FLORICULTURAL NOTICES. 
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' Brachyc5me iberidif5lia. Under this name a pretty Swan River plant is 
now flowering in the open border at Mr. Low's, CLipton. It cannot yet be deter- 
mined whether the species will prove of annual or perennial duration; but the 
former is most probably its true character. From the extremities of a number of 
very slender branches, which proceed from several equally weak stems about nine 
inches in height, it bears a great quantity of showy star-hke flowers, which are 
usually solitary and of a light pinkish lilac hue, with a trifling shade of pale blue. 
Perhaps, when better known, and brought into flower later in the season, it will be 
found a very handsome border-plant, and deserving of general cultivation. 
Cycl5gyne canescens. Another product of the Swan River Colony, also 
blossoming in the Clapton nursery, where it was obtained from seeds germinated in 
1839. The plant has much of the habit of an Astragalus, The average height of 
its stems is about eighteen inches, the leaves being pinnate and greyish white, on 
account of their being clothed with down. Its propensity to flower is very remark- 
able, since even the smallest stems are protruding spikes of bloom from the axil of 
every leaf. The flowers are likewise highly beautiful ; their principal colour being 
a bluish purple, with darker purple wings. If kept in a cold greenhouse, or 
planted in the open border, it will doubtless constitute a most valuable embellish- 
ment in either of these positions throughout the greater part of the summer. 
Dendrobium moschatum. We invite attention to three specimens of different 
kinds of Dendrobium which are at present displaying their gaudy blossoms in the 
orchidaceous-house of Messrs. Loddiges, Hackney, for the purpose of pointing out 
the distinction that exists between them. D. moschatum^ which is perhaps the 
lovehest of the three, has very delicate whitish sepals and petals, which are tipped 
with a beautiful blush colour ; the lip is broAvnish purple, fringed with whitish 
pink. The sepals and petals of D. cupreum, which has been justly separated by 
Messrs. Loddiges, have a decidedly reddish brown tint, and are plainly distinguish- 
able from those of D. moschatum. D. calceolare, again, has flowers of a brilliant 
orange colour, with a much smaller and dark-brown labellum, the margin of which 
is of the same hue as the sepals. Although these species are rarely seen in flower, 
moderately large plants may be incited to bloom by keeping them in a dry condition 
during winter. 
DiLLWYNiA CLAVATA. One of the most valuable of the shrubby plants lately 
introduced from the Swan River Colony. It has narrow, erect, hairy leaves, which 
are far from being so scattered as those of some other species, and quite sufiiciently 
cover the stem. The blossoms, which are somewhat similar in colour to those of D. 
glycinifolia, but rather darker, have a standard or upper petal, which is particularly 
broad in a horizontal direction, and proportionally much narrower vertically, with 
a Httle depression in the middle. The species may now be seen blooming in the 
greenhouse of Mr. Knight, Chelsea, where an apparently new Pultencea from the 
same district, and having pure yellow flowers, with dark-green rigid foliage, is 
also in blossom. 
