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FLORICULTURAL NOTICES. 
in corymbose clusters at the points of the shoots, being white, tinged with yellow 
in the centre, and very beautiful. It requires the temperature of a stove. 
Jasminum multifl5rum. An elegant species of Jasmine, bearing the name 
hereto prefixed, may now be seen in a flowering condition in the stove of Mr. 
Knight, King's Road, Chelsea. We were much gratified with its low habit, the 
height of the specimen we are remarking on not being more than two feet, and yet 
surmounted by a copious bunch of pure white blossoms, arranged in a corymb. 
It has opposite ovate leaves, of a moderate and well-proportioned size, and the 
flowers exhale a highly grateful perfume. It is treated as a climbing plant, but, if 
the main shoot were removed to about a foot from its base, it would doubtless 
throw out a sufficient quantity of laterals to form a very agreeable bush. 
Mirbelia grandifl5ra. While such numbers of new greenhouse plants are 
perpetually being received, it is manifestly necessary that some line of distinction 
should be drawn between those worthy of culture, and such as are comparatively 
worthless. Wherever beauty is esteemed as a guide in this discrimination, or any 
of the yellow-and-brown flowering leguminous tribes are prized, the above scarce 
species will obtain a place. It is altogether better than the more common M. 
Baxteri, having larger leaves, less loose habits, and much finer flowers. It is a 
rigid shrub, capable of being managed as a climber, or simply kept in a pot, and 
kept within due limits. The flowers are of the ordinary description, — that is, 
principally pale orange, with a dark brown centre, but brighter than those of 
many similar plants. 
Trachymene albida. Amongst a great quantity of plants raised in the Clapton 
nursery from Australian seeds, this pretty new species of Trachymene has been 
obtained. It differs in no material respect from T. ccerulea, except in the colour 
of its blossoms ; these, instead of pale blue, being of a peculiarly bright and 
fascinating cream-colour, comparable only to those of Pimelea incana, or similar 
species of that genus. Its tall mode of growth, which averages from eighteen 
inches to two feet, will prevent it from being very highly esteemed ; otherwise, 
the aspect of the flowers is most fascinating. It blossomed in the open air through 
the autumnal months ; and a few flowers still remain on a plant in the greenhouse. 
Vanda unicolor. Neither great novelty nor extraordinary beauty characterise 
this plant, yet it is by no means common, and the flowers are both large and 
numerous. A very exuberant specimen, in Messrs. Loddiges' orchidaceous house, 
is blooming profusely at the present season. The blossoms, as the specific name 
implies, are of one colour, this being a light brown on their first expansion, and 
deepening as they become older. It constitutes a worthy appendage to a collection, 
on account of its very healthy habits, and the abundance of graceful shoots which 
depend from all parts of its stem. 
