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succeeds in a warm moist stove, and should be allowed rich 
loamy soil and good pot-room.— Pax. Mag. Bot. 
Gynandria Monandria — Orchidacece. 
Miltonia Clowesii. A very fine species, somewhat like 
M. Candida , the sepals and petals having broad brown blotches 
on a yellowish ground, but differing mostly in the lip, which 
is very considerably compressed in the middle; the point also 
is greatly attenuated. At first it is said to be perfectly white; 
but afterwards acquires towards the base a lovely violet and 
pinkish tinge. It flowers from September to December, or 
longer : it may be cultivated at the cool end of the stove, and 
requires the general treatment usual for the pseudo-bulb class 
of Oncidiums. It was appropriately named in compliment to 
J. Clowes, Esq., of Broughton Hall, near Manchester, a zealous 
collector and cultivator of the tribe.— Pax. Mag. Bot. 
Octandria Monogynia — Tropoeolacecc. 
Tropceolum Azureum. At length the long-talked of blue 
Nasturtium has been received. It was first mentioned by Mr. 
Miers, in his Travels in Chili, and was also met with by Mr. 
Bridges many years since on the Campana de Quillota, but was 
first received in England in June last by Messrs. Veitch, of 
Exeter, from their collector, Mr. Lobb, who gathered it at a 
place called Cuesta Dormeda, about sixteen leagues from Val¬ 
paraiso; the plant bloomed in the following September. In 
habit it is very slender, resembling T. brachyceras. “ The flow¬ 
ers are altogether peculiar in form as well as colour; their five 
petals scarcely differ in size, radiating almost as regularly as 
those of a common primrose, and precisely similar in their exte¬ 
rior shape; they are originally of a deep violet hue, passing to 
whitish in the middle, and fading to a shade lighter after they 
have been opened a few days.” The treatment it requires is 
that usually employed with T. tricolorum.—■ -Pax. Mag. Bot. 
Did yn amia Angiospermia— Gesneracea. 
Gesnera Lateritia. A remarkably dwarf and compact growing 
species, with brick-red coloured flowers. Its nearest ally is 
G. faucialis, from which it differs in its peculiar lowness and 
