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humid atmosphere while growing, and partial shade from bright 
sunshine in summer; a night temperature of 60 degrees in winter, 
and 70 degrees in summer will be amply sufficient for its growth. 
It may be grown either in a pot in a mixture of mossy peat and 
potsherds, or be suspended on a billet from the roof of the house. 
Bot. Reg. 
Diadelpiiia Decandria — Leguminosce. 
Indigofera Stachyaides. Seeds of this plant were collected 
in Bhotan, one of the independent states in the north-east of 
India by W. Griffiths, esq., at the height of 4000 feet above 
the sea, and sent to R. A. Solly, esq., by whom they were pre¬ 
sented to the Horticultural Society. A handsome hardy green¬ 
house shrub, growing readily in a rich open soil composed of 
sandy loam and a little leaf-mould ; the plant when in good 
health flowers during a greater part of the summer.— Bot. Reg. 
Decandria Monogynia — Leguminosce. 
Oxylobium Capitatum. A greenhouse shrub of some beauty, 
imported from Swan River by Messrs. Low, of Clapton. It re¬ 
quires to be subject to the same treatment as the generality of 
these plants, and like them requires an abundant supply of 
water during the growing season, which should be reduced at 
other times. — Bot. Reg. 
Gynandria Monandria — Orchidece. 
Dendrobrium Rhombeum. This pretty species has much re¬ 
semblance to Aureum, from which, however, it differs in having 
smaller blossoms, a labellum without serratures, and the flowers 
in short racemes instead of pairs. It is a native of Manilla, 
whence it was sent by Mr. Cuming to Messrs. Loddiges, with 
whom it flowered in August last.— Bot. Reg. 
THE LETTER-BOX. 
Tyro. If as you say your orange trees are covered with scale 
instead of leaves, they must have been sadly neglected ; you 
had better prune them close back to the base of last year’s wood, 
turn them out of their pots and thoroughly wash them both 
roots and branches, then repot them in fresh earth and clean 
pots, and set them in a vinery or warm part of the greenhouse ; 
the soil should be maiden loam with the turf, and a third rotten 
dung. 
Victor. Catasetum, and its ally Cyenoches, require the warm¬ 
est part of the house; if they are now growing, you should not 
allow the temperature to fall much below 70° ; Cattleyas will 
do with even 10° less heat, and Succeed better, though if you 
are growing them near together, it will be better to keep the 
maximum temperature. 
