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FLORICULTURAL NOTICES. 
E\V OR BEAUTIFUL PLANTS FIGURED AND DESCRIBED IN THE LEADING BOTANICAL 
PERIODICALS FOR SEPTEMBER. 
Amomum vitellinum. The history of this plant is unknown. It flowered in the garden of the 
I 'ticultural Society in May last, and is supposed to have been received from the East India 
C ipany. It grows about two feet high, with oblong wavy leaves ; and the flowers are deep 
v ow, strongly veined with red, growing in a short close spike, sessile among the uppermost 
I r es! It proves to be a stove perennial, requiring plenty of moisture and heat during its growth, 
t afterwards to be kept nearly dry. It flourishes in a mixture of sandy loam and peat, and is 
e ly increased by division of the roots when in a torpid state. — Bot. Reg., 52. 
Dendrobium Kuhlii. This handsome plant is not unworthy to be placed by the side of its 
r r ally, the beautiful D. secundum , from which it differs in having larger flowers, in short, 
1 ral, few-flowered horizontal racemes. They are of a bright rose colour, and retain their fresh- 
13 longer than is usual in this genus. It was introduced by Messrs. Veitch and Co., of Exeter, 
v) received it from their collector, Mr. Thomas Lobb. It is a native of Java. Bot. Reg., 47. 
Edgworthia chrysantha. This shrub was found by Mr. Fortune in Chusan, and by him was 
c t to the Horticultural Society in April, 1845. It is allied to Edgworthia (Daphne) Gardneri , 
4 epal plant with a similar habit, from which it differs in having longer and more slender flowers, 
p rer flower heads, and a much more silky hairiness on the outside of the flower. It is a green- 
1 ise or half hardy shrub ; growing freely in a compost of three parts sandy loam and one of turfy 
j ,t. A free drainage is necessary ; for although it requires an ample supply of water during the 
i timer months, it is liable to damp off if this point is not properly attended to. For a few weeks 
i winter very little water is required. Being sweet scented and a plant of free growth, it may be 
. lected to prove a useful addition to our greenhouse or half hardy plants belonging to the 
i ,ural order of Daphnads. In order to make it flower, the Chinese bind the stems so as to form 
| oop ; and this practice has been followed with success in the garden of the Horticultural 
jhiety, where it produced its yellow flowers in the month of May.— Bot. Reg., 48. 
Epidendrum pyriforme. This very pretty little species was imported from Cuba by Messrs, 
ddiges, with whom it flowered in January last. The leaves are unusually thick and fleshy, 
jut four inches long, on little pseudo-bulbs, which look like inverted pears. Notwithstanding its 
Qinutive stature, the flowers are fully two and a half inches in diameter, with reddish yellow 
)als and petals, and a pale straw-coloured lip veined with crimson.— Bot. Reg., 50. 
Exogonium purga. This is the true Jalap plant ; that is to say, the species of Bindweed which 
labits woods in Xalapa, in Mexico, whence the name ; and where the tuberous purgative roots 
3 collected, dried, and sent to Europe for medical use. The whole order of Bindweeds possess 
3 properties of Jalap in a more or less marked degree ; and if we do not employ the creeping 
its, or the seeds, of the species that grow in our hedges, it is only because exotic plants are more 
live. In cultivation this should be regarded as a stove herbaceous climber, which grows freely 
a mixture of sandy loam and leaf-mould in equal portions. After flowering it should be allowed 
become gradually dry ; and, eventually, may be placed (pot and soil) in a cellar or similar situa- 
m, where it is out of the reach of damp and frost, and where it may remain until the following 
iril, when it should again be fresh potted and started in heat. It flowers late in the autumn, and 
piires a stove heat at that time, otherwise the flowers will not expand.—^. Reg., 49. 
Gardenia longistyla. Another beautiful white flowering Gardenia, from tropical Western 
rica, where it was discovered by Mr. Whitfield. It flowered in June last with Messrs. Lucombe, 
nee, and Co., Exeter ; and is a handsome and most distinctly marked species with long 
wers and a style twice the length of the corollas, terminated by a large globose stigma. It 
pares the heat of the stove for its successful cultivation, and does not seem shy of flowering.— 
)t. Mag., 4322. 
