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Scale 64 Feet to the Inch.

ON WARMING HOTHOUSES. BY STEAM.

Several valued friends having expressed
a desire of information respecting the mode we are
practising of Heating our Houses by Steam, we have
been induced to draw up the following short account
of the apparatus as it stands at present in full work.

It will be needful to begin at the Boilers, as being
the source of action. . We have two, although one only
is needed, or can be used at one time; but in ease of
repairs being wanting, the other is always in reserve,
to prevent any interruption of heat. They are both
of equal size, 11 feet long, 43 wide, and 54 deep, of
wrought Iron, fitted up precisely as common Steam
Engine Boilers (cc, Plate 1). A Cistern above (d)
supplies them with water in the usual way, by a self-
feeding apparatus, composed of a feed head (e) in
which is a valve, which is opened by the descent of a
stone float in the boiler as fast as the water evaporates,
and being balanced by ‘a weight, the moment the
water is replenished the float rises and shuts the valve.

To guard against any danger which might arise
from the too great force of the Steam, a Safety Valve
(Y is affixed: this is loaded so as to rise whenever
the steam i is of a greater pressure than Alb. upon the
square inch : it immediately eseapes through the pipe
to the-outside of the building.

There is also another valve (% to admit atmos-
pheric air whenever the condensation of steam causes
a vacuum in the boiler.

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To denote the height of water in the boiler there
is a Standard and Wheel (f) which is connected with
a Stone Float and Balance Weight, and moves an
Index, pointing out the level of the water; also for
the same purpose, two Guage Cocks (gg) and Pipes,
one on each side of the fire door: these communicate
at different levels with the inside of the boiler. From
that on the right hand steam should issue, if opened;
and from that on the left, water.

A Mercurial Guage (i) shews the pressure of the
steam at all times.

The Furnace (a4) is regulated with the greatest
precision by a door to the ash pit, and a damper in
the chimney; the latter is balanced by a weight (5 b)
descending by a chain over two pullies near the fire
door, and can be opened or shut in a moment.

By a brass cock at the lowest part of the boiler, the
water can be let out, for the purpose of cleaning it,
which should be done every two or three months.

We proceed now to describe the arrangement of
the pipes. The number of these is of course propor-
tioned to the degree of heat required and the space it
has to fill. In the Large Stove (No1, Plate 2) which
is 200 feet long, and contains above 30,000 cubic
feet, four tiers are laid the whole length in the front;
with these the heat is quickly raised to 80° or 90°.

estward the warm greenhouses, No. 2 and 3, have
each two tiers, and beyond those the small stove, No.
4, has five. Eastward No 5, 6, and 8, have one, but
No 7, being so much wider and higher, has three.

The whole are divided into two separate mains,
which for the sake of distinction, we may call the
Eastern and the Western. as its separate
Cock (11, mm, Plate 1) on the boiler, and these cor-

PLACES

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responding on both boilers, act precisely in the same
manner, whichsoever may be in use.

When the fire is lighted, these are both shut, and
remain so till the steam is at its full pressure of Alb.
to the inch, shown by the guage. At that time the
Western main is opened, by turning the Cock (D,
the vents at the end of each tier of pipes being pre-

hour, it is turned off, and as soon as the steam in the
boiler has recovered its full pressure, the Eastern cock
(m) is opened: this fills all the greenhouses down to
the extreme end: the length of this division is about
820 feet of houses, furnished with 430 yards of pipe
more orless. After this has been on for half an hour
it is shut, and the former opened again, which keeps
up a heat fully sufficient for every purpose: if the
weather is not very severe, we do not have the fire
made till two o'clock in the afternoon, and keep it on
till nine or ten at night, and no longer.

Our pipes are all iron, 4 inch bore, flanched and
screwed together with bolts and nuts: the joints are
made with iron cement, some upon lead flanches,
and some upon millboard dipped in white lead: the
latter way is perhaps the closest and best. They rest
upon wooden supporters, between which and the
pipe are small iron rollers, to prevent friction by the

expansion and contraction of the metal as it warms
and cools.

| A slight inclination is necessary in laying them,
about 1 inch in 12 feet, to take off the condensed wa-
ter to the ends, where it is let out by the vents.

We have three large Copper Valves, (a a a, Pl. 2.)
one in the middle and one at each end of the great
stove; they are for the purpose of letting out steam.
These are fixed on the pipes, and are capable of fill-
ing the house with vapour in an instant, thereby

inereasing the heat, and produeing a fine dew
all over the plants. A representation of one of these
- is given (Plate, 2, fig. 2.) By turning over the ball
the valve rises and opens the whole bore. of the pipe,
as shown in the dotted line.

Perhaps it may not be amiss to state some of Ee
motives which induced us to adopt the above

England «during the last twenty-five years, which ma
without much impropriety be termed the period of
the decline, if not the fall, of that interesting pursuit.

“Several causes have contributed to bring hot-houses
into neglect: of these, undoubtedly the pressure of

propensities, vastly more expensive in their nature;
and capable of affording far less real pleasure, have
rapidly increased and are still in:

The want of a place where some of hl fine pro-
duetions of the Tropics may be seen unfolding their
majestic forms, so different the unassisted
growth of our island, has been one cause of the in-

with which they have been treated. It is

no wonder that persons who have never seen more of
the astonishing works of nature, than such as are
displayed at a London entertainment, or are exposed
for sale in Covent-Garden market, should feel little
desire after such things. It is natural, under such
circumstances, to suppose that the cultivation of
plants is an object unworthy the consideration of any
but the vulgar; an object which must necessarily be
degrading, if not dishonourable, to the polished mind:
Another cause has been the difficulty, not to say
impracticability, of forming a stove of a proper mag-
nitude, and at the same time of keeping up a suffi-
cient temperature at all times, to cause the plants to
flourish. The: want of this has been in many in-
stances joined to the negleet of gardeners, who in
general do not like stove plants, on account of the ad-
ditional trouble they give by the old system of ma-
nagement. ET
For many years have we beheld with the deepest
concern these and other causes gradually operating,
to the breaking up of the several respectable collec-

metropolis. One by one have they fallen, and new
ones have not arisen in their stead. The buildings
which once, filled with rare and splendid plants, de-
lighted and elevated the mind, in not a few instances
have been degraded into absolute potageries. The
intellectual pleasures which their owners had formerly

only as a sort: of manufaetories of.such things as
early potatoes, French beans, small salad, or mush-

rooms.

Under these diseouraging eireumstances, a prudent
adherence to our immediate interest would perhaps
have inclined us to submit to the power of example
and fashion, and thus to have relinquished this (cer-
tainly ill paid) branch of eultivation for ever. But it
always was a favourite branch with us, and we felt
disposed to make many sacrifices, rather than aban-
don it. We have even thought that as others
neglected it, so much the more was it ineumbent
upon us to be strenuous in its support. Every col-
lection which was dispersed was thus made, by nu-
merous purchases, to increase our own, and we no
sooner perceived the advantages of steam than we pre-
pared to avail ourselves of them to the fullest extent.

uffice it to say, that with it we have not
found the least need of tan, of course that article is
entirely dispensed with, whereby a vast deal of trouble
is saved, as also a considerable expence: the risk too
of losing many tender plants, which frequently hap-
pened in turning the tan in winter, is effectually ob-
viated.

It is known that steam does not consume or destroy
the vital principle of the air, as flues invariably do,
thereby rendering it unfit for vegetation: on the con-
trary, the heat obtained from is regular, nutri-

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covered withhoopesand poles,” which poor old Gerarde
used in his day, ‘wherein to set whatsoever strange
seedes were ke N unto him from the Indies or any
other hot region.

By the use of Steam, the largest conservatories may
with the greatest ease and certainty be constructed
and kept to any degree of heat. Thus may the glo-
rious works of the Almighty be displayed in some
portion of the magnificence of the Torrid Zone, and
those plants which are usually kept in a starved and
mutilated state, en? be Aba displaying their
f the beholder,
and electrifying his mind with the noblest ideas of
Oriental grandeur.

Nor to the PS WH of Tropical elimates would
these advantages be confined: they are equally suit-

What a rich and imposing Vista would be formed by
a single row on the right hand, and another on the
left, of the plants of New Holland, The Cape, China,
and similar "Countries, ‘growing in the full ground,
and ? There
too the riens; that charming ever-flowering family,

sand yards in length, of suitable height and breadth,
could be heated with ease by one of our boilers: and
where in the whole world would there be such an en-
chanting sight? where such a display of the wonders
of Creating Wisdom and Goodness? Where such an
opportunity of admiring and adoring the all-bountiful
Creator, and elevating the mind above itself in grati-
tude and praise?

How diminished, how trifling, how childish, before

such a scene, appear the enjoyments of some persons,
who in thoughtless and momentary follies, which
cannot possibly give either satisfaction or delight,
waste in one short year, more than would be sufficient
to construct and fill several such edifices.

Few people, however, are aware of the real pleasure
they are throwing away by their inattention and neg-
lect of the vegetable world,—that invaluable part of
the creation, a part confessedly formed to expand the
mind and to cheer the heart. en we view it in this
light, it makes us truly thankful to our Heavenly
Father for His unbounded beneficence in thus pro-
viding us a perpetual spring of amusement, of health,
and of happiness, so suitable to rational creatures.

To despise such a favour must be in the highest.
degree disrespectful; far rather, surely, ought we to
improve and cherish it to the utmost of our ability ;

citing our growing admiration!! “ O Lord ! how
manifold are Thy works; in wisdom hast Thou made
them all: the earth is full of Thy riches.”

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C. Loppices and Sons take the liberty
of mentioning, for the information of any Nobleman
or Gentleman who may be desirous of Heating Hot-
houses or Conservatories by STEAM, that Mr. BLORE,
32, Dorset-Street, Portman-Square, is a person whom
they can with the greatest confidence recommend in
this business. He will have the whole advantage of
their experience on every occasion. Mr. BLORE
also undertakes the warming by Steam of Mansions,
Picture Galleries, Public Offices, Churches, and other
large edifices, for which this system is so unequalled
in point of efficacy, cleanliness, salubrity, and security
from fire.

Cratægus arbutifolia .

Loddiges del!

No. 201.

CRATÆGUS ARBUTIFOLIA.

Order.

Class. E å
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house, but xi ds very probable that when it

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the future

In colour these, and th ose delight the smell ; 3
Sends nature forth, the daughter of the skies, ! È
To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes.”

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Cistus helianthemum fulgens.

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No. 202.

CISTUS HELIANTHEMUM fulgens.

Class. Order.
POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

This beautiful variety was raised from
seeds of the Helianthemum, a sort of Cistus
which sports very much. It flowers abun-
dantly during the summer, and if planted
in a border extends itself two or three feet

tings, and will grow in any dd ie
soil: two or three double varieties ha
lately been obtained, one of which is E
nearly the same colour as the present.

rostratum.

Ac onitum

No. 203.

ACONITUM ROSTRATUM.
Class. Order,
POLYANDRIA TRIGYNIA.

This is a native of the Alps of Switzer-
land; it flowers with us in July, and like
the rest of the genus is a very ornamental
hardy perennial. We raised our plant from
seeds about two years ago : it may also be
increased by the roots. These area kind of
tubers, thick at the top, which is the bud,
and tapering downwards two or three inches
“în length. When planted in small pots
they are very neat and ornamental, growing
aech a 4A EE £ Ze | earth

If they are turned out into a border where
the soil is rich, they will grow much larger.

& Loddiges del *

Besletia melittifolia.

N 204

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No, 204.

BESLERIA MELITTIFOLIA.

Class. Order.
DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA.

This genus derives its name from Basil
Besler of Nuremberg, author of Hortus
Eystettensis, 1613. Our present plant is a
native of the West Indies. It was eulti-
vated many years ago by Miller, but has
been lost in most collections. The stem is
of a very succulent nature, and apt to be
affected by damps in the winter, at which
season it should be sparingly supplied with
water. It must be constantly preserved in

tings or suckers, which are produced abun-
dantly from the roots. It flowers very
freely during the greatest part of the sum-
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Xyris opercı ul ii. j

No, 205.

XYRIS OPERCULATA.

Class, Order.
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

We raised this plant from seeds in 1800;
it is a native of New South Wales, The
leaves are like a rush, but have an elegant
undulating twist through their length, as
have the flower-stalks, which are about a
foot and a half high. The blossoms are
extremely delicate in their texture, lasting
but a shorttime: they haveno smell. The
months of July and August are the usual
season of flowering. It should be kept in
the greenhouse in winter, and potted in
loam and peat, giving it a large portion of
water: it is inereased by dividing the roots
in the spring or summer.

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Stapelia pulvinata.

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This most ie jes is a native of
the desarts of South Africa. Masson, who
first introduced it, says that it is called by
the Dutch, Arabian Rose. It has been some
mgland, but is not yet plentiful :

eason | f its flowering is July to Sep-
tember. The smell of the flower is not so
Po. 3 as of some of the kinds. The
plant is very apt to break at the joints
when loaded with a flower of such magni-
tude. It is increased by cuttings, and
should be kept in a warm greenhouse all
the year: in the winter it wants very little
water: loam, mixed with a little lime rub-
bish, is the most suitable soil for it.

Erica fastigiata.

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No, 207.

ERICA FASTIGIATA.
Gua. Order,
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

A beautiful species, flowering in the au-
tumnal months profusely. It is extremely
delicate, and there is something of a trans-
parency about the tube which is peculiarly
striking. This plant has been long since
introduced, nevertheless is little known,
and to be found in very few collections, al-
though so deserving a place in all. Itis
propagated with tolerable facility by cut-
tings: soil and culture as the others of the
family, equally loving plenty of air. It is
a native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Erica versicolor .

& Cooke fecit.

No. 208.

ERICA VERSICOLOR.
Class. Order.
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

This splendid sort was first raised about
the year 1793. Itis a native of the Cape of
Good Hope : with us it flowers during the
early part of the summer. It is-a some-
what robust sort, and if encouraged, will
grow to a large size, in which state it is
very ornamental, as it flowers in such rich
profusion. Itis propagated by cuttings, and
requires the usual greenhouse treatment,
with sandy peat soil.

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Ihcium floridanum.

oke feat

No, 209.

ILLICIUM FLORIDANUM.
Class, Order.
POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA.

This beautiful plant is a native of West
Florida, on the banks of the Mississipi; it
was introduced in 1766 by Mr. Ellis: we
were originally favoured with a plant of it,
many years ago, by the late Mrs. Walker,
of Southgate, since which we have abun-
dantly increased it. It usually flowers in

common greenhouse, to make it thrive. In
the summer also it is best to keep it under
glass, as if exposed to the weather the
leaves become yellow and lose all their

ty: they are very fragrant, although
the flowers smell somewhat unpleasantly.
It is propagated either by cuttings or layers ;
the latter is the preferable way, and the soil
should be loam and peat:

VOL. III. D

Diosma ciliata.

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& Loddiges del *

No, 210.

DIOSMA CILIATA.

Class. Order.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

This is a beautiful little shrub, a native
of the Cape: it flowers here in the spring
very freely. Masson is said to have intro-
duced it in 1774. As itis readily increased
by cuttings, it is become pretty generally
cultivated. The leaves have a smell which
to some persons is not pleasant. It requires
the common greenhouse protection, and is
by no means tender or delicate in its con-
stitution. The soil should be a mixture of
peat and loam in equal proportions.

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Viola lane eolata. :

GLoddises del:

& Cfc.

No. 211.
VIOLA LANCEOLATA.
Class. Order.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

This is a native of North America. It
grows, according to Pursh, in overflowed
meadows from Canada to Pensylvania:
several varieties of it have been found.
The flowering season is Sege, the months
of June and July.

With us it requires to be kept in peat
earth and well watered. It propagates itself
by offsets from the roots, and is not subject

to injury from cold, but ought to be shifted
often, as the roots are very apt to decay if
left too long undisturbed.

The genus Viola is numerous and its cha-
racter very distinct: some species of it have
been found in most of the temperate parts
of the world. We lately obtained a dried
specimen of a minute kind from Van Die-
man’s Island.

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Acacia pulchella.

E.C. feat.

No. 212.

ACACIA PUECHELLA.
Class. Order.
POLYGAMIA MONGCIA.

This beautiful little plant is from New
South Wales; whence it was introduced
about the year 1803. It produces its fra-
grant flowers in May and June in the
greatest profusion, generally some at the
axil of every leaf: the leaves are extremely
delicate, and the whole plant forms a small
prickly bush: it must be kept in the green-
house in the winter, and will increase pretty
well by cuttings: it flourishes in a loam
and peat soil. The roots of this and of the

What a curious property is this, that a plant
should derive from the same nutriment
qualities so opposite? but the more we
examine the productions of the Almighty,
the more shall we ever find that
„Wonderful indeed are all His works;

Pleasant to know, and worthiest to be all
Had in Prest always with delight.”

Oxalis hirta.

Drawn by Mi Rebello. GESE.

No. 218.

OXALIS HIRTA.
pr

Class. Order.
DECANDRIA PENTAGYNIA.
A native of the Cape, and a very showy
species: it flowersin theautumn, and thrives
in sandy peat soil. The tops die off in the

readily by offsets, and should be kept, in
winter, in a greenhouse, taking care to pre-
serve them from mice, which are very fond
of them. This genus is numerous, chiefly
natives of Africa.

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Neottia picta.

No, 214,

NEOTTIA PICTA.
Class. Order.
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA.

This plant was first sent to this country
from Trinidad by Dr. Anderson, about the
year 1805. It flowers freely every year in
the spring months, and the blossoms are
scented. It requires the stove heat con-
stantly; but there is not that difficulty of
cultivation attending this genus, which is
so usual in the Gynandria Class. We find
this kind sueceed very well in peat earth
and loam: the pots should not be too small,
as the roots are thick and require room.
They increase sparingly by offsets, which
are occasionally produced, and may be
separated as soon as they are of a mode-
rate size.

Magnolia glauca.

No, 215. =

MAGNOLIA GLAUCA.

Class. Order.
POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA.

This is a fine hardy shrub, or small tree,
as it frequently grows even in this country
to ten or fifteen feet. It is a native of
North America, where it sometimes attains

the height of thirty feet or more. We eg

been informed, that there is a variety

in some places is found of more than
double that size. It was introduced into
England by Banister, being sent by him to
Bishop Compton, who cultivated it in his
n at Fulham, in the latter part of the
seventeenth century. The scent of the
flowers is most exquisite; and in America,
when the trees are in full bloom, can be
distinguished three quarters of a mile off.
It requires bog earth, or fine light yellow
oam, in which we have had an old tree
grow beautifully for many years : it flowers
from May till October. Our drawing was
made in the latter month, at which time
it was almost — with a It
ly

Fresh ER paa før e can be dëse
from America, are far preferable.
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Erica acuminata.

Gb

No, 216.

ERICA ACUMINATA.
Zeg Order,
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

This flowers in the spring months. It is
rather scarce, being difficult to increase, as
it strikes very sparingly by cuttings. The
soil should be very sandy peat ; and it must
be kept in the greenhouse, giving it similar
treatment with the other heaths. It is å
native of South Africa, a part of the world

+1,

there be led, from the grossest ignorance, to

whom to know is eternal life.

Erica vestita purpurea.

No. 217.
ERICA VESTITA purpurea.
Class. Order.
OCTANDRIA MONOGENIA.

This has been known since the year
1794 in this country. Itisa native of the
Cape of Good Hope. It blossoms abun-
dantly during the autumnal and winter
months, and is an extremely fine showy
plant. As new flowers are continually
produced in an ascending spike, care should
be taken to remove the lower ones when
they are decayed, which will SHED their
damping and becoming injurious o the

leaves

ET occasions large plants to be

naked and unsightly in the under branches.
It is propagated with some difficulty by

cuttings, and requires the greenhouse with

as much fresh air as possible: soil, sandy

peat.

entiana intermedia

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fecit

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No. 218.

GENTIANA INTERMEDIA.

Class, Order.
PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA.

We SE raised this plant among a
parcel of the Gentiana septemfida from
seeds, which we received from Caucasus
in the year 1805; since which we have
also had several of them produced from
seeds, which ripened upon our plants of the
septemfida, from which it differs widely, i
being evidently allied in an equal degree to
the macrophylla. It is perfectly hardy, pus.
flowers abundantly in the summer, but has
never yet perfected its seeds, nor have we
been able to increase it much by dividing ;
it therefore seems likely to remain very
scarce: we have kept it in a moderate sized
pot in light loam, and with a plentiful
supply of water during the hot weather.

Hakea

microc arpa

No. 219.

HAKEA MICROCARPA.

Class, Order,
TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

A curious character prevails in this plant
of having the lower leaves flat, and those on
the upper part of the shoot needle-formed ;
among the latter the flowers are produced :
ou we enslig å in perfection in ees

Island, and SS us requires the , greenhouse
in winter, and may be increased by cuttings :
the soil should be sandy peat, with a mix-
ture of loam. This genus comprises a great
number of species: several we are already

remain as yet
natives of New Holland. 3i

VOL. III. "

Euphorbia anacantha.

No, 220.
EUPHORBIA ANACANTHA.
Class, Order.
DODECANDRIA TRIGYNIA.
This plant was cultivated by Miller in
1781. It is a native of the Cape of Good
Hope, and seldom grows above 6 or 8 inches

high. It flowers for a considerable time in

the autumnal months, admitting of ready

increase by cuttings: the soil ought to be

of a dry nature, such as sandy loam mixed
with old mortar. In the winter seas: he
plant should be kept in the pr ce
allowed little or no € a

nhouse ; especially + -

person attends wholly to their management
himself. ey require little room and
little care: they need hardly any water,
especially in winter; and if kept from freez-
ing, are, in general, not liable to be lost: in
appearance no plants are more peculiar,
and in form none are more curious: it is
surprising that they are so very little cul-
tivated.

Psoralea aphylla.

No. 221.
we

PSORALEA APHY

Class,
DIADELPHL

be encreased by cutti i
requires a mixture of tok and peat soil.
It is a native of the Cape, and was intro-
duced about 1790: being not very tender

1

VOL. III. H

Malva umbellata.

C. se.

6.

© Loddiges dat

No. 222.

MALVA UMBELLATA.
—

Class. Order.
MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA.

This is a native of New Spain, a country
so extensive and so diversified in altitude,
and of course in temperature, that it re-
quires considerable experience to assign
a proper situation for its productions, few
of which are yet brought to England.

The celebrated Humboldt remarks, that
little is known of the plants, which are
either scattered over the numerous heights,
or crowded together in the vast forests at
the foot of the Cordilleras. New Herba-
ceous plants, he observes, are daily disco-
vered on the central plain, even in the im-
mediate vicinity of the city of Mexico; of
course far greater numbers of trees an
shrubs, still remain unknown in those less
frequented, moist, and hot regions which
form the eastern and western coasts of that
important country.

Our plant has been growing in the green-
house for two years, and has attained the
height of four or five feet. It produced

plenty of flower buds in the year 1817, but
the autumn of that year being cold they all
dropped off: last season being so warm,
they blossomed in great perfection, making
an extremely rich and beautiful appearance.
vele describes it as flowering at

from January to March. It is in-
"uid by cuttings, and thrives in loamy
soil: we received it from Paris in the year
1814.

Erica physodes

G Loddiges det? G.C. sc.

No. 223.

ERICA PHYSODES.

Class, Order,
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

This is a singular and beautiful heath;
the foliage and growth are elegant, and the
flowers are covered with a kind of varnish
which gives them a glittering appearance,
especially when the sun shines. It blooms
abundantly in the spring and summer, and
occasionally produces ripe seed in this coun-
try: it may also be increased by cuttings,
but not without difficulty. It isa native of
the Cape of Good Hope, whence it was sent
home by Masson in 1788. The treatment
which it requires,is the same as for the
other heaths; and in winter it must be pre-
served in an airy greenhouse, and potted in
sandy peat soil.

W Lou

ses dels

Erica colorans.

No. 224.

ERICA COLORANS.

Class, Order.
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.
Our present plant was introduced about
the year 1809. It isa native of the Cape

the summer months, and after the blossoms
are fully open, they become more red, and at
last quite purple. It is increased by cut-
tings with facility, and requires a sandy
peat soil with the protection, in winter, of
the greenhouse.

MM 225

, . Stapelia barbata.

6 Loddiges dett

No. 225.

STAPELIA BARBATA.
Class» Order.
PENTANDRIA | DIGYNIA.

This has from four to six angles: it is of
very dwarf growth, and has sometimes been
mistaken for the campanulata, but is cer-
tainly different. It has no smell, and the
inside of the flower is completely lined with
small hairs. It is a native of the South
African desarts, and with us requires the
warm greenhouse all the year, with a soil
composed of loam and old mortar, and a

the months of September and October: it
is increased by cuttings.

VOL III. I

Thea bohea

No. 226.
THEA BOHEA.
Class, Order,
POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

The two species of Tea-trees, for such in
our humble opinion they undoubtedly are,
have been by some persons, (especially such
as have only had an opportunity of seeing
dried

than the point. It is coriaceous, very dark
green, not at all undulated, and the serra-
tures very small and even. The growth is
quite erect, and the flowers are very nume-
rous, usually two from each axil. Itis a
native of China and Japan, and will not en-
dure the open ground in our winters; but
must have the protection of a greenhouse
or frame. It flowers in the autumn and
beginning of winter, and the blossoms have
a slight fragrance: it is increased by cuttings,
thriving in loam and peat soil. It was in-
troduced about the year 1780.

The use of tea is too well known to need

sy descripción here. Mr pee have been
even meng ee writers, Sage seg
it excessively, while others are as strenuous
in its condemnation; it seems probable,
therefore, that it possesses no very decided
properties, either good or bad. It is gene-
rally understood that its original use in
China was to correct the ill taste of the
water, which in many parts of that country

an unparallelled extent, and thus an article
which, two hundred years ago, had never
been heard of, is become not only one of the
necessaries of life to all, from the cottage
to the palace; but at the same time an
immense branch of commerce, and the
source of a prodigious revenue to the state.

Thea viridis.
& Loddiges dell Ed ai

No. 227.
THEA VIRIDIS.
Class. = Onder.
POLYANDRIA MONOGFNIA.
The Green Tea was introduced about
the year 1768. It has a membranaceous
leaf, from four to five inches long and about
one inch and a half broad, oblong, more
attenuated towards the point than the base,
pale green, very much undulated, and the
serratures large and irregular. The growtl
is erooked and straggling ; the flowers are
few, usually situated eg the uppermost
leaf; they are produced in the autumn
earlier than the == 1 is raised by
layers and cuttings, and grows in loam and
eat. This sort is hardy: we have one
which has stood near thirty years in a very
exposed situation, and never had any cover-
. The leaves of both kinds have but
little scent; this is added by other ingre-
dients, among which the flowers of the
a fragrans are said to be much used.
The Chinese affect to make a mystery of
the process of drying and curing tea; it is
very tedious, and employs vast numbers of

people. Attempts have been made to cul-

principle
copper pans in which it is said to be pre-
pared: we rather think this is a mistake,
as the leaf of that kind when fresh is of such
a light hue as fully to account for this dif-
ference.

UN

= su

Stenanthera pinifolia,

& Leddiges dei?

No. 228.
STENANTHERA PINIFOLIA.

Class, Order.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

This is a handsome plant with rigid,
glaucous, sharp pointed leaves. The flowers
are very beautiful, a good deal like some of
the heaths, but the corolla is covered half
its length with the scaly calyx.

It is a native of New South Wales,
whence it was introduced about the year
1811. The flowers soon drop, but, as they
do not all come out at once, a succession
is preserved for a considerable time; and
our plants remained in bloom from October
to January. We have increased it by cut-
tings: it thrives in sandy peat soil with a
small quantity of loam intermixed.

MERLI:

No. 229.

HABENARIA LACERA.

Class. Order.
GPNANDRIA MONANDRIA.

This interesting plant flowered with us
in the month of July. It was first disco-
vered by Michaux, and is a native of Pen-
sylvania and Virginia, in low meadows.
The scape is erect, about a foot and a half
in height: like most of the Orchideæ, it is
difficult to cultivate. We have preserved
it in a pot in loam and peat earth, placed
in the shade, and kept pretty moist, but
have no hope of its "eT ere.

able to bring these seeds to vegetate, al-
though nothing is more certain t t
they do grow in their native places, and
some of them very plentifully.

VOL. III. K

GC. se.

No. 230.
SYMPHORIA RACEMOSA.
Class. Order.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.
This is a low, smooth, glaucous, bushy
shrub, with branches somewhat pendulous :
the leaves are all opposite, the lower ones

branches; the insides of them are filled
with a sort of wool, under which a large
portion of honey is deposited. They begin
to blossom in July, and continue for two
months or longer: they are sueceeded by
large snow-white berries, which hang till
almost winter, and have a singular and
beautiful appearance. This plant is quite
new in this country; wereceived it, for the
first time, last spring, from our friend Mr.
Robert Carr, who informs us that it is a

beyond the rocky mountains, in August
1805: we consider it, wd to be the
Symphoria racemosa o:

It forms a valuable Esseg to the hardy

shrubs; a description of plants which can
never be too. much encouraged. It thrives
in loamy soil, and may be increased by seeds
or layers.

Aristolochia

sempervirens.

No. 231.
ARISTOLOCHIA SEMPERVIRENS,
Class» Order.
GYNANDRIA HEXANDRIA.

This plant was cultivated by Miller in
1739; it is a native of the Island of Crete,
SA X E Pee | A h

42

the blossoms are of a very singular form.

It is a neat climber for a greenhouse, not
at all tender; the leaves are strong, and not

liable to decay in the winter; for which

reason it is a fit plant for any dark or ob-

scure place in a conservatory, where a more

tender subject would not stand. It is in-
. ereased by cuttings or division of the roots,
and prospers in a loamy soil.

VOL. III. L

Androsace chamejasme i

GLoèdiges dett
EC. 40.

No. 232.

ANDROSACE CHAMÆJASME.

Class. Order.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

This has been mistaken by some for the
A. villosa; and there certainly is a resem-
blance between them. By long cultivation,

however, we have no doubt of their being
perfectly distinet. The leaves of the present
species are broader, greener, and smoother,
though more ciliate at the edges. The

at the root, which the other never does; it
is consequently increased far more readily
than the villosa, is in all respects hardier,
and much more easily cultivated. It is a
native of the Austrian Alps, and forms a
beautiful little rock plant. We keep them
in small potsin light loam, without any co-
vering, and in summer exposed to the full
sun: they flower in the spring, and fre-
quently a second time in the autumn.

& Cooke se.

Erica viridescens.

W.Leddges delt

No, 238,

ERICA VIRIDESCENS.

Class. Order,
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

This was introduced from the Cape about
the year 1804. The singular hue of its
fiowers forms a contrast with the lively
colours, which in general prevail in this vast
genus. It blows in the spring, continuing
a long while, and is readily increased by
cuttings. It should be potted in sandy
peat mould, and kept in the greenhouse in
winter, treating it as the other kinds.

Erica florida.

Sloddiger det?

No. 234.

ERICA FLORIDA.

Class, Order,
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

This delicate species was introduced in
1803 by Mr. Hibbert: it has at all times
been scarce, as it is very difficult to increase.
It flowers in ge spg and beginning of

summer, a ransidler.
able time. In stum: it is somewhat low,
forming a dwarf bush. The colour of the .

flowers heightens considerably after they
have been open a while. It must be kept
in an airy greenhouse, and potted in sandy
peat soil.

AL 235.

G. Leddiger dut

Coronilla juncea.

GC sà

No. 235.
CORONILLA JUNCEA.

Class. Order.
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA.

This is a native of the South of France,
and was cultivated in England before 1770:
it may with propriety be treated as a green-
house plant. The flowers, which are of a
beautiful bright yellow, are produced in
succession during the summer and autumn.

plant is slender and delicate in its
growth, seldom attaining a greater height
than 2 or 3 feet. It may be propagated
with facility by cuttings, and requires a
loamy soil, with not too much water in the
winter.

VOL. III. M

: ; Rhexia holoseric ea.
--Loddices dal"

ro: it grows about
g produces its elegant

a terminal branching panicle ;
they are of 1 nen, but as they are

the whole laste a considerable while. Their
season is the latter part of the summer and
autumn. The leaves have a kind of satin-like
gloss on their surface, occasioned by minute
hairs, which produce a singular and beau-
tiful effect. The plant requires the stove
heat and is a free grower, but does not
seem as if it would be very long lived :
is increased by cuttings, and loves a sa
loamy soil.
Although the genus is omn in the
the ei ; this

differing from Melastoma only
vessel.

Pacris purpurascens
Wloddiges dg Ep purp

Class. ae 3 Order.
PENTANDRIA MONOGFNIA.

This was the first of this genus which was
brought to this country from New South
Wales, about the year 1803; being pretty

readily increased by cuttings, it is now
become dein plentiful 4

It gerer commences blooming in

almost every leaf being furnished with a a
flower coming forth out of its bosom. This
plant will ever be esteemed a very orna-
mental addition to the greenhouse, and is
not at all tender, but delights in fresh
air. It should be kept in a small pot, and.
sandy peat earth mixed with a moderate
portion of loam.

Throughout New Holland, as far as has
been visited, not a single heath has ever
been found, dëss the same parallel
in Africa is so splendidly adorned with

å The Epacri

however, seem formed by Divine wisdom
to occupy a similar station, and with

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3

Males maca ptt

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Bi uc

"ao re ns

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: pe Vc
P sais vmm Se
4 a
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E * : n ^
id å

Camellia

Ja pe m ic a paonmerflora

Ve 230.

|
|

NICA pæonæflora.

SPEER iy — Que ER |
Order.
ein ` POLYANDRIA.
` Aa
D si * m

We consider this beautiful variety of the
Camellia to be a most valuable acquisition
to the Greenhouse. It is a free grower,
and soinewhat more slender in its shoots
than most of the other kinds. Sometimes
it has been mistaken for the Pompone,

although, like the others, it
in autumn ; this was: the case with

fection. It may be increased by cañada
upon the single sort, and also (but more
slowly) by cuttings, and requires the same
soil and treatment as hath been already
mentioned for the former kinds.

We were favoured with cuttings of this
fine plant by Charles Hampden Turner,
Esq. of Rooks Nest, Surrey. It was im-
ported about the year 1810 from China, by

Captain Welbank. Wefeel much pleasure
in noticing that, since we published

Zeng

dr Heg

Stapelia rufa

GL. diger del?

Class. Order.
PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA.
ter

Aue a:
ius df ET

"R p delinented it in his Monograph on
this curious genus. It flowers in agp
and is devoid of scent: the bl

sort of fine nap, scarcely perceivable elva > to the
in-

eye, but sensible to the touch. It w

the
"he soil, sandy loam : ¡ara! must be
kept rather dry.

Hemanthus coc cineus.

^ e mg
e. C Tix

No. 240,

HÆMANTHUS COCCINEUS.
Class, Order.
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

A native of the Cape of Good Hope, and
has been long cultivated in this country.
The flowers, which appear in autumn, are
nearly over before the leaves begin to push
from the bulb; when full grown, each
leaf is about a foot long, lying flat on the
ground; these decay in the spring, after
which the pots in which the bulbs are kept
should stand without any water in a dry
hot place till autumn: during the gro
season they require a tolerable share of
moisture and the protection of the green-

ouse. They are slow of propagation,
rarely throwing up any offsets: soil, sandy
peat.

La

oblongifol

Banksia

Na, 241.
` BANKSIA OBLONGIFOLIA.
= Class. Order,
TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA,
i TTT
This is one of the first species which was
introduced SS New South Wales, whence
it was bronght about the year 1792. It was

many knotty es vs on DE den espe-
cially near the root, which is frequently
enlarged by them into a kind of irregular
woody bulb.

The WS of ION ER is Eh, is

and usually from wood four or five years
old. It is above a year growing before the
flowers open, which on our plant was in the
month of November.

It is extremely difficult to propagate ` is

except by seeds, which are occasionally
brought to this country. Like those of all
this genus, they are enclosed in cells, which
are excessively hard, and disposed as the
flowers, forming a sort er, which in the

VOL. III.

ee? species îs generally four or five

No. 242,
STAPELIA HAMATA.
Class. Order.
PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA.

This is one of the many species which
were sent to Vienna by Scholl, from the
«South African desarts, before the year 1799.
We have had it in cultivation for several
years; but it never flowered with us till
December last. It grows freely, and is a
rather hardy kind, easily eultivated, and in-
creased by cuttings. It should be kept in

allowance of water in the summer, but
none in the winter. The soil most proper
for it is a poor sandy loam. ,

N 243.

Erica vestita alba

W-Toddiges del

6. Stole sé.

No. 248.
ERICA VESTITA alba.
Class, Order.
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

This elegant heath was raised about the
year 1790. It is a native of the Cape, and

and a the lower branches becoming

This propensity may be obviated by
occasionally breaking off the tops, especially
after flowering, which promotes the growth
of side branches. The leaves being so
closely set, the plant often suffers in winter
from damps, which may be avoided, by
placing it in a very airy situation in the
greenhouse. The soil should be as for the
others of this delightful genus.

N 244.

Erica gracilis.

GLoddiges del. 6.C. sc.

No, 244.

ERICA GRACILIS.
pes

a Class. Order.
OCTANDRIA ` MONOGFNIA.

This is a pleasing species, a native of the
Cape of Good Hope, whence it was first
brought about the year 1793.

It flowers at different seasons, but princi

It is easily increased by cuttings, and
requires the usual grögghouse management
in wi ing å ind, it will not
want a very large pot, and he soil must be
sandy peat.

6.Loddiges del.

- Ramunculns

parnafsifolius.

No. 245. i €* 9
RANUNCULUS PARNASSIFOLIUS.
j P Class. Order.
POLYANDRIA POLYGYNTA.
This I SERA FRA tive of the Alps
of Switzerland, Dauphiny, and Carinthia,
as also the Pyrenees. It has been long
known in this country, though very scarce.
We received a plant of it many years ago,
from our late valued friend, Mr. Donn, of
Cambridge. This, by cultivation,

It succeeds very well in a pot in sandy
loam, without any protection, allowing it å
sufficiency of water in the summer : it flow-
ers in June, and sometimes ripens seeds ;
it may also be now and then successfully
divided in the spring.

genus Ranunculus has been ama-
ingly extended pe late. ¿Willdenow, i in his

has sixty-one: Sir J. E. Smith, in Rees's
Cyclopædia, has increased them to eighty-
five; but De Candolle has almost dou-
bled this number, describing 134, besides
VOL. IU. P a

twenty-one imperfeetly known or doubtful,
in all, 155! This may be considered a
striking example of the progress of Bota-
nical science during the last twenty years.

alata.

Pafsifløra

No, 246.
Sige Camera: ALATA.”

Eg 15

This splendid plant is a native of the
West Indies: it was introduced in 1772,
and flowers during the greater part of the
summer. It is a very fine climber for a
orket will not fail to adorn, as well
e, with its beautiful and fragrant

rs. They last only one day, but are
lin: a continued and very abundant

Borbonia levigata.

G. C. fec!

No. 247.

BORBONIA LÆVIGATA.

Class. Order.
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA.

We received seeds of this rare plant from
our late friend, Mr. George Scholl, who col-
lected it at the Cape of Good pe before
the year 1799.

It flowers abundantly in the summer

| yb
which succeed pretty readily: the soil
should be sandy loam.

Crataegus glabra.

6. Loddiges del

our own.

6.Loddiges del.

Gë

Mimosa sensitiva.

No. 249.

MIMOSA SENSITIVA.

_ Class. Order,
POLYGAMIA MONOECIA —
The sensitive plant is said to have been
eultivated i in the Oxford garden in 1648.
It rises with a slender shrubby stem to the
height of three or four feet, with loose pen-
ends of which,

light loam, and preserved in the stove.

Like most other pinnated leaved plants, the
leaves close in the evening, and open again
early in the morning: they likewise move
if touched, and the stalks, if pressed, fall
down, but recover their former situation in
a little time. This remarkable property,
which also exists in some other plants, has
exercised the ingenuity of naturalists in en-
deavouring to account for it. Their re-
searches, however, have not yet much eluci-
dated the matter, and it is not likely that

VOL. HL Q

they will. It is indeed one of those problems
which can be solved in no other way than
by immediate reference to the Almighty
Creator. He has endowed these plants with
this faculty; and not one of His creatures,
even the wisest of them, can assign a rea-
son why. They may examine, they must
admire, and if the study of such a subject
does but assist to humble them in their own
eyes, and to raise their minds towards the
Author of their being; who can tellin how
great a degree the end of its creation may
be answered?

Atragene austriaca

på 250.

vm AUSTRIACA.

a SES
This is a native of the Austrian Alps, and
was named by Scopoli. We received it
from the excellent Baron Zois, in 1792;
since which time it has become e gene-
ral, being a very beautiful climber. Its
elegant flowers are produced early in the
spring, and last a considerable time: it may
be increased by cuttings and layers, but
much better by seed, which frequently
ripens here, and it will thrive in almost
any soil or situation, as it is extremely
hardy. j
The learned De Candolle has wholly dis-
carded this genus, incorporating most of the
species with Clematis, already unwieldy
from its numbers. His reasons are that
dt 1 n Hard

A+

Weiss be rn Li EE
by Theophrastus to Clematis vitalba! But
this is a refinement of n We Se:

haps f cw

proof against.

No. 251.

MESEMBRYANTHEMUM BRACTEATUM.

Class. Order.
ICOSANDRIA PENTAGYNIA.
This is a beautiful autumnal flowering
species, continuing a long time in perfec-
tion; the flowers remain open night and
day, which is the case with but few of this
extensive genus. It was cultivated in 1723
by Sherard at Eltham, and is a native of
the Cape of Good Hope. The leaves are
ly formed, and covered with small
tubercles ; by holding them up to the light
transparent

chiefly of very easy culture, striking freely

from cuttings, and needing no other care
than protection from frost, and to be kept
dry in winter. The soil should be sandy
loam. Many of them are extremely beau-
tiful from the splendour of their flowers
and the rich abundance in which they are
produced.

VOL. HI. R

Heliconia bihai.

Plant, 10 Feet în height.

> Leddiges dat

Wi

hs

No. 252.
HELICONIA BIHAI.
Class, Order,
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.
A native of the West Indies; it was in-
troduced in 1786 by Dr. Anderson, and
ge the sagene: ced n zi = WS

which was ten feet high hen d flowered i in
the month of January last: the spathes
remain a long time in beauty, presenting a
very rich and singular nce: a sm

portion only of the flower is seen, the rest

are. constantly produced from the root. In
order to cause this plant to flower, it is ne-
cessary to put it into a large pot, in rich
loamy earth, mixed with a little coarse sand.
Only one stem must be suffered to grow
up: the side shoots should be cut off as
soon as they appear: if this be neglected,
they never flower: the plant loves abun-
dance of water.

6.Loädig
es del
$

No, 258.

PHYLICA PLUMOSA.
Class. Order.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.
This is a native of the Cape of Good
Hope: it has been cultivated in England
ever since 1759, but has never been plen-
ti It flowers in the spring, and its rich
feathery branches are very beautiful: it
may be increased either by seeds, (which
must be obtained from its native country,
as it produces none here,) or by layers,

small pots and sandy peat earth, keeping
them in a greenhouse in the winter, with
abundance of air and not too much water.

Witsenia corymbosa.
6. Loddiges dept

No. 254.
, WITSENIA CORYMBOSA.
Class. Order.
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.
Few plants are more pleasing in the
colour, or more lasting in the duration of
their blossoms than our present subject,
especially when it has attained a pretty
good size, which it does in four or five

heads of flowers open. It was introduced
about the year 1803 by Mr. Hibbert, from
the Cape of Good Hope, of which it is a
native.

It is increased with difficulty by cuttings
or off-sets, which may be now and then
obtained: the soil in which we have found
it to floufish most advantageously is sandy

eat, and it may safely be treated as a
hardy greenhouse plant.

[i

”aladium bicolor

No, 255.

- CALADIUM BICOLOR.

Class, Order,
MONOECIA POLYANDRIA-
This is found in several of the West
India Islands; also in a cultivated state in
Madeira, whence it was introdu into
this country many years since. It is highly
ornamental to the stove, from the elegant.
colour of its leaves, in which the red and
green are beautifully blended, in a way
which it is impossible to imitate by any art.
It flowers in the spring, and is increased
dj. offsets, which are freely produced : they
should be potted in rich loam. *
The leaves of this and several other
plants possess the property of repelling
water, which rolls off them in small glo-
bules: a brilliant effect may be produced
by holding one of these leaves in clear
water a little beneath the surface in the
sunshine.

VOL. III. 5

Erica Walkeri.

GLoddiges delt

E No. 256.
' , ERICA WALKERI.

Class. Order.
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.
This was introduced from the Cape
about the year 1799: it received its appella-
tion in honour of Mr. Walker, of Liver-

zu by eu

It blows . in the SC å
the flowers are truly charming, as indeed
are most of this beautiful family ; of them
it may well be said,

* What skill, what form divine,
Deep ovat ech Dee? appear! a "pe DE

Such beaut e and bined
— tiii 50 ceris Å into shade,

S zi
And a n harm hole,
That as ae pe 2d dn. ravish still.

Erica triumphans
/

ERICA MPHA!
Class, ER Order,
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.
...... es»

very showy sort: de is a native of

princip
season for flowering is May and June, and
the blossoms retain t av
considerable time.

produced
ripe seeds, by which they have been in-
creased, as they do not succeed by cuttings.
The soil must be sandy peat, and the
plants must be well supplied with air
during the season that they are preserved
in the greenhouse.

n° 258

Origanum Tournefortii.

No, 258.

ORIGANUM TOURNEFORTII.

Class» Order.
DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPER MIA.

This is a native of Greece: it was intro-
duced in 1788 by the late Dr. Sibthorp,
who found it in the Island of Amorgos,
and named it in honour of its first disco-
verer, Tournefort, the eelebrated French
botanist Å

dur WM Loon di EE na

sai as it is subject to damp off It
is increased easily by cuttings during the
summer months, which are also the season
of its flowering. The soil should be loam
and the pots small. ;

Prawn by Mye Rebelto. Allamanda cathartica.

No. 259.
ALLAMANDA CATHARTICA.

Class, Order,
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.
6 % %% %%%

This fine plant was named by Linnæus
d,

mi md un A the

and supporting itself
by them to a considerable height. Ha
flowers there in September, which is also
the season for it in this country, into
which it was introduced in 1785. The
capsule is large and prickly, containing a
number of flat seeds: the whole plant is
milk

y.

It must be kept in the stove during the
greater part of the year, and planted in
loam and peat earth: it may be readily
increased by cuttings.

VOL. IIL T

Cliffortia arachnoidea.

No. 260.

CLIFFORTIA ARACHNOIDEA.
ES Order,
DIOECTA POLYANDRIA.

This genus was named in honour of Mr.
Clifford, of Amsterdam, who was a friend
and patron of Linnæus in his early years:
he had an extensive collection of plants,

magnificent account of which by Linnæus,
under the title of Hortus Cliffortianus was
printed in 1737.

All the species of Critortia are natives

distant resemblance to the ruscifolia, but
the young plants are covered with a sort of
film or cobweb. Some of the leaves have
two teeth, some one, and some are quite

entire. |
Although the flowers are not showy, the

highly desirable in a collection. It re-
quires the greenhouse, and is easily multi-
plied by cuttings, and preserved in a mode-
rate sized pot with loamy soil.

Homahum racemosum

6 Ladäiges del?

No. 261.

HOMALIUM RACEMOSUM.
ca, Order,
POLYANDRIA TRIGYNIA.

This is a native of Martinico and Jamaica,
on the banks of rivers: it has been lately
introduced, not using in the last edition of
the Kew cai : leaves are hand-
some, and of a rich glossy E the
branches somewhat pendulous: the flowers

pe
our plant had chiefly five. .
It may be increased by cuttings, and
5 EE bes planted in loam seci peat. In
d in thestove;
bat å in summer will bear exposure for two
or three months without inconvenience.

VOL. III. U

Sprengeha incarnata

No, 262.

SPRENGELIA INCARNATA.
È Class. Order.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

A native of New South Wales: it was
introduced about the year 1793: it is a
spring flowering plant, and highly orna-
mental to the greenhouse, as it continues
a very long time in bloom: it is readily

P
from Sir J. E. Smith, in honour of a Ger-
man botanist of the name of Sprengel.

sprengelioides.

pa

Andersonia

6.Loddiges dat

No. 268.

ANDERSONIA SPRENGELIOIDES.

Class. Order.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

This was named by Mr. Brown in comme-
moration of three different botanists of
the name of Anderson, to which number
Sir J. E. Smith has since added a fourth,
so that it may well be said there exists a
— motire for the establishing this

respects

help thinking, with the learned Pre-
sident, that plants so strikingly alike should
not rank under different genera.

This is likewise a native of New Hol-
land: it was found by Mr. Menzies, on the
South coast, and sent home in 1803. ith
us it is considered a very pretty greenhouse
plant, flowering abundantly in the summer
season: it may be increased by cuttings,
and should be potted in sandy peat earth
like the preceding subject, it is of very
moderate growth.

No. 264.
ARDISIA ELEGANS.

Class, Order.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

This is a native of the East Indies: dt
was introduced about 1805, and is a very
yum dr stove he as flowers are pro-

ey come out

when quite you ]

with some difficulty by cuttingli: the soil
should be loam and peat. In the summer
it may be put out of doors in a sheltered
situation for two months, which will con-
duce much to its health and vigour.

At 265.

peziza.

Erica

c Laune, det?

No. 265.
ERICA PEZIZA.
Class. Order,
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.
This is a delicate and beautiful species,
flowering abundantly in the beginning of
summer, and for a great length of time:

it is not very easily multiplied by euttings,
and is zi present scarce. It was not many

kinds : d ul aud br ltr se and
the situation in the greenhouse the more
airy the better.

VOL. III. x

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DA NR C Ni al? a

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SS. x
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& Cooke sc

Erica sebana /ufra

W"Loddiger dett

No, 266.

ERICA SEBANA /utea.
pu

Class. Order,
OCTANDRIA | MONOGYNIA.

This is a native of the Cape of Good
Hope: it was first introduced about the
year 1792, and the flowers are produced
during the spring and summer.

It is somewhat difficult to propagate by
cuttings, and is at present found in but few
collections: it does not not require a very
large pot, and should be planted in sandy
peat earth. In the winter season it is ne-
cessary to keep it from frost in a green-
house, with great plenty of air admitted
at all times.

E 3
Lachenalia pendula.

No. 267.
LACHENALIA ager A

eke INDRIA 11

A native of the Cape of Good Hope,
whence it was introduced about the year
1774: it is a beautiful spring flowering
plant of easy culture, thriving best in not
too small pots, and in rich loamy soil.

After flowering the leaves decay, when
the pots * have Lem pum e till

+ +

autumn, at
up — sed be preserved in the
I v defen nding them from
t all tender.
e bulbs, and if
care be not taken kg them out of their
way, they will soon be all lost.

|

Polygala heisteria.

No. 268.

POLYGALA HEISTERIA.

Class. Order.
' DIADELPHIA OCTANDRIA.
Among all the pretty plants which the
bountiful hand of Infinite Goodness has
formed to cheer and delight us in the

they continue is hing ;

plant can hardly ever be said to be out of
bloom. It is a native of that highly fa-
youred spot, the Cape of Good Hope, and
has now been long cultivated in this coun-
try; it is increased by seeds or cuttings:
soil, sandy peat: it loves plenty of air, but
is impatient of frost.

The specific name has been given after
Dr. L. Heister, a celebrated German phy-
sician: he was a determined opponent to
the system of Linnaeus, which at that time
had recently made its appearance in the
world.

|

Camellia

J&ponica ra risi.

No, 269.
CAMELLIA JAPONICA alba plena,

Class. Order,
MONADELPHIA Ò POLYANDRIA, .
This is, without doubt, one of the most
beautiful and splendid plants which has
ever been cultivated any where: it is a
native of Japan and China, those countries
so renowned for magnificence in flowers;
it has probably been known there for ages,
but in England is but of comparatively
novel introduction: twenty-five years ago
it had never been seen here, since which
time its beauty has caused it to be most
industriously propagated, and, though now
m

as ever. During the last season we had
plants in bloom from August till May, and,

with a very little management, they could
be produced in perfeetion every month in
the year: nothing more is necessary than
giving a few of them a pretty good heat at
different seasons. They are propagated
either by grafting on the single sort, or by
cuttings as well as layers: the soil should
be rich loam.

VOL. III. Y

Primula marginata.

rLoddiges dat

No. 270.

PRIMULA MARGINATA.
Class, Order.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

. This is a native of the Swiss Alps, and
was introduced in 1777: it flowers plenti-
fully in the spring, and, like all the rest
of the genus, recommends itself by its
elegance and beauty. The edges of the
leaves are curiously bordered with a kind
of white powder, which makes them look
very lively. It may be kept in a small pot
in loam, and requires no shelter at any

the

as it does not bear seed with us.

Eloddiges dett Bossiæa heterophylla. Ec... |
|
d

No. 271.

BOSSIÆA HETEROPHYLLA.
Class, Order.
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA.

Our present subject is a native of New
South Wales, introduced about the year
1792: it is a very conspicuous plant; the
season of its blooming is in the autumn
and beginning of winter. After the warm
summer of 1818, it flowered with us in the
greatest profusion, which it had not done
for two or three years before, owing pro-
bably to the cold seasons which we had
experienced. Its height does not much
exceed two feet, forming a handsome up-
right shrub. It must be kept in winter in
the greenhouse. The soil should be loam
and peat. We have not hitherto been able
to increase it in any way except by seeds,
which have not yet been perfected in this
country.

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Asclepias salicifolia.

¢.Loddiges dett

No. 272.

ASCLEPIAS SALICIFOLIA.
Ki

Class, Order.
PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA.

We received this plant from our friend
Mr. Shepherd, of the Liverpool Botanic
arden, an establishment which, under
his judieious and liberal management, is
likely to become the first for plants in this
kingdom. It is not exactly known of
what country it is a native: it produced
its delicate white flowers in our stove for
at least four months during the summer
and autumn; they have a very agreeable
smell.
The seeds ripened with us: it may also
be increased either by cuttings or dividing
" the roots: the soil should be rich loam.

AN? 278.

Lachnea purpurea.
C.leddiger date i

No. 273.

LACHNÆA PURPUREA.

Class. - Order.
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

This very elegant plant was brought from
the Cape of Good Hope about the year
1800: it begins to flower in April, continu-
ing uninterruptedly in general till August.
It requires to be kept in a cool airy green-
house in winter, and ought not to have too
much water: it is propagated by cuttings.
Z em proper soil for it is sandy peat,

pots ought not to be very large.

> Lodliges

No. 274.
PAN: CRATIUM MEXICANUM,

Class. Order,
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

Although this bulb was cultivated by
Miller in 1752, it is still scarce, and to be
seen in very few collections, having been
for along time quite lost in this country.
Our plants were received about three years
since from America; and in the month of
February they flowered: it should be kept in
the stove, and potted in sandy loam. The

last a few days, and are slightly fragrant: it
multiplies itself by offsets, which are thrown
up at some distance from the bulb, in which
it differs from the rest of this genus, which
increase by dividing close: it does not
retain its leaves, as most of the others do,
the whole year; these die away in the latter
part of the summer, and come up the be-
ginning of winter, before the flowers.

No. 275.
AZALEA INDICA.
—
Class. Order.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

.-„-„......

This superb plant was introduced into
this country about the year 1810; and was
first cultivated by our friend Mr. Anderson,
of the Chelsea Garden, who was successful
in recovering and increasing an imported
plant, from which all that are at present in

have a great aversion to the sea.air, and
moreover the roots are of a nature not cal-
eulated to support the want of water, which
often occurs on ship-board, and which
would soon destroy them.

This plant requires the greenhouse and
should not be exposed too early in spring,
at which season, if kept warm, it usually

VOL. IM. AA

flowers more plentifully, and grows more
freely than if kept too cold; the flowers are
also larger.

It is easily propagated by cuttings or
layers, and thrives in peat earth and loam.

NO 276.

S Lo Adige dett

Erica peliuciáa.

No. 276.
ERICA PELLUCIDA.

Class, Order.
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

This was introduced about the year 1800
from the Cape, of which it is a native: it
4 £ +h — 1 1. 41 Li

are abundant, which îs sometimes the case,
it is very showy. —

It may be increased readily by cuttings,
and grows faster than many of the other
sorts: in treatment it is necessary to ex-
pose it as much as possible to the air, and
the soil should be sandy peat, sheltering it
from the frost in winter in the greenhouse.

Ww. Lodtiges dat

Erica

thunbergii.

A> 277

No. 277.

ERICA THUNBERGIL

Class. Order.
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

This species was named after the cele-
brated Swedish botanist, Thunberg, so
well known by his travels to the Cape,
Japan, &c. It is a native of Africa, and
was introduced in 1806: it requires as
usual to be preserved in a very airy green-
house, in sandy peat soil, and may be
slowly increased by cuttings, or (which i is
better) by seeds, which are sometimes
ripened in this country.

The structure of the flower is extremely
curious and deserving of attention; but
where indeed is the flower or the plant that
is not? The more we look into the im-
mense variety of the works of the Omnipo-
tent, the more do we and must for ever find
for our entertainment and admiration.

Drimia lancesfolia.

No. 278.

DRIMIA LANCE FOLIA.

HEXANDRIA 8

INM. 2 hath T t 4 as Zoch a 1
about the year 1800, from the Cape of
Good Hope. Its season for flowering with
us is in the autumn, when it lasts a long
time, and forms a pleasing variety: it takes
but little room, and helps to enliven the
greenhouse at the period when the greater
part of the plants have done flowering.

It is of easy culture, requiring a rich
loam, with a little dy peat, and should
be re-potted every two years or oftener.
It increases itself by offsets, which are
sometimes produced in considerable abun-
dance.

Lasiopetalum solenaceum.

iger dett E C. ar.

No. 279.

LASIOPETALUM SOLANACEUM.
—

Class. Order,
PENTANDRIA MONOG YN1A.

A native of New South Wales: it was
introduced about the year 1803, and flowers
abundantly in the summer months: it forms
a thick bushy shrub, of no great height. The

form

as it does not ripen seeds Ve. am
ture of loam and peat is a e, fag soil
for it.

VOL. III. BB

` 200.

Duranta plumieri.

& Loddiger dell

& C. se.

No. 280.

DURANTA PLUMIERI.

Class. Order. p
DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA.
This plant is a native of the VVest In-
dies: it vvas discovered by Plumier, the
celebrated French botanist, who found it
in Hispaniola. The leaves vary consider-
1

ably in form, some being entire,
while others are deeply notched. It forms
a pretty shrub of -

of the summer. It is not difficult to in-
crease by cuttings, and grows well in
loamy ground. In winter it requires the
stove, but in the summer may be hardened
so as to support the open air with great
advantage.

Caladium viviparum.

No. 281,

CALADIUM VIVIPARUM.

Class. Order.
MONOECIA POLYANDRIA.

This is å native of India, which we raised
from seeds received from our late friend
Dr. Roxburgh, of Calcutta, who named it
viviparum, from the curious eircumstance
of its producing a kind of erect shoot,
several of which are thrown up around the
bulb in different directions. These grow five
or six inches high, bearing a number of
little bulbs, which after a time, dropping off,
become plants.

The leaves are very large and beautiful ;
we have had them upwards of two feet in
diameter; they fall off in autumn, and are
renewed early in the spring.

It is necessary to keep the plant con-
stantly in the stove: it should have a large
sized pot, and be planted in rich loam, with
a plentiful supply of water.

VOL. ill. € c

Psoralea decumbens.

No. 282,

PSORALEA DECUMBENS.

Class Order.
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA.
This plant is from the Cape of Good
Hope, whence it was first brought to this
country about the year 1774. It trails on
the ground, and seldom exceeds six inches
in height, unless supported, by which means

siti abundantly in the beginning of
summer, and last a good while: occasion-
ally perfect seeds are obtained, by which, or
by cuttings, the plant is easily multiplied.
The green-house protection is necessary for
it in the winter: its soil should be loam,
with a small admixture of peat earth.

Scilla bifolia.

Ledde del?

No, 283.

SCILLA BIFOLIA.

Class, Order,
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

This charming little spring plant, which
often flowers in March, is a native of many
parts of the continent of Europe: it has also
been found in this island ; re

matter

land in an uncultivated state, whether they
be truly indigenous. They are known to
have been long cultivated, and the proba-
bility of their having escaped from gardens,
- is in some instances great: in other cases,
spots which once were gardens, may, during
the lapse of ages, have been forsaken, and
together with the bulbs they contained, be-
come almost wild again.

It grows very well in a common border,
in almost any kind of soil, but does not
thrive in a pot: itincreases itself by offsets,
which are freely produced. There is a
white variety of it cultivated.

4
Leditiger salt Bonatea speciosa

No, 234.
BONATEA SPECIOSA. `

Class, Order,
GYNANDRIA | MONANDRIA.
This very rare plant is from the Cape of
. Good Hope: it flowered with us in the
month of March. Our learned friend, Mr.
Brown, first pointed it out to us as the Bo-
natea of Wilde Orchis Dee :

Few flowers are more remarkable in their
structure, or contain more curious appen-
dages than this. It is truly an astonishing
production, deserving the minutest exami-
nation; and irresistibly commanding our ut-
most admiration of the skill displayed in its
formation by the Infinite Creator.

The flowers, at times, are slightly fra-
grant; andlasta considerable while. We
have hitherto kept our plant in the stove, in
a soil composed of sandy peat and loam.
After flowering, the top decays. The root

(which is a kind of tuber) does notadmit of
much increase.

Metrosideros speciosa.

E. C. fact.

No. 285.
METROSIDEROS SPECIOSA.

Class. Order.
ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA.
This showy plant is a native of New
South Wales ; it was introduced about the
year 1812. Its rich and splendid flowers

as by cuttings, we have been enabled to in-
erease it.

It is a very suitable plant for a conser-
vatory; as when allowed the liberty of the
full ground, its spikes of flowers are larger
and much more numerous than when con-
fined in a pot.

The soil should be loam and peat: the
common green-house protection is sufficient
in the winter, and the plant likes rather a
large allowance of water.

VOL. III. DD

amænum.

Pancratium

No. 286.

PANCRATIUM AMCENUM +.
Class. Order.
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

A native of Guiana; it has been long cul-
. tivated in the stoves of this country, 0
which it forms so distinguished an orna-
ment. The season of flowering varies con-
siderably : we have had some as early as

which usually flower in two or three years
after separating. The plant likes a pretty
good heat, and will amply repay the atten-
tive eultivator, by its superb flowers and de-
lieious scent, which perfumes a large house
from a single plant.

* Reduced to about one-fourth of the natural size.

GLeddiges dels

Erica

exsudans.

No. 287.
ERICA EXSUDANS,

Class, Order.
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

This sort was raised about the year 1810:
it is anative of the Cape of Good Hope, and
requires the usual protection of an airy
greenhouse in the winter season. The
flowers are produced in the latter part of
summer.

The whole plant is covered with small
glandular hairs, from which a sort of clam-
my fluid is constantly distilling, a property
which some other heaths also possess in a
greater or less degree.

It is propagated by cuttings, without
much difficulty, and should be potted in
sandy peat earth.

Erica fragrans.

No. 288.

ERICA FRAGRANS.
Class. Order.
OCTANDRIA | MONOGYNIA.

This is a pleasing species; it was intro-
duced from the Cape about 1810. The
spring is the season in which it generally
flowers, and the blossoms are finely scented,
which is rather an unusual property in this
very extensive

It is of low growth, becoming very bushy,
and is rather apt to damp in the winter
season; for which reason it should be con-
fined as little as possible in the greenhouse.
It is propagated without much difficulty by
cuttings, and loves a sandy peat soil.

N 289,

umbraculifera.

Dracena

diges dett

No. 289.
DRACENA UMBRACULIFERA.

Class. Order.
HEXANDRIA MONOGEYNIA.

eee

A native e our pla

We have qui ger

È

hue of the leaves, their number and size,
(the whole plant being five or six feet over,)
render it a very interesting object in a large
hot-house, and well adapted to range with
the palms.

VOL. iii. EE

Diosma latifolia.

6 Loddiges dett

No, 290.
DIOSMA LATIFOLIA.
Class, Order.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

A native of the Cape of Good Hope, in-
troduced about the year 1789. It is a large
growing sort, and will sometimes attain the
height of five or six feet. The flowers are

fore they open, the buds are of a fine pink
A

It is extremely difficult to. propagate by

cuttings; y I
duced here, we are dependant for increase
upon the precarious supplies which now
and then reach us from its native country.

Being not at all tender, it needs no other
protection than that of a cold greenhouse,
that is just kept from freezing. The soil
should be loam and peat. The leaves have
a powerful smell, which is common to many
of this genus.

Pultenæa Paleacea.

G. C. 40.

G Lodidiger aat

No. 291 "

PULI TENEA PALEACEA,

Class. Order.
DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

This lively plant is a native of New South
Wales, of late introduetion : it forms a dwarf
ushy shrub, flowering all over in the
greatest profusion during the months of
May and June. The heads usually consist
of from four to six flowers, and every twig,
even the smallest, is crowned with them,

rendering the plant very showy.
It needs no other protection than a com-
moe greenhouse during the winter montis;

hes in a mixture of 1

h.
Sometimes the flowers are succeeded by
ripe seeds. The plant may also be in-
creased with tolerable facility by cuttings.

VOL. III. FF

G.Ledäiges det:

Epacris obtusifolia.

?
N 292.

No. 292.

EPACRIS OBTUSIFOLIA.

Class, Order.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

We raised this plant from seeds received
from New South Wales about the year
1804. It isa delicate sort: the branches are
very slender and erect, flowering near the
+ st Lia el e A. Sch em: M

and continuing a considerable time in blos-
som, the usual time for which is during the
months of May and June.

It must be preserved during the winter in

an airy greenhouse, being subject to be in-
jured by damp at that season: the soil
should be sandy peat and the pots not too
large. It may be increased by cuttings.

Ar 243.

Mahernia grandiflora.

G.C. £c.

No, 293.

MAHERNIA GRANDIFLORA.
— 5 Order.
PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA.

This is a native of Africa, and was intro-
duced many years ago into the Kew garden
by Mr. Masson, but has been lost there.
Mr. Burchell has since brought it home.
It was found by him in great abundance,
growing in sandy plains to the North of
Latakoo; on which aecount it probably
needs more warmth than that of our com-
mon greenhouse. The flowers are highly
ornamental: they are produced in the
month of June in great plenty. The plant
may be propagated by cuttings, although
with some difficulty. It is of a slender and
delicate habit, and should not have too large
a pot: the soil sandy loam; and it should
be sparingly watered, particularly in winter.

Polygala teretifolia.
G.Loddiges delt

No, 294,
POLYGALA TERETIFOLIA.

Class, Order,
DIADELPHIA OCTANDRIA.

This was discovered by Thunberg at the
Cape, and was first introduced into this
country about the year 1791. It flowers
during the summer months, and makes an
elegant appearance, there being a beauty in
its colour which is perfectly inimitable.
In the winter it should be kept in the green-
house, and is by no means tender : we have
planted it against the back wall, where it
thrives, and has grown about four feet high;
but we have not yet been able to increase
it, having tried cuttings many times in
vain: the only chance is, that it may bear
seed, which it does not seem at all likely to
do. The soil should be loam and peat.

Phunbago capensis

idiges del?

No. 295,

PLUM BAGO CAPENSIS.

Class,
PENTANDRIA vb YNIA.

We raised this from seeds received from
the Cape of Good Hope in 1818. The
flowers are extremely delicate and beauti-
ful: they appeared with us in the month of
May, and in different plants were continued
in succession throughout the greater part
of the summer. The plant grows about
two feet high; its branches are well clothed
with foliage. There are two curious reni-
form stipules at the base of each leaf,

We have hitherto preserved our plants in
the stove; but it is probable that they may
succeed in the greenhouse. They should
be potted in loam and peat, and may be in-
creased by cuttings.

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No, 296.
ERYTHRINA CRISTA-GALLL
Class, Order.
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA.
This is a much more free and abundant
flowering sort than any of this genus with
which we are acquainted. Our plant, which
was not three feet in height, had near
thirty blossoms open at one time: they are

e >< three together, from the axil of `

ach leaf. The branches are smooth, but
Pe leaf-stalks have here and there a small
crooked thorn.

This superb plant flowered with us in the
month of May. It is said to have been in-
troduced in 177] from Brazil a country

which seems to be, if possible, more than
any p favoured by the All-bountiful

the riches and splendour of ‘its
vegetable „

It is somewhat tender, requiring the stove
at all seasons, and may be increased by eut-
tings: the soil should be rich mellow loam.

Aretia alpina

G.Lodiges det!

No. 297,

ARETIA ALPINA.
Class. Order.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

This charming little plant is a native of
the Alps of Switzerland: we received it in
a living state in 1818, from our friend Mr.
Schleicher, and it flowered the following
spring, continuing for near two months in
perfection

It never exceeds one or two inches in
height, and forms a very neat and proper
plant for a rock. We have kept it in a pot,
in loam, without any protection, but have
not yet had time to increase it. It is said
to have been first introduced into this coun-
try in 1775, but it has been lost for a long
time, and it is not improbable at all, that it
may again experience a similar fate. y

Erica Leeana.

6 Loddiges dalt

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No, 298.

ERICA LEEANA.
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Class, der.
OCTANDRIA MONOG Y.

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culty) by cuttings : the soil should be sandy
peat, and in winter it must be preserved in
the greenhouse.

Daphne oleoides.

No, 299.
cs OL

b NDR IA Br YNIA.
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A native of the Levant, vee had boon

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g time since b

other early writers but it T been only of
into this from

late introduc

nce. bd

Being upon
the M sk already
hardy enough to ët Gater Å but,

in mild seasons, it stands out the whole
year with safety. The flowers come out in

succession for the greater part of the sum- sy å

mer and autumn; and the plant may be

deemed a pretty addition to those hardy ve
enhouse shrubs which require little ae a

or protection. The soil should be loam.

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Stapeha geminata

No, 300.
STAPELIA GEMINATA.

Class. Order.
PENTANDRIA Ò DIGYNIA.

A very dwarf growing species. Its short
brauches usually lie pressed close to the
ground, and throw out abundance of roots
from their under sides, by which it is readily
multiplied, as the smallest bit will make a
plant. It is a native of the barren desarts
north of the Cape of Good Hope, and has
been cultivated now for several years in
England. The period of its flowering is the
latter part of summer and autumn. The
flowers are pretty, but emit an odour which
is peculiarly offensive. The plant should
be kept in a warm greenhouse, or dry stove,
during the whole year : the soil should be
poor sandy loam, and kept very dry in
winter.

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INDEX TO VOL. III.

2020 20 „„

Tah ER - 92 a Zigzag dud Acacia

Aconitum röstratum = Beaked een

Allamanda cathartica - Willow-leaved

Andersonia rei aS
dess ä Ander-
And hanisjasito One eee "dio:

AE te =

1 da da - - + Elegant Ardisia- -`=

Are m ar, - - - - Alpine Aretia - - -
pe ia „dempervi-

3 'vergreen birthwort -
Asclepias salicifolia - - Witlow-teaved `
Atragene austriaca . Austrian Atragene- -
Azalea indica - - Indian Azalea - - -
Banksia oblongifolia - Oblong-leaved Banksia
Besleria melittifolia En ed t
— speciosa - - - y Bonati
Borbonia lævigata pe Barton qued

Bossiea heterophylla - Farious-leaved Bossiæa
Caladium bicolor - - - 5 Cala-

vare Ve Double-white verge vag
EG å eonaflora Paony flowered do
Cistus r

arlet Cistus
EE - Cobweb b Cliffortia -

Cli
roe — juncea -
Cratægus — eee Crata-
exec. MR > sich desi
Daphne oleoides - - - Oliveleaved Daphne -
Diosma ciliata - - - - Ciliated Diosma ~ -

- Broad-leaved do.
Spreading Dragon
Tree

+ + ». - latifolia -
Dracæna umbraculifera
Drimia lancexfolia - - — Dri-

—ͤ—m—w—ꝓ e e - €

Duranta plumieri- - Plumiers Dee rams

No.
212
203

INDEX TQ ‚VOL. athe -

- E

due rpurascens + Rigid do.
Erica 2 pte — ved Heuth 216
dh. O NS + - + = Colour do.- - 224
va. exsudans - « - Eruding do.- - 287
+ 5. fastigiata .- + - Pointed do.- - 207
di a - + + -Florid do. - - 234
E 2 + = Fragrant do. - 288
9 poo s ender . do. - - 944
+ ma. leeana - - Tees py cn DIR
+ «i» + pellucida. - - = Pellucid JE go
+00 Ul a = => Mushr oom > S 298
m. + physodes - - .- Sticky... de =
«e+ + Sebana - — Seba’s yellow do. - 266
+ ++ «thunbergii - .-. - Thunberg' do.. =. 277
“ses triumphans«. -..- SE nt do, - — 257
eener - = - Farigus, red do. =. 208
sae + vestita alba - - > White tremulous do. 30
Sounds e DUIPRICA - Tple. A
€. da dn ni — AN ear art =d

vit Valk

. Walker

ina eris li — = ‚Tree, 290

Erythrion E - Scaly Euphorbia —

Gentiana intermedia. ` - Mule Gentian wë SE

Habenaria lacera a - Jagged Hatendria en 7.289
occineus - Blood flower - . - =,

rien microcarpa - - Variousleaved Hakea

- rundes: bihai: = Plantain-leaved, Heli-

x Uhicium floridanum - .. Red flowered Aniseed > 209

Lachenalia pendula - - Pendulous Lachenalia „267
Lechong a persa: < - Purple Lachnea - -..913

olia glauca Magnolia - - 215
Mahernia grandifora * Ed Maher- :

a 4^. Es mee Neottia- - - 214

INDEX TO VOL, 111. È
Oxalis hii - m —— Weg
| Paneratium amænum ée 3 3

usc, ee Merican de ma de

Eu mm
å Columnarteaved

s.s + » teretifolia E do, -
Psoralea aphylla - prg le
ee ae y e hede + des +++

- + Chaffy . e

pias r
rs qae + gn o V
1 PA. Mea 1