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QUERIES AND ANSWERS. 
Plants Figured in tiie Title Page, Unnamed. —You have hitherto most 
unaccountably omitted to give the names of the plants figured in the Frontis¬ 
piece of the first Volume of your Register, and I have in vain examined the 
numbers of this year in expectation of this defect being remedied. I shall feel 
obliged, if you will give us a full explanation of the same. 
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Answer. —It certainly was an important omission, and we feel extremely 
obliged when any friend reminds us of our inadvertencies. So far as they are 
practicable, we have great pleasure in attending to the remedies they may pro¬ 
pose. No. 1, then is the 
Onci'dium bif'olium. —Two-leaved Oncidium.—An elegant stove plant, 
bearing flowers of a brilliant yellow, spotted with brown. It is a native of Monte 
Video, where it grows on trees. Culture .—It will not live in a pot, but thrives 
pretty well when tied upon a small piece of the branch of a tree, suspended by a 
wire in the stove. It increases occasionally by offsets.— Bot. Cab. 
Franc'oa sonchif'olia. (2) Sow-thistle leaved Francoa. This plant is a 
native of Chili, and has been lately introduced. The flowers are light purple, 
marked with a darker colour. Culture .—It is hardy and grow's freely in rich 
loam, and may be readily propagated by seeds.— Bot. Cab. 
Scutellaria macrantha. —A very pretty herbaceous plant, with bright 
blue flowers, rising about six inches high, and flowering in June. Native of Si¬ 
beria, and lately introduced by Dr. Fischer. Culture .—It is perfectly hardy, 
and should be grown in light loam ; it may be increased by dividing the roots. 
