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of a glaucous grR?n colour. This pretty tpcoies of Pimelea, with its larcrtj 

 copious heads of delicate rose coloured flowers, and prominent stamens with 

 orango-coloured anthers, has been raised in the Glasgow Botanic Garden, from 

 seeds sent by the late JNlr. Frazer, and adds another to the species not hitherto, 

 we believe, cultivated in the gardens of Europe. Culture: increased by cut- 

 tings struck in sandy loam, or sandy peat, requires an airy part of the greeu. 

 house. Soil, sandy peat. Pitnelea, see page 60. 



2. Hypericum hr;ssopifolium,hy$sop-}ea.\e(l St. John's Wort. Polyadelphia, 

 Polyandria. IIypericinca\ Of the extensive genus Hypericum (uperilion of 

 Dioscorides) upwards of one hundred and twenty species are enumerated by 

 De Candolle. Some are employed medicinally, but the greater number 

 recommend themselves bj' the liveliness and number of their blossoms. 



"Hy^inricum, all bloom, so thick a swarm 

 Of Howcrs, like flies, clothing its slender rods, 

 That scarce a leaf appears," 



a quality in which our present bright yellow flowering species is b}' no means 

 deficient. It is at present but little known in our gardens. It is a native of 

 the South of France^ and also of Tauria, from which latter country it has becu 

 introduced into the Edinburgh Botanic Garden, through the liberality of Dr. 

 Flscher. It flowers in the open borderin June. Culture: it is increased by 

 parting its roots as well as by seeds. — Soil: sandy peat, or sandy loam. 



3. Si/rhiffa Joschcea, deep flowered German lilac. Diandria, JMonogynia. 

 Oleinea;. A new species of Lilac, even though less beautiful than the two in 

 common cultivation, yet being equally hardy, cannot fail to be a most accep- 

 table ornament to our gardens and shrubberies. From the Botanische Qeitung 

 for 1831, we learn, that at the meeting of Naturalists in Hamburg, in 1830, on 

 the sitting of the 20th September, Baron Jacquin exhibited dried specimens 

 of this plant from Siebenburgen, and since its discovery was due to "Fran 

 Baronin von JosiKA, gebohren Grafin Czaki," he named it in compliment to 

 that distinguished lady, and gave it a specilic character. In another part of 

 the same work we find that not only is the present species a native of Germany 

 but that the common lilac, S. vulgaris, which has hitherto been considered 

 almost exclusively of Persian origin, is stated by Dr. Heuffel, to adorn with 

 its copious blossoms the inaccessible chalky precipices of the Coerna Valley 

 and Mount Domaglettin Hungary, as well as the whole group of rocks along 

 the Danube. The S. Josek^a flowers in the open border in May and June. It 

 was received at the Edinburgh Botanic Garden fromMr. Booth, of Hamburgh, 

 in 1833. Flowers, panicle terminal, corolla, half an inch long, deep lilac. 

 Leaves shining above, white underneath. Syringa, from snrigou, a pipe, on 

 account of the uses which the Turks make of its tubular branches. 



4. Acacia (iraveolens, strong icented. Polygamia, Mon;Ecia. Leguminosae. 

 To Mr. Allan Cunningham we are indebted for a knowledge of the present 

 species; who found it on the margins of rivulets, in the neighbourhood of 

 Hobart Town, Van Dieman's Land, where it was observed in flower and fruit 

 iu the month of February. From the seeds which were collected at that 

 period, plants were raised in the King's Garden at Kew. It forms a twiggy 

 shrub in the greenhouse, with angular brown and slightly viscid branches. 

 Leaves alternate, two to four inches long, narrow lanceolate, rigid. Flowers 

 collected into dense heads, the size of a large pea, standing in pairs, yellow. 

 Culture: soil, sandy loam and peat. Increased by cuttings. It requires an 

 airy part of the greenhouse. Acacia from Akazo, to sharpen ; many species 

 being thorny. 



5. Frililhiria minor. Lesser Altaic Fritillary, Hexandria Monogj'nia. Li- 

 liacero. Of the genus Fritillaria, so called from /rilillii.i, a dice-box, on 

 account of the shape of the flower, though the chequered blossom rather 

 recalls the idea of a dice-board. Nineteen species are enumerated by 

 Sprengel, all remarkable for their large and gracefully drooping flowers, 

 which render them imiversal favourites with cultivators. Of these, the greater 

 number, perhaps the only legitimate species, are natives of middle or Southern 

 Europe, or Northern Asia. The present new species was discovered by Pl'o- 

 fessor LEDEiiOTR, in pastures of the Altai Momitains, and flov\ered at Car- 

 lowrie, near Edinburgh, early in May of the present year. Flowers nodding, 



