The Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette . le for one of thelobes of the spreading out in the shape of a largegreenish-veined white bract; the plant is not new , having been introduced some years ago andlost. Now, however, that the art of cultivation is90 well understood, this may be made to form an inte-resting addition to our collections. Along with thesewere also Begonia Dregei, a Cape plant, covered witha profusion of white flowers ; the useful Lyperia pin-natifida, which displays its gay-looking violet blossomsnearly the whole year; Epidendrum primulinum andalatu
The Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette . le for one of thelobes of the spreading out in the shape of a largegreenish-veined white bract; the plant is not new , having been introduced some years ago andlost. Now, however, that the art of cultivation is90 well understood, this may be made to form an inte-resting addition to our collections. Along with thesewere also Begonia Dregei, a Cape plant, covered witha profusion of white flowers ; the useful Lyperia pin-natifida, which displays its gay-looking violet blossomsnearly the whole year; Epidendrum primulinum andalatum, Oncidium uuicorne, and 0. Lanceanum, thelatter a noble plant; a variety of Hippeastrum vittatum ;two species of Achimenes, and a plant of Sinningiaguttata ; together with Ruta patavina, whose heads ofyellow blossoms contrast well with the bright greenfoliage ; Phlomis Cashmeriana, a half hardy plant withgrey leaves -and violet flowers not remarkable for theirbeauty; twofineplants of Staticemucronata; and,finally,a weU-managed Veronica BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCE-MENT OP SCIENCE. The fifteenth meeting of this body was held at Cam-bridge on June the 18th, and succeeding days. Thearrangements for the reception and location of memberswere very complete. Although the time between the lastmeeting at York and the present one was little morethan eight months, there was no deficiency of papers atthe various sections, unless we except the Mechanicalsection, which, from the absence of civil engineers onrailway business, was only thinly attended. The sectionfor Natural History (Zoology and Botany) met in thelecture-room of the Philosophical Society of Rev. Professor Heuslow was President. On Thurs-day, the 19th, the papers were entirely zoological; onFriday, the 20th, botanical. By observing this arrange-ment strictly at the present meeting, this section wasbetter attended, and its proceedings obtained more inte-rest than at any previous meeting of the A
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