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(luring November and December, and being intermixed with the foliage of dwarf 

 Palms have a very striking appearance. 



Ibeuis skmh;uflorens. 'Phis dwarf evergreen shrubby Candytuft, generally 

 treated as a greenhouse plant, attains the height of two or three feet, with ra- 

 cemes of white flowers, whicl) are in perfection nearly the whole year. It is not 

 very attractive; but if planted out against a wall where it can be a Utile protected 

 during severe frost, it l)ccomcs an ornamental object, and the flowers attain much 

 greater perfection. A plant of this kind, against a west wall, is now (December) 

 literally covered with its snowy flowers. 



EccREMOCARPUS SCAI3ER. This evergreen climber has long been introduced 

 to Britain from Chili ; it being of a somewhat straggling habit and rapid growth, 

 is admirably adapted for covering trellis-work, pillars, high walls, or other un- 

 sightly objects. It has a neat foliage, and racemes of orange-coloured flowers 

 that are to be found in perfection nearly the whole year. A plant of this species 

 was planted near two years ago in a border, and truined against t?ie back wall of 

 the Camellia house, where it closely covers an area of 28 feet by 12, and would 

 cover double that extent if space were allowed. The flowers begin to develope 

 themselves early in spring ; and now, in December, the plant is studded over 

 with numerous racemes fully expanded, which being of a rich colour, are valu- 

 able amongst other kinds in the formation of " bouquets." By a little summer 

 and winter pruning it is kept \vithin due bounds, presenting a neat lively ap- 

 pearance at all seasons. If planted out during summer, it flourishes and flowers 

 freely, but is destroyed by frost if not protected during winter. 



Pharbitis limbata. a half-hardy free-growing climber, well adapted for 

 trellis-work, or a south wall during summer : it is one of the handsomest of the 

 genus. The flowers are large, spreading, and funnel-shaped, of a crimson colour 

 inside the tube, shading into a deep violet, with a broad interrupted pure white 

 border. It is a native of Java, and was imported by Messrs. Rollisson, Tooting. 

 Figured in the Magazine of Botany. 



BERTOLONn MACULATA. This vcry handsome little stove-plant belongs to 

 the family of Melastomas. It is the least of all the tribe at present in cultiva- 

 tion, is an evergreen herbaceous plant, attaining the height of but a few inches, 

 having a short decumbent hairy stem ; leaves cordately ovate, acute, 5-nerved ; 

 the upper surface is of a dark velvety green, beneath of a reddish purple. The 

 inflorescence is a one-sided raceme, with flowers of a rose-colour. This is a new 

 plant, sent out by Messrs. Henderson, of the Wellington Road Nursery, under 

 the name oi Eriocnema (Bneum. It is a native of Bahia and Pernambuco in 

 South America. 



OxYSPORA VAGANS. An evergreen stove-shrub, very shoAvy, belonging to the 

 natural order Melastomaceai. It grows from three to five feet high, loosely 

 branched, with terminal drooping lax panicles, often a foot long, of pale rose- 

 coloured flowers. It was raised at Kew from seed sent by Dr. Hooker from 

 the hilly country bordering on the plains in the approach to Darjeeling. 



Primula cafitata. A half-hardy evergreen Primrose, rather pretty, ap- 

 proaching in habit our indigenous species, P. farinosa : the flowers are of a 

 purple colour, with a yellow centre, and form a compact globose head, similar 

 to many species of Allium or Armeria. It was raised at Kew from seed trans- 

 mitted by Dr. Hooker from Lachen, Sikkim-Himalaya, one of the passes into 

 Thibet. These three are figured in the Botanical Magazine for December. 



PoiNCFANA GiLLiE:*ii. This species is decidedly one of the most beautiful 

 of all our half-hardy flowering shrubs. It is an old plant, a native of Mendoza, 

 an arid province of the republic of Chili, and has been introduced many years. 

 It is one of the pea-tribe (Leguminosa'), having a neat foliage, and racemes of 

 large yellow-coloured flowers, with very long red stamens. A plant of this 

 species was planted in a border and trained against the front of a hothouse, 

 where it has flowered freely and regularly for many years ; the only protection 

 lecjuired is a little fern to cover the roots, and a mat-covering over the branches 

 during severe frost. 



Viburnum plicatum, var. dilatata. A deciduous shrub, supposed to be 

 hardy, forming a bush eight or ten feet high when full-grown, and having some 

 resemblance to V. dentatum. It blossoms very freely, having numerous heads 

 of snow-ball flowers like the common Gueldres Rose. It is a native of the 



