FLORICULTURAL NOTICES. 
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An early opportunity will be taken for bringing forward a figure that has been 
prepared for this Magazine. 
Fabiana imbricata. A rare and agreeable plant, nearly related to the genus 
Erica, and having dense, diminutive foliage, with a character very branching and 
compact. The flowers are long, slender, tubular, and white. When abundant, 
they make an exceedingly beautiful exhibition, of which the circle of small brown 
stamens, seated just within the tube of the corolla, is one of the most pleasing 
features. It is flowering, though rather sparingly, in the Tooting nursery, and has 
recently bloomed in great perfection in the collection of Messrs. Lucombe and , 
Pince, Exeter. 
Ht/NTLEYA violacea. Although far deficient in luxuriance to H. meleagris, 
this lovely species is much superior in the colour of its flowers. These are of a 
hue approaching nearer to violet than those of any other orchidaceous plant with 
which we are acquainted • so that, if in this respect alone, the plant is deserving 
of high consideration. But the blossoms are likewise large and showy, with the 
labellum very beautifully furrowed in a longitudinal direction : they are produced 
solitarily, on slender pendulous scapes, depending about six inches from the base of 
the plant. Like H. meleagris, it would appear to have no definite season of 
flowering, but to bloom at the expiration of every two or three months. In Messrs. 
Loddiges' collection, it is at present exhibiting its charming blossoms, being grown 
in a pot, and liberally treated with regard to temperature and moisture. 
Morna nitida. One of the most brilliant and beautiful of yellow everlasting 
flowers, seeds of which were imported from Swan River, Australia, by Captain 
Mangles, R.N. ; and from some of these presented by that gentleman to Messrs. 
Henderson, plants have been raised which are now finely in flower, at the nursery 
in Pine- Apple Place. Its mode of growth is extremely graceful and erect, the 
stems branching freely towards the summit, and bearing a considerable quantity of 
their delicate shining blossoms. To a greenhouse or flower-garden collection, it 
is quite essential. 
Oncidium pulvinatum. This scarce species is barely surpassed in elegance 
and gracility by 0. diraricatiim ; while its flower stems are longer, and bear also 
a greater number of finer blossoms. We presume that the specific name applies to 
the form of the pseudo-bulb, as this is somewhat flattened, with sharp edges. 
The leaves are large, rigid, and fleshy ; and the flowers of the usual yellow colour, 
extensively blotched with brown. These tints are, however, exceedingly clear and 
bright, and the species is remarkable for a large white woolly tuft in the centre of 
each flower. It is now in great perfection in the orchidaceous houses of Messrs. 
Loddiges and Rollison. 
Oncidium reidianum. Singularity in the structure of the flowers, rather than 
genuine beauty, characterises this new species ; which is also, we believe, on account 
of the solitary horn that protrudes from the middle of the blossoms, called uni- 
'ornutum. In its pseudo-bulbs, leaves, and the disposition of the flowers, it greatly 
