies bear, 
C. rosea major is related to the last, but having much larger flowers, and in all 
respects very greatly superior. Another sort, called C. turgida, is particularly 
interesting. It has fine handsome leaves, and noble dark crimson blossoms, the 
tube of which is swollen in the centre and the terminal segments recurved. C. 
densa, again, has a more regular corolla, while its habit is better, on account of its 
growing so dense, dwarf, and bushy. Lastly, C. pumila is the dwarfest of all, 
with flowers of a size and hue equal to any other, and indisputably the best foliage. 
The whole of the above are blooming most splendidly at Mr. Knight's, Chelsea, 
and although the propriety of attaching specific names to each may be questioned, 
their decided difference and the superlative value of some of them, will not be 
doubted by any person who examines them connectedly. 
Crinum Commelini. Throughout the comprehensive genus Crinum, there is 
not a more engaging species than the present. It does not grow more than 
eighteen inches high, has long, partially diffuse, but most lively green leaves, and 
flowers three or four times in one season. The blossoms, which are of a consider- 
able size, are borne in great profusion, and, with a white ground, have a beautiful 
pale purple streak down the middle of each segment. Messrs. Henderson, Pine- 
Apple Place, possess a large specimen now flowering with extreme freedom in the 
stove. It is a luxuriant growing plant, and merely needs planting in a rather 
spacious pot and a rich loamy soil, to blossom and propagate itself in the greatest 
perfection and rapidity. 
