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FLORICULTURAL NOTICES. 
its flowers solitarily, on partially erect peduncles, two or three inches in height. The blossoms 
are cream-coloured, and several more decided bands of blue radiate frgm the middle. It was still 
flowering in a cold house last month. 
Mimu'lus Seymouria^na. There are few hybrids, in the way of M. Smithii, which are distinct 
enough to merit notice ; but the one bearing the title here given, although having flowers with the 
usual dark blotches round a yellow centre, is rendered very attractive by these blotches or bands 
— themselves of a dark and bright brown — being again stained or clouded with a still deeper and 
velvety-looking colour. The blossoms, too, are very large, and the habit is good. We met with 
it at Messrs. Henderson's, of Pine-apple Place. 
MiRBEL^iA GRANDiFLo^RA. This excellent greenhouse shrub has been producing its flowers for 
the past two months with Messrs. Henderson, Pine-apple Place. It forms a low dense bush, 
with very regular, ovate, and reticulated foliage, and flowers of a clear yellow colour, with a dash 
of brown at the base of the standard and in the keel. It ranks amongst the most ornamental of 
its race. 
Mormo'des linea'ta. Without having a single leaf, this curious orchidaceous plant lately 
developed its blossoms at Messrs. Loddiges' and Messrs. RoUisson's. The strong upright flower- 
spikes issue from the sides of the pseudo-bulbous stems, and bear eight or more remarkable-looking 
flowers. These have their sepals and petals yellowish, spotted and mottled with brown, while the 
lip is white, curving upward at its extremity, and showing two little pendent lappet-like append- 
ages on the lower part beneath. It grows well in a suspended basket, or on a log of wood, and 
the roots are not injured by being left uncovered. 
PWnia tenuifo'lia plena. The gorgeous dark red double flowers of this variety contrast 
so strongly with the finely-divided and elegant leaves, that it makes a remarkable feature in the 
flower-borders. Its dwarfness, likewise, — for it does not grow more than a foot in height, — and the 
little room it occupies, are further recommendations. It is blossoming splendidly in the open 
ground at Messrs. Young's, Epsom. 
Physolo\bium carina^tum. The graceful climbing habit of this interesting plant is well 
supported by the peculiarly showy colours of its flowers, which are not equalled by those of any 
other papilionaceous plant. They are of a deep sanguineous purple, with a yellow blotch at the 
base of the upper portion. It is flowering well at Messrs. Henderson's, and other places, in the 
greenhouse. 
Physolo'bium gra'cile. Altogether more slender than the foregoing, and with rather smaller 
and paler leaves and flowers ; but scarcely less attractive. Both continue in bloom for three or 
four months, and bear seed freely. 
Podolo'bium berberifo'lium. Very closely related to P. staurophyllum, from which it is 
hardly to be distinguished. It is, however, an ornamental plant, and bears a great number of 
specious yellow blossoms. Specimens are blooming profusely in a greenhouse at Mr. Knight's, 
Chelsea. 
RiBES, hybrid. Mr. Beaton, gardener to Sir William Middleton, Bart., of Shrubland Park, 
raised, some years ago, a hybrid Ribes, between R. sanguineum and R. aureum. This has 
flowered in the present spring with Mr. Low, of Clapton, and proves to be a handsome plant, 
bearing very long racemes of flowers, in which the red and yellow colours are happily blended. 
It will be quite an acquisition to the shrubbery. 
Sta'tice Pseu'do-Arme'ria. Resembling the common Thrift in the form and arrangement of 
its flowers, which are, however, very much larger and handsomer, though of a paler pink hue, 
than some of the varieties of that plant. The leaves, too, are very diff'erent, being much broader 
and less grass-like. Messrs. Young, of Epsom, have it in a flowering state. 
TROPiE'oLUM polyphy'llum. Imported, we believe, from Valparaiso, and now flowering in a 
greenhouse with Mr. Low, of Clapton, and other cultivators. Its leaves are divided into numerous 
narrow segments, and the flowers, which are of a light orange hue, have a form similar to those 
of T. tuberosum. It seems disposed to blossom liberally, and will most probably prove an orna- 
mental plant. 
Va'nda crista'ta. Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting, have had this curious and handsome plant 
in flower in their Orchidaceous-house for the last four or five months. It has rather narrow, 
close, and deeply-channelled leaves, and the flowers stand out singly on long peduncles. ^ They 
