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sandy loam and peat, and increased by seeds and young cuttings, 

 which will root in sand under a bell-glass. Gastrolobium, from 

 <jasler, a belly — lobos, a pod ; the seed-pods of this genus being 

 very much swelled. 



Genera 17. Jacksonia. C. 10, or. 1, sp. 4. A pretty genus 

 of New Holland, increased by young cuttings placed in .sand 

 under a bell-glass, or ripened ones under a hand-glass* Sandy 

 loam and peat is the compost in which they will thrive the. best. 

 Named by Brown in honour of G. Jackson, formerly librarian to 

 Atlmer Bodrke Lambert, and an excellent practical botanist, 

 of whom too little is known. 



Genera IS. Mirbelia. C. 10, or. 1, sp. 6. A very pretty 

 New Holland genus of evergreen shrubs. An equal mixture of 

 sand, loam, and peat suits them very well ; and young cuttings 

 root without difficulty in sand under bell-glasses. Seed sometimes 

 ripens, by which they are readily increased. Mirbelia, named by 

 Smith in honour of C. F. B. Mirbkl, a distinguished French 

 physiological botanist, whose elucidations of the reticulated struc- 

 ture of vegetables make it proper to consecrate to his merits plants 

 remarkable for their reticulation. 



Genera 19. Ormosia. C. 10, or. 1, sp. 2. A West Indian 

 genus of stove evergreen trees, thriving in a light loamy soil, or a 

 mixture of loam and peat. Seeds generally vegetate freely, and 

 young cuttings will root freely in sand under a bell-glass. Named 

 by Jackson from ormos, a necklace, for making which the hand- 

 some seeds (red, with a black eye) of the species are well adapted. 



Nolc. — All the above genera, with the exception of No. 19, 

 which is for the stove, and No. 14 for the llowcr garden, are 



inmates of the green-house or conservatory. 



F. F. Asheokd. 



ARTICLE VIII. — On Plants which are peculiarly 

 adapted for Planting in Beds in Masses ; each kind 

 being showy and profuse in Floucring. By Flora, 

 (continued from page 20(i.) 



Midope rjrcuulijlorum. Monadelphia, Polyandria. MaJvacea . 

 This very showy plant is of the Mallow tribe ; grows two feet to 



