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DELPHINIUM MAGNIFICUM. 
As the plant appears to be quite unknown to botanists and orchid growers, we have 
adopted the nursery name in commemoration of its original introducer and possessor. 
It was sent through a friend of Mr. Rigby’s to Brompton in 1842, but from what 
locality, or by whom it was first discovered, we regret to say is unknown. 
It flowers freely either fastened to a block or placed in a pot, requiring the same 
treatment as other Orchids. Messrs. Henderson have always kept it in a cool part of 
the house, and under this treatment it has flowered finely. 
Our drawing was prepared in March, 1848, in the Nursery at Pine- Apple Place. 
For derivation of generic name see page 65. 
OXALIS ELEGANS. (Elegant Wood Sorrel.) 
Class, Decandria. Order, Pentagynia. Nat. Order, Oxalidace^e. (Oxalids, Veg. Kingd.) 
Generic Character. — Sepals five, free, or joined together 
at the base. Petals five. Stamens ten, with the filaments 
connected together a little way at the base, five of which are 
exterior, and are shorter than the other five. Styles five, 
usually crowned by pencil-like, rarely capitate, or bifid 
stigmas. Capsules pentagonal, oblong, or cylindrical. 
Specific Character. — Plant a tuberous-rooted perennial. 
Leaflets three, broad, roundish-obovate, emarginate, fleshy, 
of a dark rich green above, but stained with violet purple on 
the under side. Petioles long, smooth. Scapes nine inches or 
a foot long, usually supporting five or six flowers each. 
Flowers large, of a bright rose colour, with a rich purple eye. 
Styles long. Cells of ovary four to twelve-sided. 
Authorities and Synonymes. — Oxalis, Lin. Gen., Be 
Cand. Prod. ; Oxys Tourn. Inst . ; Oxalis elegans, Hum- 
boldt $ Kunth. 
This handsome Oxalis is thought to be quite hardy, and if this should prove to be the 
case, it must be esteemed a great novelty, on account of the brilliant show its flowers 
make in the open borders in summer. It is an introduction of Messrs. Veitch and Son, of 
Exeter, through their collector, Mr. William Lobb, who discovered it growing in the 
mountains behind Loxa in Peru. 
When our drawing was made at the Exeter Nursery in August, 1848, the plant grew 
in the open borders, and appeared to be flourishing well ; but its real value was not 
properly observed until this present summer, when a specimen was exhibited at the 
London Horticultural Society, and a prize of merit awarded. If the plant should prove 
quite hardy, (and it has stood out for two years without injury,) a more valuable addition 
to our dwarf perennial border flowers can scarcely be conceived, both the brilliant colour 
of the blossoms and the fine fleshy two-coloured foliage contribute to render it a first-rate 
plant. 
With respect to culture, very little care is required ; if the plant be turned out into a 
border of light rich soil, it will both thrive and increase. Notwithstanding, however, that 
Messrs. Veitch have found it bear the open air at Exeter for the two last years, it 
would be advisable for all persons in northern counties to give a slight shelter during the 
winter season ; during the period of torpidity the tubers should always be kept quite dry. 
The generic name is derived from oxys, sharp, or acid, from the large quantity of acid 
contained in the leaves. 
DELPHINIUM MAGNIFICUM. (Magnificent Larkspur.) 
Class, Polyandria Order, Tri- Pentagynia -Nat. Ord., Ranunculacete. (Crowfoots, Veg. Kingd.) 
Generic Character.— Calyx deciduous, petal -like, irre- I Petals four ; two upper ones drawn out at the base into 
gular, with the upper sepal drawn out below into a spur, j appendages within the spur. 
GARDEN HYBRID. 
This fine hardy herbaceous perennial was raised from seeds by Mr. Godwin, of the Colly- 
croft Nursery, near Ashbourne, in August, 1847, and where it flowered during the whole 
of the summer of 1849. 
