GLEANINGS AND ORIGINAL MEUOBANDJL 
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24. Spiilea decumbexs. Koch, (alia* 
of Belgian Gardens). 
uropean shrub of the Rosaceou 
arid clusters of white 
flowers with a rose-co- 
: loured eye. In the Bel- 
gian gardens. (Fig. 6.) 
This 8peci< ,s is a native of 
the mountains of the Frioui, 
where it was found by S-hk-de. 
It is at present little known, 
although its graceful habit and 
abundant sweet white flowers 
give a claim to the attention of 
amateurs. It forms a bush 
about a foot high, and one and a half foot wide, tuft i, with 
The leaves are obovate or 
ted, entire near the base, 
The flowers are in little 
numerous shining brown branches. 
green above, glaucous beneath. 
terminal corymbs. It is perfectly hardy, and is suitable for 
planting in front of larger shrubs.— A nnales de Gand, t. 262. 
To us, it seems to be a very pretty rock-plant. 
25. GRAMMAxnn s Gentiaxoides. Be Candolle. A native of the 
Gape of Good Hope, and a half-hardy annual. Flowers salmon colour, 
hemispherical 
Natural 
(Kg. 7.) 
Stems a few inches high, white and brittle. Leaves 
t lowers numerous, about as large as a sixpence, 5-parted, salmon-coloured, with a 
pallid stain at the base of the lobes, and a greenish stain somewhat in the form of 
the letter V. It is rather pretty in a greenhouse, but is not suited for the open air, 
where it soon rots, even when elevated on rockwork. 
Oct. 1849, t. 518. 
Houtte's 
DRINIA 
belonging to the natural order of Purslanes 
annual, with deep rose-coloured flowers 
only under 8 bright sun. (Fig. 8.) 
/bile. A native of Chili, 
A very pretty half-hard 
growing in clusters opening 
Stems 
narrow, acute, hairy, those 
stem and next the root alike in form and equally succulent. The flowers when open 
are about as large as a sixpence, with very round petals ; they grow in many -flowered 
umbels, and expand in succession during the whole summer. Professor Morren 
speaks thus of its management in Belgium. Naturally an annual, the seeds are sown 
in sandy land early in the spring ; this is best done where they have to stand, because 
such delicate plants do not bear well the operation of pricking out. A soil composed 
of sand, mixed with decayed vegetable matter, especially rotten leaves, is what suite 
it best. In order to have large fine flowers, it is as well to give the plants a good 
water. In Belgium the seeds 
during the siynmer with Guano 
begin to ripen by July. 
rooms 
Annales de Gand, t. 268. We believe this to be one of Messrs. Veitch's many importations, and quite 
fessor Morren in saying that it is not so much known as it deserves to be, especially in gardens where 
;han rarity, 
27. Trichoglotti 
;it Chatsworth. Flowc 
A dwarf erect plant, 
Lindley. A stove Orchid from Manilla, bloomed in November 
