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FL0R1CULTURAL NOTICES. 
genus, and not likely to be confounded with any other. It is, too, of rare occurrence in collections, 
and only known to us from having been received from the stoves of Messrs. Lee, at Hammersmith, 
where it bears the name here retained. It is probably a native of Mexico, and flowers with us in 
June." It is altogether of a pale glaucous hue, with small spines only on the mamillee. The 
blossoms are pale yellowish or straw coloured, tipped with red on the outside, about an inch in 
diameter, and borne on the upper part of the plant. Bot. Mag. 3984. 
Odontoglo'ssum citro'smum. An extremely graceful and delightful plant, " imported by 
George Barker, Esq., of Birmingham, from Mexico, and given to Thomas Brocklehurst, Esq., of 
the Fence, near Macclesfield, by whose gardener it was exhibited at one of the great meetings of 
the Horticultural Society, at Chiswick, in 1842. It has large snow-white and rose-coloured 
flowers, of great beauty, exhaling a delicate smell of lemons." The species has roundish pseudo- 
bulbs, compressed at the sides, and having very sharp edges. The raceme of flowers is about a 
foot long, elegantly disposed, and bearing many blossoms. These last are almost as lovely as those 
of Phalcenopsis amabitis, but the white is less pure, being tinted with pale pink. In addition to 
the ' ' partial parallelism of the base of the labellum with the column, and the presence of a pair 
of parallel raised plates at that part," which characterises the genus Odontoglossum, the present 
species has a toothed wing or membrane at the back of the anther. Bot. Reg. 3. 
Phlox, Van Houtte's. " For a knowledge of this remarkable plant we are indebted to 
M. Louis Van Houtte, nurseryman, of Ghent, who sent it to us in October last, in full flower, but 
without any account of its origin. It is a variety of remarkable beauty, looking as if P. suaveolens 
had been crossed with P. caroliniana, bearing on a white ground a crimson evidence of its 
paternity. The appearance of the plant is beautiful, far beyond anything yet seen in the genus 
Phlox ; and we were almost going to say, beyond anything among the hardy perennials in cultiva- 
tion. An approach to it was exhibited last year by Mr. Mountjoy, of Ealing, but it was only an 
approach, with a much paler stain on the corolla. That, however, was very pretty ; and well 
worth the acquisition of the lovers of gay flowers." Bot. Reg. 5. 
Sarau'ja specta'bilis. " This fine and undescribed species of Sarauja was raised by 
Mr. Knight, of the Exotic Nursery, King's-road, Chelsea, from seeds imported from the republic 
of Bolivia, in 1838. One seedling only was reared, and this is now (1842) twenty inches high, 
bearing seven branches, with large and delicate foliage, and no less than thirty-seven panicles of 
fragrant flowers ; some fully expanded, others coming in succession, so that its beauty is of long 
duration ; and we scarcely ever saw any stove plant more truly elegant and graceful." The leaves 
are obovately-lanceolate, much serrated, and hairy ; while the flowers are white, with a large cluster 
of yellow stamens in the centre. Bot Mag. 3982. 
Stenome'sson vitelli'num. " A bulbous plant from Lima, whence it was sent by John Maclean, 
Esq., to the Horticultural Society, with whom it flowered in February, 1842. The yellow flowers, 
and their general appearance, remind one of the yellow Calostemma of New Holland ; only they 
are larger. It is essentially distinguished from the other species by its broad leaves, depressed 
bulbs, and the intermediate teeth of the cup being obtuse and undivided. The plant flowered in 
a cool stove, where it had been kept warm and moist while growing, but cooler and drier while at 
rest. It is among the prettiest of the Western American bulbs ; but is at present extremely 
rare." Bot. Reg. 2. 
Tali v num teretifo^lium. u A pretty little herbaceous plant, seldom seen in cultivation. It 
inhabits various parts of North America, from Texas as far north as Pennsylvania, trailing over 
naked rocks, its favourite place of resort. In our gardens it is treated as a greenhouse plant, and 
there it forms neat patches of lively purple flowers. It is, however, rather rare." Plants in the 
Horticultural Society's Gardens, which had been raised from seeds received from M. Otto, of 
Berlin, flowered in 184!. Bot. Reg. 1. 
Zi v chya villoma. A pretty species, with ovate, acute, very villous leaflets, and fine heads of 
red and purple flowers on long peduncles. It is a <e free-growing greenhouse climber, well suited 
for either training round some ornamental wire-work, fastened to a pot 5 or trained to the pillars 
or rafters of a greenhouse. The plant grows freely in a mixture of loam and sandy peat, when 
not broken very fine, and the pots are well drained. It is easily increased by cuttings, or by seeds, 
which are produced freely when the plants get large." It thrives " best in a cold frame all 
summer, with the back turned to the sun, but with the lights off during fine weather." Bot. Reg. 68. 
