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round, of firm substance, of a beautiful rose colour, having- a stripe of 

 white down tiie centre of each petal. It merits a place in any col- 

 lection. 



Callistemon brachyandrum. — This is a handsome, stiff-growing, 

 shrubby, greenhouse plant, of the natural order Myrtle Blooms. The 

 leaves are an inch long, very narrow. The flowers are produced 

 numerously ; and the fine, crimson-coloured, thread-like filaments and 

 golden anthers have a neat and very showy appearance. It blooms 

 during the entire summer season. In the Horticultural Society's 

 Garden. 



Pentstemon heterophyllus. — This is a half-shrubby species, with 

 very narrow leaves. Tiie flow^ers are borne in large panicled heads, of 

 a rich rosy-lilac. Each blossom near two inches long, and three- 

 quarters of an inch across the mouth. It is a handsome species, found 

 by Douglas in California. 



PoLYGALA grandiflora. — This is by very far the handsomest of 

 the tribe. The greater portion of each blossom is of a beautiful lilac 

 colour. The keel is white at the lower part, and the rest of it a rich 

 dark crimson ; and extending beyond it is a large crown of feathery- 

 ended stamens, having a very interesting appearance. Each blossom 

 is about two inches across. It deserves a place in any greenhouse, 

 and can be kept in desired limits by pruning. It blooms very 

 freely. 



Prostranthera rotundifolia. — This is a very free-blooming 

 shrubby plant. The flowers are bell-shaped, each about an inch long, 

 of a pretty purple colour. It is well worth possessing, blooming all 

 the season. 



PoDALYRiA styracifolia. — This is a fine blooming shrub. The 

 flowers are pea-shaped, of a pretty rosy-lilac colour, with a white eye, 

 each flower being two inches across. It is a fine flowering plant. 



Epacris mucronata. — The flowers are borne in terminal racemous 

 heads ; they are of a snowy white, and have a pretty appearance. It 

 ought to be in every greenhouse. 



Iberis semperflorens. — A shrubby plant, nearly a yard high. 

 Tlie flowers are produced in heads similar to tlie well-known Candy 

 Tuft, and are of a pure white. It blooms freely in winter and early 

 spring months, and is thus valuable. 



Acacias. — Of this very charming tribe there are numerous species 

 and varieties in bloom, of various shades, from white to tiie deepest 

 golden yellow, and the perfume was powerful. In our last volume we 

 gave a descriptive list of nearly all in the collection, to which we refer 

 our readers who want to procure the best kinds, and this renders it 

 unnecessary to give the same again in our present Number. The 

 entire race deserves a place in the greenhouse or conservatory. 



In the stove we noticed some splendid specimens in blooTu of Achi- 

 menes picta ; one was four feet high, having nine very long spikes of 

 its very beautiful scarlet and yellow flowers. In a recent Number we 

 gave the particulars of growing them to this extraordinary size. 



