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mould in the compost (of which they are very fond). As soon as 

 well rooted, they are placed on the north side of an espalier or hedge, 

 and are occasionally watered in very dry weather ; no further care is 

 reepjisite till autumn. About the beginning of October they should 

 be moved to a sunny place; an empty melon-pit or cold frame would 

 suit best ; and about Christmas transferred to the front of the green- 

 house, or the window of a sitting-room, with air every fine day. By 

 having a number in pots, a succession may be kept up from Christmas 

 to Easter, and probably the London nurserymen and market-gardeners 

 might find it worth their while to supply them in this way. If any 

 flower-buds show themselves early in summer, it is best to pick them 

 off; and shifting into larger pots in November is also useful to 

 promote the flowering. The plan is not new, and goes, as will be 

 observed, merely upon the principle of inverting the seasons. It is 

 difficult to make the same plants flower twice within the year, which 

 accounts for the failures of some persons in forcing them. 



PART II. 



LIST OF NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 



Achimenes multifi.ora. — Many-flowered. Gesnetiaccse. Didynamia Angio- 

 spermia. (Bot. Mag. 3993.) Mr. Gardner discovered this very beautiful plant 

 growing on dry banks in woods in the province of Goyaz, Brazil. Seeds were 

 sent to the Royal Botanic Garden of Glasgow, where, as well as at Kew Gar- 

 dens, it has bloomed in the hothouse. There is every probability that it 

 requires only the same kind of treatment as A. longiflora, rosea, &c. The whole 

 habit of the plant is extremely like that of a Gloxinia. II is an annual plant, 

 the flower-stem rising about a foot high, and blooms very profusely. Each 

 flower has a tube two inches long, funnel-shaped, about half an inch across. 

 The mouth, or limb, five-parted, a little more than an inch across, fringed at the 

 edge. The tube is of a deep lilac, and the limb rosy lilac. 



Begonia coccinea. — Scarlet-flowered. (Rot. Mag. 3990.) Begouiacea;. 

 Monoecia Polyandria. Sent from the Organ Mountains, Brazil, by the collector 

 of Messrs. Veitch's, of Exeter, and at their nursery it has bloomed. It is much 

 the handsomest species that has been sent to this country, and is a very splendid 

 blooming plant, and continuing so for a long period, it will be one of the most 

 ornamental plants, and well worth a place in every collection. 



Courea dicolou. — Two-coloured. (Pax. Mag. Bot., Jan.) Rutaceac. Oct- 

 audria Monogynia. One of the beautiful hybrids, which is in the collection of 

 Mr. Knight, of King's-road, Chelsea; it is a very distinct flowering variety. 

 most probably raised between C. alba and O. pulchella. The lower part of tile 

 tube is of a lively delicate crimson, which passes into the end, being nearly 

 white. Each blossom is about an inch and a half long. It belongs to the 

 lovely ornamental family, which, blooming in the winter months, are highly- 

 interesting ornaments, and deseive to be in every greenhouse or conservatory. 

 They are readily increased by inarching or grafting on stocks of C. alba; and 

 are managed without difficulty afterwards, growing rapidly, and blooming 

 profusely. 



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