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stoTe herb, native of Buenos Ayres and the bases of the Cordilleras. The leaves 

 are subulate, and grow in a roaulate tuft ; the flowers are produced in a many- 

 flowered spike; they are snow-white and deliciously fragrant. 



Inula salicina {Journal of Botany, t. 43). — Compositse. Tliis species of 

 Inula is well known to botanists as a native of various parts of France, Italy, Swit- 

 zerland, Germany, and Scandinavia, but there is no recorded instance of its being 

 met with in the liritish Isles until discovered by Dr. D. Moore, F.L.S., at Lough 

 Derg, Galway, in August, 1865. It is a plant of no beauty, and is scarcely of any 

 importance to botanists. 



DiDYMOPLEXis PALLIDA {Jourii. BoL, p. 40). — In a notice of this plant, by S. 

 Kurz, Esq., of the Botanic Gardens, Calcutta, the following synonymy is given : — 

 Epiphanes Javanica (Blurae), Oastrodia (?) Javanica (Lind.), Didt/moplexis 

 palleiis (Griff.), Arethusa eoristata (Griff.), A.Bengalensis (Herb Calciit.), Apetalum 

 mimttum (Wight). 



A SELECTION OF THE MOST USEFUL VEGETABLES. 



Asparagus. — Many varieties are offered, but they really differ so little that they 

 may be set down as of equal value. It is the growing which makes the difference. 



Beet.— Covent Garden Red, Henderson's Pine Apple, Wliyte's Black. The 

 Spinach beet is a fool's vegetable, because it is not good, and is only plentiful when 

 there ought to be abundance of vegetables of better quality. 



Brussels Sprouts. — Roseherry and Scrymger's Giant, 



Beans. — Mazagan, Minster Giant Longpod, Taylor's Broad Windsor, Green 

 Windsor. 



Kidney Beans.— J>««a»/; Perkin's Early Warwick, Slon House, Early Six 

 Weeks, Newington Wonder, Flageolet. Runners : Carter's Champion, White Dutch. 



Borecole (or Kale).— Cottagers, Green Curled Scotch, Sclater's New Cabbaging, 

 Albert Sprouts, Fearnouglit. 



Bkoccoli. — To cut in Decemher, Jamtary, and February: Snow's Winter White, 

 Early Penzance, Adam's Early White, Hampton Court, Dalmeny Park,_Dilcock's 

 Bride. To cut in May and June : Conning's Reliance, Foster's Champion, Rich- 

 mond Late, Miller's Dwarf, Basket White, Cattell's Eclipse. For cutting in Septem- 

 ber, October, and JS'ovember : Walcheren, Dancer's Pink Cape, Grainger's White, 

 White Cape. 



Carrot. — For gardens : Long Surrey, Intermediate, French Short Horn. For 

 farm and allotment grounds : Belgian Wliite, Belgian Yellow, Selected Altringham. 



Cabbage.— Kemp's Incon) parable, Tom Thumb, Brunswick, Sutton's Imperial, 

 Rosette Collard, Enfield Market, Dwarf Early York, Atkinson's Matchless, Green 

 Curled Savoy, Early White Savoy. 



Cacliflowek.- Stadtholder, New Mammoth, London White, Walcheren, Late 

 German. 



Cucumber.— Hamilton's Volunteer, Kirklees Hall Defiance, Swadling's Berkshire 

 Challenge, Carter's Champion, Cuthill's Black Spine, Lord Kenyon's Favourite, 

 Mill's Jewess. Usually black-spined cucumbers are most handsome, but less m size 

 and productiveness than white-spined kinds. 



Celery —Cole's Crystal Wiiite, Sutton's Solid White, Sutton's Superb Pink, 

 Cole's Dwarf Red, Incomparable Wlute. 



Endive. — Green Curled, Batavian, Moss Curled. 



Lettuce.— Berksliire Brown Cos, Sutton's White Cos, Black-seeded Bath Cos, 

 Tom Thumb, Vosey's Nonesuch Cabbage, Ne Plus Ultra Cabbage, ^Hammersmith 

 Cabbage. 



Melon.— Beechwood, Carter's Excelsior, Egyptian Green Flesh, Garibaldi, 

 Snow's Hybrid Green Flesh, Trentham Hjibrid, Turner's Scarlet Gem. 



Onion. — Reading, White Globe, James's Keeping, Globe Tripoli, Deptford, Nune- 

 ham Park. Tiie last is a profitable and remarkably handsome sort, offered for the 

 first time this season by Messrs. James Cutbush and Son, of Ilighgate. It can be 



