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fragrant. Pentandria Digynia. Asclepidea?. Calolropis, signifying " beau • 

 tifully twisted," referring to the corolla of C. gigantea. 



4. Campanula grand ifiora, great flavoured bell flower, (Maund's F. Gard.) 

 This perennial species is a native of Siberia, introduced in this country in 

 1782, it giws about a foot high, flowering in June and July. The flowers 

 are about an inch and a half across, of a bright blue colour. Pentandria 

 Monogynia. Campanulacete. Campanula, from campana, a bell. 



5. Crataegus coccinea. Large flowered American Whitethorn. (Bot. Mag. 

 3432.) A native of North America, growing plentifully from Canada to the 

 Southern United States. It forms a shrub, growing twenty feet high, pro- 

 ducing a profusion of large white blossoms, which are very showy, but have 

 scarcely any fragrance. The bark of the plant is of a purplish-brown colour. 

 It is a very ornamental shrub, suited for the shrubbery. Icosandria Di 

 Pentagynia. Roseaceoe. Crataegus, from hratos, strength, alluding to the 

 hardness of the wood. 



6. C'erastium Biebersteinii. (Maund's Bot. Gard.) A native of Mount 

 Caucasus, introduced in tin's country in 1820. The plant is psrennial, 

 growing sis inches high, blooming from June to August; very suitable to 

 ornament a rock work, where it will produce a profusion of white flowers, 

 each about an inch across. Decandria Pentagynia. Caryophyllew. Ce 

 rastium, from keras, a horn; referring to the form of the capsules. 



7. Cassia glandulosa. Glandular leaved. (Hot. Mug. 3135.) A native of 

 the West Indies, from whence it has been received into the Glasgow Botanic 

 Garden. The foliage is exceedingly neat, and produces an elegant appear- 

 ance. The flowers are produced plentifully during nine months; they are 

 of a fine yellow colour. In the stove it forms a shrub about five feet high 

 Decandria Monogynia. Leguminosa?. 



8. Crescenlia Cujete, Calabash Tree. (Dot. Mag. 3430.) Synonym, C. 

 arborescens. A native of the West Indies, in which country the fruit is 

 extensively appropriated to useful purposes. The skin being taken off, and 

 the pulp and seeds from within, the hard woody shell alone remains, and 

 is used for domestic utensils, as coffee cups, goblets, water cans, and occa- 

 sionally to boil water in. The outside of the shell is frequently polished, 

 carved, and stained, with various figures by the natives. It serves to keep 

 most kinds of food in. The different sizes being appropriated as most 

 suitable. The wood of the tree is very tough and flexible, and used for fur- 

 niture, &c. The tree grows twenty feet high ; the flower is of a campanulate 

 form, near three inches long, of a yellowish green, striped with reddish lines. 

 Didynamia Angiospermia. Bignoniacerc. Crescentia, in honour of Peter 

 Crescentio, an Italian writer on Agriculture. The term calabash is de- 

 rived from a term of contempt, as calabash-skull, empty head, having no 

 more brains than a pumpkin-shell. 



9. Erylhronium grand! florum. (Bot. Reg. 1786.) Large American Dog's- 

 tooth Violet. This species was found by the late Mr. Douglas, in North 

 West America, near ten years since, and sent to the garden of the London 

 Horticultural Society, where it bloomed, for the first time, last May. The 

 flower is of a fine yellow, with a small white centre. Hesandria Mono- 

 gynia. Liliacere. Erythronium : the Dog's Tooth Violet was the salurion 

 eruthronion, or red Satyrion, of Dioscorides, and from which the latter name 

 has been adopted. 



10. Gesncra faucialis, Wide-mouthed. (Vol. Reg. 1785.) A native of 

 Brazil, and cultivated in this country by the Hon. and Rev. W.u. Herbert, 

 Spofforth, near Wetherby, Yorkshire. Mr. Herbert considers this species 

 as the finest yet grown in this country. It is nearly related to G. selloi in 

 its appearance. The present species is as hardy as G. bulbosa ; and will be 

 found to flourish in a greenhouse. Didynamia Angiospermia. Gesnerew. 

 Gesnera, from Conrad Gesner, a famous botanist. 



11. Ktnnedia Marryatla, Mrs. Marryatt's Kennedia. This very pretty 

 flowering greenhouse climber has been introduced from the Swan River, and 

 is now grown in the collections of Robert Mangles, Esq. and Mrs. Mar- 

 ryatt. The flowers are of a pretty light scarlet colour, and a small portion 

 nf rose and yellow upon each. It blooms profusely during the early part of 



