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blossom is half an inch across. It merits a place in every greenhouse 

 or stove. 



Crowea saligna. — A neat-growing, small willow-like leaved 

 shrub. The flowers have each four petals, and the blossom about an 

 inch and a-half across, of a pretty lilac-pink colour. 



Malva triloba. — This neat-growing shrubby Mallow flowers 

 freely. Each blossom, of five petals, an inch across, is white, with a 

 pale pink spot at the middle. 



Chilodia scutellarioides. — A neat bushy dwarf shrub, with 

 Heath-like foliage. It blooms profusely, the flowers being Mimulus- 

 shaped, half an inch long, of a pretty lilac-purple colour. It deserves 

 a place in every greenhouse. 



Trachymene linearis. — A dwarf bushy plant, having small 

 narrow leaves. The flowers are small, white, produced in corymbous 

 terminal heads, each head about an inch and a-half across. The plant 

 blooms freely, and the pretty heads of blossoms remind us of a diminu- 

 tive head of the flowers of our Elder-tree. 



Acacia platyphylla. — A. ovalifolia, A. olivifolia, and A. undu- 

 laefolia, are in beautiful bloom, their rich yellow globe-shaped fragrant 

 flowers being pleasingly ornamental. Numerous other kinds are show- 

 ing bloom in profusion, which will beautify the greenhouse throughout 

 the winter and spring months. This family of plants deserves to be 

 more generally grown, and every greenhouse ought to contain a selec- 

 tion. 



Brachycoma iberidifolia. — Some pots of this beautiful annual 

 are in fine bloom, their numerous Michaelmas Aster-like flowers of 

 blue, lilac, white, purple, &c, are exceedingly pretty and ornamental, 

 and make a fine autumn display. 



Chorizema cordata, C. varium, and several of the beautiful 

 Corr/eas, were in bloom, each being pretty. The latter tribe of plants 

 is one of the finest for winter and spring bloom. Easy of cultivation 

 and profuse in flowering render them very valuable. 



In the Stove. 



Gloxinia maculata. — This noble flowering species is grown in a 

 pan six inches deep and sixteen across. In such a pan there were nine 

 flowering stems, each producing from twelve to fourteen blossoms. 

 The flowers are large, of a pretty French-lilac colour, with a dark 

 blotch inside. It is a fine plant for the stove. 



Begonia fuchsioides. — Its fine scarlet blossoms are now becoming 

 very ornamental, also those of the Gesnera zebuina, Ixora 

 coccinea, Cuirith Moonii, and Angelona grandiflora, its long 

 spikes of light-blue flowers are very pretty. 



The purple and the white-flowered Menziesas are now very pretty 

 in the beds of shrubs, a few circular beds are filled with them, and the 

 centres being raised, the effect is now exceedingly pretty. These inter- 

 esting Heath-like plants and (lowers ought to be grown in every shrub 

 border or bed. They bloom profusely, and may be purchased at a 

 small cost. 



