FLORICULTURAL NOTICES. 
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The plant is easily cultivated in the common earth of gardens, and flowers during the months from 
July to October, inclusive. " It is increased by seeds, but the seedlings will not flower before the 
second season ; also by dividing the old plants in the autumn." Bot. Reg. 6. 
Nelu'mbium specio'sum ; var. A magnificent rose-coloui-ed variety of this splendid aquatic, 
which flowered in the collection of his Grace the Duke of Northumbei-land, at Syon, in July and 
August 1841, and the blossoms of which were succeeded by fruit, which promised to arrive at 
maturity. The extraordinary luxuriance which the plant had attained is attributed to its being 
grown in a damp stove, and to the water being frequently changed. Its leaves are of an enormous 
size, and the flowers appear to be at least a foot across, with a colour of the deepest, richest, and 
yet the most varied pink or rose tint. It is a native of the East Indies, and admirably fitted for 
large stove aquariums, Bot. Mag. 3916. 
OTOCuf Lus Fu'scA. This is a singular little epiphyte, with pseudo-bulbs arranged along an 
ascending ihizoma like some kinds of Maocillaria. From the base of the younger bulbs the 
racemes of flowers protrude considerably, and then depend gracefully, bearing a number of pretty 
whitish flowers which have a deep pink horn-like column. It inhabits trunks of trees in Nepal, 
and was introduced by Dr. Wallich. It bloomed in Glasgow Botanic Garden in February 1841. 
Bot. Mag. 3921. 
Podothe'ca GNAPHALiof des. A Swan River annual, with flowers of a syngenesious character, 
and the common yellow hue ; but, at the same time, a particularly interesting and ornamental 
plant. It has the habit of Rhodanthe, and the colour of the small star-like florets is very rich ; 
while, by being collected into dense heads, and inclosed in a pale chaffy involucre, they have a 
good effect. It was " raised at the nursery of Messrs. Dickson and Sons, Edinburgh, in the spring 
of 1841, fi-om a collection of Swan River seeds, communicated the year before by Mr. Murray, 
Lintrose. It flowered abundantly in July and August, but ripened no seed." Young plants 
have, however, been obtained from cuttings. We have also seen it at Messrs. Young's, Epsom. 
Bot. Mag. 3920. 
Rigide'lla immacula'ta. The bulbs of this pretty plant were sent to the Horticultural Society 
from Guatemala by Mr. Hartweg. " It diff'ers from the original species {R. flammed) in having 
much smaller flowers, not spotted, and narrower leaves ; otherwise they are nearly the same, 
except that this is the more slender and dwarf of the two." It is an extremely interesting species, 
with bright red flowers, which have the same peculiarities of rising and drooping in certain stages 
as those of R. flamrnea. Its treatment is like that of Tigridia. Bot. Bey. 68. 
Styli'dium recu'rvum. " I first saw this species," says Dr. Graham, " in the nursery of Mr. 
Cunningham, Comely Bank, Edinburgh, where it flowered in a frame in May 1840." It was 
afterwards received from Messrs. Henderson, Pine-apple Place, and Mr. Jackson of Kingston. 
Its native habitat is the neighbourhood of Swan River, Australia. Apparently it is a pretty plant, 
with stems six inches high, suffruticose, branching in tufts. The leaves are numerous, disposed 
all along the branches, but crowded into a stellate form at the summits, awl- shaped, arched back- 
wards, and with " a membranous colourless ragged border on each side near the base." The 
flowers are pink, with a yellow border, and a recurved lip. Bot. Mag. 3913. 
NEW OR BEAUTIFUL PLANTS NOW OR LATELY IN FLOWER AT THE 
PRINCIPAL SUBURBAN NURSERIES. 
CasLo'GYNE FULiGiNo'sA. A haudsome species, not much unlike C. ^>ar5cf^a, but very consider- 
ably larger in all its parts. The flowers are of the same dull cream colour, and beautifully 
glittering and transparent, with a lip richly blotched and striped with dark brown, delicately 
fimbriated at the edges. It is quite as profuse a blooming plant as C. barbata, and, as in that 
species, the blossoms are produced throughout several months of the year. Messrs. Loddiges have 
it now in flower. 
CoRRiE'A Lindleya'na. One of the very numerous hybrids which have lately been raised, and 
appai-ently identical with what was once called C. StockwelUana. Its present name was given, we 
believe, in compliment to Dr. Lindley. It is a very pretty variety, remarkable for the denseness 
of its branches and foliage, which form quite a little thicket impervious to the sight. The flowers 
