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flowers are of bright lively violet colour. It is in bloom at Messrs. Hender- 



S °Hardenbf.rgia monophylla VAiuEGATA.-The leaves have large irregular 

 blotches upon them, and so varied that not two eaves are alike, and produces a 

 vervneesting appearance. It is in the collection of Mr. Jackson, nurseryman, 

 ot Kingston, al fd well deserves a place in erery greenhouse, as an interesting 



, ^]d , S£H£kMi flowers are white, with deep orange-coloured 

 anfhes very nea and pretty. By pinching off the tips of the shoots the plant 

 can be kept bushy. It is in the collection of Mr. Lee, ot Hammersmith Nursery. 



In the Conservatory of the London Horticultural Society's Garden. 

 Tfmpletonia gi.auca.-A fine specimen, six feet high, in fine bloom; its 

 pretty rich, red, and buff pea-formed flowers, rendering it very showy. 

 P Gknista canadensis has been in most profuse bloom for two months, the 

 nume^us showy yellow flowers producing a very cheerful and gay appearance, 

 it "a very pleasing, spring-flowering plant, and continues to bloom a cons.der- 



*&E£Z Z!5 dwarf-growing plant, with white flowers, very neat and 



Pr HoYTZiA MEXicANA.-The tube of the flower is an inch long, red on the out- 

 side "and whi^wUhin. They are produced in long spikes ; a very pretty green- 



C^sus'wr.iPES.-A fine bush, eight feet high, in amazing profusion of 

 bloom, its neat pure white flowers gi ving it a very interesting appearance. 



At Mrs. Lawrence's, Ealing Park. 

 Gomphoi.obium polymorphic i.Li EUM.-Tlie flowers of a pretty rich yellow, 

 and the plant grows more bushy than the original species. 

 Gompholobium — A new species, said to have scarlet flowers. 

 Plagiiobium illicifolium.— Not yet bloomed. 

 Gompholobium splendens.— New, spoken very highly ot. 

 Cokrea HUBioii.ES.-The flowers are red and scarlet very handsome. J 

 CHU.ODIA8CUTBIXAK101DES.— The flowers are like those of a small salvia, 

 of a lilac-purple colour. It is a neat greenhouse plant. 

 Kondoi.etia i.ongifi.ora.— Not yet bloomed. 



Sauraja spectabims.— The flowers are white, produced in panicles like those 

 of ahorse chestnut; a fine plant. 



Acuophyi.i.um venosum.— The flowers are like those of Spirea Japonica. 

 Kbhnbdya ovata.— The flowers are of a pretty purple. 



Habrothamnus fascicular us.-Like a Burchelha capens.s, the flowers are 

 produced at the axils of the leaves, but they are of a richer red colour. 



Plumbago capensis.— This plant is generally to be seen growing a long and 

 straggling plant, but by stopping the leads it can be formed so as to be a neat 

 bush, and bloims beautifully. 



Hydrangea JAPON.CA.-The plant was not in bloom, but said to be white 

 Asci.bpiab Cuuassavica.— Several of the Cassias and other plants had been 

 timilarly treated, and though naturally becoming long and unsightly, by this 

 attention they had become dwarf bushy plants, and when in bloom appeared 

 much handsomer. The treatment of stopping the leads had commenced with 

 the plants when young, and so very different in appearance were they as scarcely 

 to be like the family. 



Azalea.— A splendid double crimson-red. ,,.,.. . • «„ 



fcmcAs— The numerous collection of nearly all Ihe best sorts were in fine 

 condition. The plants dwarf-bushy, healthy, and in fine bloom. The best 

 plants were those grown in frames that were raised about six inches irom the 

 Iround by bricks under the corners; this opening in fine weather admits a 

 current of air through the entire frame. In cold weather the space is closed up; 

 this plan is the best (or producing robust, neat plants Any sort that does not 

 naturally grow bushy, and it is desired to have it such, the leads of the shoots 

 are pinched off. 



