days the petals gradually open and spread nearly flat, as well as the cup, 
or column, of stamina, which is comparatively short, and divided into 
separate parcels. The largest petals are round, and about an inch and 
a half in diameter; the others are roundish oblong-, and a little smaller. 
All of them are extremely delicate, like those of We thank’s White, repre¬ 
sented at folio 27- 
The accompanying figure was made, by permission of Mr. Palmer, 
from a plant which flowered in his Conservatory in March last. 
