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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ Maecii, 
orange-scarlet flowers, of which the three outer 
segments are broad and spreading. In Borneo, 
it grows and flowers for nine months out of the 
twelve. 
Dipladenia carissima : of garden origin : Apocy- 
nacese.—A charming addition to stove climbers, 
the delicate blush colour of its large flowers 
affording a fine contrast with the deeper-coloured 
varieties. 
Hibiscus rosa sinensis schizopetalus : West 
Africa: Malvaceae.—A stove shrub, whose flowers 
grow' on long pendent stalks from the leaf-axils, tho 
orange-red petals reflexed and cut deeply into a 
multitude of fringed segments. 
Canistrum eburneum : Brazil: Bromcliaceac.—In 
the midst of a rosette of maculate green leaves is 
set a tuft of short, broad, ivory-white floral leaves 
surrounding numerous small white clavatc flowers, 
which just fill out the opening. 
CrotonEvansianus : South-Sea Islands: Euphorbia- 
cere,—A distinct and pleasing-looking shrub, with 
dense subtrilobate leaves, the veins at first yellow, 
then orange. C. Hawkeri has the middle portion 
of the leaves yellow, the outsides green, and is 
distinct and striking. C. Massangeanus, a Con¬ 
tinental hybrid, has long, lance-shaped, spreading 
leaves, and is very showy in its yellow, green, and 
carmine-rosy colouring. C. roseo-pictus has the 
pretty rosy tint of Williamsii present in its older 
leaves, which are obovate and well displayed. C. 
Burtoni is in the way of Veitchii as to coloura¬ 
tion, but with the leaf margins wavy. 
Arabia regin.e : New' Caledonia: Araliacese.—A 
handsome plant, of erect habit, with palmatifid 
leaves, divided down to the top of the mottled 
petiole into about six flat, narrow-pointed, bright 
green leaflets. 
Orchids. 
Cymbidium Lowianum : Burmah.—A fine showy 
species, whose handsomely spreading foliage, and 
long drooping spikes of strikingly if not gor¬ 
geously coloured flowers of a pale olivaceous 
green, with rich maroon blotch on the yellowish, 
lip, mark it out as a popular subject. 
Dendrobium cerinum: Malayan Archipelago.—A 
showy species, with large ochraccous wax-like 
flowers, the lip marked with rich brown lines 
radiating from the base. 
Dendrobium micans : a cross between Wardianum 
and lituiflorum.—It has knotted stems and large 
pallid flowers with deep purple tips, the lips 
having also two basal dark Indian-purple spots. 
Dendrobium splendidissimum. —A beautiful hy¬ 
brid, with large cream-coloured flowers shining as 
if varnished, purple at the tip, the disk of the lip 
dark Indian-purple, with many radiating lines 
running out from its base, and covered with 
velvety hairs. 
Pescatorea Gairiana : New Grenada.—A hand¬ 
some plant, the large showy flowers with deep 
violet sepals and petals, and a broad rose-coloured 
lip having a radiating callus covering half its 
surface. P. Klabociiorum has white flowers 
tipped with chocolate, and an ochre-coloured lip 
with many small purple spots and a sulphur- 
yellow callus. P. Leiimanni has the sepals and 
petals white, densely striped with purple, and the 
lip deep violet-purple, covered with long bristle¬ 
like papillae on the anterior part, and with a callus 
at the base. 
Paciiystoma Tiiomsonianum : tropical Africa.—A 
distinct and interesting plant, with clustered 
roundish pscudobulbs, and two flowered scapes of 
shining w'hite expanded flowers, with a recurved 
lip of the brightest and richest purple. 
.—T. Moore. 
HOYA CAENOSA 
AS A WALL PLANT. 
« IIIS beautiful stove climber, when grown 
in pots, with, its stems coiled round a 
balloon-shaped or cylindrical trellis, is 
too frequently seen to bear a sickly appearance. 
Now, as plant-stoves are generally overhauled 
about the present time, and unsightly subjects 
are discarded, while the necessary potting of 
others to be grown on is performed, I would 
strongly recommend that this charming subject, 
instead of being confined to a pot, should be 
planted out, and trained against a wall, to 
which it will adhere by its stem-roots with the 
persistency of Ivy. I had the opportunity of 
judging of the advantages of this mode of 
growing the Iloya during the summer of ’78 ; 
as we had one planted in a box, and trained 
along the back wall of a three-quarter span 
melon house, where it enjoyed the full sun, 
and was well syringed twice a day. 
The Iloya is a plant that is very impatient 
of anything approaching stagnation of water 
at the roots. Therefore, whether it be grown 
in pots or planted out, good drainage is of the 
greatest importance. The soil should consist 
of peat, fibry loam, and silver sand, and to 
these ingredients broken potsherds and char¬ 
coal may with advantage be added sufficient 
in quantity to keep the whole mass of the 
compost open. Many growers, I have observed, 
fall into the error of picking off the old foot¬ 
stalks of the flower umbels, but this should 
never be done, as it causes the loss of the 
succeeding blossom they would otherwise pro¬ 
duce.— Geo. Potts. Jun., Epsom. 
EUPATOEIUM LIGUSTEINUM. 
above-named plant [more frequently 
lied E. Weinmannianum: see Florist, 
77, p. 28] is of great utility where cut- 
flowers and decorative plants are required for 
autumn and winter use. Its white flowers can 
be used in bouquets and vases with excellent 
effect, and moreover, they retain their fresh¬ 
ness in water longer than many other kinds of 
flowers. The plant is of easy culture, and if 
the following remarks be attended to, will 
well repay the cultivator’s attention. Cuttings 
should be put in in February, in a mixture of 
half silver-sand, and tho other half equal parts 
of peat and loam ; and if placed in a bottom- 
