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ring the whole of the spring months ; in its appearance, both in 

 flower and leaf, it resembles very much the trica, and like those 

 beautiful plants, blooms in great profusion. The species which 

 flowers the earliest is E. campanulata rubra, a very pale rose- 

 coloured flower, which is generally in flower by the latter end of 

 January, and when in full bloom is very beautiful ; as, from the 

 extreme delicateness of its colour, it will bear no comparison 

 with any other tribe of plants. E. impressa : the flower of this 

 kind is much longer and narrower than the former, and is of a 

 deep rose or red ; it does not flower until nearly a month later 

 than the other, and for show is one of the gayest in the whole 

 tribe, as, when it is in its perfection, the plant is so covered with 

 flowers that it is only at the extremity of the shoots that the leaf 

 is discernable. There are also two very fine white ones which 

 flower about this time, E. nivalis and E. campanulata alba : the 

 latter is certainly the handsomest of the two, having a much 

 larger flower and being of a clearer white ; although E. nivalis 

 flowers the most abundantly, and therefore makes the most showy 

 appearance. There is also a pretty variety, which is called E. 

 grandiflora : this species continues flowering the greatest length 

 of time of all the species, but never has so great a profusion of 

 flowers in bloom at one time as the others ; the flower is about an 

 inch and a half in length, being of a bright crimson towards the 

 stalk, and at the mouth a pure white, so that the individual flow- 

 ers are by far the most striking to the eye. There are scarcely 

 any of this tribe of plants which have any smell, but that which 

 they want in sweetness they will repay in beauty. In their treat- 

 ment they should be watered once a day, and kept rather wet in 

 preference to being very dry ; and will flourish equally well in a 

 cold as in a warm room, and ought to be kept near the light. 



Corchorus Japonica. — This plant is perhaps better suited to 

 large collections than small, but as there is not so very great a 

 variety of flowers during the early part of this month, it is not 

 so very objectionable, especially as it is a pretty growing plant, 

 and having a bright green leaf, with double yellow flowers, which 

 blossom up the whole of the stem amongst the leaves. It is very 

 convenient in its treatment, as it flourishes in a cold room, or in 

 a heated one ; if there is any difference, it grows with greater 

 vigour in the warm room than in the cold, and will bear a good 

 supply of water. It would rather be adviseable to have a saucer 

 placed beneath the plant, with a little water in it. 



Daphne Mezereum. — This plant is perfectly hardy, and there- 

 fore need not be placed in a room, but will do very well outside 

 the window. When in flower it is very gay, having a dark lilac 

 flower, which blooms up to the branches, and is, when in full 

 flower, very sweet. It never has any leaves while in blossom, 

 but makes up for this loss by the great abundance of bloom which 

 it produces. When placed in the open air, it will not require 

 water more than once a fortnight, and if the weather is very frosty 

 not even that. There are several other plants that bloom at the 



