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on a footstalk about three inches long; if the stems were tied tip erect, the 

 flowers would be brought near together, and thus congregated would be very 

 showy. It is a desirable plant for the greenhouse— we behe?e it was intro- 

 duced from the Swan River, by Captain Mangles. . 



Thunbbrgia hawtonia. A fine plant of this new kind of Thunbergia 

 was recently exhibited in bloom at the rooms of the London Horticultural 

 Society by Mr. Butcher, gardener to Mrs. Lawrence, of Drayton Green. 

 The plant is of vigorous habit, aod to bloom freely. We understood it had 

 been grown in the greenhouse, if so, its vigorous habit indicates it would 

 flourish well in the open border, or against a trellis during the summer 

 season. It is a very desirable plant, deserving a place in every collection. 



Rosa maculata. We procured some roses from Messrs. .Wood, & Son, 

 of Woodlands Nursery, Maresfield, Sussex selected by them, amongst which 

 was the kind we have figured, and which has recently bloomed. It is a very 

 beautiful kind and deserves a place in every flower-border or rosary. 



Gompholobium polymorphum. A greenhouse plant of considerable at- 

 tractions. It is of a very neat, slender, and twining habit, rising to two or 

 three feet high, and blooming very profusely ; we saw a plant ot it in fine 

 bloom at the Floral exhibition recently held at Bromley, Kent; it was exhib- 

 ited by Mr. Barnes, gardener to G. Norman, Esq., and had been neatly 

 trained in the fan manner, so as wholly to cover the same to the height of 

 about half a yard, and it was strikingly pretty. We saw a plant tied up 

 erect about two feet high, its flowers thus brought in a mass together, and 

 forming a spike of some length, produced a most beautiful effect. So much 

 pleased were we with it, though very scarce, as to purchase a stock ot it. 

 The plant deserves a place in every greenhouse or conservatory. 



Thunbergia aurantia. This very pretty kind we found in the collection 

 of Mr. Young, of the Epsom Nursery ; it has the habit of the generally 

 admired T. alata, flowers equally freely, and as easily cultivated ; the flowers 

 being of a fine deep and red orange have a beautiful appearance. Grown 

 in contrast with the other kinds, it will give an interesting effect ; it de- 

 serves a place in every greenhouse and in every flower-garden during 

 summer. 



FLORICULTURAL CALENDAR FOR AUGUST. 



Pelargoniums.— Those plants that have done blooming should now be 

 cut down, this will induce them to push fresh shoots immediately ; when the 

 shoots have pushed two inches long, the old plants should be repotted, 

 shaking off the old soil and replacing with new. This attention to have a 

 supply of strong young shoots before winter, furnishes the vigorous bloom- 

 ing wood for the ensuing spring, and the plants are kept dwarf and bushy. 

 When the young shoots push after being headed down, there are generally 

 many more than necessary to be retained. 



They should be thinned out when an inch long : the tops now cut off may 

 be insetted in sandy loam, and struck if required. 



Greenhouse.— All exotic trees and shrubs belonging to this department, 

 that are in want of larger pots, or refreshment of new soil, should (if not 

 performed last month) immediately be done. This is the proper time to pro- 

 pagate Aloes, Seduras, and all others of a succulent nature, by means ot 

 suckers or bottom offsets^ when detached from the parent, they should he 

 potted singly into small p'ots, using light dry compost, watering sparingly till 

 they have taken root. In the first, or second week at farthest, inoculation 

 may be peformed on any kinds of the Citrus genus. 



Dahlias —Thin out the branches of those kinds which are introduced for 

 shows, and if it is desired to increase the stock of any new one, cuttings may 

 be selected which will readily strike and form good sized pot-roots : water 



