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welcomed as an important, because very distinct, acquisition by the cultivators of 
Orchidacese. 
Calanthe flavicans. This very pretty and perfectly new plant was sent to 
Messrs. Rollison, from the Mauritius, and is now blossoming with these gentlemen 
in great vigour. The leaves and habitude are of the common description, the 
former being large, long, ovate-lanceolate, and deeply nerved. It is in the flowers 
that the novelty is to be traced. The sepals are white, half as large again as the 
petals, three in number, broadly lanceolate and acute, lengthened at the base into 
a cylindrical spur, which is rather more than an inch long, and curves under the 
flower towards the lip. In the two petals a much greater degree of narrowness 
and shortness is perceptible, and a slight dash of purple. The figure of the lip is 
an unequal oblong, the lower end being narrowest, while there is a trifling 
indentation at the extremity, and a similar one on either side. Its colour is a 
very lively blue, with a darker stripe down the centre ; but it changes to brownish- 
yellow after having been expanded a few days. The flower-spike grows erectly, 
about two feet in height, and the blossoms are protruded laterally near its summit. 
Camellia japonica ; var. elata. Hybrid Camellias have become so asto- 
nishingly abundant, and many of them bear such a marked resemblance to each 
other, that those who would possess every kind now ofi*ered, must be content to 
obtain plants in no respect difi*erent from their old favourites, with the sole 
recommendation of a new name. Thus, we are told by an established Camellia- 
grower, that the variety at present selling under the appellation of "the King" has 
been known for years by the title of Clusiana. These remarks are not, however, 
directed to the plant especially under consideration. It was raised by Mr. 
Cunningham, of Edinburgh, has superior foliage, a very upright tall-growing 
habit, and bright crimson flowers, which are as well-formed as those of any other 
sort within our knowledge. Indeed, it is distinct, and particularly splendid. 
It may here be observed, that C. j. Doncklaerii and C. j. tricolor are the most 
popular flowers of this season, and both appear to deserve the eminence they have 
attained. The former is a signally meritorious variety; since, under proper 
management, its blossoms may be rendered nearly as large as those of C. reticulata, 
and their standard colour, as well as the beautiful white stripings, stamp them as 
far more showy. Messrs. Loddiges, whose distinguished success in the culture 
of this genus is too notorious to need even mentioning, attribute it mainly to 
supplying them with a very copious allowance of water in the early months of the 
year. The close atmosphere of their Camellia-house, and the circumstance of none 
of the pots in which the plants grow being exposed to the solar rays, may likewise 
be adduced as concurrent causes of the extraordinary luxuriance of their specimens. 
Chorizema Dicksonii. This promises to be one of the best of the delightful 
species of Chorizema, on account of its combining a tendency to bloom when only 
a few inches high, with flowers which are barely inferior in size and colour to 
those of C. ovata. It is a slender straggling plant if too much nursed, or placed 
