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closely resembles a Catalpa. It is readily propagated by cuttings of the roots or shoots ; flowers 
vigorously in any common soil, tolerably dry ; and will, doubtless, speedily become as common as 
the Catalpa throughout Europe." It is now in most nurseries. 
We ver)^ frankly and warmly advise all gardeners, nurserymen, and the pro- 
prietors of gardens or land, to procure this abridgment of the Arboretum et Fruti- 
cetum Britannicum. We are sure they will find themselves abundantly repaid for 
its cost. 
FLORICULTURAL NOTICES. 
NEW AND BEAUTIFUL PLANTS FIGURED IN THE LEADING BOTANICAL PERIODICALS 
FOR JUNE. 
Achime'nes peduncula'ta. Another elegant species of Achimenes collected by Mr. Hartweg, 
and sent to the Horticultural Society at the same time as A . longiflora and rosea, with which 
also it flowered for the first time in September, 1841. *' In appearance it is more like a Gesnera 
than an Achimenes ; but if the limits assigned to these genera by De Candolle are the true ones, 
Mr. Benthara has rightly placed it in Achimenes, for it has a cup-shaped disk, and distinct 
anthers, which appear to be among the most important attributes of the latter genus. It has, 
too, the thin soft foliage of Achimenes instead of the thick coarse leaves of a Gesnera. In a 
cultivated state- the appearance of this species is much improved. The wild specimens have 
larger leaves and smaller flowers, and look like drawn up plants pulled out of a thicket, where 
they had been struggling Avith darkness and a scanty soil for their existence. In the hot-house 
the flowers are more numerous, larger, and of a peculiarly deep scarlet, richly marked with rows 
of crimson spots." The leaves are ovately cordate ; both these and the stems are covered with 
down ; and the peduncles are peculiarly long, bearing one or two flowers, but usually only one. 
Bot. Reg. 31. 
Cce'lia Bauera'na. a mistake has for some time existed regarding the botanical structure 
of this genus, the flowers of which were described by Mr. Bauer as having four pollen masses, of 
a concavo-convex form, " so that lying in pairs, side by side, each pair formed a hollow body, 
narrower at back than in front." Dr. Lindley finds, however, that there are really eight pollen- 
masses, placed in fours in double pairs, and of the supposed hollowing out no trace is dis- 
coverable ; but they are as usual plano-convex, and are bound together by a powdery strap. 
The West Indies and Mexico produce this little epiphyte, which, although white and incon- 
spicuous, is, like our own Lily of the Valley, so sweet that it must take precedence of most of its 
race. No Hawthorn hedge is more fragrant than a bed of this Coelia." It is best cultivated in 
a cool stove, suspended from the rafters on a block of wood. " It grows fast, and is easily 
multiplied." Bot. Reg. 36. 
E'ria polyu'ra. " Of the now very numerous species of Eria, this is one of the more 
graceful, producing from the sides of long leafy fleshy stems a profusion of delicate tails of 
flowers, each nearly six inches long. The flowers resemble little semitransparent bells, just 
tinged with pink, and having a rich purple and yellow centre. The latter appearance arises from 
the labellum, which is ovate, heart-shaped, and a rich port-wine purple, with a bright yellow tip. 
Mr. Cuming found it in Manilla, and sent it to Messrs. Loddiges, with whom it flowered in October, 
1841." From E. florihunda, to which it approaches, it differs in having larger flowers, drooping 
racemes, and a broader as well as other formed lip. It is very easily grown in a moist Orchi- 
daceous-house. Bot. Reg. 32. 
Helle'borus orienta'lis. The deadly poison called by the ancients Black Hellebore has 
commonly been attributed to H. niger, or the Christmas Rose, a most beautiful and hardy 
winter-flowering perennial. But there is a difficulty in reconciling this with the description given 
by Dioscorides, who speaks of the flowers as * purplish,' those of H. niger being white ; and 
