MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 39 



" London Horticultural Society's Gardens," &c. The list of half-hardy plants is 

 peculiarly interesting and valuable, and I trust you will continue it, and 

 give your readers a full account of every thing interesting, as such information 

 is particularly useful to the inhabitants of a distant county. 



A Devonian. 



[We shall use our utmost endeavours to do so, and have spent several months 

 in visiting the principal nursery and garden establishments, during the past 

 summer and autumn, and have taken many notices of what we judged most 

 useful and interesting, which we shall give in each successive number. — Con- 

 ductor.] 



REFERENCE TO PLATE. 



Comosperma gracilis. This very interesting and pretty flowering plant is a 

 native of South Australia, from whence it was introduced in 1834. In conse- 

 quence of its rather delicate habit, and being so profuse a bloomer, it has hitherto 

 been considered a slow grower, but several plants that we have seen have grown 

 very freely. It is a very pretty greenhouse climber, well meriting a situation 

 in every one, its interesting appearance, and very profuse bloom, giving it a 

 pretty effect. In its culture it requires to have plenty of drainage, to have a 

 compost of rich loam and sandy peat. The plant to be raised rather high in 

 the centre of the pot, or it will be liable to damp off'. It is easily increased by 

 cuttings or seeds. 



Fuchsia Standishi. This very handsome hybrid production was raised from 

 seed, obtained from F. globosa, which bad been impregnated by F. fulgeus, 

 The foliage is about intermediate between the parents, and the plant of a stiff 

 and erect habit. It grows to five or six feet duriug the single season, and 

 branches so as to form a complete tree. The corolla, which in most other 

 Fuchsia blooms is blue, in the present kind is a fine deep red, and, as will be 

 seen, is much larger than any other, making it very conspicuous. It blooms as 

 freely as F. globosa. If the plant be placed in a stove during autumn and 

 winter, the outer portion of the flower (the calyx) blooms of a pale pink colour, 

 but the centre (corolla) remains a deep red, which produces a beautiful contrast. 

 This very handsome variety was raised by Mr. John Standish, Nurseryman, 

 Bagshot, Surrey, who has also raised a number of other pretty seedlings, but 

 Mr. Standish informs us that none of them have flowers as large as the one 

 figured. 



Lasiandka petioi.ata. This pretty Melastoma-like flowering plant is a 

 native of Brazil. It is an erect growing plant, producing numerous showy 

 flowers on each terminal panicle. It merits a place in every warm greenhouse 

 or stuve. The plant is a vigorous grower, and easily propagated by cuttings. 

 When grown in a stove it blooms from May to July, and in a warm conservatory 

 or greenhouse from July to September. 



Nejiopiiii.a atomaria. This very pretty hardy annual we have remarked 

 upon in former numbers of the Fiouicui.tur.al Cablet, and have now given 

 a figure of it, with a view to promote its more general culture. When the plant 

 is in bloom, in contrast with N. insignis, grandiflora, &c. it produces a very 

 pleasing effect, whether in patches trailing or trained, or in masses as a bed of it. 

 We saw some large beds of each of the kinds in splendid bloom, during May, 

 1839, in the London Horticultural Society's garden, and the contrast of the 

 fine blue of one bed with that of the pretty spotted white of the other was 

 peculiarly pleasing. Plants from seeds sown in autumn, or early in winter, 

 bloom from May to August, and when sown in March or April, from the end of 

 June to October, or even later, as it endures a strong frost. 



FLORICULTURAL CALENDAR FOR FEBRUARY. 

 Greenhouse. — This department should have good attendance during this 

 month. The herbaceous kind of plants will require occasional waterings 



