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a green-house, or common pit, protected from cold and wet, would probably 

 suit it until the season returns, at which time it should be removed, to a hot 

 damp stove, uuioug tropical epiphytes, to remain there till its leaves decay ; 

 when that happens, it should once more be restored to a resting hausw. 

 Bietia, t'roui Louis Blet, a Spanish botanist. 



6. Gilia AvkUleoe folia, Milfoil leaved. Pentandria, Monogynia. Pohy^: 

 iM>iiiiu-u.r. A new hardy annual, sent from California to the London Hor- 

 ticultural Society, by Mr. Douglas. It resembles Gilia capitata in its 

 foliage, and in the arrangement of its flowers; but its appearance is much 

 more green, and its habit is dwarfish. The flowers, too, are purple, instead: 

 of sky blue. It will grow in any kind of garden soil, and produces seed in 

 abundance, so that it will soon become as common as Gilia capitata. The 

 present species blooms from July to December. Gilia, from Gileo, a Spa- 

 nish botanist. 



7. Linaria Dalmalica, Dalmatian Toad flax. Didrnamia, Angiospermku 

 Scrophularinea?. Synonym. Linaria grandiflora. Antirrhinum Dalmatic 

 cum. Seeds of tliis very handsome plant were gathered in Persia,and pi»> 

 Muted by sir Henry Wilcock to the London Horticultural Society, ,iiL 

 whose garden a plant or two flowered about Midsummer last year. The: 

 shoots spring with very few branches, straight from the ground, and rise to 

 the height of two or three feet. Tlie ^lowers are large, of a deep yellow, 

 and very showy. It has not produced seeds, but it is a hardy perennial; it 

 uiiiy probably be increased without difficulty, by dividing the crown of if§_ 

 roots. Linaria, from Linum, flax, — similar leaves. 



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1. Rhododendron campanulatum, Bell flowered. A small evergreen tree; 

 lit from three to five feet high. This spendid species is a native of Gosa 

 ingsthan, a high mountain, to the north of the valley of Nepal, and was in- 

 troduced into the gardens about ten years ago, from seeds sent by Dr. Wal- 

 ii' ii. Tlie flowers are of a milk white, shaded with lilac, and surpass in 

 ;d! others of the genus, with the exception of one discovered in Java, 

 I'v Dr. HonsuKLL). The present species is truly arborescent. It is culti 

 uited by Mr. Knight, of Chelsea. Rhododendron, from Rhodo, a Rose, 

 and dendrun, a tree, 



■2. Lobelia potyphylla, Leafy Lobelia. Pentandria, Monogynia. Cam 



panulacea.-. Introduced about four years ago, from seeds communicated by 



Brtdgi -, ,.1 more recently by .Mr. Ciming. It is frequent on the 



hills about Valparaiso, in Chili. This, together with mucronata and Tupa, 



i the same- country, are very nearly allied, being found to differ chiefly 



in the proportionate length of the tube of the corolla, the degree of deve- 



ment of the bracteas, and in the presence or absence of downiness on 



the st. in and leaves. The one now under consideration, has the largest 



br»c!e«, the shortest tub< to the corolla, and is almost wholly glabrous. It 



thrives best in a light rich soil, and is increased by division, or by seeds. 



J "b. lin, from M. Lobel, a botanical author. 



■i. Nurembergia filkaulis, i\\ iggj Nierembergia. Pentandria, Monogynia. 

 Solan. .1. \ native of Entre Kins, a province of the republic of Buenos 

 i in 1832, from seeds sjent by Mr. Tweedii:, to our 

 Iri.-nd Mr. \i.ii.i.. in whose collection at Canon .Mills, near Edinburgh, it 

 flbWprcd to great perfection in the early part of last Autumn, in the open 

 Ixirdcr. It is taller and more glabrous than N. gracilis, with the limb of the 

 ■ of that species, and the tube rarely exceeding 

 the calii in length. The filaments in both are glandular, and in othor 

 reaper^, 1 1 j . ■ plants are pretty nearly similar. Nierembergia, from J. E. 

 NitRtiiurito, a Spanish Jesuit. » "& 



