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desirable are masses of blue, or any of the delicate approaches to that 
colour which the atmosphere seems to monopolise, and which are yet 
so necessary to complete the tout ensemble. The very promising 
accounts given of Plumbago Larpente by Messrs. Knight and Perry, 
who “ sent it out,” (as the phrase is,) and by the leading floricultural 
journals at the period of its introduction, very generally led us to 
believe that the void was not only to be filled up, but in a manner that 
would put the fields of azure blue above us to the blush; hence many 
became possessed of the plant, taxing their imaginative powers largely 
as to the effect it would produce; and as these sanguine ones were 
almost necessarily to some extent disappointed, they now as generally 
condemn the plant as ‘ worthless,” ‘ not good for anything,” &ce. 
Now, while I admit having seen this plant in the hands of some of 
these noisy ones in a wretched looking state, I know instances in private 
establishments where it is now a gem of perfect beauty: these I could 
readily particularise were it proper to do so; but such a course is un- 
necessary, as I have this day seen at Messrs. Knight and Perry’s 
Nursery, in the King’s-road, the original plant, of which, speaking 
cursorily, I should say it has several hundred flowers on it expanded, 
standing conspicuously forth from its lovely green foliage, and forming 
altogether an object resplendent with beauty. ‘Those who doubt the 
desirability of cultivating this charming plant should see the specimen 
I allude to. I can promise them much gratification therefrom, and 
will answer that their conviction of its desirability as an autumn plant 
for the conservatory, or for almost any conceivable situation, will be 
complete. F#, B. R.—( Gardeners’ Chronicle.) 
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Tue study of our native flowers affords a rich enjoyment to all who 
give it attention, ‘There is such a never failing fund of variety to 
occupy the mind that the interest increases with the pursuit. I have 
made large collections of many of the most beautiful, and introduced 
them into my grounds, and have endeavoured to cultivate them so as to 
improve their growth and floral display, and with a view of hybridizing 
some of them with our introductions from other countries, and my 
attempts have been very successful. 
The plants I have already are too numerous to describe in this com- 
munication, but I will send it for another. I have, however, the well 
known wild Hyacinta, Scrrua Nurans, or BLuE BELLs, congregated 
into a large mass, under the shade of a few trees, near to my house, 
and its profusion of beautiful blue flowers is the admiration of all who 
see them. Some have been impregnated by the Dutch Hyacinths, and 
from the progeny I jhave a pure white, a dark blue, a red, a rose, a 
eream colour, and a light blue striped with dark. These I have intro- 
duced into the tlower-beds, I continue my pleasant task in hybridizing 
this lovely tribe, and I doubt not but still greater novelties will be 
obtained. 
Veronica Cuamamprys is another plant I have introduced to acon- 
