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THE FLORIST’S JOURNAL. 
Meliacea-:. — Monadelphia Decandria. 
Turrcea lobata. This very rare stove plant flowered at Chiswick House 
last July. His Grace the Duke of Devonshire received it from Mr. Whitfield, 
who collected it in Sierra Leone. The flowers have much the appearance 
of those of the orange, but have no scent. — Bot. Beg. 
Orchidace.£. — Gynandria Monandria. 
Cattleya pumila. This pretty little species is stated in the Botanical Ma¬ 
gazine to be a native of the Essequibo ; but we cannot confirm that statement, 
which has probably originated in some mistake. It is most assuredly 
Brazilian, being No. 657. of Mr. Gardner’s Herbarium, and having been 
imported by a French dealer from that country under the name of C. mar - 
ginata , —a very good name, expressing the appearance of a beautiful pale 
border to the blood-red blotch of the lip. It should be potted in turfy 
heath mould, mixed with a few pieces of potsherds to keep it as porous as 
possible; the pot should also be well drained, and the soil considerably 
elevated above its rim. In cultivation the genus Cattleya differs from many 
orchidaceous plants ; the species require very little water ; even in spring 
when the plants are growing, water once or twice a week will be sufficient; 
and if syringed, it must be so slightly that no water may lodge in the axils 
of the leaves; but where steam can be admitted once a day it will be found 
much better. During summer the house should be slightly shaded in sunny 
weather, and the temperature allowed to rise to 80° or 85° by day, but never 
above 70° at night. In winter, when little or no water is required, except 
to keep the pseudo-bulbs from shrivelling, 65° by day and 58° at night will 
be sufficient. — Bot. Beg. 
Malpighiace^e .—Decandria Trigynia. 
Stigmaphyllon jatrophcefolium. A very pretty twining plant, with clear 
light green leaves, beautifully cut for the most part, though sometimes 
heart-shaped, and bright yellow flowers. A native of rocky places, near 
the fort of Salto, on the banks.of the Uruguay. It is probable that it 
will prove suited to a greenhouse; but as it is found trailing among stones, 
it will require full exposure to all the sun-light that can be obtained in this 
climate. It will also succeed in a moist stove. — Bot. Beg. 
Orchidaceje. — Gynandria Monandria. 
Ania bicornis. This is by no means a showy plant, resembling at first sight 
a starved specimen of Eulophia macrostachya. It was flowered in March, 
1842, by the Iiev. J. Clowes of Broughton Hall, who received it from Ceylon. 
It is a terrestrial plant. — Bot. Beg. 
Amaryllidace^e. — Hexandria Monofiynia. 
Crinum variabile var. roseum. This beautiful bulb flowered in April last 
with J. H. Slater, Esq. of Newick Park, near Uekfield. Its leaves are very 
long, and its gay rosy flowers most agreeably scented. — Bot. Beg. 
Rosacea. — Icosandria Polygynia. 
Spircea Beevesiana. A handsome, hardy, sub-evergreen shrub, growing in 
any good garden soil from three to four feet high. The leaves on its young' 
shoots are so deeply lobed as to be almost pinnatifid ; but as it becomes old 
they lose their lobed character altogether. It forms a spreading bush, pro¬ 
ducing a copious display of white flowers in May and June. A native of 
China. — Bot. Beg. 
Orchtdace^;.— Gynandria Monandria. 
Lissochilus roseus. Although the terrestrial Orchidaceae of hot countries 
are too often very inferior to the epiphytes, yet there are many exceptions to 
that rule, among which few are more striking than the present, which will 
