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pnng, .capes a p m made the.r appearance, bul sliB ,vith the .lender complement of three or four
c w e i r . : t°r^: t ' T " '
o7 h f t , 1 onr perve^e plant being now imperatively called for, we kept i t , dnrin,- (l,e whole
o f hs snmmer, n, a vmery, where ,t wiu. occupied, for six monUrs, i n completing shoots, which ,v„nld have
been Imrr.ed over n, the epiphyte house in half that time, but these shook are so e . c e i d i n * t Z md
have so mach of tl,.t bulky appearance which a ,dgoro„s flowering, Z eMW^^^^^
b i a n H T ' • ' » " » W ^ b l e di.t^mce b , their
bnUjant hues, and sparkle on the trees like so many stars.
This plaal te also u„„„n,ed ia Ike »ollection. of Lord Boloe aad Sir CaAn™ bv l.otl of who,,,
S h i r z i o «c c p a a r e , by . drawing, dees ao s„all credit t„ Mr. Boo«,, Sir
s k i l l a l ^ r d e o e r . Our (igaro was prepm-ed m pari fro,a the plant wlicn Jowerins with a. ia the seria, nf 18«
m par froa, „.live specia.eas bel.ngiag , „ Ihe Royal H e r b a r L. of M a n i c , T h e 1 i o 1 ' r f s l ' f j i s Í
U, p„via T " 7 bi rd, , from which, we mast „el la.it le a.ealion,
province of S»eio/leaa„go (where llicy are exelnsively found) derives ils name.
TliB "hand-plnat" i. aaotler pcouliarllj of He coanlrj-, aad is •
flowers to a band or claw.
called tl-om Ihe resemblance of ils striking red
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111 nmrnioniDi millibu. ooK>_IIoii. £p:,l. li, 1
t Mncclci/icid, a flower o