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Roella elegans. — The plant grows about nine inches high, bushy, and 

 blooms very profusely ; the beautiful and numerous flowers produce a very 

 fine effect, no collection of stove plants, or in a warm greenhouse, ought to 

 be without it; it blooms for nine months in the year. 



Our figure represents only a single branch, but the plant seldom exceeds 

 nine or ten inches in height, and forms a peculiarly neat and symmetrical 

 object. Although its habit appears to be herbaceous, we have never obser- 

 ved it destitute of stems or leaves, so that these are evidently produced in 

 constant succession. It is probable that the plant is suffruticose ; but neither 

 its superficial aspect nor a close examination warrant us in making such an 

 assertion. 



As its general mode of growth seems to be different from most other her- 

 baceous stove plants, some variation from the usual course of treatment is 

 necessary in its cultivation. With regard to suil, it prefers a sandy loam, 

 with a very trifling addition of heath-mould. The smallest pot into which 

 the roots can be inserted, without undue compression, will be the most suitable, 

 as too much pot-room is decidedly prejudicial. As with other stove plants, a 

 period of dormancy is beneficial ; still it must be supplied with water during 

 the entire season, and will not be injured by being continually subjected to a 

 moderately high temperature. Indeed, if kept in a hothouse, it will flower 

 during the whole of the winter months. Especial care should be taken to 

 place it in a position alike free from the shade of other plants and the drop- 

 pings from them or from the roof of the house, caused by the condensation of 

 vapour, or admitted from the exterior surface. It should be kept on a dry 

 stage or shelf; but a slightly-humid atmosphere will be rather propitous than 

 otherwise. 



Seeds are liberally matured, and germinate successfully if sown in very 

 light soil in shallow pans, and these plunged in a moderate bottom heat. 

 Cuttings also succeed very well under the ordinary treatment, with all due 

 precaution in preserving them from superabundant moisture. 



Fuchsia Wormaldii. — A very pleasing plant of this celebrated family ; 

 we have never seen it bloom in the open bed, there it grows too much into 

 foliage, but in a pot, rather confined, it blooms freely, if kept in an airy part 

 of a greenhouse. 



Salvia confertiflora. — A native of Brazil. The flowers are of the 

 wooly section, and are produced in a pendant raceme, and though small, 

 being bright, are pretty. The plant grows several feet high, having large 

 woolly leaves eight inches long, and five or six broad. The plant will flou- 

 rish either in the greenhouse, or open border in summer, but blooms best in 

 the former, being of a very vigorous habit; in the open border it produces too 

 much foliage. 



Lobelia ramosa. — A very highly ornamental plant for the greenhouse or 

 open border in summer ; it grows to four or five feet high, produces very 

 numerous spreading branches, which flower profusely. It deserves a place 

 in every collection, it grows rapidly and is easily propagated. 



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Hibiscus violacea. — Another of the fine introductions into this country 

 from the Swan River, by Captain Mangles, R. N. We recently saw it in 

 fine bloom at Mr. Henderson's Nursery, Edgware Road, London ; it was 

 grown in a cool place in their plant stove, it appears that it would flourish 

 and bloom well in a greenhouse, and would be one of the most interesting 

 plants for culture there ; the plant is very neat in its growth even without 

 flowers. 



SiPiiocAMPVLtts spicata. — This species is much neater in growth than the 

 S. bicolor, it blooms much more abundantly, and its bright yellow flowers 

 are very showy. The plant deserves a place in every greenhouse; it will, 

 as well as the other species named, thrive in the open air, trained against a 

 trellis or south aspected wall, and are well worth cultivating. 



