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The plant is a most attractive ornament to tne Greenhouse. Flowers: Calyx 

 coloured, ciliated, Corolla, white, glabrous; tube campauulate, five sided, 1^ 

 inches long; limb of five reflected, cordato ovate segments. Culture: in- 

 creased by cuttings. Epacris, Iroui Epi, upon; akros, the top ; habitation. 



7. PtiUenaa subttmbellata, Deca.ndr>a.Mono^yn\a. Leguminosoe. Seeds of 

 this highly ornamental Greenhouse plant was sent from Van Diemen's Land, 

 by Dr. Scott, to the Glasgow Botanic Garden, plants of which blossomed ia 

 April, 1833. The flowers are very bright coloured, collected into a somewhat 

 umbellate head, and standing out horizontally, so that ou looking down upon 

 the floners you see nothing but the standards. Vexillum of a bright orange, 

 with a pale oblong spot ou the back at the base, surrounded with a deep 

 purple black ring. Aire, yellow, with a red line. Culture increased by 

 cutting.s. Pultenea^, from W. PuLTENEy, M.D. a Botanical author. 



Edwards's Botanical Register. Edited by John Lindlet, Esq., 

 Professor of Botany in the London University. Coloured, 

 4s. ; plain, 3s. 



1. Lvptiuis i-ivularis, River Lupine. Class, Diadelphia Decandria. Nat 

 order, Leguminosa;. Inss. Papilionacea^, D. C. A native of California, 

 whence seeds have been recently sent to the London Horticultural Society. 

 It forms a handsome hardy perennial, flowering in great profusion from May 

 to September. Mr. Lindley states, in some respects this is even a better 

 species for gardens than L. pollyphyllus; for if less stately, it is more gay in 

 its appearance, and a longer flowerer. The diversity of colours in its petals, 

 no doubt, contributes very much to this etl'ect, which is increased by its loose, 

 but not straggling, mode of growth. Flowers: Vexillum white, suffused with 

 pale rose, the lower part spotted with blue, Alse, violet blue, carina, white, 

 with the point of a dark purple. Lupinus, see .page 92. 



3. Caclux speciosissimiis, var. lateritius. Brickred hybrid Cactus. Ico- 

 sandria Monogynia, Cactea?. This most splendid variety was raised by Mr. 

 Peessley, gardener to Walter Boyd, Esq. of Plaistow, in Essex. It ap- 

 proaches C. Jenkinsonia in many respects, but has paler and more brick-red 

 petals. It was exhibiled at a meeting of the London Horticultural Society, 

 on the first day of March, 1832, and was much admired. It merits a place 

 in every collection of stove plants. At a late meeting of the Horticultural 

 Society", Mr. Shaw, the gardener to Sir Edmund .\ntrobus, exhibited indivi- 

 duals of Cactus's, each of which was literally covered with blossoms; as many 

 as between two and three hundred being found upon a single plant. By judi- 

 cious management, Mr. Snow observes, a succession of such specimens may 

 with ease be procured every month in the year. Culture: increased by slips, 

 cuttings, and seeds. Soil : a considerable proportion of leaf mould, mixed 

 with sand and loam ; iu this the plant will flourish very freely. Cactus, see 

 page 35. 



3. Aster curdifdliiis, heart- leaved. Syngenesia Polygamia Superflua. Com- 

 posite. A species common in gardens. It is often confounded with Aster 

 paniculatus, from which it is distinguishable by the leaves being much more 

 cordate, and by the flowers being about one-thnd less ; also by its flowering 

 branches having scarcely any true leaves upon ihem. Flowers : light purple. 

 It blooms iu September, grows two or three feet high. Culture: increased by 

 division of roots. Soil: a common garden soil. Aster, from aster, a star; 

 resemblance in flowers. 



4. Calandr'ma speciusa, shewy. Polyandria Monogynia. Portulacew. — 

 This handsome hardy annual has been recently sent from Northern California, 

 by Mr Douglas. Of all the Purslane tribe, this is unquestionably the hand- 

 somest. On a hot dry bank or bed, when the sun is shining full upon it, 

 with all its rich crimson blossoms fully expanded, and reposing upon the soft 

 vslvetty bed of its succulent leaves, it is a most beautiful object. Culture: 

 this beautiful hardy annual produces abundance of seeds, and is readily raised. 



