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FLORICULTURAL NOTICES. 
lie “ was at first disposed to consider it the same with A. bilobum, Lindl.j Bot. Reg., 1844, t. 3| 
but that has semi-pellucid, reticulated leaves, distinctly and deeply two-lobed at the extremit 
(whence the specific name,) the rachis of the raceme and peduncle are warty, and the spur; 
dilated and emarginate at the apex. In other respects the two plants seem almost entirely j 
agree."' — Bot. Mag., 4159. 
Calceola'iiia a'lba. This is a suffruticose plant, of erect growth, with narrow serrati 
leaves much like those of C. thyrsrfiora. It flowers in long terminal leafy panicles, each pedum 
of which bears a corymb of white flowers. The corolla consists of two very unequal lips ; t! 
upper one very minute, the lower one much larger, both are compressed, and meet together, “ 
that the throat is quite closed. It is a native of Chili ; but probably of rare occurrence, 
least, it has not, till now, been introduced to our gardens. Mr. Veitch received seeds from Ij 
collector, Mr. William Lobb, and plants raised from them flowered in his nursery in Septemb(i 
1844. It is singular in the very pale, nearly white, colour of the flowers. The foliage, thou: 
narrow, is copious, and the plant has an erect and graceful mode of growth. Ruiz and Pavo| 
figure represents the corolla with the lips spreading ; but this is probably owing to its being tak! 
from a dried specimen. The species will perhaps bear our mild winters.” — Bot. Mag.j 4157. 
Dendro'bium fimbria'tum, var. ocula'tum. The species is “a native of Nepal, wher,; 
plants have from time to time been sent to our stoves by Dr. Wallich [see vol. II., p, 172J. 
first blossomed in the Liverpool Botanic Garden, as stated in the ‘ Exotic Flora," and the flowli 
were of a uniform golden yellow. Our present plant, in the Royal Botanic Gardens of Kew, if; 
a dark blood-coloured eye-like spot in the centre of the labellum, which adds greatly to the bear' 
of this otherwise charming plant. This state of it, Dr. Bindley considers that of the nat!) 
specimens. It flowered with us in September, 1843.” [Those who wish to know what may| 
done with orchidaceous plants, should see the enormous specimen of D.fimhnatum nowflowerl; 
at Messrs. Rollison’s nursery, Tooting.]— jRo/. Mag., 4160. | 
Echeve'ria Sche'erii. Although this is by no means so handsome a species as someiif 
those already published, it is far from being unworthy of cultivation. Its leaves are large ejl 
glaucous, and its flowers, notwithstanding their dingy colour, are abundant, tolerably large, £|jl 
gracefully arranged the latter appear in nodding, racemose panicles at the end of the sho|. 
“ For its introduction the public is indebted to Frederick Scheer, Esq., of Kew, a zeali 
collector of succulent plants, and whose name it will henceforward bear. It is a nativeiif 
Mexico, whence seeds were received by that gentleman, and presented to the Horticulti]|l 
Society in September, 1842. It flowers in the winter. Like the rest of the genus it is a gre - 
house plant, which should be potted in peat, loam, and silver sand, in equal proportions.” Be» 
of a succulent nature it requires but little water, especially in winter. “ It is easily propaga l 
either from seeds sown in the usual way, or from leaves laid on the surface of the soil.’ijr 
Bot. Reg., 27. | 
Goode'nia GRANDiFLO'RA. “ Tliis plant was raised in the garden of the Horticultural Sociil', 
from among a parcel of seeds presented by Mr. Bidwill, and the packet was labelled in tit 
gentleman's hand-writing, ‘ New Zealand." It is, however, beyond all doubt, the same as the £‘t 
Jackson plant, which was long since introduced to this country, but which seems to have b'ia 
generally lost again. Are we then to conclude that G. grandijiora is common to both liv 
Holland and New Zealand ? or are we to suspect some error in the ticketing ? Be that ailjit 
may, it is certain that we have recovered a very pretty greenhouse perennial (not annual|4’ 
biennial) well worth cultivating for the sake both of the gay appearance of the flowers anc|)f 
their fragrance, which is that of orange bloom, only much less powerful.” It is a plant of rfjjd 
growth and easy cultivation, readily increased from cuttings, which, if struck early in autuji, 
will make fine specimens for the greenhouse the following summer, when the hard-wooded pkjcs 
are set out of doors. — Bot. Reg., 29. 
Jasmi'num affi'jve. Dr. Bindley suspects this to be the wild officinal Jasmine (J. officinm. 
“It differs in very little, and would under ordinary circumstances be looked on as a mere vaijjiy 
with pink-tubed flowers, somewhat larger than usual. But it is a wild plant, having been ra^jd 
in the garden of the Horticultural Society from seeds sent from the north of India by Dr. Roe, 
under the name here adopted. This much is certain, that it is quite capable of bravingjie 
climate of an English winter. The native country of the common Jasmine is said to be the ot 
