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figures of Salvia boliviana, Planch, [t. 6714], a beau¬ 
tiful free-flowering species, of erect subshrubby habit, 
with rather large ovate-cordate wrinkled pubescent 
leaves, and panicles two feet long, of crowded whorls 
of bright scarlet slender tubed flowers having a small 
two-lipped limb ; Bolivian Andes; Henderson & Son. 
— Dendrobium cariniferum Wattii, Hook. f. [t. 6715], 
a small white flowered Dendrobe of little beauty; Bur- 
mah ; Kew.— Kniphofia Leichtlinii, Baker [t. 6716], 
an interesting half-hardy perennial, stemless, with 
long carinate subtriquetrous bright green leaves, and 
a scape a foot and a half high, bearing a cylindrical 
spike of narrowly bell-shaped flowers which are yellow 
flushed with dull pale vermilion; Abyssinia; Max 
Leichtliu ; Kew.— G-lyphosperma Palmeri, S. Wats, 
[t. 6717], a new Liliaceous genus allied to Anthericum, 
with fistuloee leaves and straggling racemes of small 
greenish white flowers, of no floricultural value ; N. 
Mexico ; Kew.— Aster diplostephioides , Benth. [t. 
6718], “the handsomest and one of the commonest 
of the Alpine Composite of the Himalaya,” a pubes¬ 
cent or villous perennial, with obovate to oblanceolate 
stalked radical leaves, and solitary flower-heads 2—3 
inches in diameter, having a pale bright purple ray of 
numerous narroav florets surrounding a dark disk ; 
Kew.— Jasminumfloridum,~Biinge [t. 6719], the same 
as the J. subulatum, Liudl., a suberect shrub, with 
trifoliate leaves, and cymose heads of moderate-sized 
yellow flowers; China and Japan ; Kew. 
LTllustration Horticole (9, 10 liv.) gives 
figures of Pothos celatocaulit, N. E. Brown [t. 496], 
an interesting Aroid, with two ranked imbricating 
roundish leaves growing against a flat surface, no 
doubt eventually producing different and more 
perfect leaves; Borneo; Veitch & Sons.— Odonto- 
glossum Londesboroughianum, Kehb.f. [t. 497], a fine 
showy Orchid, with yellow flowers, the sepals and 
petals basided with brown, and the large flat lip pure 
yellow; Mexico.— Campylobotrys Q-hiesbreghtii fol. 
variegatis [t. 498], a singularly variegated stove 
plant, well known in gardens.— Calamus Lindeni , 
Bedigas [t. 499], an elegant dwarf palm, with 
spiny stems, and ovate pinnately cut leaves, which 
are dark-green above, and white beneath; Malay 
Archipelago; Compagnie Continentale d’Horti- 
culture.— Oncidium Papilio Sckhardti, L. Lind. [t. 
500], a very handsomely marked large flowered variety 
of the Butterfly Orchid; Comp. Cont. d’Horticulture. 
—Anoectochilus Lowi , Hort. [t. 501], a well-known 
dwarf Orchid with the leaves handsomely reticulated 
with metallic-tinted lines on a velvety surface. 
Bevue de L’Horticulture Belge, &c., has a 
handsome figure of a fine deep maroon crimson H.P. 
Rose, raised by J. Schwartz, and named Presedent 
Sdnelar, which has obtained a first-class award at the 
June meeting of the Societe d’Horticulture pratique 
de Bhbne. 
Journal des Boses (Oct.) gives a portrait of 
the Tea Rose Standard de Jeanne d’Arc, a variety 
raised by M. Garpon, of Bouen, and having creamy- 
white flowers with remarkably smooth petah, the 
colour passing to pure white. 
Gartenflora (Sept.) has figures of a double 
flow'ered form of Calendula sicula fl. pi. [t. 1128], 
which bears flower-beads about an inch across, and is 
introduced by Damman & Co., who call it C. maritima 
fl. pi., and describe it as a perennial of bushy habit, 
very free-flowering, blooming within two months of 
its being sown, and resembling the officinalis forms, 
but smaller and much handsomer; the flowers are 
sulphur yellow. —Opuntia Pceppigii, Otto, and O. 
Segethi, Philippi [t. 1129], two small Chilian Cacti, 
the first with white, the second with rosy-tinted 
flowers; Haage et Schmidt.— Chamelum luteum, 
Philippi [t. 1129, fig. 6—9], a very dwarf yellow- 
flowered Irid, with linear filiform leaves, and small 
erect funnel-shaped flowers about-two inches loDg. 
Bevue Horticole (Oct. 1 — 16) figures Mon- 
ninia obtusifolia, a purple and orange flowered 
Polygalaceous shrub from Peru and New Grenada, 
and Caraguata sanguinea, a Bromeliad with white 
flowers nestled in the rosy bracteal leaves. 
Bulletin d’Arboriculture, &c. (Sept.—Oct.) 
contains a plate of the Amsden Peach, the text of 
which had been already presented, while that of the 
Pear Olivier de Serres is now given; and also a 
plate of the Citron des Carmes Pear, one of the 
earliest varieties in cultivation. 
TREATMENT OF IMPORTED 
CYCADS. 
UT few tribes of plants have enjoyed 
more of the favour of gardeners and 
garden amateurs than the Cycads in 
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“ their manifold beautiful aspects, which 
form such stately ornaments to our conserva¬ 
tories and winter gardens. Notwithstanding, 
however, that there are abundant importations, 
and the plants are in demand at high prices, 
those existing in our houses bear no propor¬ 
tion to the number imported, since a very 
large percentage of these stems perish in 
consequence of the treatment to which they 
are subjected. 
In order to keep the imported plants, which 
are often costly, as large as possible, it is 
customary to plant the stems as received. 
The consequence of this is, that (1) almost 
always the first young growth appears before 
the striking of the root; that (2) the roots 
appear very late, often not till after a year 
has passed, and then but scantily; and that 
(3) the stems frequently rot in consequence 
of the injuries they have received when being 
collected and sent home. 
Newly imported Cycads ought therefore to 
be thus treated :—First a thick slice should 
be sawn off the root end of the trunk. If 
sound, it will be well. In many cases, how¬ 
ever, it will be found that there is a hollow 
caused by decay passing up the trunk, and 
should there be so, slice after slice should be 
cut away till the last trace of this rottenness 
disappears. They are then to be potted or 
tubbed in vessels half as deep, as broad, and 
somewhat larger than the stems to be planted 
in them. In the bottom should be put a 
layer of coarse charcoal for drainage, then a 
moderately thick layer of very nutritious palm 
soil, on that a sandy layer mixed with charcoal, 
and on this, if need be, coarsely pulverised 
charcoal. On the latter, the stem, having 
had the saw wound cut smoothly, should be 
