EXTRACTS — FLORICIJLTUIIE. 565 
RHAMNK-4;. 
Sol'la'ngia rubra. Red Soulangia. — A neat evergreeu shrub. Flowers of a 
brick-red colour, small, but rather pretty. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, 
from whence seeds were received a few years since by Messrs. Rollisson, of 
Tooting. — Edwds. Bot. Reg. Culture — It requires the protection of the green- 
house, and should be potted in a compost of peat and loam, having rather the 
most of the former ; it may be propagated by cuttings, which will grow well if 
placed under a bell glass in sand. — Conductors. 
SCROPHULARIN-'E. 
Calceol^aria connala. Connate Calceolaria, or Slipper-wort. — A free flow- 
ering plant growing into a large bush. Flowers yellow. Native of Chili, from 
whence it was lately introduced. Culture — It thrives in a light loam, and in- 
creases freely by either seeds or cuttings. It is necessary to give it shelter in 
the green-house during winter. — Bot. Cab. 
CLASS 2.— MONOCOTYLF.DONES, OR ENDOGENES. 
ORCHIDE.E. 
Ei'iDENDRi'M varieyiitum. A'ariegated Epidendrum. — A parasite well 
worthy of cultivation. Flowers yellowish green, spotted with dark purple and 
very beautiful. Native of Rio, from whence it was lately introduced by Mr. 
Wm. Harrison. — Curth^s Hot. Ma(j. Culture — All the species require a good 
stove heat with a very damp atmosphere, and they will grow well hung up in 
baskets of damp moss, or fixed in moss to other plants; if planted in pots mix 
a considerable portion of moss or turf with the soil, which must be very sandy, 
they will readily increase by dividing the roots. — Conductors. 
amarylhde.«. 
Cobu'roia fnlra. Tawny Coburgia. — A bulbous plant well worthy of cul- 
tivation. Flowers of a tawny orange colour. Native of South America. In- 
troduced by the Rev. Wm. Herbert. Culture — The bulbs of this genus are 
hardy green-house plants; they may be kept dry in the winter, and planted out 
in the spring ; but they will not endure the winter out of doors, except near the 
wall of a stove. They produce abundance of oti'sets, which is probably the 
cause of their rarely flowering with us. Perhaps a strong and richly manured 
loam would promote their blossom. — Ed. Bot. Rerj. 
Gastron^E.ma pdllidiim. Pale-flowering Gastronema. — Flowers white, 
streaked with green and rose colour, rather handsome. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. Introduced in 1829. Culture — It requires the green-house pro- 
tection, and should be potted in sandy peat earth. It appears to increase very 
slowly by oflsets. — Lodd. But. Cab. 
asphodele.*:. 
Ornitiiogalum bifoUum. Two-leaved Star of Bethlehem. — Flowers of a 
delicate white. Native of Chili. Introduced in 1831, by Mr. Gumming. Cul- 
ture — Messrs. Loddiges have kept it in a green- li(>"se, but it is thought probable 
that it will bear the winter in a sheltered place out of doors. It will increase by 
offsets from the bulbs. The ■;r)il should hr light ia.\\(\\ \o9.m.~Lodd. Bot.Cab. 
