156 HOT-HOUSE — OF REPOTTING, ETC. [May. 
ing, the flowers white, of a grateful odour, but of short 
duration. (Soil No. 17.) 
C»mbretums. — Nine species of beautiful flowering climb- 
ing plants, standing in very high estimation. The leaves 
of the principal part of them are ovate, acute, flowers small, 
but on large branches, the flowers all coming out on one 
side of the branch. They have a magnificent effect. C. 
elegans, red; C. furmbsum, red and yellow; C. ptstchil&wni, 
scarlet; C. combsum, have crimson flowers in tufts; C. pur- 
pureum is the most splendid of the genus. It was first 
cultivated in 1818, and so much admired that the whole of 
the species, as soon as introduced, was extravagantly bought 
up ; and none of them has retained their character, except 
C purpiireum, which is now called Poivrea coccinea. The 
flowers are bright scarlet, in large branches, blooming pro- 
fusely from April to September, and flower best in a pot. 
When planted in the ground, it grows too much to wood, 
carrying a few flowers. This plant ought to be in every hot- 
house. (Soil No. 13.) 
Cdryphas (Large fan Palm), five species of the most 
noble and magnificent of palms. C. ambrai-uliff.ru, the 
fronds or leaves are palmate. In Ceylon, where the tree is 
indigenous, they are frequently found fifteen feet wide and 
twenty feet long. Knox says they will cover from fifteen 
to twenty men, and, when dried, will fold up in the shape 
of a rod, and can be easily carried about, and serve to protect 
them from the scorching sun. C. taftera, now Taftera 
BenyaUnsis, being stronger, is of great utility for covering 
houses. They do not grow to such immense extent in 
artificial cultivation, but require large houses to grow them. 
(Soil No. 12.) 
Crinums, about one hundred species, chiefly stove bulbs, 
many of them beautiful. Those that are of great celebrity 
are C. embesceiis, pink; 0% scdbrum, crimson and white; 
C. amdbile, purple and white; the neck of the bulb of the 
latter is long, is easily distinguished by its purplish colour, 
and is unquestionably the finest of the genus. Several 
specimens of it are in our collections. Their flowers are in 
umbels, on a stalk about three feet high ; corolla funnel- 
shaped; petals recurved; nearly fifty flowers on each stem, 
and a good plant will produce three stems in one year. 
They require large pots to make them flower well, and, 
