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watered sparingly in winter, and propagated by cuttings or seeds. The curious red flowers are 
borne in a sort of coronet at the top of the stem. Bot. Reg., 29. 
Ce'strum viridifWrum. Specimens of this highly fragrant plant were sent from Mr. 
Tweedie from u Port Alegre in South Brazil, where it is seen in woods ; and it was remarked 
that it diffused a sweet scent at night, as is frequently the case with flowers of this peculiar colour. 
It was afterwards, in 1836, transmitted by the same indefatigable collector from woods of St. 
Janvier, and on the eastern side of the Cordillera, in Tucuman. At the same time seeds of it 
were sent by Mr. Tweedie to Mr. D. Moore, of the Glasgow Botanic Garden, where flowering 
plants were produced last year. This able cultivator observes that, though the flowers are not 
very showy, they are produced very abundantly, and the plant appears to be of easy culture in a 
cool stove, flowering when eighteen inches or two feet high. It flowered in the autumn and early 
winter, and, probably, will do so for many months in the year." It is nearly allied to C. 
strigillatum of Peru, and that has cordate leaves. Bot. Mag., 4022. 
Comarosta'phylis arbutoi'des. " A native of Quezaltenango, in Guatemala, this plant has 
been raised in the Garden of the Horticultural Society, from seeds received from Mr. Hartweg. 
It produced its flowers for the first time in October, 1842 ;" and began to blossom again this May. 
" In some respects it is rather like C. polifolia, but its leaves are much broader and larger 
and thinner, and they are covered beneath with ferruginous down ; the flowers are in panicles, 
standing high above the leaves, are four times as large, and are white, not crimson. It is a pretty 
shrub, which proves rather tender for the climate . of London. It grows five or six feet high, 
and like the common kinds of Arbutus, thrives well in a light sandy loam, mixed with a small 
portion of leaf-mould. It is increased either by seeds or by budding ; " and flowers freely from 
October to May. Bot. Reg., 30. 
Dendro v bium taurf'num. The present interesting new species belongs to what is called the 
spatulate section of the genus, which is exceedingly well marked, and " consists of species with a 
stiff erect habit, racemes of flowers placed on a long peduncle opposite the leaves, large showy 
flowers, and the petals remarkably longer than the sepals. But beyond this, there is nothing that 
differs from Dendrobium ; and as the three first characters are merely of habit, the last can 
hardly be regarded as of enough importance to authorize the establishment of a genus. D. 
taurinum is a native of Manilla, whence Mr. Cuming sent it to Messrs. Loddiges. It has large 
flowers, with yellowish green sepals, rolled back at the points, very long deep purple twisted 
petals, and a paler purple lip, with three elevated lines along the middle, and a few small tuber- 
cles near the apex. The column is short, and somewhat pouched at the base, in consequence of 
the lip being adherent to it at that place. The plant is five feet high. It flowered at Hackney 
in October last ; " and has been in blossom all this spring. Dr. Lindley has wild specimens from 
Mr. Cuming, which are not nearly so handsome as those flowered with Messrs. Loddiges. Bot. 
Reg., 28. 
Loma'tia ilicifo x lia ; var. pinnati'fida. " Apparently a very variable species, and of 
extensive locality in Australia ; Mr. Brown mentioning his first variety as an inhabitant of the 
southern and eastern coasts, the second as a native of Port Jackson, and the third of Wilson's 
Promontory, also on the south coast. The cultivated plant in the Ro val Botanic Gardens of Kew 
has the leaves extremely variable on different parts of the same specimen, whence a fourth variety 
has been constituted. It is an ornamental plant, both in its copious evergreen foliage, and in its 
long compound spikes of white flowers, which are plentifully produced in August. It thrives well 
at Kew in a peaty or heath soil, simply protected by a frame." The plant is a low shrub. Bot. 
Mag., 4023. 
OPERATIONS FOR JULY. 
As it is extremely probable that the great wetness of the past two or three weeks will be 
succeeded by a period of unusual drought, it must not be supposed that, because the beds of the 
flower-garden have been saturated with water, they may not yet need to be attended to in this 
particular ; for where the soil is at all light and open, a very short period of dry weather will 
suffice to abstract all the moisture from the surface portion, and will thus render artificial watering 
indispensable. 
