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Leptospermum grandifohum.

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No. 701.
LEPTOSPERMUM GRANDIFOLIUM.
Class. Order. :
ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

This is a native of New South Wales:
we raised it uem "— many Esa since.
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win
ai d and sovata very ew in the
months of July and August. ltis by no
means tender, but merely wants protection
from frost, with plenty of exposure to the
air. It may be propagated by cuttings
or seeds, which are sometimes perfected in
England, and should be potted in peat earth
and loam in equal quantities, requiring a
liberal supply of water.

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No. 702.
HAMANTHUS PUBESCENS.

Class. Order.
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

A nativeof South Africa, whence it was
first brought to this country about the year
1774. The flower-stem is usually about a foot
in length, supporting a kind of sguare
shaped head, consisting of nearly a hundred
flowers closely crowded together, and of an

able ce. The stem and leaves
near their edges are thickly clothed with a
whitish kind of hairy down. The blossoms
come out in April, if kept in the stove,
which seems to be the most suitable place
for it. It should be potted in sandy loam,
and is but rarely increased by offsets from
the bulb.

Erica purpurea.

Rer del

No. 708.

ERICA PURPUREA.

Class, Order,
OCTANDRIA Ò MONOGYNIA.

This is from the Cape of Good Hope,
and has been lately introduced into this
country: it flowers in the months of May
and June, and is a very pleasing sort. Its
size is rather low, and its growth bushy.

It requires the usual temperature, and
full access to the fresh air, which is so indis-
pensable to every kind of heath. It is diffi-
cult to increase it by cuttings, and must be
potted in sandy peat soil.

No. 704.

VERONICA SAXATILIS.

Class. Order.
DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

This charming little plant is a native of
many parts of Europe, on rocks. Its
branches are numerous, three or four inches
long, and lying on the ground: the leaves
remain during the winter, and the flowers
appear with us in May.

It is quite hardy, and very easily pre-
served in a pot in light loamy earth. It will
admit of increase by occasionally dividing
the roots, which should be done in the be-
ginning of the spring.

Hedychium coccineum.

No. 705,

HEDYCHIUM COCCINEUM.

Class. Order.
MONANDRIA MONOGFNIA.

A native of Upper Napal, where it was
discovered by Dr. Buchanan, in 1802, and
has lately been brought to this country.
It lowered with us in the month of Septem-
ber ; the stem being about six feet in height :
it is beautiful and fragrant. The plant is
not tender, but thrives very well in a cooler
part of the stove. It should have a good
sized pot, and be planted in rich loam: it
likes plenty of water, and may be increased
without much difficulty by separating the
roots in the spring.

vol vui ed

Potentilla weinmannii.

oil Bot

No. 706.

POTENTILLA WEINMANNII.
Class. Order,
ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA.

This is a native of the Alps: it has been
lately introduced, and flowers in the month
of May, in great abundance. The branches
lie on the ground: they are usually about
six inches in length

It is herbaceous and quite hardy; may
be cultivated in a pot without difficulty in
loamy earth, and increased either by seeds,
or by dividing the roots, the best season for
which is the spring.

Melastoma napaleusis

ach!

„A native of Napal: it was raised from
seeds about three years since, and flowers
y int A

nformed by our excellent
A — made to thrive

No. 708.
PYROLA MACULATA.
* Class. Order.
DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

........

This is a little evergreen plant, from
North America: it is seldom above four or
five inches in height, including the flower
stem. The leaves and flowers are very
pretty: the latter appear in June or July.

Acrostichmm s mplex
GLoddiges dett

No. 709.
ACROSTICHUM SIMPLEX.

Class.
CRYPTOGAMIA FILICES.

A native of Jamaica, where it icum upon
mossy trunks of trees. It isa very neat
small fern, not generally attaining ds height
of one foot. With us it requires the stove,
in which it is easily cultivated, but does not
increase much: it should be planted in
shallow mossy peat soil.

The flowering leaves or fronds are nar-
rower and smaller than the barren ones,
also much fewer in number ; the fructifica-
tion covers the whole under side, and is of
a rich dark tint. Inall ferns this is ex-
cessively curious, the flowers seeds

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to elude examination by the most powerfal
ifiers. But if we are unable fully to
view and satisfactorily to explain their dif-
ferent parts, we at least can behold enough
in them to raise our admiration, and to di.
rect our minds toward the glorious Author
of such diversified myriads of. astonishing
productions, who indeed is ** wonderful in
counsel and excellent in working."
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Hypoxis erecta,
ai Fee £

No, 710.
HYPOXIS ERECTA.
Class, Order,
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.
A native of North America, growing, by

‘ Pursh’s account, in pastures and on grassy
hills from Canada to Virginia. The root is

to the bite of the rattle-snake.

With us itis quite hardy, and flowers
during most part of the summer and au-
tumn: it grows about three or four inches
in Po can may be reserved ina > »

ph risa

r

by offsets from the bulbs, N vid s m ret
separated in the spring.

W Miller del‘ TEN 2
GESE

No. 711.

PHLOX CARNEA,

Class. Order.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

This is an elegant 1567 perennial plant:
it grows about two feet in height, and flow-
ers in August and September. It will thrive
in any good soil, and may be increased by
parting the roots in spring; they may either
be planted in the ground or in pots.

We received it from our kind friend,

Mr. Shepherd. It is a native of the banks
. of the Missouri, a river which in its long
extended course, passes through countries,
the very names of which, if they have any,
are unknown to the European ear. How-
ever difficult of access, or distant from
the abodes of men, those unmeasured
tracts may be, they are not beyond the
bounds of their Creator's infinite benefi-
cence. Those vast solitudes which com-
prehend the western part of North America,
abound in trees and plants, which are pro-
bably destined to employ the powers and
enchant the minds of botanists who are yet

MIR

Oxalis tenuifolia

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No. 712.

OXALIS TENUIFOLIA.
Class, Order,
DECANDRIA PENTAGYNIA.

This is a native of the Cape of Good
Hope, the neighbourhood of which is cele-
brated for numerous sorts of this pretty
genus. They are herbaceous, bulbous
rooted plants. The tenuifolia rises about
three inches high from bulbs the size of a
small nut. With us they usually flower in
February or March.

They require the protection of a green-
house, and should be planted in sandy peat
soil: as the bulbs produce numerous off-
sets they readily increase themselves. To-
wards the beginning of summer the stalks
decay, after which they should have very
little water till they push again, which is in
the autumn.

The blossoms rarely expand, but continue
shut up, in which state, from the fine striped
colour of their outsides, they are most
beautiful.

Epidendrum nocturnum

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No. 713.

EPIDENDRUM NOCTURN M.

Class. á ;
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. —

.........

This grows with an Et. .
from one to two feet in height : the flowers
are produced at the top; they are usually
two or three in number, coming out at long
intervals after each other; they open in the
evening and close towards morning.

-

5 ok isa e of in van in

“Islands. ais has given a good

of it. It has lately been introduced into
this country, and flowered with us in the
autumn. It is requisite to preserve it con-
stantly in the stove, and we have found it
succeed pretty well in pots, planted in vege-
table earth with pieces of wood introduced
for the roots to cling to, which in some
measure imitates the native situations in
which it is found growing upon old and
decaying trees.

Biznoni
a i apreol at
ata

.........

A native of woods on the banks of rivers
and lakes from Virginia to Florida. It is
and al

Erica primuloides

W Miller, del*

No. 715.

ERICA PRIMULOIDES.

Class. Order.
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

This is one of the most delicate and
beautiful kinds of heaths: in its growth it
is very dwarf, rarely exceeding six inches
in height, and often flowering when not half
that size: the buds and outsides of the
blossoms are of a rich red; the insides are
most elegantly marked with the same

our.

It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope,
whence it was introduced about the year
1800. Its season for flowering is in spring,
and it requires the shelter of an airy green-
house during the winter season. Its soil
must be sandy peat earth, and it may be
increased slowly by cuttings.

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Acacia lophantha

del

5 Loddiaes

No. 7160.
Queta wenne.

GEE hee MONEDA.

Native of new Holland: it was intro-
duced about the year 1803, and is a robust
species, especially if planted in a conser-
vatory, in which it will grow large: the
leaves are very ornamental: they are doubly
pinnate, consisting of an immense number
The flowers are produced during the
autumn, winter, and spring. It requires a
temperature rather warmer than the New
Holland plants in general, and does not
readily increase excepting by seeds, which
are sometimes perfected in this country.
The soil should be loam with the addition
of a little peat.

Solanum laciniatum.

No. 717.
SOLANUM LACINIATUM.

Class. Order,
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

This plant was originally found in New
Holland, also in New Zealand, apd seems
to have been one of the few plants which
were introduced into this country by the
expedition under the great circumnavigator

tain Cook.

It is shrubby, but not very long lived, and
flowers abundantly in spring and summer,
generally producing ripe fruit; it is also
readily increased by cuttings.

It is necessary to preserve it in the green-
house in winter, and it should be planted in
loamy soil.

.

Genista decumbens.

él Fret

No. 718.

GENISTA DECUMBENS.
Class. Order. `
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA.

A native of France and Switzerland : it
is a pretty trailing plant, constantly lying
close to the ground. It is very hardy
and of a shrubby consistence, but seldom
extends more than two or thrce feet over.
The blossoms are large and showy ; they
appear in May and June in great profusion,
and are sometimes succeeded by ripe seeds,
by which, or by layers, the plant may be
increased. It thrives best in fresh loamy
soil, in the full groun

Daphne napolitana

No, 719.
DAPHNE NAPOLITANA.
T

Class. Order.
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

This is supposed to be a hybrid plant,
produced by the collina, which is a native of
the neighbourhood of Naples, and the
Cneorum. It is tolerably hardy, and forms
a pretty low shrub, flowering sometimes in
the autumn and again in spring; the blos-
soms are fragrant. İt is usually increased
by grafting upon the Mezereum, and grows
well in good loamy soil, either in a pot or
in the full ground.

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N 720

Clematis calveina

6. Loddiges del"

No. 720.
CLEMATIS CALYCINA.

Class, Order.
POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA.
This is a native of the island of Minorca,
yet perfectly hardy with us. It makes a
very pretty climber, and the flowers appear-

curiously streaked, and if the season is mild
they last a long time.

It will grow in any good soil, and may be
increased without much difficulty by layers.,

Phyllantfhus mimosesd:

GLoddiges del? BT

No. 721.

PHYLLANTHUS MIMOSOIDES,
Cass. Order.
MONOECIA TRIANDRA.

This plant is a native of the West Indies :
we raised it from seed in 1820. It grows
about two or three feet high, with a slender
erect shrubby stem and many thin deli-

e branches ; the leaves are small and of

a lively green, and the flowers which are
produced among them, continue in succes-
sion during the greater part of the year.
Our drawing was made in December, at
which season it was in great beauty. It
must be continually preserved in the stove,
and should not be too much crowded among
other plants. It may be increased by cut-
tings, and should be potted in a mixture of
loam and peat earth.

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EE eN ae a

No. 722.

PITCAIRNIA STAMINEA,
Class, Order.
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

A native of South America, which has
been very lately introduced. It is a stately
plant, and as far as we know, the finest of
this genus, which was named after the late
Dr. Pitcairn, of Islington, who was much
attached to botany, and possessed a good
collection: many plants are recorded in the
Hortus Kewensis as having been introduced
by him. Our plant flowered in the month
of December; the stem was full six feet in
height. The flowers, which were near a
hundred at their first opening, roll back,
but after a few days become straight again.
The leaves are about two or three feet in
length, without any thorns on their edges,

roots. The soil should be loam and peat.

Hedychium flavescens

MONANDRIA — me) |

„„

This isa very elegant species, which h

1? 724

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Justicia retusa
Tod iger del

sett

No. 794.
JUSTICIA RETUSA.

Class. * Order.
DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

A native of the West Indies, whence it
was introduced into this country a few years
since. The blossoms are very beautiful,
and of a colour not to be imitated in bright-
ness: they come out with us in the begin-
ning of winter, which of course renders
them the more welcome.

It is necessary to preserve it in the stove

at all times : it increases freely by cuttings,
which should be potted in loam, and in
smallish pots, as it is not a very large
growing plant.

+ Pafsiflora fetida

No. 725.
PASSIFLORA FCETIDA.

Class. Order,
MONADELPHIA PENTANDRA.

This is a curious, but not splendid sort :
it is called by some annual or biennial, but
we cultivated it for several years succes-
sively. The leaves are rough, and have a
very disagreeable smell. The flowers are
wholly white in the inside, and greenish on
the outside of the external petals. The
ray is pure white. The involucre or calyx,
as it is called by some, is a little like that

of the West Indies, and must be kept in
the stove, flowering in the latter part of
summer, and increasing easily by cuttings,
which should be potted in rich loam.

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A? 726.

Erica wiscaria
öLA

No. 726.

ERICA VISCARIA.
tini Order.
OCTANDRIA MONOGFNIA.

This is from the Cape of Good Hope, and
was introduced several years since: it is a
pleasing sort, of which there are several

varieties. Their flowering time is in the
spring months, and the blossoms last for a

greenhouse during the winter season, and
may be increased by cuttings.

Eupborbi a canaliculata

N° TRA.

Ofhonna flabellifolia .

WT took dei*

No. 728.
OTHONNA FLABELLIFOLIA.

Class, Order.
SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA NECESSARIA.
This is supposed to be a native of the
Cape of Good Hope, and was introduced a
few years since. It is a bushy growing
plant, with many strait branches, which are
clothed with small leaves, and produce their
flowers during the summer months.
It is readily increased by cuttings, and
must be preserved in the greenhouse, and
potted in light loam.

Ixora rosea

6 lola, del e

No. 729.

IXORA ROSEA.
Ciass, Order,
TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

......pon

This is a very pretty species: it is a na-
tive, according to Dr. Wallich, of the hills

this country, where it requires the stove
continually. It red with us in
month of August, and again at the end of
the year.

It may be propagated by cuttings, and
should be potted in rich loam, with a mix-
ture of peat earth.

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Acacia suaveolens

ELviliges dele

No. 730,
ACACIA SUAVEOLENS.
Class, Order.
POLYGAMIA MONOECIA.

This is a native of New South Wales.
Seeds of it were sent home among the first
collections which arrived in this country
from Port Jackson; it admits of no other
mode of propagation, and must be potted in
a mixture of loam and peat. It requires

the protection of the greenhouse, and is a
m $mall species. Its branches are few
and slender; it frequently produces flowers
when two years old : these come out in the
beginning of winter, continuing alongtime ;
they have a delicate and pleasing form,
together with a very agreeable smell.

This isa most cheering and acceptable
plant during that time of the year in which
gardens are often locked up by frost, or
buried in snow. In such inclement seasons
we may thus, through the goodness of our
beneficent Creator, feel many innocent and
| heart-raising pleasures in beholding His
beautiful works. Happy e are those

sdom to enjoy

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No, 731.
PHYLLANTHUS TURBINATUS.

Class. Order.
MONOECIA MONADELPHIA,
"TU. * Lt + TL, da m L 2 1 1

of which we are indebted to our excellent
friend Robert Barclay, Esq. of Bury-Hill,)
is a native of China. It grows to a mode-
rate sized branching shrub, and flowers al-
most perpetually. The flowers are minute,
but very abundant; and the plant is well
worthy of a place in every stove, in which
temperature we have hitherto preserved it.
There is reason, however, to suppose that it
may in time snpport a greater degree of
ye Mr. Barclay raised it from seeds
me years since: it may be increased by
e. and should be potted in loam and
peat.

VOL. VIII. L

Cyanella capensis süre

No. 732.

CYANELLA CAPENSIS.
Class, Order,
HEXANDRIA MONOGFNIA.

A native of the Cape of Good Hope; in-
troduced a considerable time since. It has
a small bulbous root, a little like a Crocus,
which is sometimes roasted and eaten by
the Hottentots. With us it flowers in June:
the blossoms are pretty : there is a singu-
larity in the form of the anthers; five of
them are alike erect, upon scarcely any fila-
ments ; the sixth is declined, and tongue-
shaped, with a longer filament.

Like other Cape bulbs, this will some-
times remain dormant for two years, and
then spring up and flower vigorously. Itis
increased by offsets, and should be potted
in sandy peat soil, and preserved in the
greenhouse, allowing it a good supply of
water while in a growing state, and little or
none after the stalks decay.

Vanilla planifotia

Order,
MONANDRIA.
This elegant plant i is a native of the Wet
Indies, where it is found climbing to the -
tops of high trees, to the bark of which it
attaches itself byi its aeg in the manner of i

Class
GYNANDRIA

Lachenalia tute

No. 734.
LACHENALIA LUTEOLA,

Class, Order.
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

This is a bulbous root, a native of the

stem six or eight inches in height, bearin
from ten to twenty pendulous blossoms,
which are very beautiful. They generally
appear in the month of April, and last a
= stro»

h e, and
emek itself sten. fast by offsets,
which should be potted in light sandy loam :
after flowering the tops decay, when they
should have no water till they begin to

shoot up again, which is in September or
October.

N° 735

Crafsula lactea.

BLA
ülsddiyer det

No. 735.
CRASSULA LACTEA.

Class. Order,
PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA,

A native of the Cape of Good Ho
was introduced about the year 1774, and is
a neat little succulent plant, seldom exceed-
ing six inches in height, growing close and
bushy, and flowering in the winter.

It is easily preserved in the greenhouse,
just keeping it from frost, and giving it lit-
tle water during the cold season : it propa-
gates easily by cuttings, which should be
planted in loam, and do not require very
large pots.

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Petrera volubilis

No. 786.

PETREA VOLUBILIS.
Class, Order,
DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA.

This genus was named in honour of
Robert James Lord Petre, who died in 1742,
atthe early age of thirty-two. This nobleman
was a munificent encourager of botany, and
had himself the finest collection of plants in
this kingdom.

It is a very beautiful climber; a native
of Vera-cruz, Caraccas, and Martinique.
With us it grows to ten or twelve feet in
height, with proper support, and produces
its elegant pendulous blossoms in succession
during the greater part of the year.

It must be kept always in the stove, as it
loves heat, and may be increased by cut-
tings: the soil should be rich loam and

peat.

No. 737.
CALOTHAMNUS QUADRIFIDA.

Class. Order.
POLYADELPHIA POLYANDRIA.

This plant is a native of New Holland :
it grows to about the height of three feet or
more, with spreading branches. The leaves
are linear, having many minute glandular
protuberances, which give them a kind of
roughness: they are of a fine bright green,
The flowers come out among the leaves,
but more frequently from the old wood,
after the leaves have fallen off, usually sur-
rounding the stem in belts of about two
inches in depth. The shape of the blos-
soms is singularly curions, and unlike any
other plant. Endless are the variations of
form with which the works of God perpe-
tually present us. What but an Infinite
Mind could have contrived such things.
But every thing in creation is full of won-
ders, every thing is calculated to excite as-
tonishment and command admiration.

Our plant requires defence from frost in
an airy greenhouse or conservatory. It may
be increased by cuttings or seeds, and should
be planted in loam and peat earth.

Etica elongata

+

No. 788.

ERICA ELONGATA,
Class. Order.
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

This sort was introduced about the year
1810, from the Cape of Good Hope, of
which it is a native. It grows slender, with
few branches, and flowers from November
till the end of the winter : the blossoms are
very delicate, generally produced in fours,
at the ends of the upper twigs. It may be
increased slowly by cuttings, and must be
potted in sandy peat earth, and defended
from the frost during the winter in an airy

ouse.

Canna coccinea.

edis dat

No. 739.
CANNA COCCINEA,

Class, Order.
MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA,

This grows about three feet high, and
flowers very freely, and at different seasons :
our drawing was made in January. The
leaves of this, and several other species of
Canna, differ little from each other.

It is — to be a native of South
America, and bas been introduced some
years since. A may be increased by sepa-
rating the roots, or by seeds, which some-
times come to perfection here: the soil
should be rich loam, and the plant should
be kept in a moderate stove heat, especially
during winter, as in summer it will bear
placing out of doors for a time, with adyan-
tage.

VOL. VILI. N

NO

inagvris fetida

gp CH
# Lada oer dat +

No. 740,

ANAGYRIS FŒTIDA.
Class, Order.
DECANDRIA MONOGFNIA.

A native of the South of France, Spain,

and Italy: introduced many years since.
>. pes which was Lane n in des Sa
of eight feet, and flowered i in winter. The
leaves have an unpleasant smell, whence its
name: they are usually deciduous, but
when well protected, sometimes remain

the winter.

It may be propagated by cuttings, or by
seeds, if obtained from its native country,
as they do not come to maturity in England :
the soil should be loam.

NA.

Polygala stipulacea.

Toddi ger delt

No, 741.

POLYGALA STIPULACEA.
Class, Order.
DIADELPHIA OCTANDRIA.

A native of the Cape of Good Hope: it
was introduced in 1791. It is a small slen-
der shrub, having many thin and irregular
branches : the flowers are produced in suc-
cession for many months, more particularly
during the winter and spring: altho
small, they are exceedingly lively, and of
such a bright and beautiful purple as baffles
all imitation by art.

It is necessary to preserve it in an airy
greenhouse during the winter: by cuttings
it may be increased, and should be potted
in sandy peat earth.

VOL. VIII. o

Lygodium scandens

No. 742.
LYGODIUM SCANDENS.

Class. Order.
CRYPTOGAMIA FILICES.

This is a curious climbing Fern, with ele.
gant foliage, and running sometimes up-
wards of ten feet in height. It appears to
vary much, as among the different figures of
it referred to by authors, there seems little
resemblance ; the one nearest like our plant
is in Houttuyn's Pflanzensystem, tab. 94,
fig. 2.

It is a native of China and Japan, and re-
quires to be kept in the stove: it may be
inereased, though sparingly, by separating
the roots: the soil should be sandy peat.
ba diese li LLA p vot,
are much more entire than those towards
the upper part of the plant, which latter
alone produce the fructification.

Loddiaes doit Canna excelsa eise
Plana

Flowers raue to în foot Aa

No. 743.

CANNA EXCELSA.
Class, Order.
MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

We raised this plant from seeds which
came from Rio Janeiro in 1820. Itisa very
tall species ; our specimen grew to the height
of fifteen or sixteen feet before it flowered,
which was in January and the following
months.

It distinguishes itself, even when quite
young, from the other kinds, by a strong
dark coloured margin at the base of the leaf
where it embraces the stem. In its blossom
and mode of flowering, it approaches near
to the paniculata of the Flora Peruviana,
but the leaves of our plant are quite smooth
on both sides, while the others are downy
underneath.

It requires the stove, and may be increased
by suckers, which are sparingly 3
and should be planted in rich loam

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No. 744.
ERICA SERPYLLIFOLIA,

Class. Order,
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

We have lately raised this from seeds
received from the Cape of Good Hope: it
is a small growing sort, very close and bushy,
not much more than six inches in height,
The flowers are minute; they are usually
from three to five or six together, at the
ends of the branches.

It requires the usual protection of an airy
greenhouse, and may be increased by cut-
tings: the soil must be sandy peat.

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No. 745.

BRUNSVIGIA FALCATA,
Class, Order.
HEXANDRIA MONOGFNIA.

This is a magnificent bulbous plant, a
native of the Cape; it flowered with us in
the month of September, the flower stem
being about nine inches in height. The
blossoms are delicately fragrant.

The bulb is very large. ‘The best means
of preserving it is in the greenhouse through
the year, observing to give it little or no
water when the leaves decay. It does not
increase in this country, consequently is
sometimes very scarce, but of late numerous

= should have a tolerably large pot.

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Lachenalia quadricolor.

No. 746.

LACHENALIA QUADRICOLOR.
Can Order,
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

A native of the Cape of Good Hope, in-
troduced several years since into this coun-
try. It has a small bulbous root, and
flowers in the commencement of the spring
season. The blossoms are shewy; they
continue several weeks in perfection, and
shortly after they have faded the leaves also
decay, and the bulbs remain in a quiescent
state till autumn, during which time they
should be repotted, when the offsets, if any,
may be separated, whereby they are. in-
creased. The soil should be sandy loam,
and the pots of moderate size, in each of
which three or four bulbs may be planted
about an inch under the surface. It should
be constantly preserved in the greenhouse.

Saxifraga ligulata .

No. 747.
SAXIFRAGA LIGULATA.

Class. Order,
DECANDRIA DIGYNIA.

A native of mountains in Napal and the
East of Bengal, where it was discovered by
Dr. Hamilton, from whom we are informed
by Mr. D. Don, in his able treatise on this
genus in the Transactions of the Linnean
Society, there are specimens of it in the
Lambertian Herbarium.

This plant, as Mr. D. well observes, is one
of many instances which manifest the strik-
ing similarity which exists between the vege-
tation of Napal and that of the northern re-
gions of Tartary.

We have hitherto kept the plant in the
greenhouse, but have scarcely a doubt of its -
becoming soon naturalized to our climate
without such protection. It flowered with
us in February: we have not yet increased
it, but the root will probably soon admit of
separation for that purpose. The soil should
be light loam.

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Polypodium pe

ctinatum.

No. 748.

POLYPQDIUM PECTINATUM.

Class, Order,
CRYPTOGAMIA FILICES.

This beautiful fern is a native of Jamaica
and Martinique. The fronds are often two
feet in length, narrowing towards the end
almost to a point ; they grow very erect, and
are usually six or eight in number.

It requires to be preserved at all times in
the stove, and increases itself occasionally
by suckers, which come out from the root ;
they should be potted in sandy peat, with
several pieces of broken pot among it.

3

Lobelia

surinamensis rubra

Ladung, dei"

No. 749.

LOBELIA SURINAMENSIS rubra.

Class. Order.
PENTANDRIA MONOGY NIA.

A native of the West Indies; it was in-
troduced about the year 1786, and is a very
beautiful flowering stove plant: it grows to
the height of five or six feet, and flowers
from the beginning of the year through
most part of the summer.

It may be propagated without difficulty
by cuttings, and flourishes in rich loamy
soil There is a variety of this plant with

a paler flower, not near so shewy as this.

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Dendrobium pierkrdii.

> toddtger dott

No. 750,

DENDROBIUM PIERARDII,
Class, Order.
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA.

This is a native of India, whence it has
lately been brought to this country. It is
mentioned in Dr. Carey's Hortus Benga-
lensis as an herbaceous parasitical plant, in-
troduced by Mr. Pierard into the Calcutta
garden, and fl ing in the hot th

We have found it thrive pretty well fas-
tened to a damp wall in the stove, without
any earth, but sprinkled with water occa-
sionally. The branches hang down, bearing
the flowers near their ends; ours appeared
in March; they are highly interesting, and
last a long time in perfection.

Attentively beholding such a charming
object as this beautiful flower, formed ap-
parently by the All-Gracious Creator to
please and to delight us, how can the feel-
ing mind avoid sometimes indulging sensa-
tions resembling those so feelingly express-
ed by the poet in these elegant lines ?

“ That henve ER intentions rum ern they seem,
— below.

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lamen

persicum

No. 751.

CYCLAMEN PERSICUM.

Class, Order.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

This pretty plant, as its name imports,
is a native of Persia, and probably other
eastern countries : it was found by Dr. Sib-
thorp in the island of Cyprus.

It flowers early in spring, and often
produces seeds, by which alone it is multi-
plied. The soil should be rich manured
loam. We have knownit thrive exceedingly
- in very rotten dung, from the outsides of an
old hot-be

There are s era slight varieties, differ-
ing in the greater or lesser portion of red
in the flower; ; some of them have a slight
scent, It requires the protection of the

greenhouse.

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The filaments are very nu-

No. 758.

ACACIA UNDULATA.
idée Order,
POLYGAMIA MO NOECIA.

A native of New Holland: it was first
raised in France, whence we received it
several years since. It is a fine species,
growing freely and pretty large, with many
thorny branches. It is supposed to be the
plant intended by Mr. Brown for armata,
which name it unquestionably deserves,
much more than the plant to which it is
applied; yet as custom has made that so
universally familiar, a change can scarcely
be brought about now.

It thrives particularly well in a conserva-
tory, and may also be kept in a pot in a
mixture of bog and loam, requiring protec-
tion from frost, and may be propagated by.
cuttings. i

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Erica hirsuta.

E kodigis del?

No. 754.

ERICA HIRSUTA.

Class. Order,
OCTANDRIA MONOGFNIA.

This beautiful species was introduced
from the Cape of Good Hope, about the
year 1800: it flowers in the spring season,
the blossoms coming three or four together
at the ends of the short twigs, towards the
top of the plant. The branches grow very
close and compact, and they, as well as the
leaves and flowers, are covered in every part
with fine whitish hairs, which circumstance
suggests a name somewhat more appro-
priate at least than that of linnzeoides, by
which it has been usually called.

It requires the same treatment as the
other heaths, and must be kept in an airy
greenhouse during the winter. İt is in-
creased without difficulty by cuttings.

ö Lod diger dø?

Pafserina

laxa.

No, 755.
PASSERINA LAXA.

Class, Order.
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

A native of the Cape of Good Hope: it
was introduced about 1804. In its habit it
is thin and straggling, having many slender
zig-zag branches, at the ends of which the
flowers come forth, — in the spring
months. Our dra setm March,

meoonhonse

It is necessary to

in winter: it may be increased by cuttings,
and should be potted in sandy peat earth.

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Pomaderris elliprica

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No. 756.

POMADERRIS ELLIPTICA.
Class. Order.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

This is a native of Van Diemen's island,
and was introduced about the year 1800.
It is a moderate sized shrub, and flowers in
thespring: the blossoms, though small, are
in such profusion as to give the planta very
gay appearance; they are also lasting.

It must be kept in the greenhouse or con-
servatory in the winter, and is with difficulty
propagated by cuttings. The soil should
be sandy peat.

Dentaria digitata.
6 Loddiger deft del

No. 757.

DENTARIA DIGITATA.

Class. Order.
TETRADYNAMIA SIL1QUOSA.

This pretty plant is a native of Switzer-
land, France, Germany, and Italy: we were
favoured with it some years ago by Mr.
Barclay, and havealsoreceivedit direct from
Switzerland. It has a scaly root, from
which rises a stalk about five or six inches
in height, having two fingered leaves, above
which are the flowers, which appear in
April. It is consìdered a Cardamine by Mr.
Brown, but as M. Decandalle, who has la-
boured so hard at this class af plants, con-
tinues it a Dentaría, we would prefer re-
taining it in that genus.

It seems to have early attracted the notice
of botanists, being well delíneated in wood
by Dodonæus, in 1582: the same block was
afterwards used by Clusius.

It is hardy, and may be kept either in à
border or potted in light loam : it will ad-
mit of propagation occasionally, by separat-
ing the roots.

Kennedia monophylla

Loddiger det!

No. 758.

KENNEDIA MONOPHYLLA.

Class. Order,
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA.

This genus was separated from Glycine,
and named by M. Ventenat after Mr.
Kennedy, of Hammersmith—a gentleman
well deserving of the honour. The pre-
sent species is an elegant climbing shrub,
with rich violet coloured blossoms, Which
are highly ornamental during the sprin
months, especially if planted in a conserva-
tory, in which situation it will grow to
twelve or fifteen feet in height, and the pro-
fusion of its flowers is immense during the
spring months.

It is a native of New Holland, and was
among the very first introductions from that
country. It may be increased by cuttings,
and should be potted in a mixture of loam
and peat earth.

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'hotomus

Strophanthus dic

No. 759.
STROPHANTHUS DICHOTOMUS.
Class. Order.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNI1A.

A native of China and India, introduced
not long since. It is a pretty stove plant,
of moderate size, and flowering freely at
different seasons: the blossoms usually
cometwo together; they last a considerable
time

It may be propagated by cuttings, and
should be potted in a mixture of loam and
peat.
The form of the flower is singularly in-
teresting ; the five divisions of the corolla
being of a most extraordinary length, some-
times nearly two inches, hanging down like

o many filaments. For what purpose this
indire Sert is intended, no one
can tell. It is one of the many instances in
the shape and character of flowers, by which
their DES AG — gl sed more

sk
particularly forth

of intelligent beings. Wherefore should
we neglect the calm = peaceful pleasure
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Nº 760

Polvgala latifolia

GIoddiger del?

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No. 760.
POLYGALA LATIFOLIA.

Class, Order.
DIADELPHIA OCTANDRIA.

This fine species has been very lately in-
troduced from the Cape of Good Hope, of
which it is a native. It flowers in abun-
dance in the spring : the blossoms are of a
colour, which for brightness, sets all imita-
tion at defiance.

It requires the greenhouse, and may be
increased slowly by cuttings: the soil should
be sandy peat.

Nº 761.

Cytisus proliferus.

4 Addi. dat 6.Lost

No. 761.

CYTISUS PROLIFERUS.
Class, Order.
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA.

A native of the Canary Islands, introduced
into this country in 1779 by Mr. Masson.
It is an excellent plant for a conservatory,
where there is height, as it pu. freely and
large. It flowers in the s , and the
great profusion of its blossoms rudes it
very shewy.

It may be increased by cuttinga or seeds,
which are sometimes produced here, and
should be potted in loam.

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Azalea procumbens.

6 Lodge del t

No. 762.

AZALEA PROCUMBENS.

Class, Order.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

This is a native of mountains throughout
Europe. Ithas been found in the Highlands
of Scotland, and is a trailing plant, lying
on the ground in short tufts: the leaves are
opposite, of a rigid consistence, and ever-
green: the flowers are produced in April.
It will bear the full sun, as we have expe-
rienced during a very hot and dry summer :
the soil must be peat mixed with loam: it
is very useful to lay some pebbles under the
branches, to keep ml earth from washing
over them in heavy rai

It may be increased br cuttings or layers.

AT 763.

Acacia angustifolia

€ Xoddiges dett

No. 768.

ACACIA ANGUSTIF OLIA.

Class. Order.
POLYGAMIA MONOECIA.

A native of New Holland, whence it was
earlyintroduced. It hassomeresemblance to
the floribunda of Ventenat, but in our plant
the spikes of flowers are only half the length
pe » W ed are en in Ant
di long r pendulows branches havea rar di
effect, and when vigorous, the leaves are
sometimes three inches in length. It should
be planted in loam and peat, and requires
protection from frost: we have not been
able to increase it except by seeds, which
must be procured from its native country,
as it has not yet produced any

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No. 764.

ERICA NIDULARIA.

Class. Order.
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.
A native of the Cape of Good Hope,

whence it was introduced about the year

t flowers in the spring, usually at
the tops of the young shoots, in clusters of
six or eight blossoms. The branches are
slender and upright, and the plant grows
from one to two feet in height. It must be
treated as the other Cape heaths, defend-
ing it from frosts in an airy greenhouse. It
may be increased by cuttings, and shou
be potted in sandy peat earth.

athes excelsa.

Dorvar

No. 765.
DORYANT HES EXCELSA.
Class. Order.
HEXANDRIA MONOGY NIA.

This stately subject is a native of New
Holland, whence it was early introduced
into this country, and was first described
and named by Dr. Correa, in the Transac-
tions of the Linnæan Society.

Our plant, which we have had above
twelve years, began to shoot up for flower
in September 1821; the stem grew slowly
till March 1823, when the blossoms opened,
it being full twenty-five feet in height. The
flowers are of rich crimson colour, about
four times the size of our figure: they do
not last long: a considerable portion of
liquid honey is produced in them, which
runs down plentifully from the time of
opening.

The original plant dies after flowering,
but there are generally several suckers
growing round it, by which it is continued
and increased.

We have constantly preserved it in the

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stove, in which it seems to thrive best: the
soil should be sandy peat. i

There is a magnificence in this article
which renders us incapable of doing justice
to it by any representation. Itis one of the
grander works of the Almighty Creator, one
which strikes our dull senses perhaps more
forcibly than minuter objects, though every
thing His hand has formed is full of wonders,
and deserves our admiration !

N: 766.

Hutchinsia alpina

& Loddlig s del gn

No, 766.

HUTCHINSIA ALPINA.
Class, Order.
TETRADYNAMIA SILICULOSA.

A minute Alpine plant, formerly known
as a Lepidium, from which genus it has
been separated, and has been dedicated by
Mr. Brown to the memory of the late Miss
Hutchins, of Bantry, in Ireland, a most in-
telligent cryptogamic botanist. A

It is a native of Switzerland, the Tyrol,
mount Baldo, and other elevated regions:
with us it flowers in April, and may be kept
in a pot with a little soil, filled up with bits
of broken pot. It may be increased by
dividing the roots.

Lachenalia tricolor.

6. e. se
Leddiges dat

No. 767.

LACHENALIA TRICOLOR.

Class, Order,
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

A native of the Cape of Good Hope: it
has been long cultivated in this country, and
is a beautiful little spring plant, flowering in
the months of March and April.

Towards midsummer the leaves decay,
when it should have no water till the
autumn, at which season the bulbs begin to
push again: they produce offsets, by which
they multiply themselves, and should be
potted in rich loam, and preserved in the
greenhouse throughout the year.

Patersoma glabrata

No. 768.

PATERSONIA GLABRATA.

Class. Order.
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

This plant was introduced in 1810 from
New South Wales. The genus was named
by Mr. Brown, in honour of Capt. Paterson,
a gentleman known for his attention to
natural history at the Cape and afterwards
in New Holland.

It is a low grass like plant: the flower
stems are about a foot in height; they came
out with us in March: the blossoms conti-
nue only a single day, but as each spathe
contains several, they last some time in
succession ; at first sight they appear to re-
semble the Moræas very much. The green-
house is rather too cool for this plant; it
thrives much better in the stove, and may be
sometimes increased by dividing the roots.
The soil should be sandy peat.

AN? 762.

Hibiscus Rosa-malabarica 5

b. Leddéaes delt v

No. 769.
HIBISCUS ROSA-MALABARICA.

Class. Order.
MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA.
This is a native of India, where it is said

to be much cultivated in the gardens of the
temples. It is a beautiful shrub, flowering
plentifully with us in the spring; was intro-
duced a few years since, and may be in-
creased by euttings : it is necessary to keep
it at all times in the stove. It should be
planted in loam and peat soil in moderate
sized pots, as it does not grow very large.

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N° 70.

Anemone thalictroides plena.

E Loddiges deat
BESO.

No. 770.
ANEMONE THALICTROIDES plena.
Class. Order.

POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA.

The Anemone thalictroides in a single
state is a native of North America, from
Canada to Carolina. Our present plant,
which is the double variety, is much culti-
vated for its beauty in the American gar-
dens; it grows stronger than the single,
and may be kept in loam and peat soil
in a pot with little protection. It will
increase by dividing the roots, which should
be done in autumn. M. De Candolle and
he French botanists class it with Thalictrum,
but, as our excellent friend Dr. Sims ob-
serves, ‘though it be a dubious species, it
certainly agrees in more points with Ane-
mone than with Thalictram.”

Nº 774.

Tillandsia anceps.

#.Loddiges del!

No. 771.

TILLANDSIA ANCEPS.
Pen Order,
HEXANDRIA MONUGYNIA.

The leaves of this plant at the base are
nearly an inch broad; they are about a foot
in length, tapering to a fine point and chan-
nelled ; the broad part is marked with
longitudinal stripes, which disappear two
inches from the base. The flower stem is
about six inches ín height, clothed with
scales, which are pressed quite flat, giving
it a two-edged form. The flowers come out
at the flattest part: they are small, and
soon fade.

Itis a native of Trinidad, and was sent
to us by our kind friend Mr. Adam: it
flowered for the first time in April last.

It requires the stove bests and should be

growing naturally on ye trunks and
branches of trees. We have not yet been
able to increase it.

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Jv? 772.

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Acacia myrtifolía.

Eloddiges det:

No. 772.
ACACIA MYRTIFOLIA.

Class Order.
POLYGAMIA MONOFCIA.

A native of New Holland, introduced in
1789. It is a bushy shrub, of moderate
size, and flowers during the spring months.
The blossoms are sometimes succeeded in
this country by seeds, from which alone it
can be increased, as it does not propagate by
cuttings. It requires the greenhouse or con-
servatory, in which latter it g vigorously

The soil should be loam and peat

sis.

‘ime sinen

GLYCINE SINENSIS.

Class, Order.
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA.

This is a most beautiful climbing plant,
1 . 141 h 11818

from China: it was broug

by Capt. Welbank, to the collection of
Charles Hampden Turner, Esq. of Rook's-
nest, by whose liberality we were put in
possession of it several years since. |

It is deciduous, and flourishes exceed-
ingly planted in the full ground of a conser-
vatory. Its magnificent flowers are produced
in rich abundance during the early part of
the spring. We are informed by Mr.
Turner that this year his plant had near
two hundred bunches open at once, pro-
ducing a charming effect.

t may be increased by cuttings, and
should be planted in loam and peat soil.
It is by no means improbable that when
somewhat more naturalized to this climate,
it may endure our ordinary winters without
much injury.

N 774.

Vaccinium amcenum .

6.Loddiges dd! ATE

No. 774.

VACCINIUM AM(ENUM.
ce
Class, Order,
OCTANDRIA MONOGY NIA.

A native of North America, growing in
low grounds, from New Jersey to Virginia.
It has been long introduced, and grows with
us to a moderate-sized bushy deciduous
shrub. Its flowers come forth in the spring,
and are generally succeeded by berries of
the size of a small grape, and of a pleasant
flavour. It may be increased by seeds or
layers: they should be planted in peat and
loam, and are perfectly hardy.

È. Loddiges dat

Diosma fragrans.

No, 775.
DIOSMA n

Class.
PENTANDRIA Dl
A native of the o of Good il in-
troduced about 1806 by Mr. Hibbert: it
flowers in May: the leaves have a some-
what agreeable smell.

may be increased by cuttings low
seeds more plentifully : they are often pro-

felicity ! And. it
enjoy most of it who keep Him most con-
stantly in view."

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Neottia pides. ;

6 Leddigas det?

No. 776.
NEOTTIA PROCERA.
Class. Order,
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA.

This plant is a native of Napal, and has
very lately been brought to this country
from the botanical garden at Calcutta. It
grows to two feet high and more, flowering
in a long spike during the months of April
and May.

It requires the stove heat, and may be
increased slowly by separating the roots,
which should be planted in peat earth and
loam.

AN? 777.

Voila flabellifolia.

OLeddiges daat pon

No. 777.
VIOLA FLABELLIFOLIA.
Class. Order.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

This plantis from North America, whence
it has been very lately introduced. It is
most nearly allied to the pedata, but suffi-
ciently distinet to be considered a separate
species.

It is quite hardy, and well-deserving of
cultivation for its beauty. In beight the
leaves do not exceed six inches, and the
flowers are produced in May. We have
occasionally increased it by offsets, which
should be potted in loam and bog earth.

N 772.

Brachysema undulatum.

6Loddiges dat

No. 778.

BRACHYSEMA UNDULATUM.
Class. Order.
DECANDRIA MONOGY NIA.

A native of New South Wales, introduced
very lately. Itis a climbing shrubby plant,
growing freely, and flowering during the
spring and summer. It is an eligible
plant for a conservatory or to run up à
column, requires the usual greenhouse pro-
tection, and may be increased by cuttings.
The soil should be sandy peat earth.

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6 beddiges del!
4

No. 779.
AMARYLLIS ADVENA.

Class. Order,
HEXANDRIA MONOGFNIA.

A native of South America, introduced
some time since: it is a delicate species,
and we have hitherto kept it in the stove.
It flowered in May, and again with a second
stem in June. "The leaves are very long
and slender, and the flower stem is about
a foot in height.

It may be potted in sandy loam, and will
most probably increase itself occasionally
by offsets from the bulb.

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A? 700.

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6 hoddiges det!

No. 780,

PHLOX NIVALIS.
ölen, Order. :
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

This is a native of Carolina and Georgia.
It was sent to us by our excellent friend Dr.
Wray, of Augusta, and flowered beautifully
the last spring. We think it so different
from both subulata and setacea, that it may
well form another species.

It is probably not quite hardy: we pre-
served it very well in a cold frame, and
have increased it by cuttings. The soil
should be light loam, with a little peat
mixed. Like the setacea, it appears to
partly shrubby.

6.Loddiges del?

NI FØR

No, 781.

VERONICA PERFOLIATA.
Class, Order.
DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

A native of New South Wales, introduced
a few years since. It grows to two feet
and upwards in height, flowering near the
topin long clusters of many blossoms, which
continue in succession through the spring
and summer.

It is a kind of herbaceous plant, but con-
stantly retains some foliage, as it does not
lose the preceding year's growth till new
shoots have been formed ; this process takes
place very rapidly during the commence-
ment of spring.

It requires the greenhouse, and may be
increased by cuttings or division of the
roots, which should be performed in the
spring. The soil in whieh it thrives ex-
tremely well is light loam.

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Erica re

whence it was introduced about the year
1805. Tt is a moderate sized upright
plant, the b hes of which are well clothed
with rather long and slender leaves. The
flowers come out near the tops; the season
for them is June and July. ^

It may be inereased slowly by cuttings,
and should be potted in sandy peat earth, .
needing, like the other Cape Heaths, to be
protected from frosts in an airy green-
house.

Orobns hits

lis

No. 783.
OROBUS LUTEUS.

Class, Order.
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA.
The present plant is a native of the
South of France, Italy, and Switzerland,
also of Siberia. It was cultivated in 1757
by Miller, is herbaceous and dy,

It grows to the height of a foot or more,
and is at present rare, being with difficulty
increased by separating its roots, and seeds
are not often produced here: the soil
should be light loam. 2

Lilium croceum.

No. 784.
LILIUM CROCEUM.

Class. Order.
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.
We received this fine plant from our
friend Mr. Busch, of St. Petersburg, who

who eat its roots.
small bulbs flower with a single blossom,
the next year with two or three, increasing
in number as it gets larger, to as many
as twenty or thirty, and then growing
to the height of five feet. It was nam
eroceum by Professor Petrof. With us it
rosé to three or four feet, producing its
flowers in June, varying in number accord-
ing to the strength of the root from two to
ten or twelve. It will grow either in a pot
or in the ground, and is perfectly hardy, in-
creasing itself by offsets : the soil shot
be rich Joam.

NT 105:

Chrvsanthemum arcticum

G Auge, del"

No. 785.

CHRYSANTHEMUM ARCTICUM.
Class. Order.
SYNGENESIA SUPERFLUA.

A native of Kamtschatka and other parts
of the Russian Empire: we received the
seeds from Mr. Contenius of Catharinoslaf.

Itis a hardy herbaceous plant, growing
about a foot high, and flowering in July.
Willdenow observes that the cultivated
plant has branches, whereas in its wild state
the stalk is one-flowered. It may be readily
increased by separating the roots in the
spring, and will grow in almost any soil.

VOL. VIII. DD

No. 786. .
POTENTILLA ATROSANGUINEA. ^
cias : Order. si
ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA. >
i

This is a native of Napal : we received
seeds of it in 1821, from Mr. Broeager, of
Hooghly, in Bengal, and find it perfectly
hardy, having stood without any protection
during the last severe winter. It grows to
the height of two or three feet, and fiowers
in July and August. It may be increased
by dividing the roots, and should be planted
in rich loam.

This beautiful plant is worthy to be ad-
mired, as indeed are all the works of God,
not only for their own charms, but because
they convey to the mind remembrances of
their Divine Author; and nothing that can
do this should ever be despised. If the
flowers of the field give us some shadow of
Him, and display a minute portion of His
beneficence, oh how infinitely above all
value must be that sacred volume, which
fully reveals His sublime nature, and His
gracious designs to His creatures. There
they may learn that the will of their

Almighty Father is but their purest felicity
during this transient life, and what is of in-
effably greater importance, there alone they
can learn the way to that fulness of joy
which is in the presence of the Lord, and
those pleasures which are at His right hand
for ever and ever.

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Sowerbea juncea

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No. 787.
SOWERBEA JUNCEA.

Class. Order.
TRIANDRIA MONOGY NIA.

This genus was named by Sir James
Smith, in honour of Mr. James Sowerby,
the celebrated delineator and naturalist.
It is a native of New South Wales, and was
first introduced about the year 1792. It is
an elegant plant, flowering nearly through
the summer, and is easily cultivated in the
greenhouse. In height the leaves seldom
exceed six inches, and the flower stems not
quite double that size. It may be increased
by separating the roots, and should be
potted in sandy peat soil.

Campanula barbata. GC

No. 788.

CAMPANULA BARBATA.
Class. Order.
PENTANDRIA MONOGFNIA.

A native of the Alps, introduced in 1776.
It is a very pleasing species, of low growth,
as it seldom reaches the height of one foot.
The flowers appear in June and July.

It does not appear to be long lived, but
frequently bears seed, whereby it is readily
multiplied. It should be planted in good
loamy soil, and thrives very well either in
a pot or in the full ground, being perfectly
hardy.

N° 789

Coronilla iberica

No. 789.
CORONILLA IBERICA.
oa. Order,
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA.
This is a very pretty low species, almost
shrubby. It is a native of the country
between the Black Sea and the Caspian,
according to Bieberstein, who has well de-
scribed the plant in the Flora Taurico-
caucasica. It grows about a foot high, and
flowers in July. With us it has not yet
preduced perfect seeds.
It is quite hardy, and thrives best in the
full ground in loamy soil.

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Oxalis tetraphvila

6. Leddiges del"

Class. Order.
DECANDRIA PENTAGYNIA.

A native of Mexico. It was introduced
some years since. While in a weak state
the leaves are in threes, but when strong,
always in fours. It flowers in July, dies
away in autumn, and comes up again in
the spring.

It increases itself readily by bulbs, and
should be kept in the greenhouse, and
potted in sandy peat soil.

C ME.

Leptospermum triloculare.

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No. 791.

LEPTOSPERMUM TRILOCULARE.
Class, Order.
ICOSANDRIA MONOGFNIA.

A native of New Holland; introduced
about the year 1800. It is a low bushy
shrub, with pendulous branches, and rigid
pointed leaves: it flowers in the month of
August, and sometimes bears seed in this
country, by which, as well as by cuttings, it
may easily be multiplied. The greenhouse
is necessary to protect it in winter, and it
should be potted in loam and peat soil.

Ventenat's name of triloeulare seems nof
happily chosen, the number of cells in the
capsule being variable, and oftener five or
four than three: it is probable that in dif-
ferent specimens this may differ also.

VOL. VIII. FF

Nº 792

Brunfelsia violacea

6 Loddtpes del

No. 792.

BRUNFELSIA VIOLACEA.
, Class. Order.
DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA.

This is a native of the West Indies: we
received it some years since from Paris,
under the above name, which must have
been given, we suppose, from the colour of
the leaf stalks, the midrib, and, at parti-
cular seasons, the whole of the leaf. We
have no doubt of its being the plant figured
in Plumier's Icones, t. 65, which is suffi-
ciently distinct, as a species from B. ame-
ricana.

It is a shrub of moderate growth, flower-
ing in July with us, and requiring to be kept
at all times in the stove. It may be in-
ereased by layers or cuttings, and should
be potted in rich loam and peat.

N° 795.

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4 Br ought on. a sang tinea

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No, 793.

BROUGHTONIA SANGUINEA.
Class, Order,
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA.

This elegant plant is a native of Jamaica,
and has been many times brought to this
country, but for want of care, is often lost.
It flourishes with us in a pot, in which are
several pieces of wood, with vegetable soil
and moss, kept always in the stove. It
flowered in August; the stem was about
two feet high, and the colour of the flower
of matchless brightness.

Sloane, who has given a good representa-
tion of the plant, says, that it grew on the
ebony, and other trees in the Savannah
woods, plentifully, also on the palisadoes in-
closing the gardens of the town of St. Jago

Vega.

N° 794

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Aconitum versicolor € Pre!

No. 794.

ACONITUM VERSICOLOR.
ile Order.
POLYANDRIA TRIGYNIA.
This is a very elegant es a > d
Switzerland, w
friend Mr. Schleicher: it flowers in the
month of August, growing to about the
height of two feet, with many branches,
forming a pyramid. Itis perfectly hardy,
and may be increased by the tubers of the
root, which are freely produced : they may
either be planted in pots, in light loam, or
in the full ground.

IV? 725.

Gazania uniflora.

No, 795.
GAZANIA UNIFLORA.

Class. Order.
SYNGENESIA FRUSTRANEA.

A native of the Cape of Good Hope; in-
troduced a few years since. It is a neat
little plant, seldom attaining the height of
one foot. It flowers in the months of
August and September.

It may be increased withont difficulty by
cuttings, and should be potted in light
loamy soil, and placed in an airy part of the
greenhouse during the winter months.

VOL. VIII G &

Clerodendrum squamaium

No. 796.
CLERODENDRUM SQUAMATUM.
—

Class. Order.
DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA.
This beautiful plant is a native of China,
whence it was introduced to this country
many years ago, by the late Mr, Slater, of
Walthamstow, whom we have often had
occasion to mention. With that gentleman
it lowered for the first time, and altho
it has been in cultivation ever since, is still
a scarce plant. The specimen from which
our drawing was taken was about four feet
in height, and the large spreading panicle
of flowers remained in perfection for several
weeks, during the latter part of summer.
It requires the stove, and is not very
readily propagated : the way in which we
have best succeeded is by separating parts
of its roots, which will sometimes shoot out
and become plants. The soil should be
rich loam.

Dracoc ephalum argunense

No. 797.
DRACOCEPHALUM uo

DID r x TAMIA GY. PEE RA

A native of Mount Argun, in T artary :
has been very. lately intro into dis à

oblong lanceolate, Veto! ina fine point ;
the calyx is stríated, with the segments
acuminate. lt seems to be perennial, is
quite hardy, and thrives either in a pot or
in the full ground, in loamy earth

rigida. 12

No. 798.

XEROTES RIGIDA.
lass. Order.
DIOECIA HEXANDRIA.

This plant is from New Holland: it has
been cultivated for some years in this coun-
try, and flowers during the summer. The
blossoms have a slight smell, not very plea-
sant. It requires to be kept in the green-
house in winter, and may be increased by
parting the roots: the soil should be peat
earth and loam.

Ne 799

durer del"

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No. 799.
ERICA JULIANA.

Class, Order,
OCTANDRIA ^J MONOGY NIA.
This pleasing plant is a native of the
Cape of Good Hope, whence it was intro-
duced about the year 1800: it usually
flowers in great profusion through the
month of July, from which circumstance it
has received its name.
In growth it is low and bushy, not often
-surpassing a foot in height: it may be
propagated by cuttings, and must receive
the same treatment as the other heatbs, re-
quiring the greenhouse in winter, and to be
potted in sandy peat earth. ;

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Albuca minor

— room

No. 800.

ALBUCA MINOR.

Order,
HEXANDRIA MONOGFNIA.

This is a native of the Cape: it has a
round flattish bulb, from which arise two or
three rush-like channelled leaves, and in
July the flowers are produced: these grow
on stems about a foot high. After flower-
ing the leaves decay, and towards the end
of winter spring up again. It may be in-
creased by offsets, which occasionally grow
out of the bulb, and requires the greenhouse
throughout the year, observing to give it
little or no water during the season in which
it is in a dormant state. The soil should be

sandy peat.

INDEX TO VOL. VIII.

sen rosas 0.

Acacia angustifol me - - Narrow-leaved aS ad e

++ « ~ lophantha - 116

.....myrüfolia «+ - Myrtleleaved o - 772

UR die tive - - Sweet-scented do. - 730

. undu - - - Waved-leaved do. - 753
Aconitum dk adiu B PM e Wolfs-
ME» oe ^ ow cm

— era - pe sg re - =

cenae «oe em
— rs reed - . housed En

ryllis - = - + - - 779

Anagyris fetida - - Stinking Bean trefoil - 740
gi thalictroides Double Rue-leaved Ane-

E PO cessar sis MORE. o coto 770

Azalea procumbens - - E o Azalea - - - 762

Bignonia capreolata -leaved Bignonia - 714

Brachysema undulatum Wahlen Brachy-
SOME AA mE 778

i =; 793

8 SIA Four-cleft Calothamnus 737
ula bar nets ze Bell-flower- - 788
arlet Indian Sao - =

een ine -
33 . 7
Carolinea alba- - - - - White Carolinas - - 752
Chrysanthemum arcti-

Arctic Chrysanthemum 785

BOR - => e e
‚Clematis calycina - - Minorca Virgin's Bower 720

Clerodendrum squama-
Scarlet Clerodendrum - 796

Coronilla iberica. - - - Cauc - 789
Crassula lactea - - - - Milk-White Crassula - 735:

yanella capensis | - ape Cy = oce NE
Cyclamen prg» Pe e > le ASE
Cytisus proliferus

Daphne napolitana - - Naples Spurge Laurel - 719
nr rat Pierardii - Pierard's Dendrobium 750

INDEX TO VOL. VIII.

N
Dentaria digitata - - - Fingered eaved Denta-

z 78

Diosma fragrans - - Li ed Diosma - 115

—— celsa - - Tall 8 - 765
— argu- Mount Ange Dragons

pet „„ Head - 197

Erica elongata. - - Me ag Heath- - - 738
+ + «hirsuta - - = - Hairy do. = = - 154
.juliana - - - July fl g do. - REA
.nidularia - - ng i do. - - -
imul - do. 105
4 c - Purple à wg

e
- - Rose-c d do. 708
“serpyllifolia - - Wild- ee, do. 744
- - Clammy-flower - 726
Euphorbia 3 Channetted rekan - TA

Gazania uniflora - - a aria e une 2
Genista decumbens - - Creeping B - 718
Glycine sinensis - - - Chinese Glycine - - - 773

Hemanthus pubescens- Downy Hamanthus- - 702
Hedychium coccineum Scarlet Hedychium - - 705

sss... . flavescens- Fe — = = 123
Hibisc us rosa malabarica Malabar Rose a: |
—— as - + AL Qa Care

Upright Hyporis- - 710

Ex PE > Row-eolonred: Brora - 729
Justicia retusa . - - ~ Blunt-calyzed Justicia 124
Kennedia monophylla - Blue Kennedia — -158
Tenan: luteola - - Yellow Lachenalia - “734
guadricolor öl — des - > 746
— cia TE, ce-coloured do. - - 767
Leptospermum grandi. Great 3
rm re den
Titian cen e Tees do, — - + 791
Lilium croceam - - - Tartarian Lily - - -784
rubri

- Red Surinam Lobelia - 74

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INDEX TO VOL. VIII,

No.
Lygo odium scandens- - Climbing Fern - 742
astoma ee - Napal Melastoma - - 707
Neottia procera - - - Great Neottia- - - - 776
Orobus luteus - Yellow Vetch
Othonna flabellifolia- - ER ed De Othon
Oxalis tenuifolia - - - Fineleaved Wood Sorrel ns
sd AHDE -> pensi ipee do. - - 790
Passerina laxa - - owt — Passe-
Lie WER
Passiflora fetida - - ee Passion-Rower 725
Patersonia glabrata - - Smooth Paterson - 768
Petræa volu ~ = - Climbing Pet
Phlox - - Flesh-coloured Phlox - 711
€ ais dl is ite
Phyllantias mimosoides pe ag leaved Phy
o. 4 e = 781
+ . + turbinatus- 8 do. 731
Pitcairnia staminea - LM e Pitcair.
qu wor NUD
nidi letizia - - Broad-leaved Milk-wort 700

MESE ulacea - - zen i Cor - - 741
Po yp € pectinatum Comb-leaved _ 148
ipti Perini am 5 756 .,
9 atrosan sauge i-

Dark-red Potentilla 186

nea
a via weinmannii - - Weinmann's do. - - - 706
Pyrola maculata - - Spotted Wintergreen - 708
Saxifraga ligulata - - Napal rer i e- 747
ee 5 T T ta Night shade 717
Sowerbea junc - = Rush-leaved Sowerbea - 737

yeri cp d "di
gf a Strophanthus - 759

Tillandsia anceps - - - Two-edged Tillandsia - 771
Vaccineum amenum - Broad-leaved Whortle-

* ce reri 774

Vanilla preman. - + Praprunt Vanilla - 733

Veronica perf zer — ue dwell - ra
ad - A ag re

Viola fabellifolia - - Loi RR Viol - - 77

Xerotes rigida - - - - Stiff Xerotes - - - - 798