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plant, it will no doubt thrive in the flower border during the summer months, and 
add a pretty feature to its common ornaments. Bot. Mag. 3858. 
Brassia lawrenceana. Mrs. Lawrence, of Ealing Park, succeeded in 
flowering this showy and very fragrant new species in the month of November 
last ; and Dr. Lindley has appropriately named it after that lady. Its nearest 
affinity is evidently with B . Lanceana , which it resembles in colour, and in the 
form of the truncated elevation at the base of its lip ; but the lateral sepals are said 
to be much longer than those of that species, and its flowers dry of a bright brown 
colour, while those of B. Lanceana remain pale yellow. It bears a strong spike 
of flowers, which are of a yellow ground, with reddish brown blotches, the lip 
being paler, and of only one hue. The species was imported from Brazil, and 
requires the same treatment as B. maculata , and others of its class. The leaves 
and pseudo-bulbs are not represented, so that we suppose they have no peculiar 
characteristics. Bot. Reg. 18. 
Cynogl6ssum glochidiatum. Exceedingly like the pretty Forget-me-not 
(Myosotis palustris) of our meadows, but with flowers of a somewhat paler blue, 
and an inclination to grow in a straggling manner. It is a native of the Indian 
mountains, from whence seeds were sent to the Horticultural Society, by 
Dr. Boyle, and plants blossomed in the conservatory and the open border last 
autumn. Being a hardy biennial, the seeds may be sown in the open border in 
May or June, and a rather dry situation seems to suit it best. It will flower from 
July of the following year until destroyed by frost, or even later in the greenhouse 
or frame. Its pure sky-blue blossoms render it very attractive. Bot. Reg. 15. 
Helichrysum niveum. A fine Swan River species, said to be an herbaceous 
perennial, but manifesting a disposition to become sub-shrubby in the greenhouse. 
It has a particularly robust habit, with stems from three to four feet high, and 
large white flowers, which are something like those of H. macranthum , but want 
the pinkish tinge which is so apparent in that species. It is a half-hardy plant, 
flowering beautifully in the open ground, from July throughout the autumn, and 
retaining its fine everlasting blossoms far into the winter, when removed to a 
frame. From seeds 'received by Mr. Low, of Clapton, from Mr. Drummond, it 
was raised in the Clapton nursery, and specimens sent from thence to the 
Caledonian Horticultural Gardens. It has flowered in both establishments, as 
well as in several others. Bot. Mag. 3857. 
Ipomcea ficif5lia. Of the native district of this beautiful climber nothing is 
at present known, though it is thought to be from Buenos Ayres. It was 
obtained from seeds germinated in the nursery of Messrs. Salter and Wheeler, near 
Bath, and flowered there in the autumn of last year. The leaves form a ready 
mark of distinction by being three-lobed, and having their lateral divisions nearly 
semicircular, resembling those of the common fig. The flowers have a very short 
tube, and are of a rich purple hue. Its habit is slightly suffruticose, the root 
tuberous, and its production of flowers, when trained to a cylindrical trellis, quite 
