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plant had a beautiful effect, it was very showy at the closing part of the 
day. If a yellow flower is desired for such purpose this answers well. 
As it is an annual plant it is readily provided. 
Pevarconium Uniqure.—This handsome variety is an excellent one 
for bedding. Its rich purple-velvet flowers, borne in profusion, have a 
pretty effect. The leaves, too, are beautifully curled, and have an 
interesting appearance. ‘The plants were about a foot high. 
Lantana SELLowi11.—A bed of this was in bloom, and its vast pro- 
fusion of purple flowers with a white eye had a neat and beautiful 
appearance. We have seen it tried as a bedding plant in other places, 
but here its blooming was beyond comparison. It was grown in a 
compost of loam and leaf-mould. 
A bed of each of the following Calceolareas were in full bloom. 
C. AMPLEXICAULIS: the flowers are of a delicate primrose yellow, large, 
and in fine heads. This is the handsomest kind. C. viscosissIMA: it 
blooms profusely, and of a rich yellow. It is second best. C. INTEGRI- 
FOLIA: this is a most profuse bloomer, the flowers are small, and not of 
so rich a yellow colour as the previous sort. 
VERBENA BARKERII.—It is one of the creeping varieties, but a most 
profuse bloomer. ‘The vivid scarlet flowers were so dazzling, that they 
quite overpowered the sight when standing near the bed. 
Marve. or Peru.—A fine collection of these charming flowers 
have been in profuse bloom for a long time. The contrast of white, 
yellow, rose, red, flesh-colour, &c., produced a pretty effect. ‘This 
charming tribe of flowers deserve more general cultivation, both for 
their beauty, profusion, and long period of bloom. The roots are 
preserved like Dahlias, and so replanted. 
New Puants, &c., Iv THE HortTicutturAL Socrety’s GARDEN. 
WISTARIA SINENSIS: ALBA. WHITE-FLOWERED. (Mr. Fortune 
sent this from China.)—According to Siebold, the Chinese have many 
varieties of the Wistaria (or Glycine) Sinensis. Of these a pure white 
ove has flowered in the garden. It differs in no other respect from 
the lilac kind; but, when plentiful, it will produce a pretty effect by 
being inarched upon the branches of the latter. 
Ca@LoGyNE ASPERATA. (Received in flower from T. Twisden 
Hodges, Esq., May 30, 1849.)—'This orchid is much the finest of all 
the Celogynes. It is a native of Borneo, and flowered in the garden 
of Hemsted Park in such profusion that not fewer than eight spikes 
were produced at the same time. ach of these spikes is nearly a foot 
long, and, hanging downwards, bears twelve or fourteen magnificent 
white flowers, full three inches in diameter when spread open. ‘They 
have a firm fleshy texture, are a pale cream colour, except the lip, 
which is richly marked with brownish-yellow veins, springing from a 
rugged bright orange central ridge. 
Mimuuus Tricotor: Hartwea.~ (Raised from seeds brought 
home by Mr. Hartweg, and said to be collected on the plains of the 
Sacramento valley, in California.)—An annual, soft and covered with 
