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cceding those of the Cowslip. It is a native of Paliuuri, in the Neapolitan 

 dominions. Fentandria Monogynia. Primulaceoe. Primula, from primus, 

 the first ; referring to the time of flowering. 



1.5. Psoralea macroslachtja, Long-spiked (flower): A very pretty flowering 

 hardv perennial plant, from California. The stem rises 3 ft. high. The 

 flowers are of a pretty purple colour ; when they drop the rachis, each has 

 the singular appearance of a hairy spike, or tail. The plant is cultivated in 

 the Garden of the London Horticultural Society. It is easy of cultivation. 

 Diadelphia Decandria. Leguminosse. Psoralea, from psoralens, warty ; 

 referring to small tubular secretions found upon some of the species. 



16. Iiandia Bowieana, Mr. Bowie's Randia. {Hot. Mai/ ) This shrubby 

 plant is a native of Brazil, and requires a hothouse temperature in ibis 

 country. The King's Botanical Collectors, Mr. A. Cunningham, and Mr. 

 Bowie, sent this plant from Brazil to Kew Gardens. The flower is large, 

 the tube being very long, of a greenish colour, the limb spreading, and of 

 a buff-yellow colour; it is handsome. They are produced solitary. Pen- 

 tandiia Monogynia. Rnbiacese. Randia, in compliment to Mr. Isaac 

 Rand, an Apothecary in England. 



17. Rhododendron nudijlorum, var. cximium, Choice Roscbav. (liril. 

 Flow. Card.) Synonym, Azalea muliflora, var. exiniium. This very 

 handsome flowering variety was raised by Mr. .Smith, Norbiton, Kingston, 

 Surrey, from seeds produced between arboreum, and covcinea major. The 

 plant appears to be hardy, flowers profusely, and are of a line rosy crimson 

 colour, and marked with darker colour. It deserves a place in every shrill - 

 bery, American bed, or border. Decandria Monogynia. Rhododendron, 

 from rhoda, rose, and dendron, a tree. 



18. Verbena multifida, var. contracta, Dwarf, purple flowering Vervain. 

 Synonym. V. crinoides. This, like the well known, and much esteemed 

 species, V. chamedrioides, is a pretty flowering species, and during summer, 

 forms compart patches, Or is well suited for a bod; bvt as it does not spread 

 like the species above stated, but forms close patches, it will require to be 

 planted closer together, when for a bed. The flowers, it is said, vary m> 

 much that whilst some are blue, and others scarlet, there will also be purple. 

 The plant is a native of Chile, growing at 8,000 feet above the level of the 

 sea. Didynamia Angiospermia. Verbenacea. Verbena, from Fer/aen, its 

 Celtic name. 



1!». '/.ram /tin Tagetiflora, Tagetes (Marigold) Flowered. It is a Mexican 

 suffruticose plant, perennial, introduced into this country, from Mexico, in 

 1829. If planted in a warm and dry situation, it will readily endure our 

 winters in ibis country, with, in very severe winters, a slight protection. 

 The plant grows about two feet high. The blossoms are yellow, about an 

 inch across, something like a Coreopsis tinctoria blossom, destitute of the 

 dark eye. Syngenesia Ncccssaria. Composite. Zexinenia, from Joseph 

 Xemkm.s, a Spanish Apothecary. 



