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correct nomenclature, the plant having been exhibited under both names) proves 

 to be but a German variety of the common T. majus or Nasturtion, differing 

 only in being of a pale yellow tint, with dark brown spots on the upper petals ; 

 it is an ornamental variety, but in no degree more so than many of the common 

 ones ; and, like them, it requires to be increased by cuttings, for although seed 

 is abundantly ripened, it does not always reproduce the variety. "We observe 

 that one of our contemporaries has stated that it possesses better foliage than 

 the pretty annual T. acluncum ; as the leaves are of precisely the same form as 

 those of the common Nasturtion,our readers can judge for themselves of the 

 propriety of the statement. The T. Lobbianum is an interesting plant, but 

 yields its flowers so late in the season that it can only be recommended for 

 green-house culture. It is very readily raised from seeds, and by frequent 

 ' stopping ' through the summer, might probably be made to assume a sufficiently 

 compact form to admit of cultivation as a window plant. "Winter flowers are 

 so valuable that the experiment well deserves a trial. The foliage of this species 

 resembles that of the T. majus, but, unlike that, is very pubescent ; its flowers 

 are of bright orange-red, of medium size, with a greenish calyx tube, and spur, 

 and fringed petals. 



For notices of several other valuable species, the reader is referred to page 28, 

 Vol. 1, and page 81 of the present Vol. 



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Our readers will have observed, that in the several papers we have given in the present Volume 

 on the most desirable plants for cultivation in" the open border, little or no reference has been 

 made to the more recent annuals beyond the more list of names at pages 12 and 28. This 

 omission, which was intentional, we will now endeavour to supply. AVith a few exceptions, there 

 is nothing very brilliant to announce, but the information we may give may not be the less 

 serviceable to our readers. 



One of the most interesting of the new introductions of this class is the Collinsia multicolor: 

 we have already given both a figure and description of this species, but the former is by no 

 means an adequate representation of its beauty, being much too pale. The flowers are really 

 of a deep purple-lilac ; and in the specimens raised by ourselves in spring, this was almost the 

 only tint occurring in them, the speckles in the centre of the white patch on the upper lobe 

 of the corolla being of the same hue, so that the name multicolor would seem to be somewhat 

 inappropriate. Its colour may probably vary a little in different specimens : in some of them too 

 the floral leaves or bracts are but slightly tinged with the purple-brown, as shown in our figure. 

 It is, we think, one of the finest of the Californian annuals, and deserves universal cultivation. 

 Of the other species introduced at the same time, the C. bartsictfolia, we can scarcely say as much ; 

 indeed, judging from one season's experience, we should think it hardly worth cultivation, and 



