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Crocus gargaricus, Herbert (Gargarian 
Crocus). — Iridaceae. — A small bulbous plant, 
of three or four inches high, with small yellow 
flowers, which generally precede the leaves ; 
they are pure yellow without any streaks. 
The species is botanically near the Cloth-of- 
gold crocus. A native of the Grecian mount 
Gargarus. Introduced in 1845. Flowers 
in March and April. It is the C. aureus 
(Clarke). Culture. — Hardy ; common soil ; 
propagated by offsets from the roots ; seeds 
are liable to vary. (104) 
Spiraea pubescens, Bunge ( downy 
Spiraea). — Rosacea? § Spiraeidae. — A small 
deciduous shrub, growing about two feet high, 
and in habit something like a weak S. opuli- 
folia. It is a greyish-looking plant, with 
wrinkled leaves an inch and a half long, 
wedge-shaped at the base, and serrated towards 
the point ; they are covered beneath with 
wool, which becomes cinnamon-coloured as it 
grows old : the flowers are small, white, and 
have a slight fragrance. They grow in little 
hemispherical umbels. A native of Chusan. 
Introduced in 1843. Flowers in March and 
April. Culture. — Nearly hardy ; common 
soil; cuttings or layers. (105) 
Henfreya scandens, Lindley (climbing 
Henfreya). — Acanthacese § Echmatacanthi- 
Ruellida?. — A stout looking and handsome 
climbing plant, apparently not attaining a great 
height, with large, opposite, elliptic-pointed, 
subcoriaceous shining leaves, and racemes of 
large white sweet-scented flowers, which have 
a funnel-shaped tube, and two-lipped limb, 
the segments of which are, however, nearly 
equal. A native of Sierra Leone. Intro- 
duced in 1845. Flowers in March and April. 
Culture. — Requires a stove ; peat and loam; 
propagated by cuttings placed in a hot- 
bed. (106) 
JEchmea discolor, Hooker (two-coloured, 
or Crab's-eye -ZEchinea). — Bromeliaceas. — A 
beautiful perennial plant, growing with a tuft 
of long narrowish leaves, in the way of the 
pine-apple ; the leaves are green and obscure- 
ly marked with transverse bands on the upper 
side, purplish beneath. The flowers are pro- 
duced in an erect narrow panicle, which grows 
two feet high ; the unexpanded buds have a 
striking resemblance to the well-known beads, 
the seeds of Abrus precatorius, commonly 
called crabs' eyes ; the panicle and flowers 
are of a rich coral red, the calyx being tipped 
with black. Probably a native of Brazil. 
Introduced in 1843. Flowers through the 
autumn and the whole of the winter months. 
Culture. — Requires a stove ; sandy loam and 
peat ; propagated from suckers or off- 
shoots. (107) 
Acriopsis densiflora, Lindley (dense- 
flowered Acriopsis). — Orchidacese § Vandeas- 
Brassidae. — A curious epiphytal plant, with 
oval pseudo-bulbs, and producing numerous 
flowered cylindrical racemes of blossoms about 
two inches long : the flowers are small, but 
delicately marked with brown upon yellowish 
green, with a rose-coloured lip bordered with 
white. A native of Borneo. Introduced in 
1846. Flowers in March. Culture. — Re- 
quires a hot stove; turfy peat soil; propagated 
by dividing the plant. (108) 
C<elogtne speciosa, Lindley (showy 
Coelogyne). — Orchidaceae § Epidendrese- 
Coelogynidas. — A dwarf epiphyte, with egg- 
shaped pseudo-bulbs, each bearing a large 
oblong, lance-shaped leaf, and throwing up 
the large solitary flowers from their base ; the 
flowers are large but not very showy, from 
their dull colour, although they are freely pro- 
duced ; the sepals and petals are pale tawny, 
and the lip pitch-brown tipped with white. 
It is the Chelonanthera speciosa (Blume). A 
native of Java, on trees on Mount Salak. 
Introduced in 1845. Flowers from October 
to March. Culture. — Requires a stove ; to 
be fixed on a block, or potted in turfy peat ; 
propagated by division of the plant. (109) 
Crocus bortanus, Gay (Bory St. Vincent's 
Crocus). — Iridaceae. — A small bulbous plant, 
growing four or six inches high, with mode- 
rate sized white blossoms, stained at the base 
of the limb with orange colour ; the anthers 
are milk white, and the stigma feathery, and 
very deep orange colour ; the leaves grow up 
with the flowers. A native of the Ionian 
islands, Cyprus, and various parts of Greece. 
Introduced in 1845. Flowers in August and 
September. It is also called C. ionicus (Her- 
bert), C. veneris (Tappeiner), and C. caspius 
(Fischer). Culture. — Hardy ; common soil ; 
offsets. (110) 
SpiRiEA prunifolia, var. ftore-pleno (dou- 
ble-flowered plum-leaved Spiraea). — Rosacea? § 
Spirasidas. — A deciduous shrub growing from 
six to eight or nine feet high, with long upright 
slender graceful branches, clothed with oval 
or ovate-elliptic leaves, which are toothed at 
the edges, and downy beneath, and bearing 
from every bud along the branches clusters of 
from three to six small white perfectly double 
flowers, like those of the double Ranunculus 
aco?iitifolius, that is, about half an inch in 
diameter ; when in bloom the plants look as 
if covered with flakes of snow. A native of 
Corea, or the north of China. Introduced in 
1846. Flowers in April. It is cultivated in 
the gardens of China and Japan. Culture. — 
Perfectly hardy ; common soil ; propagated 
by cuttings or layers ; it will form an elegant 
shrub for forcing. (HI) 
Sarcochilus fusco - luteus, Lindley 
(tawny Flesh-lip). — Orchidaceae § Vandeae- 
Sarcanthidae. — An epiphytal plant, with lea- 
