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ones, and tie those left in regular order, securinoj the lower ones to the 

 rim of the pot, and so upward in regular succession. By this attention 

 a plant of any desired height may be had, and of handsome form. By 

 cutting in a young plant at various times, say July, September, and 

 March, and duly treated, a bloom may be had nearly all the year. 



Large plants with long slioots should have them cut back near to 

 their origin, to be formed anew. 



NOTES ON NEW OR RARE PLANTS. 



Azalea coccinea-superba. — A fine orange-red, and of excellent 

 form. 



Azalea Smithii-coccinea. — Bright orange-red, with a purple 

 tinge onthe upper segment ; good form. 



Azalea Optima. — Fine orange, with darker blotch on upper seg- 

 ment ; flower large, good form, and very showy. 



Azalea Iveryana. — A wliite flower, with streaks of pink, and fine 

 shape. It deserves to be in any select collection. 



Azalea ramentacea. — This small neat-growing species was sent 

 from China to the Horticultural Society by Mr. Fortune. The flowers 

 are white, small, and produced in umbels at the ends of the shoots. It 

 is in the Society's garden at Chiswick. 



Berberis lutea. — Mr. Lobb discovered this fine species in Peru, 

 and sent it to Messrs. Veitch. It is a neat evergreen bush, growing 

 eight feet high. The flowers are produced in large clusters, of a rich 

 yellow colour. It is supposed to be hardy ; if so, will prove valuable 

 for the shrubbery. 



CjEREus Tweeuiana (or C. Leeanus.) — Tliis very beautiful species 

 has recently been exhibited by Messrs. Lee, of Hammersmith, at the 

 London shows, and much admired ; its lovely orange flowers having 

 a very pretty appearance. It bloomed last year in the fine collection 

 at the Royal Gardens of Kew, and we then noticed it in our Magazine. 

 It deserves to be grown wherever practicable. 



Camellia Drysdalii. — In a previous Volume we noticed this 

 very handsome variety. It Mas raised from seed in the nursery estab- 

 lishment of Messrs. Drysdale & Co., of Glasgow. The ground colour 

 is a pretty rose, and each petal has a broad white stripe up the middle. 

 The flower is a full double, and the petals of fine shape, round at the 

 exterior, and free from notch, also of firm substance, Tlie plant, too, 

 is a free bloomer. It will be an acquisition to any select collection. 



Cephalotaxus Fortunii. — A hardy tree from China, which 

 grows from forty to sixty feet high. The leaves are four inches long, 

 and broad. Mr. Fortune sent it, in 1849, to Messrs. Standish and 

 Noble, of Bagshot. 



Cheiranthus Marshallii. — An hybrid wallflower, of consi- 

 derable beauty, said to have been raised from seed obtained from a 

 wallflower being impregnated with the fine orange-flowered Erysimum 

 Perofskianum. Tiie seedling retains the appearance of the wall- 

 flower, with light green leaves, and the flowers are of a rich orange- 



