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FLORICULTURAL NOTICES. 
Oncidium curtum. At first sight this species looks like O. crispum or Forlesii, hut in reality 
it is much nearer 0. pectorale, but the flowers are smaller ; there is more brown in the sepals and 
petals ; there is also a broad brown border to the lip.- — Bot. Reg., 68. 
Oncidium pelicanum. This plant is very closely akin to 0. rejiexum, from which it differs 
principally in the sepals and petals being less blotched, in the lateral lobes of the lip being smaller 
in proportion to the intermediate segment, and in the tubercles of the crest, which is smooth not 
downy, and being rather diflTerently arranged, — Bot. Reg., 70. 
Rhododendron Javanicum, An introduction of Messrs. Veitch and Sons, and certainly one 
of the finest things ever introduced to our gardens. The flowers are rich orange colour, twelve on 
a bunch. It succeeds well under the mere shelter of a greenhouse, and will probably blossom all 
the year round. It is a native of Java. — Bot. Mag., 4386. 
Stenorhynchus cinnabarinus. This rare Orchid was introduced from Mexico by Messrs. 
Loddiges. The dull olive-green of the bracts belonging to its large compact spike, the vermilion 
red of the flowers externally, and the bright yellow of the inner face of their narrow spreading 
points, give them an appearance unusually gay among terrestrial species. — Bot. Reg., 65. 
Thibaudia Pinchinchensis glabra. This kind is eminently beautiful, with its bright green, 
rather ample foliage, and flowers larger than, and as waxy as those of the Heath, and of a deep 
rose red. — Bot. Mag., 4344. 
Tritonia aurea. This beautiful plant is a native of Caffraria, whence it was brought by 
Mr. James Backhouse, the eminent nurseryman at York. It is certainly a very fine plant, 
remarkable for the rich apricot colour of its large Arm-like flowers, and for the abundance with 
which they are produced. It seems easy of cultivation, and a profuse flowerer, remaining a long 
time in great beauty. A bed of it would be a far more striking object than the gaudy Qladiolm 
psittacinus ; for the colour of the blossom is much more brilliant, and for such a purpose it will 
prove a great acquisition. — Bot. Reg., 61 ; Bot. Mag,, 4335. 
TROPiEOLUM umbellatum. One of the most remarkable of all the Tropceola, which have been 
characterised as bearing one-flowered peduncles ; here the flowers are umbellate, of a rich orange- 
red colour, tinged with green, and so copious as quite to overpower the foliage. It was introduced 
by Messrs. Veitch and Sons, through their collector, Mr. W. Lobb. — Bot. Mag., 4337. 
Vanda tricolor. — This fine Javanese species has been brought into cultivation by Messrs. 
Veitch. It has the habit of Vanda Roxhurghii, and its flowers appear in the same manner, but 
they are larger, have yellow and brown spotted sepals, and a rose-coloured lip, with the lateral 
lobes rounded, not acute, and colomdess. — Bot. Reg., 59, descrip. 
NEW, RARE, OR INTERESTING PLANTS, IN FLOWER, IN THE DIFFERENT SUBURBAN 
NURSERIES AND GARDENS. 
Achimenes spe. NOV. In the nursery of Messrs. Knight and Perry has recently flowered a 
novel species of Achimenes, having terminal as well as lateral branches of bright scarlet blossoms, 
each about an inch long. The foliage is of moderate size, and a rich green on the upper side, paler 
beneath, hairy and deeply serrated at the edges. The stem is reddish, slender, and covered with 
short hairs. The species promises to be a prolific bloomer. 
Begonia insignis has a most graceful manner of flowering, having a long pendant flower-stem, 
with upwards of ten dehcate blush-coloured flowers. The foliage small, and a bright green colour. 
Begonia rupestris. This species has very large and pure white flowers, made still more 
attractive by the very bright yellow of the anthers, and the large white bracts on the stem. The 
foliage is long and narrow, dai'k green spotted with white on the upper side, while the under side is 
dark chocolate. This, as well as the former species, we found flowering freely in the nursery of 
Messrs. Roliisson, Tooting. 
Dombeya erythroxylon. An ornamental species, having beautiful white flowers, about two 
inches in diameter, the stamens and anthers being of a dark chocolate and bright-yellow colour. 
The habit good and neat ; foliage a deep bright green, edged with a paler colour, which extends 
beneath the leaf. The stems are a rusty brown. V^e noticed this plant in the stove of Messrs. 
Roliisson, Tooting. 
Fuchsia dependens. Recently we were favoured with a specimen of the above from Messrs. 
