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a stove is not necessary ; but it must not be placed in the open air in summer. A 
mixture of leaf-mould and brick-rubbish is recommended as a proper compost, 
“ covering the surface of the pot with silver sand.” Bot. Beg. 1. 
Euthales macrophylla. From E. trinervis, the original species, this plant 
differs in having “ a strong erect branched stem, with broad deep green leaves, as 
much as six inches long.” It is a greenhouse herbaceous perennial, growing from 
three to four feet in height, and bearing a great number of showy yellow and 
brown blossoms throughout the whole of the summer and autumn. It is suggested 
that plants placed against a south wall would succeed well in the warmer months ; 
but they must be taken up and sheltered for the winter. Any rich soil seems to 
suit it, and it is propagated by cuttings. Seeds having been sent to Captain James 
Mangles, R.N., and presented to the Horticultural Society, plants were raised and 
flowered in the Chiswick garden in June, 1840. Bot. Beg. 3. 
Geranium rubif6lium. A handsome border plant, of an erect habitude, with 
large three-lobed leaves, and fine pinkish-purple flowers. Seeds of it were given 
to the Horticultural Society in May, 1839, by Dr. Hoyle, who brought them from 
the Himalayan mountains. “ It is a neat hardy perennial, by no means so robust a 
grower as many of the other hardy Geraniums, scarcely exceeding a foot in height.'” 
A light soil, and a position on dry rockwork, are necessary in its culture, as it will 
not endure much moisture in winter. July and August are its flowering months, 
and it is increased by division, “ or by seeds, which are produced freely, but the 
seedlings will not flower before the second season.” Bot. Beg. 67- 
Gong5ra buf6nia. It appears to us that the numerous kinds of Gongora at 
present in the country are nearly all modifications of one type, or varieties of a 
single species. The plant now before us is said to be distinguished by the singular 
colour of its blosoms, which is a dingy yellow ground, stained with dull reddish- 
purple, and by having a longer lip and longer bristles than G. nigrita. To the 
cultivator it will have few attractions, as the want of lively colours must prevent 
any Gongora from becoming popular. S. Rucker, Esq., of Wandsworth, received 
it from a friend who had obtained it from Brazil, and it flowered in the collection 
of this gentleman, who describes the pseudo-bulbs and leaves as being of a pale 
whitish-green. Bot. Beg. 2. 
Grabowskia duplicata. With straggling stems, which are usually about 
twelve feet high, slightly spinous branches, broad and wavy foliage, and small 
greenish-brown flowers, produced in axillary fascicles, this shrub has not much to 
recommend it to notice. Seeds were collected by Mr. Tweedie in Buenos Ayres, 
and sent to Mr. Moore, of the Glasnevin Botanic Garden, where plants flowered 
in July, 1840. The temperature of the stove seems to be requisite, and the plant 
does not blossom abundantly. “ The essential character of our species is the 
singular inflation at the base of the (interior of the) segments of the calyx, which 
rises into a tooth-like form.” Its habit is like that of some species of Lycium. 
Bot. Mag. 3841. 
