ing it exceedingly attractive. It was mentioned that in its native habitat it grows from two to four feet in height. A large Silver Medal was awarded it. Messrs. Veitch also received a Certificate of Merit for a plant of the Pear-leaved Periphragmos (P. pyrifolia), a Peruvian Phloxwort of great rarity, but whose creamcoloured flowers, though produced in abundance, are too dingy-looking to render it a plant of first-rate character.-Mr. Kyle, gardener to R. Barclay, Esq., sent a specimen of Eriostemon neriifolium, for which a Knightian Medal was awarded. Than this, for its size, it was perhaps impossible to produce a better specimen of good gardening. It formed a dense pyramid nearly five feet high, profusely clothed with white starry blossoms to the very pot. A Banksian Medal was awarded to Mr. Glendinning, of the Chiswick Nursery, for a tall specimen of Henfreya scandens, a stove climber of rather recent introduction, and of considerable beauty, but its white flowers are hardly pure enough; a deficiency made up, however, by their quantity and the length of time they continue to expand in succession. From the Marchioness of Westminster was a coloured drawing of a curious and beautiful Rhododendron, named Barbatum, which has lately flowered for the first time in this country at Eaton Hall in Cheshire. It was stated to have been obtained from the north of India; but unlike the Indian species, which generally have loose heads of flower, if we except the Ceylon R. zeylanicum, its flower-heads were close and compact, the individual flowers being short and round, and freer from spots than most other Indian kinds. The specimen from which the drawing had been made had been bloomed in a conservatory; but it was observed that it would no doubt prove as hardy as other sorts from the same quarter,

PANSIES, DAMPING OFF, &c.—I had some plants put in small pots, and placed in a frame for winter protection, I found them damping off. I soon found out the cause and remedy: I closed up the sashes at night, and the result was mildew and death. I gave all air in suitable weather both day and night, in the latter case the sashes were raised up, so that a space four inches deep at top and bottom were allowed for a current to pass through: my plants soon began to flourish. Such as were strongly affected by mildew, I sprinkled over with sulphur; the disease was removed by it, in unison with the free admission of air. A similar attention to Carnations and Picotees, to prevent or cure the plants of mildew, is essential, so I have found it.-C. Webb.

ALLAMANDA SCHOTTII.-I beg to furnish a few particulars respecting the Allamanda Schottii. The seeds from which I raised the plant, beautifully figured in the Botanical Magazine for February last, was collected in Brazil, in the beginning of 1846, but in what precise locality I am not prepared to state, by Gordon Graham, Esq., of Brighton, who most kindly presented them to this establishment. The plant from which the fine and correct drawing was taken is now in the hands of Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, and Co., of Exeter. It flowered here for the first time in the early part of July, 1847, continuing to expand its splendid bright orangecoloured flowers without intermission until the first week in January last, having frequently from five to six expanded flowers upon a panicle at the same time, making a grand appearance; even the dark, sunless days of November and December did not in any measure deteriorate the colours of the flowers. It is a plant of fine habit, and vigorous growth. The one under my management last season covered an area of upwards of fifty superficial feet, closely trained, and existed in an eight-inch pot whilst under my charge; though I would suggest that its habits in every respect qualifies it to be grown a most complete shrub, by a little attention to stopping while the plants are young, there being but little similarity between the habit of A. Schottii and A. cathartica, the former having an erect, and the latter a climbing stem; the flowers also of the former are fully twice the size of the latter. I feel fully convinced that it cannot fail to give the utmost satisfaction to growers, and will more than realise all that has been advanced in its favour. Sir W. Jackson Hooker, in one of his communications to me, says the flowers are most truly magnificent, far superior to any A. cathartica he ever saw. It merits a place in every collection of choice stove plants, and cannot fail to excite the admiration of all who behold its lovely flowers; those persons who saw it in flower can testify to the truth of this statement. I have a plant just now showing flower, that has not yet bloomed, from the same seed as A. Schottii.-James Stanton, Gardener to R. "W, Burton, Esq., Springwood, Manchester, in Gardener's Journal.

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PHLOX IMBRICATA.

TE obtained this very singular and handsome variety from Mr. Van Geert, florist, of Antwerp. It was raised from seed which had been collected from Phlox omniflora. Each blossom of a Phlox usually has but five petals; those of the one we now figure have from nine to twelve. From this circumstance it had been represented (incorrectly) on its first time of blooming, to be a double one, but its specific title, descriptive of the petals laying tile-like over the edges of others, is very appropriate. The plant grows about two feet high, vigorous, blooming very profusely, and, with its large heads of flowers, is highly ornamental.

The entire family of Phloxes have a peculiar claim to cultivation, being (almost without exception) quite hardy, easy of culture, readily increased by division or seed, of numerous colours and variety in shading, stripes, &c. Many of them diffuse a very delightful perfume for a considerable distance around, and the tribe includes those which commence blooming early in March, and others flower in continuous succession till November. The one we figure well merits a place in every flower garden.

AGALMYLA STAMINEA-LONG-STEMMED.

Mr. Lobb discovered this plant growing in humid parts of mountain woods in Java. Messrs. Veitchs exhibited a plant in bloom at the Horticultural Society's rooms in Regent-street, London, on a recent occasion. The flowers resemble those of an Eschynanthus. The flowers are borne in dense fascicles, about fifteen in each cluster, of a rich scarlet-red; the inside of the tube is of a dark colour. A separate Vol. XVI. No. 18.-N.S.

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flower is about an inch and a half long. It requires to be grown in the stove, and to be cultivated as the Eschynanthus are. (Figured in Pax. Mag. Bot.)

ALLOPLECTUS CONCOLOR-WHOLE-COLOured.

An inhabitant of Brazil, from whence it was sent to the Royal Gardens of Kew. It is a stove plant, shrubby, growing about two feet high. The flowers are tubulous, bellying much, hairy, of a rich orange-scarlet, and about an inch and a half long. It is a very neat and interesting plant. (Figured in Bot. Mag., 4371.)

CASSELIA INTEGRIFOLIA ENTIRE-LEAVED.

It is a stove plant, a native of Brazil. It is a shrubby, evergreen plant. The flowers are produced in loose racemes, four to six in each, and several racemes at the ends of the branches. The corolla is funnelshaped, about three-quarters of an inch long, and as much across the mouth, of a delicate purple-blue. The inside of the tube is yellow. It is a very neat and beautiful flowering plant.

ECHINOCACTUS CHLOROPTHALSNUS-GREEN-EYED.

It is a native of Real del Monte, in Mexico, and has recently bloomed in the fine collection of this interesting tribe at Kew Gardens. It is of the globe form, as large as a good sized orange. The flowers are produced at the crown, three inches across, of a pretty lilac-purple, and the centre of anthers yellow. The stigma, several of them, are of a rich green, and form a very distinct eye. It is an interesting species. (Figured in Bot. Mag., 4373.)

ECHINACEA INTERMEDIA.

It is a native of the cooler parts of Mexico, a hardy perennial herbaceous plant, which grows about two feet high, and blooms freely from June to November. The flowers are very showy, having much the appearance of single Dahlias or Rudbeckias, of a rich reddishpurple and lilac about five inches across. It is in the collection of Messrs. Backhouse, of York. It well merits a place in every flower garden.

STIGMAPHYLLON CILIATUM.

A native of Brazil, where it grows abundantly in the forests and thickets. It is a twining evergreen shrubby plant, requiring to be grown in the stove. It has recently been in bloom in the collection of Messrs. Knight and Perry, of King's-road Nursery, Chelsea. The flowers are borne in umbels having from three to six in each: they are of a bright orange-yellow colour, fringed at the edges, about threequarters of an inch across. (Figured in Pax. Mag. Bot.)

At the Royal Gardens of Kew.

BEGONIA HOMONYNI.-The plant grows two feet high, bushy, and the flowers are pure white, which, in contrast with the yellow anthers, produces a very pretty effect.