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operation, and they also grow more freely when not too closely tied in. It 
will now probably show a few flower buds, but a fine display of bloom must 
not be expected until the following year. During the month of October 
water must be gradually withheld until the soil in the pot becomes quite 
dry. In this state the plant should be wintered in an ordinary stove 
temperature until the middle of the following February, when it should be 
carefully turned out, and the ball reduced as much as can be done without 
injury to the roots; re-pot in the same sized pot, place it in a temperature 
of from 60° to 70°, cut out all dead shoots, syringe lightly to induce it to 
break freely, and be careful not to overwater until the plant shows signs of 
activity, when it should be treated in every respect as above recommended. 
Dipladenia splendens and most of the other varieties of Dipladen'ia succeed 
well under the above treatment. Cuttings of the half-ripened wood of D. 
crassinoda will root freely under a bell-glass, and thereby a stock of plants 
may be kept up; this, indeed, should be done, as old plants are very liable 
to die after they are three or four years old. 
Somerley Gardens. Henry Chilman. 
PINUS PATULA. 
(O^NE of the Mexican Pines, and a most graceful and distinct species. 
Its wood is of a peculiar lead colour. The foliage is from 8 to 9 
? inches in length, and grows in threes, very delicate and most 
graceful, of a fine silver-grey colour, banging perpendicularly or 
pendulous on either or on both sides of its delicate branches, like the 
hair neatly parted on a young lady’s bead. The tree is handsome at all 
seasons, but it lights up in the most glorious manner with a gleam of sun 
and waft of wind. 
There is a fine tree of this species growing here, which has borne 
cones for years past. I send you a small branch with its foliage, which 
will give you a fair idea of its beautiful habit and appearance. 
Bicton Gardens. James Barnes. 
AMxARYLLIS RETICULATA. 
Q A f]T(^ERE this handsome Amaryllid, which was once called Coburghia 
^ striatifolia , sufficiently known or appreciated, it would be seen more 
frequently in plant catalogues and general collections. The foliage 
is peculiar and pleasing, from the narrow ivory-white stripe along 
the midrib of every leaf, young and old. The leaves are ensiform, 
blunt, slightly concave, and of fine texture, quite equal to those of the 
Imantophyllum .. The flowers, six in number, each measuring about 3 inches 
across, rise well above the leaves, and are placed in a horizontal position 
on the apex of a stout stem, forming a handsome umbel, 10 inches or a foot 
