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OF HORTICULTURE. 5 
‘Abatilon—eontinvd : 
ood size and substance, habit dwarf and very free; LADY 
OF onan * flowers medium sized, rich pink ; LOUIS MARIGNAC, 
pais l oani veined white, splendid ‘habit, a charming- variety ; 
INCESS MARIE, }ł* flowers rich 1osy lake, very profuse, of 
excellent form; ROSÆFLORUM,ł* pale salmon rose, veined with 
crimson. Ed 
White-flowered. BOULE DE NI£GE,}* very fine pure white flowers, 
the best in its class ; PURI very free, of good habit, and pure 
white ; SERAPH,* dwarf, and very floriferous. 
Fia. 3. FLOWER OF ABUTILON INSIGNE. 
flowered. CANARY pna; k similar in habit to Boule de 
‘ i Siheag rtgrentey Sree rée bright 
wW, size 
ei lemon willow: Iaoa iom atest $ 
_— yellow, of medium size 
ubt, emet a charactor iii : 
ber a ‘epecies is close upon 400, and the genus one 
of the largest known. In our enumeration, we have 
strietly confined ourselves to describing such as are un- 
tionably in cultivation, and to this end we have adopted 
accurate method of deciding which are and which 
,viz., by consulting the trade lists of nursery- 
this country and on the Continent. Such 
are not always correct, from a scientific 
in matter of nomenclature. The 
ales, or other temperate regions, 
pnd e easily cultivated of 
have a tondone to make Tong 
Acacia— continued. a 
straight shoots; these should be selected for training upon 
rafters ~or “pillars, on which they thrive well and form 
splendid ornaments in spring; whilst the more shrubby : 5 
kinds will be equally at home in pots in the form of bushes. = 
Roots and tops grow with great rapidity, and an abundance E 
of water is required at all times. Immediately after flower- 
ing (usually about May) is the best time to prune Acacias; 
they may then be placed in the open air, and fully ex- 
posed to the sun, until October. They make a far healthier, 
cleaner growth, and ripen their wood much better outside 
than under glass; all they require is copious waterings, 
never allowing them to become dry, and keeping clear of 
weeds. In the first week in October house the plants, and 
winter in a temperature of 40deg. to 50deg. They delight 
in a light rich compost of equal parts turfy loam and leaf 
mould, freely intermixed with sand, or peat may be used 
instead of the leaf mould. Propagation: Cuttings of the 
half-ripened wood, put in with a heel, root readily during 
the summer. They do not bear heat well, nor do they 
require it. The soil should be equal parts peat and sand, 
covered with pure sand, thoroughly consolidated. Insert 
the cuttings as soon as made; water home, and leave them. 
in the shade till dry. Then place the bell glasses over 
them, shade and water so as to prevent flagging. Pot off 
as soon as rooted, and keep in a close pit or house until 
the plants are thoroughly established. Seeds should be 
sown as soon as ripe, in sandy peat; about jin. deep, or 
a little more, for large seeds. A temperature of 55deg. 
to 60deg. suits them ‘well. Pot off when large enough 
to handle, and place in a cool close pit or house until quite 
established ‘The culture and propagation of the stove 
species are the same as for the greenhouse sorts, but the 
former require, of course, greater heat. Their flowers, how- 
ever, are much less frequently produced than their more 
temperate congeners, consequently they are not so much 
grown. 
A. affinis.* fl. yellow. May. h. 5ft. New Holland, 1822, Green- 
house species. 
A. albicans (whitish).* fl. white; heads, two to ‘rm cae 
-two 
rising in racemes from the axils to the leaves. 2. with 
aie’ pairs of pinne, each pinna 
pairs of oblong linear-leaflets. A. 5ft. 
A. amoena (pleasing), This closely resembles A. 
es of A. 
scale ta n a L with 
h. 20) Arabi Sarg ad 
See Fig. 4. er 
ere 
= (silver-leaved). A synonym of A. braci 
armata — simple leaved).* jl. yellow, in soli globular 
heads, uely te-ob 
cnemenved AG te 10h Bastais, 20s re’ Tilto entire, 
ry no greek Cah a t 
teva ee Matt. tS Re Sra ova aoe 
A. 20ft to 40H, Kast Indios, t of nea pubes ead 
A. cookin (spoon-leaved), yellow, a 
heads, April. l phyllodia aa „many-nerved at the 
base, quite entire, mucronate. A. 4ft. West Australia, 1818. 
SYN. A. Benthami. 
A. cultriformis (knife-formed -a in ondes pma, 
disposed in either yee or te i ayr fe velo -s ‘Ap onding 2 
‘our lines faa, cul 
bears to one side. orm omg 
lodia eight to ten lines 1 
in ah acute hooked point, w 
South Wales, 1820. 
ped).* Frie. eh Swan Rie 18 
