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spinoiu leaves, are of a very dark green colour. The blossoms are of a 

 greenish white colour, marked or stained with dull purple. Pentandria 

 Monogynia. Rhanmese. Colletia, after Collet, a French Botanist. 



6. Dendrobium demiflorum, Many-flowered. ( But. Ma;/.) This hand- 

 some flowering orchideous plant, is a native, of Nepaul. and is cultivated 

 by our esteemed friend, Mr. Cooper, in the splendid collection at Went 

 worth Gardens. . Mr. Cooper obtained the plant from the. Gardens of the 

 Loudon Horticultural Society. The raceme of flowers is produced laterally, 

 and hears numerous, handsomo, orange-burl' coloured blossoms, each about 

 an inch and a half across. Gynandria Monaudria. OrchideiE. Dendro- 

 bium, from dendro, a tree ; and bio. to live, referring to its growing upon a 

 tiee. 



7. fsopot/on Loudoni, Loudon's Isopogon. (Hot. Mat).) This plant, one- 

 of the most showy of the whole genus, was discovered by Mr. Baxter, 

 whist on his last visit (1829) to King George's Sound. Plants were raissd 

 from seeds, in 1830, both by Mr. Knight, at his Xursery, lung's Road, 

 Chelsea, and in the Kew Gardens. It is an upright shrub, growing to the 

 height of about four or five feet. The flowers are purple, and produced in 

 heads. Isopogon, from the Greek, isos, equal; and pugun, a beard, in al- 

 lusion to the nuts of the fruit being equally, or on all sides, bearded, by 

 which character the genus is readily distinguished frem Petrophila. Tetran- 

 dria Monogynia. Proteaceae. 



8. Lavatera sahitcllcnsis, Pyramidal Lavatera. (Bui. Gard.) An Orna- 

 mental species, introduced in 1831, and bears much of the character of the 

 L. triloba, excepting that it is more slender and pyramidal in its growth ; it 

 is, too, of shorter duration than that species. It is a biennial, growing to 

 the height of six feet, and flowers from July to October. Lavatera, founded 

 on the name of Dr. Lwater, of Zurich. Monadelphia, Polyandria. Mal- 

 vaceae 



9. Lnplospcrmum scoporarium ; var. grandiflorum, Rigid-leaved Lcptospcr- 

 nmra; large-flowered var. (Bait. Mag.) Introduced from Port Jackson in 

 1817, and is a very desirable shrub for the conservatory, as it generally 

 begins flowering early in the spring, and continues in bloom throughout the 

 greater part of the summer. It does not appear to be specifically distinct 

 from L. scoparium, but it is, nevertheless, a vevy interesting variety, re- 

 markable for the large size of the flowers, and the rose-coloured tint of their 

 petals; but if the plant be placed in a shady place in the greenhouse or 

 conservatory, the petals will expand, and continue a pure white colour : 

 whereas, if the plant be placed fully exposed to the light and rays of the 

 sun, the flowers produced will be more or less tinged with rose-colour. " In 

 its native swamps, in the neighbourhood of Botany Bay, beneath an al- 

 most ever-sunny sky, and amidst a considerable glare of light, the flowci - 

 are uniformly of a deep rose-colour. It may be propagated by cuttings a^ 

 well as by seeds, which appear to ripen plentifully." Leptospermum, from 

 Jeptos, slender ; and sperma, seed. 



10. Mimuhis. Two very handsome varieties of this neat flowering genus 

 have been raised by Mr. John Forsyth, florist, Anlaby, near Hull. The 

 blossoms are very neat and regular in form, and most strikingly and dis 

 tinctly spotted. The varieties, Youngii and Smithii, are not to bo com- 

 pared in the least degree to those of Mr. Forsyth's. We shall give draw- 

 ings of them as soon as the plants we have produce flowers of the usual size, 

 our plants being very small at present. 



11. Poeonia Mouian ; lacera, Double-red, curled, Tree Pccony. (Bol. 

 Jicg.) Mr. Hyland, Gardener to the Earl of Sandwich, at Hiuchiubrook, 

 Huntingdonshire, has been successful in raising this very handsome variety 

 of Mouton Pceony. The flowers are large, of a very fine rosy red colour, 

 and very different from any other. The inner petals are very jagged, and 

 the edges are distinctly edged with a fine carmine colour. Mr. Hylanu 

 states, that Pceony seeds are eigh'^en months before they germinate, and 





