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a very liandsomo evcrgivcn, tloweiing tn great profusion during summer, and 

 producing abundaiico of large, globular, n-ddis-h fruit, the size of a moderate 

 strawberry, in autumn. It tlowered and fruited for the first time in Europe 

 last Tear, in the rich collection of plants of Sir C. Lkjion, Bart, M.P., of 

 Carclew, in Cornwall, and under the very able management of Mr. W. B. 

 Booth. Benthamia, in honour of Geo. Bentham, Ksq. 



2. Dvvana latij'dlia, broad leaved, Polygamia ]Mona!cia. Anacardiaceae. A 

 native of Chili. Like the other species described in page 59, it is about as 

 hardy as a myrtle, A pretty phenomeuou is exhibited by the leaves when 

 thrown into water: after lying a short time, they will be found to start and 

 jump as if they were alive, while at the instant of each start a jet of oily 

 matter is discharged into the water. 'J'his circumstance appears to be owing 

 to some peculiar irritability of the pareuchyma of the leaves, which, when 

 acted upon by water, causes the turpentine-sacs, that abound in the leaves, to 

 em]ity themselves with violence; and the movement of the leaves maybe 

 ascribed to the recoil produced by the discharge. — Culture, &c. see page 36. 



3. Liipinus ilcgcms, drooping-leaved Lupine, Diadelphia Decaudria. Le 

 guminosoB. A very pretty annual Lupine, native of Mexico, whence seeds 

 were sent to the London Horticultural Society, by Dr. Deppe, in 18SL It 

 flowers in the open air, most abundantly. Of all the annual Lupines this is 

 by far the handsomest; it even rivals the best of the perennial species. 

 Flowers, dark violet and yellow at first, and afterwards rose coloured. Cul- 

 ture : increased by seeds ; soil, rich loam. Lupiuus, from lupus, a wolf; 

 supposed to destroy the fertility of soil. 



4. Pimelia sylvcslris. Forest Pimelea, Diandria Monogyuia. ThymeleiB. 

 A hardy and pretty greenhouse shrub, a native of New Holland. It flowered 

 in the fine collection of Mr. Kmcut, in King's Road, last June. Flowers, 

 corolla white, ends suffused with rose. Culture, &,c., see page 60. 



5. /-"o/c^'i/'n ^,'rtnrfi/?'jsa. Glandular; Icosandria, Polygynia. Rosacea). A 

 new hardy perennial species, from California, sent to the Horticultural So- 

 ciety. Blooms from ,luly to September. Flowers, small yellow. Culture: 

 increased by division of roots. Poteutilla, from poteus, powerful; supposed 

 medicinal projierties. 



6 FuUenaaruscmarinlflilia, Rosemary leaved, Decaudria, Monogynia. Le- 

 guminosK. It is a pretty new greenhouse shrub, from New Holland. Flowers, 

 yellow, with a blood coloured keel. Culture: easily increased by cuttings. 

 Soil, sandy peat. Pultena;a, from Dr. Richaud PuLTENEy, a celebrated 

 botanist. 



7. Oxalis Bowiei, Bowie's Oxalis, Decandria Peutagynia. Oxalideae. This 

 most beautiful and florid plant is hardy, and will flower in the open ground 

 in autumn; but blossoms profusely under glass, especially if, after a short 

 period of rest at midsummer, it is placed in a stove or warm greenhouse for a 

 very short time to make it start freel)'. Flowers, very fine rosy red, tube 

 yellow. Culture: increased by otlsets or seeds. Soil, sandy loam. Oxalis, 

 from oxys, sharp, or sour, cjualities of plant. 



8. Ami/yda'is Pirsica, alua, the White Peach, Icosandria, Monogynia. 

 Amygdaleiu. The White Peach is a hardy ornamental shrub, with the habit 

 of an Almond. It flowers in May. Its fruit has little merit. Amygdalis, 

 from amysso, to lactrate ; fissured shell, or fruit stone. 



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1. JusUcia calUtricha, Diandria, Monogynia. Acanthacetc. From Brazil, 

 in 1826, to the Liverpool Botanic Garden. It is a stove plant, blooming in 

 winter, and is then very ornamental. ['lowers, sulphur yellow. Culture; 

 increased freely by cuttings; soil, rich loam. Justieia, (seepage 02). 



2. Jasminhim Slimline, pleno. Diandria, Alonogyuia. .lasinina;. This 

 i? a native of India, where it is much cultivated for the delicious fragrance 



