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THE FLORIST’S JOURNAL. 
to the advantage of all subscribing. The necessity and expense 
of books are evils severely felt by gardeners; but here is a method 
relieving him from much of the evil, and retaining all the good; 
indeed, we feel so well assured of the successful working of this 
mode of increasing the spread of knowledge among gardeners, 
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engaged in the delightful pursuit. 
Ed. 
LIST OF NEW PLANTS. 
ORCHiDACEiE.— Gynandria Moncindria. 
Bolbophyllum macrantlium. This singular plant was imported by Messrs. 
Loddiges from Singapore, and is closely allied to both B. leopardinum and 
affine. From each it differs in its much more fleshy and larger flowers, 
whose stalk is considerably longer than the petiole. 
The flowers appear in March, and expand so flat, that they seem as if they 
had been pressed between paper. In the centre they are a pale lemon colour, 
but towards the tips they are much mottled with dark chocolate-coloured 
spots. — Bot. Reg. 
Nelumbiace^e. —Polyadelphia Polygynia. 
Nelumbium caspicum A very splendid stove aquatic from the mouth of 
the Volga, near Astrachan, producing very large flowers, the petals of which 
are obovate, white, slightly tipped with deep rose at the extremities, while the 
carpels (nine in number) and filaments are bright yellow. It was flowered 
by Messrs. Rollison, of Tooting, in August, 1843. 
The plant requires to be kept dry during winter. Before putting it into the 
water, which ought to be done about the beginning of February, it should be 
re-potted in sandy loam, mixed with pieces of sandstone to act on the same 
principle as drainage, for the water in which it is grown requires to be re¬ 
newed once or twice a week, and should never be allowed (especially in sum¬ 
mer) to be below 80°. About the end of October, when the leaves begin to 
decay, the pot should be lifted out of the water and dried off gradually : as 
the soil becomes dry it will crack, or leave the sides of the pot, which should 
be filled up with sand, in order to cover many roots that would otherwise be 
exposed. — Bot. Reg. 
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Combretace-iE. —Decandria Monogynia. 
Quisqualis sinensis. This plant was exhibited before the Horticultui'al 
Society in July, 1841, by Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, and Co. of Exeter, who 
stated that it is a more compact grower than the old Q. indica, and therefore 
more desirable for cultivation in pots. It manifestly differs in its smoother 
leaves and branches, and in the larger size of its flowers, which are moreover 
of a much deeper rose colour.— Bot. Reg. 
Berberaceje. — Hexandria Monogynia. 
Berberis pallida. This plant, in its native country, forms an evergreen shrub 
from five to six feet high, and is found but sparingly on mountains near Car- 
donal and Zimapan in Mexico. Mr. Hartweg, who introduced it, also met with 
it near the hot springs of Atotonilco el Grande, but nowhere in any quantity. 
