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the catalogues of Messrs. Dickson of the Chester Nurseries, and Messrs. Garraway 

 and Co. of Bristol. "We give the names of Nurserymen with some reluctance, 

 as it is quite possible that others are also in possession of the same plant, and 

 to name only one or two may appear invidious ; hut we are induced to do so, 

 because in the case of rare species it is evidently useless to recommend them, 

 unless our readers are enabled to procure them without incurring the trouble 

 of personal enquiry. All the four species we have just named are of easy cultiva- 

 tion in good soil, and readily increased by cuttings and divisions. 



It is, perhaps, a part of our duty to name not only the more desirable plants, 

 but also those which are to be avoided; and we may therefore with propriety state 

 that the Salvia azurea, seeds of which are sometimes to be obtained, flowers at so 

 late a period, that when grown in the open border its blossom buds invariably 

 drop long before expansion ; we have exposed plants raised from seed and also 

 roots obtained from the nurseries, and in both cases with the same unfavourable 

 result, though the roots themselves are perfectly hardy. This species cannot 

 therefore be recommended for open-air cultivation.* There is, however, an allied 

 species of similar habit, which may take its place, the 8. angustifolia, with clear 

 blue flowers in spikes ; it is quite hardy in ordinary winters, though a Mexican 

 plant, and blooms at least two months earlier than azurea. This species may 

 be had at the Pine Apple Nursery. 



Of several other rare and interesting Salvias, we hope to give an account in an 

 early number. 



LANTANA CAMMARA. 



Balm-leaved Lantana. 

 Linnean Class — Didynamla. Order — Angiosfehmia. Natural Order — Verbenace^e. 



TnrETT years since, the open-air cultivation of the Lantanas would have been 

 deemed a project extremely chimerical, and when the striking contrast between our 

 own climate and those where they are found is considered, it is not surprising 

 that a comparatively high temperature should have been regarded as indis- 

 pensable to their successful treatment. Closer observation of the habits of 

 plants, and a more extended acquaintance with the influence of temperature, 

 has 6hown, however, that many tropical plants of evergreen habit may be 



* This remark does not apply to a variety recently introduced, under the name of azurea compacta, of 

 which we have, at present, no knowledge. 



