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pre»ent speciei differs from C. crocea, and C. californica, ik being of a more 

 dwarf habit, and very compact in growth. The flowers too are rather less ; 

 they are of a fine bright yellow, with a deep orange centre. The plant de- 

 serves a place in every flower garden. Chryseis, a celebrated Homeric beauty, 

 the name alluding to the gold colour of the blossoms. 



7. Clarkia gauroides. Guara like Clarkia. (Brit. Flow. Gard. 379.) 

 Onograria. Octandria Monogynia. A hardy annual, sent by the late Mr. 

 Douglas from California, to the London Horticultural Society, m whose 

 garden it has bloomed. It is not near so handsome as either C. palchella, or 

 <!. elegans. The flowers are about an inch across, of a lilac-purple colour. 

 They are produced on teiminal racemes, but the blossoms are very distant 

 from each other, much more so than in C. elegans. Clarkia, in compliment te 

 captain Clark, who accompanied captain Lewis to Rocky Mountains. 



8. Datura guayaquilensis. Guayaquil. Thorn Apple. (Brit. Flow. 

 Gard. 380.) Solaneae. Pentandria Monogynia. Mr. Tweedie sent seeds 

 of this species from Peru to Dr. Neill, in whose fine collection at Cannon Mills, 

 near Edinburgh, it has bloomed. It had been grown in the stove. It ap- 

 pears that it blooms in February and March: in its native country, where it 

 grows abundantly in moist places, on the shores of the Pacific, near Guaya- 

 quil. The plant is annual, growing three feet high. The flower, with its 

 tube, is abont six inches long ; corolla, upper half white, lower part greenish. 

 The mouth of the flower opens about two inches. It is very probable that 

 good strong plants, planted out in the open border during summer, would 

 bloom very freely. 



9. Delphinium Barlow ii. Mr. Barlows' Larkspur. Ranunculaceae. Po~ 

 lyandria Trigynia. This very superior variety was raised by Mr. Barlow, 

 near Manchester, some few years back. The splendour of its fine double 

 blossoms, renders it a very desirable plant for every flower garden. It 

 blooms during a greater part of summer, its fine blue flowers, tinged with a 

 purplish hue at the centre, produce a most charming effect. The spikes rise 

 from three to seven feet high. The plant may be had of most Nurserymen, or 

 Florists Delphinium, from Dtlphin, a Dolphin, the resemblance of the nec- 

 tary of the flower. 



10. Echinocactas sessiliflorus. Sessile-flowered. (Bot. Mat. 3569.) 

 Cactese. Icosandria Monogynia. Bloomed in the fine collection of Mr. Mackie 

 of the Norwich Nursery. The spines are short and white ; the plant blooms 

 freely, producing Several blossoms every year. — Mr. Mackie cultivates the 

 Echinocactus tribe with great success. The plants are grown very near the 

 glass, and in the summer time, in a very high temperature, by keeping the 

 top sashes of the house closed. Strong light and heat are very necessary for 

 the blossoms expanding in perfection. Some of the kinds close their blossoms 

 immediately on being removed to a cooler place. It is very necessary to 

 have the pots well drained, as the roots are liable to decay if the eaTth is 

 at all sodden with moisture. All the kinds thrive best m a good encircled 

 soil, well drained and planted in small pots. 



11. Epidendrum diffusum. Spreading Epidendrum. (Bot. Mag. 4565.) 

 Orchideae. Gynandria Monandria. A native of Jamaica, where it is a fre- 

 quent inhabitant of the trunks of trees. It has bloomed in the collection at 

 the Glasgow Botanic Garden. The flowers are pointed in terminal panicle, 

 six to eight inches, or a foot long, very branched. The flowers are small, 

 little more than half an inch across, very narrow petals, of a light greenish 

 yellow colour. The flowers are rather uninteresting, Epidendrum, from epi, 

 upon, and dendrum, a tree, growing upon. 



12. Gesnera laterita. Brick-red. (Bot. Reg. 1970.) Gesneraceas. De- 

 dynamia Angyospermia. The plant is a native of Brazil, and has bloomed in 

 the stove in the garden of the London Horticultural Society. The flowers 



