Rhipi^IS Houllettii.— T he genus Rhip- 
salis affords several examples of plant mimicry ; R. sali- 
cornioides, for instance, bears a very marked resem- 
blance to our native Marsh Samphire, and others might 
be mistaken (when out of flower) for plants belonging i 
to widely different natural orders. R. Houllettii is a ; 
distinct and desirable plant, with long leaf-like | 
branches from the axils of the teeth, of which the 
pretty straw-coloured scented blossoms are freely pro- 
I duced. Nothing definite is known of the history of ; 
this species, though it is probably a native of Brazil. 
' A figure appeared in the Botanical Magazine some 
: half-dozen years ago, and the incidental remarks of Sir 
Joseph Hooker as to the difficulty in running down 
, the names of garden plants, may be reproduced with 
advantage at the present time. This difficulty, he 
says, “is, through obvious causes, becoming immense, 
■ and will soon be insuperable. I can recommend no 
; more useful object to a Horticultural Society, than 
/ the organising a committee for the collection and 
\ classification (with references) of the names of all 
^ plants introduced into cultivation, together wdth the 
Lcountries the plants come from, and their date of t 
Int roduction^ 
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