24 MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Mignionette, to bloom early in boxes, or pots, or" to turn out in the open 

 borders, should now be sown. 



Rose Treks, Lilacs, Pinks, Hyacinths, Polyanthuses, Narcissuses, &c. 

 should regularly be brought in for forcing. 



Tender Annuals. — Some of the kinds, as Cockscombs, Amaranthuses, &c, 

 for adorning the greenhouse in summer, should be sown by the end of the 

 month. 



Ten Week Stocks, Russian and Prussian Stocks, &c, to bloom early, 

 should be sown at the end of the month in pots, placed in a hot bed frame, or 

 be sown upon a slight hot bed. 



REFERENCE TO PLATE. 



Gardoquia multiei ora. This very interesting plant was introduced info 

 this country from Chili in 1836. On its first introduction it was generally 

 grown iii the plant stove, where it became a weakly plant, and its blossoms 

 small : recently, however, it has been treated as a greenhouse or conservatory 

 plant, and in summer to be grown in the open border ; in each situation we 

 have seen it, as its specific name imports, in profuse bloom. The plant de- 

 lights in a rich loam, having a small portion of sandy peat mixed in it, and the 

 pot to be well drained. We have found it to be soon destroyed by over potting, 

 and that it is best for it to be rather under potted than otherwise ; and in order 

 to have the plant vigorous, it should often be repotted: thus treated, it will not 

 fail to be a most delightful plant for a greenhouse or conservatory, and when 

 grown in the open border it is almost a mass of flowers. It is very ornamental 

 and interesting when grown in a mass. If a small bed of it, it is best to raise 

 the bed tolerably high at the centre ; when so arranged it shows the flowers to 

 advantage. The plant is a free grower, when properly treated. It is of easy 

 culture if only attended to with regularity agreeable to the foregoing instruc- 

 tions. The plant is very readily propagated by slips, or cuttings, struck in 

 sandy peat, in a gentle heat, so that a plant being obtained, a stock for orna- 

 ment is soon provided. The plant is well worth a place in every flower garden, 

 greenhouse, or conservatory. It continues to bloom from the end of April till 

 November. 



Lobelia ignea. We have on former occasions noticed the new and beautiful 

 species and hybrid additions of this ornamental and interesting tribe of plants. 

 The present plant is the most superb of its colour, as well as of gigantic stature ; 

 the plant we saw in bloom at the Pine Apple Nursery, was 'about five feet high, 

 with numerous branches, and all terminating in a spike of most brilliant 

 coloured flowers. The peculiar colour, too, of the stem, branches, and foliage, 

 give it additional interest. It is like the other kinds, growing very freely, 

 easily propagated and preserved, deserving a place in every flower-garden or 

 greenhouse. This, as the centre plant in a bed of the other interesting and 

 beautiful blue, blue and white, rose, pink, white, purple, and lilac kinds, would 

 give a fine effect. Having a stock of all, we intend to grow them so the coming 

 season. We have seen a most beautiful bed in this way without the addition of 

 this new and splendid kind. It has been stated that seeds of it were sent from 

 Mexico, and by others it is an hybrid production of our own gardens. It is, 

 however, a most desirable plant. When a plant is desired to be marie, as it were, 

 a bushy one, the central stem, as was the case with the fine specimen we saw, 

 should be stopped at about six inches high ; this induces the production of 

 lateral shoots, and by giving the plant plenty of additional root room, either in 

 pot or open border, the result is a number of flowering stems are produced. The 

 plant is as hardy as the other kinds alluded to, and as readily propagated. 



Vekticordia insignis. This very interesting and pretty heath-like plant is 

 a native of the Swan River colony, and forms a neat bushy shrub, flowering 

 freely. We had specimens and seeds sent us by our very respected friend John 

 Young, Esq., Coildington, near Newark. The plant deserves a place in every 

 greenhouse. We received, too, a number of other kinds of seeds, and having 

 succeeded in raising plants, they appear of interest already, though not bloomed. 

 We hope to have several in flow er the coming season, which will prove valuable 

 additions to our greenhouse and frame plants. 



