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THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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more will be required than the extermination of weeds and 
worms—a supply of water in periods of drought—and a 
slight top-dressing of rich soil among the young seedling 
plants which will appear in less than a month. Thus en¬ 
couraged, the seedling plants will grow vigorously till 
November. Many will ilower in the succeeding April, when 
the best should be marked, the worst rooted out, and space 
thus given for the growth of those that have not flowered. 
When the tubers are at rest, the largest (which will be in¬ 
dicated by the strength of the foliage) should be lifted, and 
the bed again top-dressed with rich soil to encourage the 
small roots which should remain undisturbed in the bed 
another year. The roots taken up may be dried and stored 
as directed for the double Anemones, but should bo re¬ 
planted rather earlier in the autumn than is recommended 
for them. 
A second sowing of seed should be made in February, on 
the plan described above. A few of these will flower in 
autumn, and many in the following spring. 
Single Anemone roots may remain in the ground for two 
seasons, if this be preferred; strong plants w 7 ill remain 
green nearly all the year round, and during most of the 
months will furnish ornaments to the table bouquet as a 
rew'ard to the cultivator. 
NEW PLANTS. 
THEIR TORTRAITS AND BIOGRAPHIES. 
Red-flowered Almeidea (Almeidea rubra). — Botani¬ 
cal Magazine, t. 4548.—This genus of Brazilian shrubs 
was named by St. Hilaire, in honour of Don R. P. 
de Almeida, his friend and patron ; and rubra refers to 
the red colour of the flowers, which in this species are 
produced at the end of the branches on close spikes, 
called thyrses. Five more species of these pretty bushes 
have been recorded, and all natives of Brazil. They 
belong to the Natural Order Rueworts (Rutaceie), and 
the nearest alliance is Galipea, from the same country; 
and what we did not expect to see repeated in the 
“ Botanical Magazine,” it is stated, that the Almeidea 
rubra has the calyx and nectary of Cuspariecc, stamens 
of Galipea, two ovides attached as in Cuspariecc, and a 
false aril as in Monniera—Cusparia itself being only a 
synonym of Galipea, which has ten other synonyms 
besides, given by eight different botanists. Galipea was 
named by Aublet, in his work on the “ Plants of French 
Guiana,” in 1773. Subsequent botanists have been 
deceived in it; and, to make bad worse, the genus given 
in honour of Aublet himself, Aubletia, was pre-occupied 
by Linmeus as Monniera, referred to above. like the 
Orchids, the Rueworts are arrauged into seven natural 
groups, two of which chiefly inhabit equinoctial America, 
and Almeidea belongs to one of them; Cuspariecc, named 
after Humboldt’s Cusparia, now one of the synonyms of 
Galipea. The other American group of Rueworts is 
Philocarpece, called after Philoearpus. At the Cape of 
Good Hope, Rueworts are abundant in the shape of 
Diosmas, and those allied plants now called after other 
names than Diosma; while in New Holland they abound 
in the forms of Boronicis, Eriostemons, Croweas, Correas, 
and such like old favourites with greenhouse gardeners. 
They all possess, in a more or less degree, the acrid bit¬ 
terness and strong odour of the common rue. The bark 
of a species of Galipea is said to be one of the best 
febrifuges we possess, and much preferable to Cinchona, 
or Peruvian bark, for malignant bilious fevers. 
The Almeidea rubra was discovered near Rio Janeiro. It 
is a branching stove shrub, from three to five feet high. 
Leaves alternate, shaped like those of the willow, but larger 
and broader in proportion to their length, and with inch-long 
stalks. Flowers red, in a spike, on smooth stalks, thickest 
near the flower; calyx in five sharp teeth ; petals reversed- 
egg-shaped, and very blunt at the outer end. Stamens five, 
with slightly downy filaments grooved near the base, and with 
two hairy pimples above the groove. Anthers oval and in 
two segments. Style longer than stamens, with stigma 
divided into five sections. Ovary five-celled. Seeds kidney- 
shaped. 
It belongs to 5-Pentandria 1-Monogynia of Linnosus. It 
blooms in September. 
Purple-flowered Calanthe (Calanthe Masuca ).— 
Botanical Magazine, t. 4541.—The genus Calanthe was 
founded on Calanthe veratrifolia —recommended by Mr. 
Appleby at page 166 of our present volume—by Dr. 
Brown about thirty years back; and is derived from 
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