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scape grows from ten inches to tliree feet high, bearing at its suniniit 

 three or four almost bell-shaped flowers, pendulous, and each blossom 

 being two inches and a half long. The six petals are of a rich orange- 

 red, the outside deeply tijjped with yellow, and tlie inside a bright 

 orange-yellow. It flourishes in the greenhouse, and its cliarming 

 flowers are of long continuance, also very showy. It succeeds with the 

 treatment usually given to the Cape bulbs. 



ClIOROZEMA FLAVA. 



The foliage is very similar to the holly-leaved C. illicifolia; the 

 flowers of a clear yellow colour. It is a pretty acquisition. In 

 BIr. Henderson's collection, at the Wellington-road Nursery. 



CULBOA GLOBOSA. 



A native of Mexico, sent by Mr. Hartweg to the Horticultural 

 Society. It is a half-woody vigorous growing climber, a perennial. 

 It will not bloom, it is stated, when grown in a pot ; but planted out 

 in a border in the greenhouse blooms freely, and rlimbles extensively, 

 which, however, can readily be kept within desirable limits. The 

 flowers are produced in naked umbels, several in each, the general 

 footstalk bearing the umbel nine inches long. Each flower has a 

 curved tube about two inches long, with a five-parted spreading, 

 funnel-shaped limb (upper portion of flower), nearly two inches across, 

 of a deep rich red colour. It is a fine species, and very suitable for a 

 covering, to some extent, during summer. It is described as requiring 

 to be kept in winter in a warmer situation than the greenhouse is gene- 

 rally. Perhaps if planted near the entrance of the flue, it would be 

 sufficient warmth for the roots. However it is readily propagated by 

 cuttings of the young shoots, so that a provision can be made for turning 

 out a fi"esh plant every season. 



ECHINOCACTDS RHODOrilTUALMUS ReD-EYED. 



It is a native of Mexico, from whence it was obtained by Mr. Staines. 

 The plants in tlie fine collection in the Royal Gardens at Kew are 

 about five inches high, column-shaped, tapering upwards, eight or nine 

 furrowed, having long spines at the ridges. The flowers are very 

 handsome, produced at the summit of the plant ; each is nearly four 

 inches across, of a bright rosy-lilac colour, and a broad deep red ring 

 around the numerous stamens. It flourishes in a mixture of ligiit 

 loam and leaf-mould, containing a small portion of lumpy lime rubbish, 

 and a very free drainage. (Figured in Bot. Mar/., 4486.) 



Helianthemum (Cistus) scoparium. 



A native of California ; a prostrate hardy shrub, suited for rock- 

 work. The flowers are borne in terminal spikes ; they are small, of a 

 bright yellow colour. Introduced by the Horticultural Society. 



Maclean I A cordata — Heart-shaped leaved. 



A native of Chili. A greenhouse shrubby, evergreen plant, growing 

 erect, three feet high. The flowers are borne towards the extremities 



