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peudula alba, a profuse flowerer, dwarf and very handsome ; Cenia 

 turbinata (white), ditto formosa (yellow), these both promise to be 

 very useful plants, producing when grown in tufts like Chamomile 

 a verv good effect, and continuing on in blossom until the plants 

 have become so exhausted as to be unable to throw up more. 

 The straw-coloured Tropseolum Shuurmannianum was also sent 

 together with Chryseis californica alba, Linaria macroura 

 (Vilmorin), a pretty species ; and Nemophila aurita alba. 



Along with the above, came the following vegetables ; large 

 Asiatic and Walcheren Cauliflowers ; Early Frame (Early Kent), 

 Bishop's New Long-pod, and Nain tres hatif extra Peas ; Sutton's 

 Cornish and Early Battersea, Vanack, or Cock's Cabbage ; Round 

 Summer Spinach, Early Mazagan Bean, Red and White Orach ; 

 Radis Rose demi-long, and the following Lettuces, Laitue 

 Romaine blonde Maraichere, Laitue Romaine verte Maraichere, 

 and Laitue Chou de Naples; Victory of Bath Cucumber, Early Red 

 Strap-leaf, and Early White Strap-leaf Turnips ; Rheum Emodi, 

 Sarracha viscosa from Mexico, Physalis Peruviana and Oca. 



Of these. Bishop's New Long-pod Pea is a valuable dwarf sort, 

 the pods being much larger than those of any other of the veiy 

 dwarf sorts ; Pois Nain tres hatif extra is an extraordinary bearer, 

 and so dwarf that it may be sown in rows 15 inches apart; the 

 true Early Battersea, Vanack, or Cock's Cabbage is the best for a 

 general crop. When the seed is saved true, and well grown, 

 the leaf-stalks come out so closely above each other, that no 

 interval of stem can be seen. Tlie whole of the heart, even 

 the ribs, boil very tender ; Laitue Romaine blonde Maraichere is 

 considered the best Summer Cos Lettuce, although some prefer 

 the Laitue Romaine verte Maraichere — both are excellent; 

 Laitue Chou de Naples Cabbages firm and very crisp; the 

 Victory of Bath Cucumber is a good bearing sort — on the whole, 

 one of the very best; the Early Red Strap-leaf and Early White 

 Strap-leaf Turnips are excellent early kinds, seeds of which were 

 received from M. Vilmorin, of Paris. The leaves are upright 

 and narrow, jagged, however, to the base of the petiole, in general. 

 Rheum Emodi is a Rhubarb not much cultivated ; it does not 

 make its appearance above-ground till late, and consequently when 

 it is not so much wanted. Its leaves are extremely large, and it 

 %vas suggested that it might be usefully grown in gardens for 

 wrappers for protecting fruit and vegetables when conveyed in 

 baskets. It is the sort which furnishes the Rhubarb of the 



