EXTRACTS—FLORICULTURE. 
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rhamnea;. 
Solla'ngia rubra. Red Soulaiigia. — A neat evergreen 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 
'I'ooting.— Edwds. Bot. R.eg. 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^. 
Calceol'aria connata. Connate Calceolaria, or Slipper-wort.—A free flovr- 
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 wduter.— Bot. Cab. 
CLASS 2.—MONOCOTYLEDONES, OR ENDOGENES. 
ORCHIDEuE. 
Epidendrum variegatuni. Variegated 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. 
Win. Harrison.— Curtis’s Bot. Mag. 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. 
AMARYLLIDEjE. 
Coru'rgia fnlva. 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. Win. Herbert. Culture—The bulbs of this genus are 
hardy green-house plants; they maybe 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 offsets, which is probably the 
cause of their rarely flo\vering with us. Perhaps a strong and richly manured 
loam would promote their blossom.— Ed. Bot. Reg. 
Gastron'ema pdllidtim. 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 e.arth. It appears to increase very 
slowly by ofl'sets.— Lodd. Bot. Cab. 
ASPHODELE-E. 
Ornithogalum bifolium. ^Two-leaved Star of Bethlehem. — Flowers of a 
delicate white. Native of Chili. Introduced in 1831, by Mr. Cumming. Cul¬ 
ture—Messrs. Loddiges have kept it in a green house, but it is thought probable 
that it will bear the winter in a sheltered place out of doors. It will increase by 
ofl'sets from the bulbs. The soil should be light sandy loam.— Lodd, Bot. Cah. 
