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tenuated appearance ; and though they have grown considerably, 
still, when seen near the others, are decidedly inferior. From this 
I infer, that, to have them in perfection, it is necessary to start 
them early, that time may be obtained to allow for stopping the 
growing shoots at least twice in the course of the season, which 
is most essential to increase the size of the plant; and, as the 
corymbs of flowers are produced terminally, by inducing the 
plant by these means to throw out more branches, we conse¬ 
quently increase the number of heads of flowers : and, from the 
great difference observable in the appearance of the foliage of 
the plants that were grown in the warm pit and those in the 
stove, it seems equally necessary to allow them a temperature of 
from 65° to 75°, throughout the growing season; but it must be 
remembered that, in a heat of this amount, the plants will require 
a situation near the glass, or it is probable the new shoots will 
speedily become drawn. After the required growth has been 
obtained, and the flowers are about opening, no better place will 
be found than the conservatory, where they will remain flower¬ 
ing all the season. 
P. 
LIST OF NEW PLANTS. 
Orchideje. — Gynandria Moncindria. 
Lcelia mojalis. Although this beautiful epiphyte has been very liberally 
distributed, it has, until the present instance, evaded the cultivator’s art, and 
obstinately refused to flower. It is a native of the most temperate parts of 
Mexico, being found by Mi*. Hartweg in San Bartolo, “ in situations so ele¬ 
vated that the temperature sometimes falls below the freezing point. This 
habitat, so unusual for an orchidaceous plant, will go far to explain the ill 
success that has hitherto attended its cultivation; for while it is easy to 
imitate the close and humid atmosphere in which most of the tribe are found, 
it is infinitely more difficult to provide a substitute for the pure air and 
frequent changes of temperature in which these mountain epiphytes would 
seem to delight.” 
The management under which it has flowered with M. 11. Llewelyn of 
Penllergare is as follows : — 
“ The plant, after being potted in very rough fibrous peat, was kept nearly 
dry, in a cool plant-house, until its new buds began to swell, when it was 
removed to a hot and damp stove, water being given regularly until its budfe 
had acquired their full size; after which it was discontinued by degrees, and 
the plant carried back to a lower temperature. This treatment has been 
repeated, and under it the entire genus seems to thrive.” 
The sepals and petals are of an uniform bright lilac. The base of the lip 
is white, slightly tinged and spotted with lilac, while the expanded portion* 
has the same colour, but of a darker shade, thickly studded with spots and 
bars of crimson. —■ Bot. Reg , 
