. The Country gentleman's magazine. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Great Britain. Neiv and Rare Plants 57 Many of the scarcely hardy coniferse might be made to grow in proper houses. The conservatories, as we generally see them, are too hot, and, consequently, no half-hardy tree that delights in abundance of air passing about and over it can live comfortably in a close heated atmosphere. Even Bedwill's Araucaria, and several more of the family, would grow much better in a cooler, clearer house than we see them growing in. Plenty we have copied the figure of the flower, that nothing like this, so
. The Country gentleman's magazine. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Great Britain. Neiv and Rare Plants 57 Many of the scarcely hardy coniferse might be made to grow in proper houses. The conservatories, as we generally see them, are too hot, and, consequently, no half-hardy tree that delights in abundance of air passing about and over it can live comfortably in a close heated atmosphere. Even Bedwill's Araucaria, and several more of the family, would grow much better in a cooler, clearer house than we see them growing in. Plenty we have copied the figure of the flower, that nothing like this, so far as he knows, has ever been received from the old world ; but that it is evidently allied to a species gathered by Ruoz and Pavon in Peru.âC. caudatum of Dr Lindley. It is stemless, with large fleshy vernacular roots; leaves, lo to 12 inches in length, two arising from the same root; oblong, coriaceo-carnose, dark green, subcanalicu. Fig. 5.âLeucadendron argenteumâBranch and Cone. of light, and only sufficient heat to keep back frost, is what is wanted for such an ornamental tree as the Silver Tree of the Cape. CYPRIPEDIUM STONEI. An importation by Messrs Low & Co., from Sarawak, by Mr Day of Totten- ham. Of this species Hooker says in the " Botanical Magazine," tab. 5349, from which late, very obtuse, with a short mucro. Scape radical, with a large sheathing bract at the base, â : terminating (in the specimen from which the description was taken) in three large bracteated pedicelled flowers. Dorsal sepal white within, streaked and mottled with dark purple externally, and tinged with yellowâthe lower sepal (two coalesced into one) similarly coloured. Petals, 4 to 5 inches long, curved downwards, tawny yel-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original London, S. Marshall & Co
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