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are produced at the ends of tlie 

 branches, and consist of spreading 

 rays of broad strap-shaped florets of 

 an intense oranjre colour ; the disk of 

 a pale yellow colour. — Messrs. Veitch 

 and Son. 



OSMANTHUS ILICIFOLIirS VARIE- 



GATUS AUREUS. — A dwarf evergreen 

 shrub, with flat spiny-edged leaves of 

 a dark green colour, very prettily 

 margined in an irregular manner with 

 pale or yellowish green. Promises 

 to be a very ornamental shrub. — Mr. 

 Standish. 



OuEisiA cocciNEA. — A dwarf, 

 hardy perennial of great beauty, in- 

 troduced from Chili. Leaves radical, 



stalked, cordate, bicrenate, somewhat 

 like those of a Miteila ; the flowers 

 grow on an erect stem about a foot in 

 height, this stem terminating in a ra- 

 ceme of opposite drooping tubular 

 two-lipped scarlet flowers, an inch and 

 a half long, and streaked on the face 

 of the limb with crimson. — Messrs. 

 Veitch and Son. 



Primula pe^nitens (fimbriata 

 FLORE-PLENo) DELICATA, Primulacca). 

 — A fine double Chinese Primrose, 

 obtainable fi'om seeds. Of vigorous 

 habit, with bold full double flowers, 

 measuring nearly a couple of inches 

 across, fringed, white, changing to a 

 delicate blush. Smith, Dulwich. 



JANUARY, 18G3.— 31 Days. 



Phases of the Moon. — Full, 5th, 3h. 32m. morn. ; Last Quarter, 13th, OIi. 6m. 

 morn. ; New, 19th, 4h. 2m. after. ; First Quarter, 2Gth, 4h. 54m. after. 



