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Beans. It is an extremely showy plaut, and is admirably suited for being 

 trained to trellis-work, or over a verandah. Mr. Little, nurseryman, King's 

 Road, Chelsea, has cultivated it for some years as an ornamental plant; and 

 he finds it quite as hardy, and to require the same treatment, as the Kidney 

 Beau. Flowers, in long interrupted clusters, of a pale purple, varying often 

 to dark purple, or white; blooms from July to October. The name Lablab 

 means simply, in Arabic, a twining plant, and is applied indiscriminately to 

 the Convolvulus aud many others of similar habit. 







The Botanic Garden. Edited by Mr. B. Maund, F.L.S. Price 

 Is. (id. large; Is. small, coloured. 



1. Rosa indira. Rose Clare. This Rose partakes of the habit and character 

 of the China Ruse, and there is little doubt but it has been raised from this 

 species; where, or by whom, we cannot with confidence state. Report, how- 

 ever, states, that it originated with a gentleman of the name of Clake ; and 

 that it was raised from seeds brought from Italy. It grows very freely 

 wherever other Roses flourish, aud produces an abundance of flowers, from 

 the commencement of the season to the end of autumn. Flowers: fine deep 

 ros-i, single, blooming in clusters; deserves general cultivation; grows to the 

 height of ten feet. The Celtic word Rhos, a Rose, from the word Rhodd of 

 the same language, signifying red, has, with a little variation, been transferred 

 into numerous other languages, to convey a meaning similar to the original. 

 Indica is applied as a specific name, to connect the plant with its native 

 country. 



'2. t'uronillx Iberica, Iberican Coronilla. Diadelphia, Decandria. Legu- 

 minosae. It is a delightful plant for the foreground of the parterre. It spreads 

 freely, completely covering the surface of the soil with its neat foliage; from 

 amonpst which, rise its brilliant little coronets of yellow blossoms. Luxuriant 

 foliage and fl.iwers will be yielded by a rich fresh loamy soil, which it requires. 

 It should be planted in an open situation, uninfluenced by the shade of trees. 

 Coronilla, from Corona, a crown; Iberica, a district bordering on Mount 

 Caucasus. 



A. Dtgitali* laciniita, Cut-leaved Fox Glove. Didynamia, Angiospermia. 

 Scrophularina-. This plant is a native of Spain, and but little known to 

 Knglish botanists; and although it has borne the two or three last winters 

 without injury, we do not anticipate that it will become a plant of so hardy 

 a character as to stand unprotected, in severe seasons. Flowers: stalk rises 

 eighteen inches high ; blooms from .Inly to September; colour, a rosy red 

 and buff. In dry summers, seeds are produced abundantly. It may also be 

 propagated by cuttings. Loamy soil should be preferred to that which is 

 peaty, and a warm situation. Digitalis, from IHgitah, the finger of a glove. 



I. 1 rrbena urtirifuliti, Nettle-leaved. Didynamia, Angiospermia. Verbe- 

 naeea». It i- an upright plant, of strong growth, rising three feet high; and 

 although its flowers, taken separately, are small, they become showy on the 

 aggrrgate. It blooms fn.m July to October. A native of North America. 

 Flowers: purple. Culture; increased freely by division of the plant. Ver- 

 bena, a Roman name for herbs used in ancient sacrifices. 



The Number for March (omitted in our hist) contains — 



1 //fdysamm "biamim, Creeping Hedysarum. Diadelphia, Decandria. 



'inino«a». A beautiful little plant for the borders, mounds, or artificial 



kwork; but it »hould be io placed that its beauty may not be hidden by 



" , " rr ,,,:i eta, Grow* mx inches high; flowers in July and August. 



k'trill gron in mj oonmoo toH; particularly in a tandy one. Hedysarum, 



from the 'ire k rVMya, nweetj and aroma, a perfume. 



mguUoriia Ctutadmwii, Canadian Great Burnet. Tetrandria, Monogy 

 nia. ■anglueeVbtto A native of Canadiu, cultivated in HW.1; a perennial, 

 bearing «pikr* of nhite fl..«er«; five feet high ; it flowers in August and Srp- 



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