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MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



A List of Pentstemons. — A Constant Reader would be particularly obliged 

 to see in the February Number, a descriptive list of Pentstemons, especially 

 such as do not partake too much of the Foxglove character. A list was given 

 in the December Number for 1843, but no doubt there has been valuable 

 additions since that time. Will the kinds come true from seed ? 



[If the seed be collected from a plant that has been grown remote from any 

 other kind, and thus be preserved from cross impregnation, it certainly will 

 come true to kind. If new varieties are desired, by impregnation with bees, or 

 otherwise effected, they are easily obtained. 



P. acuminatis, purple, 

 albidus, white, 

 an^ustilolium, lilac, 

 argutum, blue, 

 atropurpureum, purple, 

 attenuatum, cream. 

 Barclayauus, lilac. 

 breviHorum, white and pink, 

 campanulatum, lilac purple. 



violacenm. 



rnbrum. 



Coboea, pale purple and white 

 conniitum, rose, 

 confertum, pale yellow, 

 crassifolium, blue. 

 diff'usuin, purple, 

 deustum, cream, 

 digitalis, white. 



■ roseum, rose. 



eriantherum, purple, 

 glahrum, dark purple, 

 glaberrimum, blue, 

 glaudulosum, pale blue, 

 glaucum, pale liiac. 

 gracilis, blue, 

 gentiaooiiles, dark purpie. 



coccineinn, scarlet. 



Morrisoni, rosy red. 



roseum, rose. 



gentianoides heteroplivllum, red. 

 grandiHorum, rosy purple. 

 Harrisonii, bright scarlet. 

 hirsutum, pale purple. 

 Kuightii, purple, 

 lanceolatum, lilac rose. 

 lcEvigatum. lilac. 

 Millerii, red. 

 Murrayanum, scarlet. 

 Maikayanum, purple yellow, 

 nilidum, lilac and white. 

 ovatum, blue 

 procerum, purple, 

 pruinosum, blue. 

 pubescens, pale purple, 

 pulchellum, lilac, 

 primulinum, blue and lilac, 

 punctatum, purple red. 

 perfoliatum, rosy purple. 

 Richardsonii, dark purple, 

 roseum, rose. 



eleoans, rosy red, 



Scoulerii. light purple. 



speciosum, i lue. 



splendens, lilac. 



st.iticifolhim, dark lilac. 



tri| hyllum.pale red. 



venusium, purple. 



violaceum, violet blue. 

 The above are the best kinds we know, 1 1 1 • y partake in some degree of a 

 similar fonn, and deserve a place in every flower garden, blooming for a long 

 period, and being both interesting and showy. An additional recommendation 

 is that they may be procured cheap. They are readdy increased by slips of the 

 young side shoots or by seeds. — Conductor.] 



REMARKS. 



Roses increased by Cuttings. — Short shoots, cut off clean, and close to the 

 paient stem, inserted in sand, and placed in a hot-bed frame, kept close and 

 moist, pressing the sand close to the stem at the time of setiing. will speedily 

 strike root. I put off this yeai's shoots on the 1st of June, and now, out of 150 

 put off, 1 have 1 3f> rooted plants. I shaded them from hot sun, and had the 

 tops sprinkled over night, morning, and mid-day for the first ten days, applying 

 finely over by means of the s\ linge. This tended to keep the foliage fresh, and 

 materially assisted in rooting. I put in Bourbon, China, Moss, Damask, 

 French, and Provence kinds. Rosa.. 



June - 24th. 



Remarks on the Culture of Tropical Orchideous Plants. — Extract from 

 a most splendid publication on the Tribe, with figures, &c, by James Bateman, 

 Esq. 



And now as respects the leading points in cultivation. Supposing the plants 

 established iu a suitable house — which is an indispensable preliminary — the 



