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THE GARDENER'S MON'IHL Y 



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saw it (loinij ri'inarkably \sA\ in licr wild <;ar- 

 den, j)laci'(l in the wdods. .luduiiii: tVoin this, it 

 appears that the \\a\\\ ri(iuires a moist and par- 

 tially shady plaee. 



IIyi'EIUcitm i'YKiMii)ATi>i. — It isstraiiLjt' that 

 such beautiful plants as Ilyperieunis are not cul- 

 tivated more extensively; they are easily grown 

 and arc admirably suited to our climate. The 

 species named above is an exceedingly beauti- 

 ful one. We are led to speak of this from 



clul) moss I'mni .lajian. i^ive the IVdlowing de- 

 scription ot it : 



"It is caulescent, till- incipient stem rising to 

 al)out an inch or an inch and a half, then pro- 

 ducing a prolusion f)f circinate frondose Ijran- 

 chets, rather rigid in texture, which become 

 liorizontal as they lengthen, and arc furnished 

 with numerous lateral ofl'shoots, the whole form- 

 ing a good-sized spreading plant, with a regu- 

 lar but not formal outline. The color of the 



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selagixp:lla .tapoxk a. 



having received from a correspondent a flower plant is a rather deep green, quite distinct from 



of this species to name. The flower measured any other Selaginella." 



over two inches in diameter. Thev bear our In America almost everything from .Japan is 



Summer suns very well indeed. 



found to be perfectly hardy.and wc have no doubt 

 it will prove a valuable addition to American 

 Ferti gardens. 



White Lilium AUKATr>r.— Acccording to a 

 London paper there has been produced a nearly 

 Selaginella .Japonic A — Messrs. Jas.Yietch white variety of this beautiful Lily. It has 

 & Son, who introduced this beautiful species of • been named Lilium auratum virginalis. 



NEW OR RARE PLANTS. 



