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FLORICULTURAL NOTICES. 
NEW OR BEAUTIFUL PLANTS FIGURED AND DESCRIBED IN THE LEADING BOTANICAL 
PERIODICALS FOR NOVEMBER. 
Aquilegia leptoceras. This very pretty plant was raised in the Horticultural Society’s 
Garden from seeds received from Dr. Fischer in 1846. It is a dwarf herbaceous plant, growing 
nine inches high. Each flower-stem bears one or two flowers on slender pedicels. The flowers 
are pale bright violet, with the tips of the sepals greenish, and of the short petals a clear bright 
straw colour. It is a native of Siberia, and quite hardy, growing best in a mixture of light sandy 
loam and a little leaf-mould. It is increased by seed sown as soon as ripe, and forms a good plant 
for rock-work. — Bot. Reg., 64. 
Bletia Gebina. A terrestrial Orchid, with flowers about as large as B. hyacinthina, and from 
six to eight in a spike, nearly white, with a faint tinge of blush. The lip is pale delicate violet. 
It is stated to be a native of Japan, and being nearly hardy, is a very desirable plant where there 
is no stove, as it may be grown in a cold pit kept close during summer. It should be kept rather 
dry while in a dormant state, but during growth should be well supplied with moisture and heat. 
— Bot. Reg., 60. 
Dendrobium cretaceum. This is a very distinct species, remarkable for the dull chalky 
whiteness of its flowers, which are nevertheless neatly pencilled with crimson on the lip ; this is 
owing to the whole surface of the lip, inside and outside, being covered with a short close white 
fur. It was introduced by Messrs. Veitch, through Mr. T. Lobb. — Bot. Reg., 62. 
Eria Convallarioides Major. The old species is hardly to be recognized in this beautiful 
variety. The oblong heads of flowers are of the purest ivory white, which is rendered still purer 
by the presence of small brownish bracts at the base. The surface, too, of every flower is so 
polished as to resemble that of white cowries or similar shells. — Bot. Reg., 63. 
Eucalyptus macrocarpa. One of the finest among the many| fine plants lately sent by 
Mr. James Drummond from the Swan River Colony, is the present new species of Eucalyptus ; 
the large and copious foliage is covered everywhere with glaucous white powder, and the bright 
red flowers nestled among the leaves form a striking object. Drummond found it at Guangan, 
an open sandy desert, commencing about eighty miles E.S.E. of Freemantle, and continuing for 
two hundred miles, on the borders of which this tree grew in an immense forest. — Bot. Mag., 4333. 
Iris aurea. This Iris was raised by Messrs. Whitley and Osborne of Fulham, five or six 
years ago, from Indian seeds presented to them by Dr. Royle. It flowers very freely, with the 
habit of Iris ochroleuca, and grows as tall. It will be an acceptable addition to the list of showy 
hardy perennials. — Bot Reg., 59. 
NEW, RARE, OR INTERESTING PLANTS, IN FLOWER, IN THE DIFFERENT SUBURBAN 
NURSERIES AND GARDENS. 
Agalmyla staminea. Messrs. Veitch and Sons, of Exeter, forwarded for exhibition, to the 
Horticultural Rooms, Regent Street, last month, a most remarkable and very handsome plant, 
very singular, too, for its flowers have all the characters of the iEschynanthus tribe, while the 
habit differs very much from any of that family we are acquainted with. The specimen here noticed 
was about two feet high, with foliage six inches long and four broad, thick and fleshy, of a bright 
glossy green, a massy foot-stalk, about three inches long, fixing the leaf to the stem. The flowers 
were two inches long and of the brightest scarlet, rivalling the Scarlet Pelargonium in intensity of 
colour, and are produced at the axils of the leaves in dense clusters of upwards of fifteen flowers, 
completely enveloping the stem. Tbe stamens project about an inch beyond the mouth of the 
flower, and are of a bright purple colour. As a specimen for cultivation, we should consider this 
to be the finest of the stove epiphytes we have yet seen. Messrs. V. received it from Java 
through their indefatigable collector Mr. Lobb. 
Calceolaria cuneifolia. A species received from Bolivia in seed, and now flowering for the 
