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MN 501.

Eucalyptus persictfolia,

No. 501,

EUCALYPTUS PERSICIFOLIA.

Class. Order,
ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

This plant is a native of New Holland,
and was introduced several years since : it
is a large evergreen branching shrub or
small tree. The flowers are produced in
axillary heads of mag six to twelve
blossoms each, usually situated at some
distance below the ends of the shoots:
they are very long before they expand;
which is generally the case in this genus,
and have no scent. Our drawing was made
in July last, from flowers which had been
full twelve months coming to perfection.

It thrives best planted in the ground
in a conservatory, for which it is well
adapted, requiring no more than the usual
protection from frost. It propagates with
difficulty by cuttings; and seeds having
not yet been produced in this country, it is
likely to remain scarce. The soil in which
it flourishes is peat and loam.

VOL. Vi. B

nia

angustifolia /ruéra

No, 502.
KALMIA ANGUSTIFOLIA ribra.
Class. Order.
DECANDRIA "MONOGY NIA.
We raised this beautiful variety from
seeds which were sent us, very many years
ago, by our worthy friend Michaux: they
were gathered by him in Canada: the plant
is of course extremely hardy. Its blossoms
are produced in liberal profusion, and are
highly ornamental. Before opening,
buds resemble a little wheel without a rim,
or a star of ten points: each of these
points is a sort of niche, wherein the anther
is confined, The filaments are highly irri-
table on their under sides, and if ever so
slightly touched there, they immediately
spring up with considerable force, not re-
turning ayain to their former position.
This curious property is common also to
the other species of Kalmia. The excite-
ment is usually given by the bees
the act of extracting the honey. —
The plant is readily increased by layers :
they should be planted in a border com-

posed of half peat and half fresh loam,
about nine inches deep. In extremely dry
seasons a little water would be very bene-
ficial to them: they seldom exceed two feet
in height, and are evergreen.

Piper meanum:

6.0 Lect.

No, 5038.

PIPER INCANUM.
Sie: Order.
DIANDRIA TRIGYN1A.

This is a more vigorous growing plant
than most of the genus: it has a thick
fleshy stem, which rises to the height of
two feet or more, and flowers in February
and March. ;

The whole plant is clothed with a kind
of whitish woolly nap or down, which adds
much to its singularity as well as beauty.
The leaves are very thick and succulent :
they have a warm aromatic taste. The
plant should be constantly preserved in the
stove: it is easily multiplied by cuttings,
and should be potted in rich loam.

Itisa native of Brazil, whence it has been
very lately introduced.

VW? 504.

Helicteres verbascifolia.

Gloddiges delt E Fluo

No. 504.

HELICTERES VERBASCIFOLIA.
eon

Class. Order.

MONADELPHIA DODECANDRIA.

We received this singular plant from Mr.
J. Parmentier, of Enghien, with the above
name, under which he has published it in
his catalogue. It is probably a native of
South America, and with us requires the
warmth of the stove.

It grows to four or five feet in height,
and its flowering season is autumn and win-
ter: it may be propagated without diffi-
culty by cuttings, and should be potted in
a mixture of loam and peat earth.

Campanula aggregata.

6.0.F¢

No, 505,

CAMPANULA AGGREGATA.

Class. Order,
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

A native of the hgh : we raised it from
seeds about four years since: it grows
nearly afoot and abalf high, and flowers in
July. The blessoms are numerous, and
under each branch there is a broad short
pointed leaf, which at first coming out, al-
most wraps it up.

The plant is very hardy, and grows well
either in a pot or in the full ground, and
in almost any soil: it may be increased by
dividing the root, or by seeds, which some-
times ripen here.

VOL. yt, ts

Pittosporum revolutum,

No. 506.

PITTOSPORUM REVOLUTUM.

Class. Order
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNTA.

A native of New South Wales, whence it
was early introduced. It flowers abun-
dantly in April and May, and the blossoms
have a very delicate odour.

It needs no other care than slight pro-
tection from frost in the greenhouse, being
not at all tender. It is difficult to propa-
gate by cuttings, succeeding much better
by layers, and is by no means plentiful :
the soil should be loam and peat, and the
pots need not be very large.

Hedychirum coronarium.

No. 507.

HEDYCHIUM CORONARIUM.

Class, Order,
MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

This very elegant plant is a native of
various parts of Bengal and the neighbour-
ing provinces, where it flowers during the
summer season : the blossoms are extremely
fragrant. It has been introduced into this
country several years since: with us it
grows about six feet high, and flowers in
the autumn and beginning of winter. It is
easily cultivated and increased by parting
the root, which is thick and knobby. The
soil should be rich loam, and the pots
somewhat large. It is necessary to preserve
it in the stove constantly.

Erica ampuilacea.

Miller det’

No. 508,

ERICA AMPULLACEA,

Class. Order.
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

This is a dwarf species, and of great
beauty. It is a native of the Cape of Good
Hope, and was introduced about the year
1790. Although it has been so long culti-
vated in this country, it still remains very
scarce ; the reason of which is, the difficulty
which attends its increase by cuttings, and
its not producing seeds here.

It requires the nhouse in winter,
with plentiful circulation of air, and should
be potted in sandy peat earth.

Such an attractive production ought in-
deed to lead our grateful thoughts towards
its divine Author, and to invite us to
“Learn to understand and improve His
appearances in nature, and to see the Crea-
tor in all His works; thus by the know-
ledge and love of them, to be raised to the
knowledge and love of Him.”

Crotalaria floribunda.

,

WI. Cooke. delt

No. 509.

CROTALARIA FLORIBUNDA.

Class. Order,
DIADELPHIA DECANDR1A.

A native of the Cape of Good Hope,
whence we received seeds of it in 18)6. It
grows about two feet high, with a few
slender branches, near the ends of which
the flowers come out in a loose spike : they
were in perfection in August, but were not
succeeded by ripe seeds with us.

The plant must be kept in the greenhouse
during the winter season, and may be in-
creased by cuttings : the soil should be light
loam, and it ought not to have too much
wet.

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eae

Pancratium ovaturn.
tes Bird wt the maternal xine.

No, 510.

PANCRATIUM OVATUM.

Class. Order.
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

This was originally brought from the
West Indies to this country, where it has
been long cultivated, and has generally
been considered as a variety of the P.

um, from which however it differs
considerably It is a much smaller plant,
with the flowers longer and more slender
in every part. Its fragrance is delightful,
and it sometimes blooms twice in the year.

It is necessary to keep it at all times in
the stove, and occasionally it increases itself
by offsets from the bulb.

The soil ought to be sandy loam, with a
mixture of decayed leaves.

Cafsia capensis

No. 51}.

CASSIA CAPENSIS.
dees

Class. Order.
DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

This is a handsome flowering shrubby
plant, a native of the Cape of Good Hope,
whence we received seeds of it in 1815. It
grows to two feet high or more, flowering
in abundance at the top: the blossoms come
out in succession from the beginning of
June, during a space of two or three months,

It requires the protection of the green-
house, and may be propagated by cuttings
with little difficulty: its soil should be sandy
loam

+

VoL. VL. E

Gardenia angustifolia.

it PE.
6 Leddiges del* ¢

No. 512.

GARDENIA ANGUSTIFOLIA, —

Class, Order.
PENTANDRIA + MONOGYNTA.

We have cultivated this plant for several
years, and it appears different from the flo-
rida in many respects, and forms an inter-
mediate species between that and radicans,
to which latter it has a considerable re-
semblance. The limb of the corolla is
rolled back almost the whole of its length,
which gives the flower an oblique appear-
ance : the tube is cylindrical, and the calyx
angular, with long awl-shaped divisions a
little spread out. The leaves are narrow
and sharp pointed. The plant is straggling
in its growth, with forked branches. It
is a native of India, and we believe was first
sent home by the late Dr. Roxburgh to Sir
Abraham Hume. It requires the stove, and
may be increased by cuttings. The soil
should be loam and peat.

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis flava.

No. 613.

"HIBISCUS ROSA-SINENSIS flava.”

Class. Order.
MONADELPHIA POLY ANDRIA.

A native of China, where its several
varieties are much cultivated, for the beauty
of their flowers ; with us it succeeds best in
the stove, and when planted in the ground
continues to flower for several months in
spring and summer : it is easily increased
by cuttings, and the soil should be loam
and peat.

The present kind was first introduced by
the late Gilbert Slater, Esq. of Walthain-
stow, a gentleman of whose zeal in iatro-
ducing new plants we have already had oc-
casion to speak. It were much to be wished
that more persons who have opportunities
would follow in the same course, and thus
add to the living treasures of their country.
Why, as the intrepid traveller Humboldt
so feelingly asks, « why have not the names
of those been every where preserved, who
instead of desolating a land, have first en-
riehed it with useful and valuable plants

from distant shores?” Surely such as thus
contribute to our rational enjoyments, are
most justly entitled to our thankful remetn-
brance: by their endeavours to bring home
some of the inexhaustible stores of foreign
countries, they shew that they are not in-
sensible to the works of the beneficent
_ Creator, nor wholly undeserving to be placed
in the midst of so much beauty.

Leptospermum grandiflorum

GL. Fecit

No. 514,
LEPTOSPERMUM GRANDIFLORUM.

Class, Order,
ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA,

A very fine species, a native of Van Die-
men’s island: it grows to about two feet
in height: the branches are angular, and
the leaves, which are obscurely three-nerved,
have a twist at their insertion, which causes
them to stand edge-ways. The flowers are

germen were wanting in some of the flowers
on our plant.

It may be increased with facility by
cuttings, and the soil should be loam and
peat: during the winter it must be kept in
the greenhouse,

Tupistra squalida.

W Miller delt

Class.
HEXANDRIA

- et eee eee

A native of ——

Arum trilobatum.

Leddiges delt

No, 516.

ARUM TRILOBATUM.

Class. Order,
MON@CIA POLYANDRIA.

This is a small species, not growing in
general above a foot in height. The flower
is uncommonly beautiful, of a rich velvety
texture, and of a colour impossible to
imitate: the spadix is exceedingly long
and slender, ending in a point, and the smell
is very unpleasant : its season for blooming
is usually in the beginning of summer.

It is a native of India, and was cultivated
by Miller, who received it from Ceylon in
1752: the constant stove heat is necessary
for its preservation.

It multiplies itself by offsets, which are
freely produced: the soil should be rich
loam. ae

Wifiller dete

No. 517.

ERI CA SCABRIUSCULA.

Class. Order.
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.
This a delicate little species ; its flowers,
which are of the purest white, come out in
~~ seis ebeceedt they ~_ ny weeks,

GPpprcalance.
It is a , native of the Cape or: Good Hope,
introduced in 1810, and is a neat bushy
growing plant.

It requires the greenhouse protection, and
the same kind of management which has
been recommended for the other heaths,
with sandy peat soil, and is increased by
cuttings with facility.

Convolvulus jalapa.

No. 518.

CONVOLVULUS JALAPA.
“ws
Class. Order.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

The Jalap is a native of South America ;
it was cultivated by Miller in 1768, but the
root is said to have been first brought to
Europe, for medicinal purposes, about the
year 1610.

It is an exceedingly ornamental plant as
a climber for the stove, where it will reach
the height of twenty feet or more, and
flower in great profusion during the latter

day: they are succeeded by others for several
months.

It is propagated by cuttings, which soon
make large roots: these may be occa-
sionally removed without injury to the
plant : the soil should be rich loam.

It thrives best planted out in a border of
the stove, and well deserves such a place for

‘its beauty. We are told that there are
some varieties of it with paler and different
e ? | : rs

Oe Feat

No. 519.

OMPHALEA TRIANDRA.

Class. Order.
MONG@CIA MONADELPHIA.

A small tree of about twelve or fifteen
feet high in Jamaica, of which island it is a
native. The leaves, which are of a yellowish

n, are large; when full grown some-
times above a foot long, with petioles four
or five inches in length. At the base of
each leaf are two curious glands, which are
perforated in the centre, distilling moisture.
The racemes of flowers come out near the
ends of the branches: they are loose and
nodding, about the length of the leaves.
The capsule contains three very hard black
oblong nuts, the kernels of which are eaten
in the West Indies.

With us it requires to be kept at all times
in the stove. The leaves are very beautiful :
the flowers appear in March, but have not
produced fruit here. It may be increased
by cuttings or layers. The soil should be
rich loam.

No, 519.

OMPHALEA TRIANDRA.
Class. Order,
MONG@CIA MONADELPHIA. ©

A small tree of about twelve or fifteen
feet high in Jamaica, of which island it is a
native, The leaves, which are of a yellowish
green, are large; when full grown some-
times above a foot long, with petioles four
or five inches in length. At the base of
each leaf are two curious glands, which are
perforated in the centre, distilling moisture.
The racemes of flowers come out near the
ends of the branches: they are loose and
nodding, about the length of the leaves.
The capsule contains three very hard black
oblong nuts, the kernels of which are eaten
in the West Indies.

With us it requires to be kept at all times
in the stove. The leaves are very beautiful :
the flowers appear in March, but have not
produced fruit here. It may be increased
by cuttings or layers. The soil should be
rich loam.

Cytisus falcatug

Ck. Feat

No. 520.
CYTISUS FALCATUS.
Ral

Ciass- Order.
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA.

We received this rare plant about the
year 1815, from our friend Mr. Schott, of
Vienna. It is anative of Hungary, a country
of which the botanical riches have been by
no means fully explored. With us it grows
to a large shrub, with long spreading
branches, flowering regularly in April and
May, and making a beautiful variety among
the hardy plants.

t may be increased by seeds or cuttings ;
and is easily cultivated in almost any soil.

/

Erica andromedaflora

No, 521.

ERICA ANDROMEDFLORA.

Class, Order.
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

This delicate heath was introduced about
the year 1803 from the Cape of Good Hope,
of which it is a native. It is an upright,
slender growing plant, not often rising
above two feet in height. The flowers ap-
pear in April and May, and last a long
time. ‘

It must have the protection of an airy
greenhouse in winter, and may without
much difficulty be increased by cuttings.
The soil must be sandy peat.

VOL. VI, H

Robinia jubata.

No. 5ee.

ROBINIA JUBATA.
Class, Order.
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA.

A native of Siberia, near lake Baikal: it
was imported into this country by Mr.
Pog in 1796, and is a low shrub of a cu-

s and shaggy appearance, occasioned
by the footstalks and stipules changing toa
kind of spiny matter, and remaining long
after the leaves are fallen. The flowers
come out in the months of April and May.
It is very hardy, but difficult of increase.
We have succeeded best by grafting it on
the R. caragana. ee

This genus was named after John Robin,
botanist to King Henry IV. of France: he
published a catalogue of his plants, and

nein it Fae
greediness, as he rather chose to destroy than
communicate any toothers. It is incredible
how much mankind have lost, and are still
losing, from this malevolent spirit, which
is thus traced back to those dark ages in
which what little knowledge men had was
rendered still less in value, by the illibe-

rality of its possessors. “Botany, of course,
was doomed to share the fate of all other
sciences. But how contrary is such a spirit
to the obvious end of the benign Creator in
His beautiful productions, namely, that they
might be a delight to all His rational crea-
tures, and not that they should be locked
up by the ever-griping fist of avarice.
Plants are originally found in those spots
alone which have not been cultivated by
man, but which lie open to all, inviting
every one to partake and to enjoy. The
desire then of engrossing the whole of a
particular species, in order, by the destruc-
tion of a great part, to render what is left
scarce, is surely the diseased and monstrous
taste of a mind vitiated by the most selfish
and contemptible meanness.

No. §23,

METROSIDEROS SEMPERFLORENS.
baa)

Class. Order.
ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA.,

eeereeere

This has a considerable resemblance to
the M. lanceolata, orcitrina, yet differs much
in its mode of flowering, and is a far
more desirable plant. The blossoms are
produced most copiously, and in such mul-
tiplied succession as, in a large plant,
scarcely ever to cease, through the whole
year. It is from New Holland, and requires
merely the common greenhouse shelter.
When planted in the ground it is highly or-
namental, The soil should be loam and
peat, and it may be propagated by cuttings.

Stvlidium tenuifolium. 6 Beet

No. 524.

STYLIDIU M TENUIFOLIUM.

Class. Order.
GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA.

Lately introduced from New South
Wales. It is a delicate, slender growing -
plant, apparently of but short duration: it
grows to about a foot and a half in height,
. and flowers in the months of May and June,
in a sort of loose pyramid. The blossoms
are very beautiful, and are possessed of the
same irritable property in the column which
we have already noticed in a former species,
No. 17].

It appears probable that it will ripen its
seeds, by which it may be readily mul-
tiplied, of course. In winter it must be
kept from danger of frost, in an airy green-
house. The soil should be sandy peat.

; gaa :

No. 525.

ARUM SPIRALE,
—_

Class. Order.
MON@CIA POLYANDRIA.

This curious species is a native of the
East Indies : it grows about eight or nine
inches in oe and flowered with us in
April. The spathe, which is very narrow,
is twisted, aad the spadix very short, and

ground. At the first opening of this singu-
lar flower it had a delicate fragrance, which
afterwards went quite off.

It requires the stove heat, and should be
potted in rich loam, It seems to be difficult
of increase, seldom producing any offsets.

VOL. VL Fee

No. 526,
TEMPLETONIA RETUSA,

Class. Order.
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA.

This is from the South West coast of
New Holland, and is a beautiful shrubby
plant, growing with us against the green-
house back-wall to three or four feet in
height.

Its blossoms are produced in the month
of May, thinly scattered about the plant:
they have not yet ripened seed.

It must be kept in the usual
temperature during the winter season, and
may be increased by cuttings. Sandy peat
is the soil in which it seems to thrive the
best.

Dillwyma cmerascens

No. 597,

DILLWYNIA CINERASCENS,

Class, Order.
DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA,

A native of Van Diemen’s Island; we
raised it from seeds received thence in 18]7.

it forms a low weakly growing shrub,
requiring support, to keep it upright. Its
flowers come out in April and May: they
are very much like the others of the genus,
and have a pretty appearance: they will
probably be succeeded by seeds, by which
it may be readily increased.

It needs no more than common green-
house protection, and should be potted in
sandy peat earth.

Puhnonaria

davurica

No. 528.

PULMON ARIA DAVURICA,

Clats, Order.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNTA.

Native of Davuria, whence it has been
introduced several years, and is a beautiful
little spring plant, blooming in April and
May. It scems to be of rather short-lived
habit, frequently decaying after it has flow-
ered. Sometimes it bears seeds, by which
it mpy be multiplied, ‘as the roots do not

Caray of much division.
is sufficiently hardy to endure our
coh cold without protection, and may
be potted in loam, or grows stronger planted

out in a border.

Crinum scabrumn.

CRINUM SCABRUM, _
iy ‘ -
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

We received this bulb about the year 1810,
from the island of St. Michael, one of the
Azores.

The name of scabrum (or scaberrimum,
which is worse) has little reference to any
quality which it possesses, the slight rough-

5 i SUaICELy
perceptible: however, as it has been pub-
lished with this appellation, it is better to
leave it, than create confusion by any change.

It flowers with us at various seasons: the
blossoms are shewy; the plant grows
large, and its leaves are sometimes four or
five feet long; they are excessively fragile,
cracking with the slighest touch.

The bulb grows as large as a child’s head:
it does not increase much by offsets, but
sometimes bears seeds, whereby we have
succeeded in multiplying it.

It is necessary to preserve it in the stove,
and it should be potted in a mixture of
sandy peat and loam.

VOL. VI. K

Andromeda calyculata Zetifolis .

No, 530.

ANDROME DA CALYCULATA latifolia.

Class. Order.
DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA,

A native of Newfoundland, consequently
it is capable of enduring the severest cold.
It is an evergreen shrub, growing to about
two feet in height, and producing its cheer-
ful flowers, which are of snowy whiteness,
often as early as the month of March.

It should be planted in a border com-
posed of half peat earth and half fresh
loam, and may be increased abundantly by
layers, which acquire good roots in two
years.

Ardisia wmbellata

No, 531.

ARDISIA UMBELLATA,

Class. Order.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

This is a handsome stove plant, with
glossy leaves, flowering freely in the sum-
mer months: it may be increased by
cuttings, and should be potted in a mixture
of loam and peat. According to the Hortus
Bengalensis, it is a native of Sumatra, and
was sent to Calcutta, in 1800, by Dr.
Campbell. We received seeds of it in 1818,
from our valued friend Dr. Carey. The

man so ably fills, though it may be despised
by the unthinking, must by every truly
philanthropic mind, be esteemed most im-
portant and most noble. Can any thing
be more glorious than to teach the ignorant
and degraded Pagans the ways of both tem-
poral and everlasting happiness? Thus,
together with the invaluable truths of
Christianity, to carry among them the arts
and the comforts of civilized life. It is
delightful in the present day to behold
VOL. VI. L

Ime
Perey eet te,

lastera cordata

Witter daeit

No. 532.

LISTERA CORDATA.
Class, Order.
GYNANDRIA =MONANDRIA.

This minute plant is a native of the
northern parts of Europe, in moist boggy
ground. Its flowers are exceedingly cu-
rious ; they appear in May and June, and
last along time. Like most of the Orchidez,
it is difficult to cultivate: we have had it
thrive pretty well in a pot in peat earth, and
placed in a shady situation, without any
covering in winter.

J. Bauhin’s representation of this plant,
vol. iii. 534, is extremely rude. Hialler’s
Ophrys foliis cordatis, Tab. 22, gives a very
good idea of it.

GLlokdizes dekt

No, 533.

MALPIGHIA GLABRA,

Class. Order,
DECANDRIA TRIGYNIA.

A beautiful dwarf stove plant, which
flowers very freely at various seasons of
the year. Our drawing was made in the
month of January. Sometimes it produces
ripe fruit, which is a little like a small
cherry, and of no unpleasant flavour. It is
a native of the West Indies, and has been
long known in this country, having been
cultivated by Miller in the middle of the
last century.

By cuttings it may be propagated with-
out much difficulty, and, not being very
tender, may be set out of doors during the
latter months of summer. Its soil should
be loam and ee One lt yi is found
to b i
several $2 years a wadietacbed: which it its gan
growth safely permits.

Ledum latifolium

No. 534,

LEDUM LATIFOLIUM.

Class. Order.
DECANDRIA =§=MONOGYNIA.

A very BaD: hardy evergreen shrub,
of low bushy growth, seldom exceeding
two feet in height. It is a native of Green-
land, Hudson’s Bay, Labrador, and other
northern parts of America. The leaves are
aromatic. The flowers are in perfection in
the month of May: they are sometimes
followed by ripe seeds, by which it may be
extensively multiplied. Aes may also be in-

fresh loam.

Acacia verticillata.

We. Miller dels GC. se.

No, 535.

ACACIA VERTICILLATA.
Class. Order.
POLYGAMIA MONG@CIA.

A native of Van Diemen’s Island. It
was one of the very first plants which were
brought home from thence, having been in-
troduced in 1780. It is a robust shrub, or
small tree, which will attain the height of
twenty feet, especially if planted in the full
ground in a conservatory, for which situa-
tion it is particularly eligible. Its hand-
some flowers are produced in April and
May. Our plant, which is gro against
the back wall of a greenhouse, exhibited a
striking instance of the effect of decortica--
tion, or stripping off the bark. It had
previously borne only a few scattered
flowers ; but last year this operation was
performed on a branch about an inch in
diameter, by removing the bark about the
space of a quarter of an inch all round.
The consequence has been that the part
above the incision was completely loaded
with blossoms, while all the other branches

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No, 536.
VIOLA PEDATA.

Class. Order.
PENTANDRIA MONOGY NIA.

This pretty little herbaceous plant is a
native of North America, growing on dry
sandy hills and fields, from New England
to Carolina.

With us it is usually about four or five
inches in height, and flowers in abundance
in May. It needs a little more shelter than
the hardy perennial plants in general, ht
out which it is apt to be lost in winter.
common frame will be abundant peti

by ia the roots.

No. 537.
CAMELLIA JAPONICA anemoniflora.

Class. Order.
MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA.

This magnificent variety was first intro-
duced into the Royal Garden at Kew, about
the year 1806. It is at once distinguishable
from the other Camellias by the leaf stalk
being much longer than any: the leaf also
is more flat and pointed. The flowers,
which like the other sorts open in the early
part of spring, are of a most brilliant
colour, and differently formed from any of

the rest, consisting of five large outer

petals, enclosing a very great number of
small ones, which are so closely placed as
to form a kind of hemisphere within them,
bearing a strong resemblance to a large
double Anemone.

It flowers less freely than some of the

GC Feet

No. 538.

ERICA SCHOLLIANA.

Class. Order.
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

A native of the Cape, whence it was in-
troduced many years since. It is a some-
what straggling plant, with slender branches
and short downy leaves, Its delicate flowers
are produced near the ends of the branches,
three or four together, on long stalks, and
are very beautiful.

It must be kept in an airy greenhouse in
winter, and may be propagated by cuttings.
The soil should be sandy peat. :

‘The name has been given in memory of
our friend the late George Scholl, who was
dispatched from Vienna, by the Emperor
Joseph II. to collect plants in the vicinity
of the Cape of Good Hope. He sent home
great quantities, and in 1799, after remain-
ing twelve years in South Africa, returned
with a large cargo to Vienna, where a few
years afterwards he died.

Apar gia

alpma

6 Fact

No, 539.

APARGIA ALPINA,
a

Class, Order.
SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA £ZQUALIS.
A native of the South of Europe, on

mountains. It is a pretty little herbaceous
plant, flowering in May, at the height of
three or four inches. It is quite hardy, and
may without difficulty be preserved in a
small pot, in loamy soil. It can be in-
creased me separating the roots in the
spring, and very well deserves a _ in all
colleelinds of small Alpine plan

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Pimelea drupacea

BC Keck

No. 540.

PIMELEA DRUPACEA,
Class. Order, .
DIANDRIA —- MONOG N14.

This is a native of Van Diemen’s Island,
and was obtained by us from seeds in 1817.
It is a low growing shrub with few branches,
and opposite leaves. The flowers, which
appear in os are seedy proinent! in ter-
minal head
come out at ‘the axils.

It requires the usual greenhouse treat-
ment, and should be potted in sandy peat
earth. It may be propagated by cuttings
or seeds, which seem likely to Gai in this
country.

Pyrus japonica e/a

No. 541.
PYRUS JAPONICA alba.
—

Class. Order,
ICOSANDRIA PENTAGYNIA.

A native of Japan and China, from
whence it was introduced a few years since.
This variety, though less rich in colour
than the scarlet, is still a very handsome
plant. It blooms abundantly in April and
May, and requires no protection, being a
hardy shrub. It may be increased by

the other sort, and will grow in almost any
soil.

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Primula longiflora.

C.F eect

No, 54¢,

PRIMULA LONGIFLORA,

Class, Order.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

This rare plant was raised by us from
seeds received in 1818. It is a native of
the Alps of Switzerland, Italy, &c. and
flowers in the month of April. In size it
is much larger than Primula farinosa, and
the leaves are less powdered. The tube of
the Corolla is extremely long, exceeding
the calyx by a full inch.

It is a hardy perennial, and may be cul-
tivated in a pot in loamy soil. Sometimes
it may be increased by offsets, which, ih
ever, are sparingly produced: the be
way is by seeds, if they can be eae

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Erica daphneeflora.

W Miller del?

No. 543.

ERICA DAPHN4FLORA.

We raised this very pretty species in
1792, from seeds received from the Cape of
Good Hope. It is a low bushy kind, and
produces its flowers in great abundance
during the spring months. It may be in-
creased without difficulty by cuttings, and
should be treated like the other heaths,
being equally impatient of confinement.
The soil should be sandy peat.

Me 544.

Oxytropis pilosa.

6.0. fect

No, 544,

OXYTROPIS PILOSA,
Class. Order,
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA.

A native of the Alps and also of Siberia.
It has long been known in this country, but
is yet not a common plant, as it does not
readily increase, unless seeds are perfected,
which is not often the case.

It is perennial and quite hardy: it may
be kept ina pot in light loam, in which
state it grows to about a foot in height ;
but if planted in the full ground, will be-
come taller.

This, and several more, have been sepa-
rated by M. Decandolle from the large
genus Astragalus.

Theobroma cacao

WMiilier 2el?

6. C.8e:

India Islands, and has als

not increased them : they grow p
in a mixture of loam and peat earth. :
The value of Chocolate, and its nu’

was early brought to Europe by the
Spaniards, who learned its uses from the
native Indians.

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Andromeda polifolia Zatifelia

No. 546,

ANDROMEDA POLIFOLIA latifolia.

Order,
pecanpaia ‘ MONOG YNIA.

present one is a native at
brador, growing in bogs, and
with its elegant blossoms even those
pitable wilds. No place, howeve er

tional ereatures subjects tor their |
plation and delight !

Peoma moutan fapaveracee.

No. 547.

PHONIA MOUTAN papaveracea.

Class, Order.
POLYANDRIA PENTAGYNIA.

This magnificent plant was introduced
about 1805, by Sir Abraham Huine, who
has at this time the finest specimen in
Europe of it.

There appears to be no sufficient reason
for separating it from the Moutan: indeed
it may perhaps be considered as the parent
plant of all the donble varieties.

It is sufficiently hardy to bear our win-
ters, being, according to Decandolle, a na-
tive of the Honan mountains, in China,
throughout which vast empire it has been
cultivated for 1400 years. It will grow to
eight or ten feet in height, with many
branches. The leaves appear very early in
spring, and also fall off early in autumn.

It may be increased by layers slowly, and
also by suckers, which are sometimes pro-
duced. The soil should be rich loam.

Phyllanthus emb

ota ae feet.

No. 543.

PHYLLANTHUS EMBLICA.

Class. Order,
MONG@CIA TRIANDRIA.

A native of the East Indies, Cochin
China, and China. In Malabar it becomes
a small tree of twelve or fourteen feet
high, and the fruit, which is much larger
than a cherry, is eatable.

The leaves aré extremely elegant, being
long and slender pinnate ; they seem to be
never wholly developed, as at the ends al-
ways appear the rudiments of more leaflets.

The flowers are produced on the foot-
stalk: they are small but very curious.
They have never produced any fruit with us.

The plant must be constantly preserved

in the stove, and although cultivated 2
lee | in 1768, is still rare, being difficul
to increase. We have only succeeded i
it by layers. Its soil should be loam and
peat.

No. 549. :
ILEX PERADO.

Class. Order. ‘ :
TETRANDRIA TETRAGYNIA,

weeeersee

Vr 550

Paltenza biloba.

CLodiiges del? GE -5¢

No. 450,

PULTENZA BILOBA.

Class, Order.
DECANDRIA MONOGYNI1A.

This rare plant is a native of New South
Wales: it was introduced in 1805, but
is still very scarce. It grows about two
feet high, and flowers freely in May, but
rarely produces any seeds. We have some-
times increased it by cuttings, but with
great difficulty.

It should be potted in sandy peat soil,
and flourishes in a superior manner if
planted out in a conservatory. It is not at
all tender, requiring mere protection from
the frost in an airy house.

M BSL

Andromeda specios%,
2 6.0. Pet

No. 551,

ANDROMEDA SPECIOSA.

Class. Order,
DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

An elegant shrub growing to two or three
feet in height, and producing its beautiful
flowers in profusion in the month of July.
It is a native of North America, according
to Nuttall from Virginia to Florida, and
was introduced about 1800, since which
time it has become very plentiful, as it
bears seeds, and is also readily increased by
layers. ,

It is perfectly hardy, and though not
quite evergreen, frequently retains its
leaves till the new ones are almost ready
to come out. It should be planted in a
border composed of bog earth and loam, in
equal proportions.

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Habenaria fimbriata.

bC. Feet

No. 452,

HABENARIA FIMBRIATA,
Class, Order.
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA.

This rare and beautiful species is a native
of North America, growing, according to
Pursh, in low meadows and on high moun-
tain bogs, from Canada to Pennsylvania.

Our plant was about a foot in height, and
flowered in the month of July: like the
whole of this family, it is untractable and
difficult to cultivate: we have hitherto kept
it in a pot in peat earth, protected by a
frame in winter; but it has never given us
any hopes of increasing it.

Brunfelsia americana.

G.Loddipes dete

No, 553.

BRUNFELSIA AMERICANA.
Class. Order.
DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA.

A native of the West Indies: it was in-
troduced many years since, and has long
been cultivated in this country. The blos-
soms are large and fine; they commonly ap-
pear in the spring and summer months.

The plant is of low growth, and usually

euttings, which put forth roots, without
much difficulty. The soil should be loam
and peat, and it requires the stove, except

when it derives advantage from being put
out of doors.

Campanula pulla.

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No. 554.

CAMPANULA PULLA.
Class, Order.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

The beautiful little plant before us is a
native of the mountains of Austria: we
have very lately received it. Its usual size
is about ~_* or So inches i in oc a
its elegant.b]
sboindancs in the month of July. it va
probably increase by separating the roots in
spring, and thrives in light loamy soil. We
consider it a valuable acquisition, as it seems _
to be quite hardy, and it belongs to that
class of Alpine plants which every one is
pleased with.

Eugenia malace

ensis.

No. 555.

EUGENIA MALACCENSIS.

Class, Order.
ICOSANDRIA =§-MONOGYNIA.

This genus was named after Prince
Eugene of Savoy, who was a protector and
encourager of Botany, and possessed a bo-
tanic garden.

Our present species is found not only in
Malacca, but in all the Indian and most of
the South Sea Islands. It has also been
introduced into the West Indies, and is very
generally cultivated between the Tropics.

the fruit also is excellent; it is roundish,
about an inch and a half in diameter, some-
times more, and containing one large seed,
In this country it needs the stove conti-
nually, and flowered in great abundance in
June. It may be propagated by layers or
cuttings, and the soil should be rich loam.

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WM 556

Anemone ramunculocides

No. 556.

ANEMONE RANUNCULOIDES,.

Class, Order.
POLYANDRIA POLYGYN1A.

A native of many parts of Europe and
some places in this country: it is a pretty
little early plant, flowering in the beginning
of spring, when every blossom is so at-
tractive.

It is rather difficult of cultivation, being
often lost, if planted in the full ground, and
if kept in pots, it seldom flourishes long,
although it is never injured by the cold.

It may be occasionally increased by se-
parating the root: the soil should be light
loam.

AM? 657.

Erica rubens.

4
W, Utter geet

No. 557.
ERICA RUBENS.

Class. Order.
OCTANDRIA MONOG YNIA.

This was introduced about the year 1802
from the Cape of Good Hope, of which it
is a native. In size it is somewhat dwarf,
being in its greatest perfection at about a
foot in height: the flowers, which are freely
produced, appear in August, continuing
two months or more, according to the
warmth of the season.

It must be kept with the other heaths in
an airy greenhouse during the winter, and
is propagated with facility by cuttings: the
soil should be sandy peat.

j

Panecratiomn declmatum “Feet?
(One third the size of Natura if

No. 558.

PANCRATI UM DECLINATUM *.
Class, Order.
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

This species is not so much known in
this country as on the continent; if seems
to be the same as Jacquin’s distichum,
which Willdenow has evidently confounded
with amcenum, from which its difference is
sufficiently marked. The leaves are near
two feet in length, and their insertion into
the bulb is almost distich-wise: the scape
is about a foot in height, ancipital, and
bearing eight or nine flowers: the limb of
the corolla is twice the length of the tube ;
the nectary is short, having six stamenifer-
ous teeth, without any intermediate ones.

It is a native of Brazil, and with us must
be kept at all times in the stove: it is slow
of increase, seldom throwing up any off-
sets: its soil should be sandy loam.

* Our figure is reduced to one-third the natural

size,

a

Dillwynia parvifolia

WL Cooke debt

6 CSE

No, 559.
DILLWYNIA PARVIFOLIA.

Class. Order.
DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA.
We first raised this delicate little plant
in 1810, and soon after wholly lost it; but
three years since had the pleasure of
again bringing up a single plant from a
seed, which was given to us by our kind
friend Mr. Charles Stokes. It flowered in
June last for the first time, and we have
not yet increased it. It must be potted in
sandy peat soil, and kept in an airy green-
house, being a native of New South Wales,
that country which seems so inexhaustible
in its vegetable stores: there, as well as in
many other parts of the globe, every day is
bringing forth some new discovery, some-
thing to enrich the collection of the curious,
and to delight the mind of the contempla-
tive. Thus,
Wise to promote what etek end He —
God — fruitful natare’s ae Seaton >: nO
And oe something to the general use reg

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"560

Ledum palustre.

No, 560,

LEDUM PALUSTRE.
Slain Order,
DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

A native of the North of Europe: it is a
branching shrub of low growth, not often
exceeding two feet in height: the leaves,
which are evergreen, have a powerful smell,

they are of a dusky green, and in frosty
weather hang down close to the stem. It is
very hardy, and may be increased by layers.
It thrives best if planted in a border com-
posed of half peat earth and half loam.

Campanula excisa.

No, 561.
CAMPANULA EXCISA.

Ciass. Order.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

This beautiful little plant is a native of
the Alps: its stems, which are uncommonly
slender, almost capillary, are about four
inches in height : they are leafy, and each
bearing from two to four flowers: the leaves

are awl-shaped, and nearly alike in form.

The corolla is divided about half its
length, and the divisions rolled togetherfora
small space at the base, which gives them a
remarkable, scooped-out, appearance.

We received our plant from the continent
last year, and it flowered in the month of
July. It appears to be sufficiently hardy to
endure our winters, and succeeds very well
in a small pot in light loamy soil. It may
be increased by separating its roots in the
spring, before they have advanced too far in
their growth.

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Canna flaccida.

66. Fact

No. 562.
CANNA FLACCIDA,
Class. Order.
MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

A native of Carolina and Georgia: we
received it about two years since from our
valued friend, Dr. Wray, of Augusta. It
grows in moist places, and in this country
must be kept in the stove. The flower
stem is about three feet in height, and the
blossoms are large and showy: like the
other species, they are not very durable :
they appeared with us in the month of

ugust. i
The roots are thick and creeping, by
which it is easily increased: it should be
planted in rich loam, and in rather a large
sized pot, with a plentiful supply of water.

Combretum purpureum..

No. 563.

COMBRETUM PURPUREUM.

Class. Order.
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

evessese

Bury-Hill, whose liberality we often have
occasion to record, and by him it was com-
municated to us. It is a fine plant for a
climber in the stove, the leaves being large,
of a rich tone of colour, and often purple
beneath. The terminal flat spread flower-
ing panicle frequently extends above a foot
in each direction, and is composed of an
innumerable mass of blossoms, which are
of the most brilliant red that can be con-
ceived. In a large plant these panicles
come out in long continued succession, last-
ing nearly the whole of the summer.

It is inereased with tolerable facility by
cuttings, and it should be planted in a mix-
ture of loam and peat soil.

Pyrola rotundifolia. ce Feet

No. 564. :
PYROLA ROTUNDIFOLIA.

Class. Order,
DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

We received this little plant from North
America, of which it is a native, as it also is
of many of the cold parts of Europe, Scot-
land among the rest. The roots are slender
and creeping, by which it may be increased :
the leaves remain during the winter, and
the flower stems, which are seldom more
than six inches in height, appear in July:
the flowers have a pleasant faint smell.

It requires to be kept in rich peat earth,
either in a pot or border, and is of course
never injured by the cold: in summer it
should be defended from the meridian sun,
as in its native state it is found under trees
or bushes

Pafsiflora. discolor

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No. 565.

PASSIFLORA DISCOLOR.

SS. Order.
MONADELPHIA PENTANDRIA.

Native of Brazil, whence it is said to have
been first brought to Europe by Prince
Maximilian, of Nieuwied. Its growth is
rapid, particularly when planted in the full
ground in the stove, in which state it at-
tained the height of twenty feet in one year
with us, and flowered during the whole of
the summer and autumn. The stalks are
quite flat, and the leaves of a singular form ;
towards the upper parts of the shoots they
are of a deep purple hue. The flowers, as
usual with this beautiful family, last only a
single day, but are quickly succeeded by
others.

It is readily propagated by cuttings, and
should be planted in rich loam.

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Erica spumosa

WML dete

eo
ine

No. 566.

ERICA SPUMOSA.

Class. Order.
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

This curious species is said to have been
introduced from Africa into the Kew
garden, in 1786, by Mr. Francis Masson.
We raised a single plant of it from Cape
seeds, about three years since, which flow-
ered very full, when about six inches in
height, in May last. Tt is a low growing
sort, and delicate in its habit. Its treat-
ment should be similar to that of the other
heaths, observing to admit as much air as
possible to it in winter, when it is in the
greenhouse, and to pot it in sandy peat.
We have not yet succeeded in propagating
it.

Pothos penta phytla..

No. 567.

POTHOS PENTAPHYLLA.

Class, Order.
TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

This plant flowered with us in the stove
in the month of August. We have propa-
gated it by cuttings, and it succeeds in a
loamy soil, mixed with decayed vegetable
matter

According to Aublet it is a native of
Guiana, where it is found climbing on the
trunks of trees, and rooting into the rough
bark, by which means it grows to a consi-
derable height.

In those fertile regions where vegetation
is so exuberant, multitudes of plants live
thus upon others ; the great heat and con-
stant humidity of the atmosphere affording
them abundant nourishment, while the
overshadowing branches of the trees, to
which they attach themselves, effectually
protect them from the sun’s most powerful
rays. In this manner the creative power
and wisdom of God shows itself, suiting the
nature of each plant to the situation which
He has appointed for it. His superabun-

dant goodness also should never be over-
looked by His intelligent creatures, so richly
is it displayed in giving these innumerable
productions forms so unspeakably elegant
and varied, and adorning them often with

liant. The more they are examined the
more they always please, and the more
grateful ought we daily to become to their
benign Creator, to whom we are indebted
for life with all its blessings, and eternity
with all its hopes ! !

Silene acaulis

W Miller deve

No. 568.
SILENE ACAULIS,
~

Class, Order,
DECANDRIA TRIGYNTA.

This minute but very pleasing plant is a
native of mountains in different parts of
Europe: it is cultivated in a garden with-
out any difficulty, and is suitable for adorn-
ing an artificial rock, or equally well
adapted for a small pot, which it will cover
with its closely-matted tuft. In the spring,
and sometimes again in the autumn, it is or-
namented with its beautiful blossoms.

performed in ate the soil should be good
fresh loam

Fittosporum cormiaceum.

No, 569.

PITTOSPORUM CORIACEUM.
oiee, Order,
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

A hardy greenhouse plant, bearing fine
strong smooth leaves, and growing to a
pretty good sized bush. It is a native of
Madeira, and was introduced from thence
into this country about the year 1787.
The flowers appear about the month of
June, at the ends of the branches, in heads
of from one to six or seven: they are deli-
eately fragrant.

It may be propagated by layers, which
usually require two years to root sulil-
ciently to be taken off: they should be
potted in a soil composed of half loam and
half peat.

VOL. Vi. z+

MW? 570.

Cytisus nigricans.

‘ 6.0F eet

No. 570.

CYTISUS NIGRICANS.
Class. Order.
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA.

A pretty flowering hardy shrub of mid-
dling growth, seldom exceeding four feet in
height. It is a native of Austria, and is
said to have been introduced in 1730. It
begins to produce its fine yellow flowers at
an early age: they generally continue in
succession during great part of the summer,
and often perfect their seeds, by which it is -
readily multiplied.

It will thrive in any common soil, and
we have never known it injured by our
seasons.

Begoma picta.

6.C. Fee ,

No. 571.

BEGON IA PICTA.

Class. Order.
MONG@CIA POLYANDBIA.

This curious plant is of very low growth,
flowering when about six inches high. The
leaves have numerous pale spots on them:
these, when magnified, appear to be little
elevations, all of which, as well as the
whole surface of the leaves, are covered
with minute kind of crystals: the protu-
berances mostly end in little sharp whitish
bristles. The whole of the stalks are
hairy, as are the capsules, which have two
wings, situated not exactly opposite to
each other. The flowers are large and
scented: with us they came out in Septem-
ber, and soon afterwards the whole of the
stems perished, only the tuberous roots
remaining. -

We believe it to be a native of Napal,
and although it has hitherto been kept in
the stove, it is probable that upon a closer
acquaintance it may be found to thrive in a
cooler temperature. The soil should be
light loam. It propagates itself by the
little tubers of the roots, each of which be-
comes a plant.

VOL, VI. Zz

Bruma lanuginosa.

6.6. fect

No, 572.

BRUNIA LANUGINOSA,
Class. Order.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

A native of the Cape of Good Hope: it
has been long cultivated in this country,
and is an elegant greenhouse plant. The
flowers, though not showy, make an agree-
able variety ; and as the plant grows up,
the lower branches become pendulous,
which has a beautiful effect.

It may be increased by cuttings without
much difficulty, and should be potted in
sandy peat soil. During winter it must
have an airy station in the greenhouse, as
if it be much crowded among other plants,
the lower branches will deeay and perish,
which greatly disfigures it.

P

afsiflora coeruleo-racemosa.

No. 573.

PASSIFLORA CCERULEO-RACEMOSA.
Bue A :

Class, Order.
MONADELPHIA PENTANDRIA.

In the Transactions of the Horticultural
Society Conese an . oo account of it
by our Sabine, accom-
panied hy a figure, has been published) we
learn that this, which is a hybrid plant,
was raised by Mr. Milne, of Fulham, from
a combination of Passiflora coerulea with
racemosa.

It is shewy, but we cannot go quite so
far as Mr. Sabine in thinking that “ it has
taken from each parent those properties of
their respective flowers which conduce
most to their beauty, and united them in
itself,’ as in our opinion either of the pa-
rents is more beautiful.

We have hitherto kept it in the stove, but
we are told that it is capable, among its
other perfections, of enduring our winters
unprotected, which will certainly add much
toits value. It increases easily by cuttings,
and thrives in any rich soil.

There seems to be a’ growing fashion at
present of mingling flowers, and thus occa-
sioning the production of mules among
plants : it is questionable whether Botany,
or even Horticulture, will derive advantage
from this fancy, or whether any thing but
mere confusion will be the result. It has
been indeed pretended that skilful manage-
ment is shortly to produce any thing which
the operator may wish for, by the union of
different plants ; but we should be apt to
imagine that such chimerical notions, if let
alone, can scarcely be long before they con-
fute themselves.

Piper pulchelhim.

No. 574.

PIPER PULCHELLUM.

Class. Order,
DIANDRIA TRIGYNIA.

This is a dwarf plant, not exceeding
four or five inches in height: the leaves and
stems, as in most of this extensive genus,
are of a succulent nature, and remain du-
ring the whole year: the spikes of flowers
are also almost always to be found: these
are not splendid, but curious, and the whole
plant has a neat and clean appearance,
which certainly recommends it to cultiva-
tors. It occupies little space, and propagates
easily by separating its roots. The soil
should be rich loam. It is a native of the
West Indies, and requires constant stove
heat.

At $75.

Erica speciosa.

6.0. Fee!

No. 575.

ERICA SPECIOSA.
—

Class. Order.
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

The beautiful subject before us (which is
a native of the Cape of Good Hope) was
raised from seeds, which were brought
from thence about the year 1800. It is a
free and rather tall growing species, and
its flowering season is during the autumnal
months. The blossoms are covered with a
kind of clammy varnish, which adds much
to the richness of their hue, but they are
frequently defaced by the quantities of small
flies and other insects which are entangled
in it, unable to extricate themselves.

It should be indulged with a large portion
of fresh air at all possible times, during its
detention 3 in the greenhouse through the

er. Its soil should be sandy peat, and
it may be propagated with little difficulty
by cuttings.

VOL. VI. AA

MN? 576.

Salvia ec hamedryoides.

No, 576.

SALVIA CHAMZDRYOIDES.
Class. Order.
DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

This was introduced about 1795 from
Mexico, of which it is a native. It is
shrubby, and dwarf in its growth, not often
exceeding two feet in height, with several
straggling branches. The flowers, which
are eminently beautiful, are produced in the
summer, and are of long duration.

It may be increased by cuttings, and
kept in the greenhouse in winter, at which
season the leaves usually fall off, and are
renewed early in the spring. The soil
should be light loam, with a rather sparing
supply of water, especially in cool weather.

lee |)

Xylophytla. angustifolia.

6. C.Feet

No. 577.

XYLOPHYLLA ANGUSTIFOLIA.

Class. Order.
MONGCIA MONADELPHIA.

We received this from Jamaica many
years ago: it is a moderate sized bushy
shrub, requiring the stove nearly the whole
of the year. The leaves are of a stiff,
rigid consistence, and they remain very
well through the winter. It is propa-
gated by cuttings, which root without diffi-
culty, and should be potted in a mixture of
loam and bog earth.

The flowers generally appear in great
profusion at the beginning of the autumn :
they are minute, but exceedingly interest-
ing, growing not on the stems or branches,
but on the leaves, the edges of which are
full of little indentations, whence innume-
rable blossoms are pushed forth. Those
who love to trace the hand of their Al-

ighty and most beneficent Creat r through
the varied gradations of His surprising
works, must surely enjoy a rich treat
from such a plantas this. Vegetation in its

ordinary course is replete with wonders,
and its study with unmingled delight, but
still more in these, which may be called
extraordinary instances, and which con-
sequently impress the mind in an extraor-
dinary manner! !

AN? 578.

60.Fect

mtana.

Atathyihis mo

No. 578.

ANTHYLLIS MONTANA.

Class, Order.
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA.
This beautiful little plant is a native of the
southern parts of France, Switzerland, and
Austria, it in elevated situations. The root

inches in length, crooked, and keeping close
to the ground. ‘The flower stalks are about
two or three inches high, and the blossoms
appear in May.

It is tolerably hardy, and may be kept in
a small pot in loamy soil; or is a very sui-
table plant for an artificial rock. It seldom
admits of propagation by dividing the roots,
but sometimes perfects its seeds in this

Potentilla pedata.

6C. fe?

No. 579.

POTENTILLA PEDATA.
Class. Order.
ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA.

A native of the Alps of Switzerland, and
lately introduced into this country. It
differs from the P, hirta in being not erect
like that ; the flowers also are larger and
brighter, and the leaves narrower.

It is a hardy herbaceous plant, which
thrives very well in a moderate sized pot,
in which it will grow about a foot in height,
or if planted in the ground becomes con-
siderably larger: the soil should be loam.
It may be propagated by separating the
roots in the spring.

The flowers continue throughout the
greater part of the summer in succession,
and they are highly ornamental.

VOL. VI BB

WM $EF0.

Arbutus serratifolia.

6C Fee*

No. 680.

ARBUTUS SERRATIFOLIA.
Clon. Order.
DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

By some this plant is considered to be a
variety of Arbutus Andrachne, although it _
certainly differs widely in the form of its
leaves, which are much narrower, longer,

Ps and serrated, while those of the Andrachne
are quite entire, almost round, and have
very long petioles. The flowers are dif-
ferently formed, and larger in our plant,
and the bark of the stems and branches
does not shed so regularly as in the other.

It is supposed to be a native of the East,
and has been long cultivated in England :
its usual season for flowering is about
February or March, and the blossoms are
fragrant. It is almost hardy, requiring only
slight protection in very severe winters.
It may be raised by layers, or by budding
upon the common Arbutus. The soil
should be fresh loam, not too heavy.

Campanula sarmatica.

No, 581.

CAMPANULA SARMATICA.,
Class, Order.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

We first raised this plant from seeds re-
ceived in 1804, from the late Professor
Stephan, of Moscow. It is a native of
Caucasus, and is a fine perennial species,
growing from one to two feet in height, and
flowering copiously in June and July.

It is extremely difficult to propagate,
excepting by seeds, which are not often
ripened here. Being very hardy, it grows
well either in a pot or out, in loamy soil.
The flowers vary considerably in their
colour, some being much paler than others.

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Dillwynia giaberrima.

WMiller delt

No. 582.

DILLWYNIA GLABERRIMA.
Class. Order.
DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

A native of New Holland: it was among
some of the earliest introductions from
that country, and is a slender, delicate plant,
in growth and appearance when not in
blossom, a good deal like an Erica. The
flowers come forth in the spring, and often
continue throughout the summer and
autumn, presenting a gay appearance, ¢s-
pecially if the plant be growing in the full
ground in a conservatory, which situation is
peculiarly favourable to it. We have had
one for some years on the back-wall of a
greenhouse, which is five or six feet high,
and almost always loaded with flowers. In
a pot it grows much slower, and remains in
a dwarf state. The soil should be sandy
peat. It is difficult to raise by cuttings,
and seeds have not yet been perfected in
this country.

Gentiana purpurea.

Wille Zag?

No. 588. > er diiae

GENTIANA PURPUREA. _

PENTANDAIA

A native of the Alps of Switzerland and _
Savoy, also of the Pyrenees, and has been
found in Norway. It is a strong growing
herbaceous plant, having large fleshy roots,
and the flower stems rising from one to two
feet high. The blossoms are curious, and
of a singularly dingy hue, occasionally va-
rying with more or less purple: they ap-
pear in summer.

It sometimes bears seeds, by which it
may be increased: the plants do not blow
while very young: they are quite hardy,
and may be kept either in pots or in the
full ground, thriving either in fresh loam or
loam and peat earth.

Crassula undulata.

No. 584.

CRASSULA UNDULATA.

Class. Order:
PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA.

Like the rest of the genus, this is a
native of dry barren places near the
Cape of Good Hope: according to Mr.
Haworth, it was introduced in 1797. It is
a low branching plant, and flowers pretty.
full towards the end of summer: the
blossoms are of a clear white, and look very
cheerful. The branch whence our draw-
ing was taken, continued flowering for more
than a month after it was cut from the
plant.

It propagates without difficulty by cut-
tings, and the soil should be loam; during
winter it must be kept in the greenhouse,
and have a sparing supply of water.

verustum

pripednnun

Cy

eeeterrre

This beantiful plant i is a native of a

NM S8E.

Calytrix flabra

A native of New Holland: it is a middle
sized shrub, at first sight very much resem-
bling a Heath ; in its blossoms, however, it
is totally dissimilar. These are pr uced
in the month of June, and are delicate and
pretty. The divisions of the calyx are five
in number, each terminating in a curious
long curling hair: this remains a great
while after the petals have fallen off, which
they soon do. et oe

It requires the shelter of a light airy
greenhouse in winter, and may be increased
by cuttings, thriving in sandy peat soil.
The pot ought not to be too large.

Urata

Kempteria

a

No. 587.

KSMPFERIA PANDURATA.
Class, Order.
MONANDRIA _MONOGYNIA.

This genus was named by Linnzus in
honour of Engelbert Kempfer, the cele-
brated German naturalist and physician.
He travelled between the years 1683 and
1694 in Persia, and various parts of the
East, as. far as Japan. His works are
greatly esteemed for their accuracy, and
contain much botanical information, with
many curious plates from his drawings. He
died in 1716, aged 65.

Our present species is a native of Su-
matra; it was sent by Dr. Campbell to
Caleutta, whence it has been brought to
this country. It grows rather more than a
foot in height, and the flowers are produced
from the centre of the leaves: they are
deeply embosomed in a number of bractes,
which almost conceal their very long tubes :
they appear in the month of September,
usually but one at a time, lasting a single
day, and daily succeeded by another for
some time. The large lower segment,

which is so beautifully marked, gives the
flower much of the appearance of one of
the Gynandria class. It generally decays
towards winter, and comes up again in
spring, requiring the constant stove heat.
It may be increased by separating the roots,
and should be potted in rich loam.

° 588.

Baptisia tinctoria

Gt. Fee*

No. 588.

BAPTISIA TINCTORIA.

Class,
DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

This plant grows from Canada to
Carolina, in woods on dry hills. It was
cultivated before 1759, at the Chelsea gar-
den, by Philip Miller, but is nevertheless
far from common. It is said that a coarse
kind of Indigo was formerly manufactured
from it, With us it is quite hardy, and
forms a neat herbaceous plant, growing
about two feet high, thriving either in a pot
or in the full ground, and flowering in
plenty during the summer. The soil should
be loam and peat, and it may be sparingly
increased by dividing the roots, for which
operation the spring is the best season.

NM 589.

Erica infundibuliformis.

6CPec?

No. 589.

ERICA INFUNDIBULIFORMIS.

Class, Order,
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

This most elegant species is a native of
the Cape of Good Hope: it has been intro-
duced several years ; and flowers in great
profusion during the summer.

In its growth it is dwarf and very bushy,
and, as is the case with the other kinds of
heaths, it needs a large portion of fresh air,
and at the same time protection from frost.
It is propagated with tolerable facility by
cuttings, and should be potted in sandy peat

soil

VOL. VI.

A? 590. '

Erigeron alpinum.

W Miller det

No. 590.

ERIGERON ALPINUM,

Class, Order.
SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA.
This is spontaneous in different parts of

Europe, in elevated situations: it has been
found in the Northern parts of this island.
It is a pretty little herbaceous plant,
growing about six inches high, very hardy,
and blooms freely in the summer months.
By separating the roots it is easily increased,
and it thrives very well in light loam, either
in a pot or in the full ground, requiring no
protection.

Mee sar tes ae a ee Se pg So) SP ey i ey ae ee oe

Anacampseros rotundifolia.

Me 591,

6.C.Fec*

Nee nS ee ae

No. 591,
ANACAMPSEROS ROT UNDIFOLIA,

Class. Order.
DODECANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

A native of the Cape of Good Hope,
growing on rocks: it has been known in
England since 1732, and is a neat looking
little plant, but has been rather unfortu-
nately bandied about for a name, by different
authors being slterentel y called Portulacca,
Talinum, &e.

It grows low, and the flower stem is
seldom of much size, though occasionally
will have three or four blossoms, coming
one after another during the summer.

It requires a dry greenhouse in winter, is
easily propagated by cuttings, and may be
potted in light loamy soil.

Vol, Vi.

W 592.

Amsonia salicifolia.

6. CFect

No. 592.

AMSONIA SALICIFOLIA,

Class. Order.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA4.
This is a native of Carolina and Georgia,

but is sufficiently hardy to endure our win-
ters. It isa vigorous growing h

plant, frequently two feet in height or more.
The leaves are pointed, smooth, and shining,
and the flowers usually come out in small
heads about the month of July. It may be
increased by dividing the roots in the spring.
The soil should be loam, and it flourishes
equally well either in a pot or in the full
ground.

AM? $93.

WMiller del*

Polygala chamebuxus.

No. 593.
POLYGALA CHAMZEBUXUS,

Class, Order,
DIADELPHIA OCTANDRIA.

A low evergreen shrubby plant, cise
raising itself more than two or three
from the ground. It is a native of, the
Alps of Switzerland and Austria, and has
been long cultivated with us. It is quite
hardy, and thrives in a border composed of
peat earth and fresh loam in equal propor-
tions, gaol: Nee, afield Ly its proming
roots,

_ During the spring, summer, al somes Hii,

dest and pleasing appearance, they p

a peculiarly mild and delicious smell, ak
we can compare to nothing nearer than ripe
apricots.

The scent of flowers and plants is cer.
tainly not the least wonderful of their pro-
perties. ved pene veo while
every kin ul
ighot all ‘the ety of its own
species, in whatever soil, climate, or coun-

fined must be those organs which are des-
tined by their Divine Creator for the pro-

ersified dours !
In endeavouring to examine such a subject,
and striving to explain its phenomena, how
qliitkly does man find himself at the end of
his boasted powers : after all his researches
he is compelled to sit down, and can only

plant of the field before it was in the earth,
and every herb of the field before it grew.”

Pr ie
ee.
z ae N

MW! 594.

Erica calycina.

6.CFect

No, 594.

ERICA CALYCINA,.
Class. Order.
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNI4.

We raised this charming little species in
the year 1792, from seeds received from the
Cape of Good Hope, in the neighbourhood
of which it was found in a wild state.

It is a very dwarf kind, and flowers co-
pionsly even when not more than four or
five inches in height, commencing in the
month of October, and remaining in bloom
the whole winter, and sometimes the spring
also. The flowers are lively, and their
corolla is almost enclosed in the calyx,
which retains its colour for a great length
of time.

It may be increased, although slowly, by
cuttings, and must be potted in sandy peat
earth, and kept in an airy greenhouse during
the winter.

&C fet

No, 595.

ACACIA LINEARIS.
Class. ag Order,
POLYGAMIA MONGCIA.

This is a native of New Holland, intro-
duced a considerable time since: it is a
pretty greenhouse, or conservatory plant,
flowering during several months of the win-
ter and spring. Our drawing was taken in
December, from a specimen which was
planted out against the back wall of a green-
house, where it flourished and bloomed
profusely.

It is not easy to propagate it, excepting
from seeds, which are occasionally brought
home, and will keep good for many years. It
grows very well in a mixture of light loam
and peat earth.

The leaves are much longer and narrower
than the one figured by our excellent friend
Dr. Sims; but the flowers are so similar, as
well as every other part of the plant, that
we cannot deem it a distinct species.

VOL. VI. GG

No, 596 .
CAMELLIA JAPONICA pomponia.
Class. Order,
MONADELPHIA POLYANDRLA.

T eo oh al * 4s Palt 'f

plant, this id béen introduced from Cains,
where they are universally cultivated, and
whence we still look for rhea of
new and hitherto unknown kinds. We
obtained cuttings of it, with date eth,
in 1815, by the liberality of Charles Hamp-
den Turner, Esq. This gentleman, we be-
lieve, was the first who received it in this

branches than some of the kinds. In this,

and other respects, it so strongly resembles

the pzonzeflora, that it is not possible to

distinguish them when out of flower : the

leaves are perfectly similar. bel ene :
differs in leaf |

both have flowered abundantly every year,

other kinds, and it may be increased by cut-

tings, ro apn, evade a stock,
which latter is the preferable mode

"@ snthyths cretica.

No. 597.

ANTHYLLIS CRETICA,

Class, Order.
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA.

A native of Candia and some of the
islands in the Archipelago. It was cultiva-
ted in 1748 by Miller, but is at present
scarce, which may be attributed to its soft
stem being so apt to decay: it is also diffi-
cult to rear by cuttings, and seeds are seldom
ripened here. sf

Its height is usually about three feet, and
its blossoms, which are very beautiful, are
produced in the beginning of the summer,
lasting very long.

It must have the shelter of the greenhouse
in winter, and should be planted in light
loamy soil.

A? 598.

Hamaimnehs virginica.

No. 588.
HAMAMELIS VIRGINICA.

Class, Order.
TETRANDRIA DIGYNIA.

This is a shrub or small tree, growing to
eight or ten feet in height: it is from North
America, and is found in a wild state in
stony and dry situations from Canada to
Florida. It has been long known in this
country, although not at allcommon. The
flowers come out in the autumn, just as the
leaves are decaying, and continue in general
for some time after they have all fallen off.

It thrives in fresh loamy soil, and needs
no protection from cold. It is difficult to
increase excepting by seeds, which are only
to be procured from its native country.

MSG?

Mes embr vant nh blandum

G.C.Fec*

No. 599.
MESEMBRYANTHEMUM BLANDUM.

Class. Order.
ICOSANDRIA PENTAGYNIA.

This elegant species was communicated
to us by the kindness of our friend Mr.
Haworth. In his Supplement he mentions
it as having been collected in Africa, by Mr.
Burchell. Our drawing was taken in the
month of October, but during the twelve
months that we have had the plant in our
possession, we do not think it has been two
months without flowers : these also conti-

greater part of this large family.

It is increased by cuttings without diffi
culty, and needs only protection from frost
in the greenhouse during the winter season,
at which time it should not have too much
water.

VOL. VI. PEE a a

Achania mollis.

No. 600.

- ACHANIA MOLLIS.
sill

Class. Order.
MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA.
eereeesee

This is said.to be a native of South
America: it was introduced into this coun-
try about the year 1780. The usual time
of its flowering is in autumn, continuing a
great while, which renders it a very orna-
mental plant. The blossoms never open
more than our figure represents, and rarely
more than one at a time on each branch.

It must be kept in the stove potted in
rich loam, and may be increased with faci-
lity by cuttings.

INDEX TO VOL, VI.

Ce A ed
. ;

No.
Acacia linearis- - - -leaved Ac: - 505
vaca. — - + Whorled-leaved do.- - 535
Achania - - Soft-leaved Achania - 600
Amsonia rmicifolia - - Will seer Amsonia 592
— ros rotundi- Round - Ana-

folia - - - - - - + _campseros- - -~ ~ = 1
Andromeda naan scape An-
latifolia- - - - - > romeda = - - = - 530

tt aie
pa ga -
é - 566
Aneiptiee eretica - - - Cretan Kidney Vetch - 597
ama Peer eae - spe ain .
Ay ace ne Apargia - - -
pd oy serretifolia - - Sauw-leaved Arbutus - - 4
Ardisia cnc - - Umbetflowered Ardisia 531
Arum spirale - + Spiral-flowered Arum ~ 525
eee -trilobatum - - - - Three-lobed do. + 516
Baptisia tinctoria- - - Dyer’s Baptisia - - - 588
Begonia picta - - -
ee americana - a Brunfelsia + 553
ia lanuginosa - 572
Calytrix glabra - Smooth-leaved Calytrix 506
— wer japonica ane- ee Ca-

- + Notched-flowered = . BOL
- - + Dark-flowered do. ~ 554

vee tica - Beton c " 581
Canna flacci -- — Indian Shot - 562
Cassia capens! - pe ae tee) *
Combretum parpureum Scarlet Combr: ~~ 568
Convolvulus jalapa - - Jalap - ee ee 518
eesmatbee _ : ene -- a hongreae yh Crassula -

ved ot lg at a rd

Crinum
Crotalaria aed = pa gaa agagbat

oe ee et ee fe

INDEX TO VOL, yI. .

No.

Cypripedium venustum beg remtone gtd Lady’s aa
spy falcatus - - - Sickle-shaped Cytisus - 520
nigricans - - - Black-wooded do.- - 570

ee glaberrima - Smooth-leaved do. - - 582
. * - Small - 550
Erica pullacea - - Flask Heath - . - - 508
Ag romedwflora- Andromeda flowered do. 521
vs + calyeina — + Cupped-flowered do. - 504
- Daphne-flowered do. - 543
+ +++ Inflindibuliformis Punnet shaped do. = ot 4
102 Seabetmocald 22 Rough = SST
vt Lapeeios So ieee ae
eae wena = = Spumous do. ~~ > 560
Biigeron a Alpine Erigeron - - -

Bélgeron ah "persicifalia tage Gum- Tree 5o1
Eugenia malaccensis Apple - - 555

| naaacnet rte err - — Habenaria- - i.
Hed chium coronariam Garland Flower . i
Helisteris verbascifolia Mudllein-leaved Screw- sl
Hibiscus rosa - sinensis coloured : China.
Rava Ee ee SCR A A ee eg a: baila ae 513

ile leice ad Page 4
Listera cordata - . . eart-leaved Listcra - 532

INDEX TO VOL. VI.

No.
Malpighia glabra- - - nae Barbadoes Cher-
-- 2 2s 533
Mesew bryanthemum Fair: flowered Fig-Ma-
blandum - - - = - old- +--+ = « 599

tS ay lh 523

Omphalia triandra - - Long-leaved i. paca rod
Oxytropis pilosa - - - Hairy Orytropis

Me a semperflo- gap Pherae d Metrosi-
en

— moutan papave-
acea- - - - - - - Poppy-flowered Peony- 547
Paneriaiaa declinatum prelat puaereran 558
eeees e+ OVatum do, - 510
Zynga ceeruleo-race-

- Mule Passionfiower- - 573

. . dine olor - Two-coloured do.- - ~ 565

Phy ‘Manthus emblien - Shrubby Phyllanthus - 548
Pimelea drupace - Largefruited Pimelea 540
iper incanum- - - - Hoary-leaved Pepper - 503
ek pulchellum - - = Nea do. - - 574

ttosporum coriaceum Leat, ‘OS-
m Yellowfowcred do. - = 0

Poly gala chiameebusts = Box-leaved Mitk-Wort - 593

ph

Primula longifiora - - Long-flowered Primula 542
Pulmonaria davuric: Dauri oy ae
Pultenza biloba - - - Lobed Puiten - - 550
Pyrola rotundifolia - - Rownd-leaved Porola - 564
Pyrus japonica alba- - White Japan Crab - - 54k
Robinia ae - - ~- Bearded Robinia- - - 522
Salvia chamedryoides - Ger: - - 576
Silene soma co P atemles pa de

- 568
Stylidium tennifoliam - Fine-leaved Stylidium - 524
Templetonia retusa - - page oc Tempicte-

“7? - 526
Theo cacao - - Chocolate. Tree - = + 545
Tapistra squalida- - - 4 na Tupistra- - 515

Viola pedata- - - - - Bird’s-foot Violct- - + 536
Xylophylla angustifolia ge Pt Seu. cee

a ee ae eT