no GARDEN FLOWERS. 



North America; 1767. C. tubidosa (tubular); half-hardy per- 

 ennial ; 6 feet ; flowers blue, in July ; North China ; 1845. C. 

 7//(?;';m (traveller's joy); hardy dimbing shrub; 12 feet; flow- 

 ers purple, in August; North America; 1730. C. viticella 

 (vine-bower) ; hardy cHmbing shrub ; 20 feet ; flowers purple, 

 in June ; Spain; 1569. 



C. Sophia, with pale lilac and white, and Helene, with 

 creamy-white flowers, are fine varieties of C. patms, intro- 

 duced from Japan in 1853, and hardy if laid down in winter. 

 There are double-flowered varieties. C. regiiice. is a hybrid 

 between C. azurea grandifiora and lajiuginosa. C. jfack- 

 ma7iii is a fine hybrid between C. viticella Hendersonii and 

 C. la?iugi7iosa, producing large royal-purple flowers. C. 

 7'ubroviolacea, a hybrid between C. viticella atroricbeiis and 

 C. laftugi?iosa, has rich velvety violet flowers five inches in 

 diameter. C. Fo?iu?iei, a recent acquisition from Japan, has 

 ver}^ large white fragrant double flowers ; and C. florida 

 Stafidishii, also just introduced, has deep violet-blue flowers. 

 We cannot name a class of plants which \\\\\ give more 

 general satisfaction, or which is more worthy of cultivation. 



Cleome. [Capparidaceae.] This genus contains several 

 curious and rather pretty annuals. They should be raised 

 from seeds in spring, in a frame, with slight warmth, potted 

 off singly, and hardened subsequently, so as to be planted 

 out in j\Iay, when they should be strong, vigorous plants. 

 They like a dry, warm situation. One or two species are 

 stove, soft-wooded shrubs, and there are some stove annual 

 species ; but they are not suitable for general cultivation. 



C. heptaphylla (seven-leaved) ; half-hardy annual ; 3 feet ; 

 flowers white, in June; Jamaica; 17 19. C. Iberica (Iberian); 

 hardy annual ; 6 inches; flowers white, in July; Iberia; 1820. 

 C. lutea (yellow) ; hardy annual ; i foot ; flowers yellow, in July ; 

 North America ; 1840. C. speciosissima (most showy) ; half- 

 hardy annual ; 3 feet ; flowers purple in June ; Mexico ; 1827. 



