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FLORICULTURAL NOTICES. 
the standard is about half an inch wide, of an intensely rich sanguineous purple, | 
with a large spot of very bright yellow at the base, the wings being pure purple, ! 
and the keel dark brown, tinged with purple. 
L^LiA ciNNABARiNA. We Were happy to observe this scarce and lovely plant 
in a fine flowering state at Messrs. Loddiges' a fortnight since. Having seen the 
original specimen, which bloomed with Messrs. Young, of Epsom, two years ago, 
we were hardly prepared to witness so great an improvement. It has slender 
tapering stems, averaging four inches in height, and having the aspect of a 
Cattleya. They produce one or two oblong, rigid, strikingly coriaceous leaves on 
their apex ; and from between these the flower-stem issues. This latter is from 
two to three feet long, bearing the blossoms towards its top. A deep orange-red 
is their uniform colour ; the sepals and petals being narrow, spreading, and similar 
in shape ; and the labellum delicately undulated and fringed. It is a splendid 
object, and the colour of the flowers is highly engaging. 
Lalage ornata. a year's additional cultivation of this rare and costly plant 
has undoubtedly contributed to heighten its beauty, or at least to render us less 
surprised at the extravagant price for which it was sold in 1839. Specimens at 
Mr. Knight's, Chelsea, have bloomed very profusely this season, and present a 
more sprightly appearance as they become larger, and more covered with blossoms. 
It has also flowered in the garden of T. Harris, Esq., Kingsbury, where several 
plants are possessed, and which, with a rich general collection, an extensive and 
valuable assortment of noble Orchidaceag, and a magnificent selection — obtained at 
a vast expense from various quarters — of the most uncommon Cactaceous plants, 
are, we understand, to be ofiered for public sale in the month of June. Culti- 
vators will here have an excellent opportunity of purchasing plants of almost 
every description, in an admirable state of health. 
OxALis Barrelieri. We have so frequently met with this somewhat attrac- 
tive old shrub in our late tours through the London nurseries, and believe it is so 
rarely cultivated elsewhere, that a short mention of it may not be superfluous. 
It is a dwarf evergreen shrubby stove-plant, with pinnate foliage, and pretty 
yellow blossoms, having a stripe of red in the inside of each petal. For a confined 
situation, where larger plants could not be placed, its lively-looking leaves, and 
the abundance in which its flowers are produced, as well as the fact of their 
unfolding for many months in the year, and especially in w^inter, render it 
extremely well adapted. 
ZiERiA L^viGATA. The old Z. Smithii, although generally valued for the 
abundance of its blossoms, is completely eclipsed, in point of beauty, by the species 
here noticed. Z. IcBvigata forms a small dense shrub, with three-lobed leaves, and 
delightful pinkish white flowers, which are both larger and more attractive than 
those of its ally. Messrs. Rollison have a plant of it at present blossoming in the 
greenhouse. 
