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summer. It deserves a place in every greenhouse : being so easy of propa- 

 gation by catlings, it will soon be easy to obtain. Diadelpbia Decandna. 

 Leguminosas. Kennedys, after Mr. Lewis Kennedy, late of Hammersmith 

 Nurserv. 



12 Linumjlavum, Yellow Flat (Brit. How. Gard.) synonym, L. mono- 

 pctalum; L. glandulosuui; L. latifolium luteum; L. sylvestre. This spe- 

 cies is as hardy as the L. tauricum, but it differs by being more erect in its 

 growth, and the flowers of a richer colour. The flowers of the present spe- 

 cies is near two inches across, and being produced in profusion renders it 

 very showy, and merits a place in every flower garden. Mr. Knight, Nur- 

 seryman, King's-road, Chelsea, grows this kind. Pentaudria Peutagyma. 



13. Onoidkm Lemonianum, Sir Charles Lemon's Oncidium. {Dot. Reg. 

 1789.) This pretty and curious flowering orchideous plant was introduced 

 from Havannah in the spring of the present year, and presented to Sir C. 

 Lemon, at Carclew, where it bloomed this summer. The flowers are about 

 three quarters of an inch across. The sepals are yellow, marked along the 

 back with red spots. The labellum is of a brighter colour, very handsomely- 

 spotted with red. The column is also yellow. The plant is small in its 

 growth, and the flowering stem rises about eight or ten inches, producing 

 about half a dozen flowers upon each. Gynandria Monandria. Orchid tie, 



11. uncidium puhhdlum, Pretty flowering Oncidium. {Bot. Reg. 1787.) A 

 verv handsome flowering orchideous plant introduced from the West Indies . 

 It produces a panicle of numerous flowers, which are white, tinged with 

 yellow and pink; each flower is near an inch across. It merits a place in 

 every collection. Gynandria Monandria. Orchideffl. 



10 Orubus hirsulus, Hairy bitter Vetch. {Brit. Flow. Gard. 302.) O. laxi- 

 floras; O. lathyroides; O. sylvaticas. A native of the Levant, where it 

 flowers in May; it has lately been introduced into this country. It is an 

 hardy perennial. The flowers are of a purplish blue colour. It is culti- 

 vated in the Chelsea Botanic Garden. Diadelpbia Decandna. Legunu- 



10. Paonia Russi, Crimson flowered Pajony. (Bot. Mag. 3431). A very 

 brilliant flowering variety. The flowers arc crimson, single. It deserves a 

 place in every collection of this tribe of plants. Polyandria D ; gynia. Ka- 

 nunculacea;. ., _ . 



17. Sedum Ewertii, Ewer's Stonecrop. (Mound's How. Uanl.) I he plant 

 is a native of Siberia, introduced into this country in 1829. It is perennial, 

 and blooms from June to August. The flower stalks rise about four inches 

 high. The flowers are a pretty rose colour, and make a neat and showy 

 appearance. The plant is verv suitable for a rock work, or flower border : 

 in the latter situation, however, it requires the soil to be mixed with sand, 

 old plaster from walls, &c., similar to succulent plants, as Mesembryan 

 themums, &.c. The plant would make a neat edging lor a border, during 

 the period of its blooming. Decandria Pentagynia. Crassulace». Sedum, 

 from sedto, to sit; referring to the mode of growing which most of the 



species have. _„ „ .„„ , . , . , 



18 Sida huqualis, Oblique-leaved. (Bot. Mag. 3 130.) A largish growing 



stove plant from Brazil. The flowers are campanulate, about two inches 



across; white. Mouadelphia Polyandria. JUalvacew. 



l'J Symphytum officinale ; var. bohemicam. Bohemian Comfrey. Avery 



handsome variety of Comfrey, growing about a foot high, and blooming 



profusely. The blossoms are of a bright crimson colour. It deserves a place 



m every flower garden. Il is cultivated ill the Chelsea Botanic Garden. 



I'eiilandiia Monogynia, Boragimw. Symphytum, from sympltgo, to make 



unite; healing qualities. 



90. VacdrUum corymboium, Many flowered Whortleberry. {Bot. Mag. 



3433). Synonyms, V. amesnum, V. formosum, V. fasoatum, V. virgatum. 



A native of North America. It is a spreading shrub growing three or four 



feet bJghj the lowers are produced In long racemes; the) are while, imged 

 With rote colour. It merits a place in every American shrub border. Oc- 

 tandria Monogynia. Vacoiniew. 



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