Of this majestic genus, first established in the Hortus Kewensis, there are now living in the British gardens, not fewer than four species, and several varieties; all natives, we believe, of the Cape of Good Hope, and all hot-house plants: viz. 1st, Strelitzia alba (Hortulanorum), which, towering far above the rest, and quite erect, attains the kingly height of twenty feet or upwards: it ought to have been called S. Regis;--2nd, S. Reginæ, here delineated, of which there are three or four varieties, differing only in the undulation of the leaves, and in their length, which (including the petiole) is usually from three to five feet;--3d, A nondescript narrow-leaved species, with very long petioles; this should be called S. Principis;--and 4th, another nondescript, but smaller sort, whose leaves are mere petioles, and scarce ever expand in the slightest manner into laminæ: this should be called S. juncea: it is very rare, and we believe at present only in the royal collection at Kew. All the Strelitziæ are propagated, though slowly, by carefully dividing their perennial roots, which are usually planted either in very large pots, or small beds annexed to the tan-bed in hot-houses. Our figure was made from a plant at Messrs. Colvill’s, in the King’s Road, last autumn, but the plant flowers freely at various seasons. [Illustration] INDEX TO THE PLANTS CONTAINED IN VOL. VI. Plate 361 Sanseviera carnea Flesh-coloured Sanseviera G. H. Herb March 362 Crocus biflorus Yellow-bottomed white Crocus Hard. Bulb February 363 Polygala stipulacea Stipuled Milkwort G. H. Shrub March 364 Iris pavonia Peacock Iris G. H. Bulb April 365 Scilla siberica Siberian Squill Hard. Bulb February 366 Geranium barbatum. _Var. undulatum._ Bearded-leaved Geranium _Var. waved-petaled._ G. H. Herb Septem. 367 Anagallis grandiflora Great-flowered Pimpernel G. H. Ann. April 368 Melanthium Massoniæfolium Massonia-leaved Melanthium G. H. Bulb March 369 Eucomis purpureocaulis Purple-stalked Eucomis G. H. Bulb March 370 Polygala teretifolia Cylindric-leaved Milkwort G. H. Shrub April 371 Polygala alopecuroides Fox-tail Milkwort G. H. Shrub April 372 Mimosa purpurea Soldier-bush Mimosa H. H. Shrub April 373 Pæonia suffruticosa Shrubby Pæony G. H. Shrub April 374 Xeranthemum proliferum Proliferous Eternal-flower G. H. Shrub May