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soil: it dflights in dry and exposed situations, and flourishes most in scorch- 

 ing weather; but it should have a rich soil, when it will form a patch a foot 

 in diameter. It makes a beautiful rock plant. Flowers in May and June, if 

 .sown early, or in September or October if sown later. Calaudrinia, from J, 

 L. Calandria, a Genevese liotanist. 



5. Loasa PUicci. Mr. Place's Loasa, Polyadelphia Polyandria, or Polya- 

 delphia Monogynia. Loasea;. It was received some years back into the 

 London Horticultural Society's Garden, but lost. It was recently raised in Mr. 

 Knight's Nursery, from seeds sent by Mr. Cuming. If it were not for the 

 unpleasant stinjjs, this would be a valuable hardy annual ; extremely unplea- 

 sant accidents have arisen fnjui Ladies being stung incautiously with it. — 

 Flowers: yellow, slightly tinged with red; in bloom from .lune to September. 

 Culture: easily propasated by seeds. Jt is quite hardy during summer, but 

 should be raised on a hot bed, and planted out afterwards. 



TTie British Flower Garden. By Mr. R. Sweet. Moiithlv, 

 price 3s. 6d. coloured. 



1. Schizinlluis pinnatiis, var humilis. Dwarf Schizanthus, for description, 

 see page II of our .Magazine. Mr. Don adds that young plants raised in the 

 Autumn, and protected in a pit or frame throU);hout the winter, and ])lanted 

 out in the ojien border about the end of April, or beginning of May, will be 

 found to sticceed best. [We have taken oli'-cuttings, or slips, at the end of 

 September, struck them in heat and preserved in a Greenhouse, — such make 

 splendid plants the following year. — Conductor.] 



2. Orobus auniiithts, Orange- tlowered Bitter vetch. Diadelphia, Decandria, 

 Lcguuiinosa?. This plant is a native of the western regions of Ciuicasus, 

 where it was discovered by M. Steever. It is essentially distinguished from 

 the Orobus croceus, of Desfontaines, by its smooth leaves, attenuated at both 

 ends, and by the very unequal teeth of its calyx. It has also a deeper yellow 

 flowers than Orobus lutens. Messrs. Whitley, Brames, and Milne, Nur- 

 serymen, Fulham, possess plants of Orobus aurantius. 'J he plant is perennial, 

 hardy, requires a loamy soil, and may be increased both by parting the roots 

 and by seeds. Orobu-;, from ora, to excite, and IJous, au ox, alluding to its 

 beneficial effects upun oxen. 



3. Cakeularia jmrpiirca, var. clegans. ]'"legant purple Slipperwort. This 

 very line variety of Slipperwort was raised by Mr. Wheeler, Nurseryman, 

 Warminster, Wiltshire, from Chilian seeds, received from Mr. Cuming. The 

 plant produces a profusion of Howers, the large spreading panicle, with its 

 j)rofusion of blossoms of various shades of purple, contrasted with the dark 

 green leaves and glossy stem, give a very striking efl'ect. The corolla is gene- 

 rally of a lilac purple, with a very short white tube, 'i'he plant is perennial, 

 and d<M.'s best planted out in the open border during the summer mouths. 

 Increased by otlsets, slips, or seeds. Calceolaria, .see page (iO. 



4. Trifulium ■uniJUirwn, single flowered Trefoil. Diadelphia, Decandria, 

 (A-guminosu>. This elegant little Trefoil is not unlike our native T. subter- 

 raneum, but is altogether a plant of larger dimensions, and is moreover a 

 perennial. The name unitlorinn aj)pears not of the best signification, as the 

 flowers are mostly in threes. The plant is quite hardy, and admirably suited 

 for a Kockwork, where its numerous large blossoms, issuing from the bosom 

 of ibi bright green leaves, make a showy ap)iearance in .May. The I'owers, 

 win({«, pale yellow; Vexilluni, lilac. The plant thrives best in a light sandy 

 •oil, and is iiicreaxed by parting the roots. It is grown in the lUitanic Garden, 

 ChelKea. Trifulium, from Ires, three ; and folium, a leaf. 



The .IiiIt number completes the second volume of this very valuable and 

 uiieful puliliratiMU. Wo hope there will be a considerable accession of pur- 

 chawr* to the third volume. 



