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creased readily by cuttings. Ceropegia, from heropegion, a candlestick, in 

 ajluslon to tl lilaiice 1 borne by the corollas of some species to the 



Lrauch of an antique cahdel; 



_>. EchinocacliK Ey^Jesj/.'Swcet-sceTr/ed Spiny Cactus. Icosandria, Mono- 



ula. C.ici . ;,'. This spe'eies was presented to the Horticultural Society 

 i Jottn l.i i-.nocK, who had procured it from Mexico, 

 wh' uus seems to exist in gre&t! mimrWrs'; it flowers at various sea- 



sons. The dowers are about six inches long; the rays are of the softest 

 white, while the disk is of a rich yellow. Th. y are remarkable for the rich, 

 delicious odoUT they exhale at ni;.'ht. Echinocaohis, from the form of the 

 marine animals called F.chini, which has natirrally suggested the application 

 of their name to plants which so much resemble them. 



"5. Cdtaset'um scmlapeftum, Half-open Caliasetufn. (Jynandria, Monandria. 

 Or,iiidea>. First introdueed by Mr. Bni.L Edward Lloyd, who sent it from 

 Brazil to Miss FAI.KNER of ''airfield, about eight or nine years ago. Moro 

 recently it has been sent to Mr. Harrison of Liverpool, by Dr. Dt ndas, 

 an eminent medical gentleman residing at Babia. It is not so »hewy as C. 

 tridentatum, but it is peculiarly fragrant, a quality of which all the other 

 are destitute. The flowers are of a yellowish green. The 

 plant thrives with the usual treatment, but does best if its roots are actually 

 allowed to immerse themselves in water. 



1. /. ..' siphon androsacetis, AndrSSa'ce-like Leptosiphon. Peutandria, 

 M Polemoniaccrc. This is a bushy annual, growing to the height 



nf eight or ten inches. The flowers are collected into terminal heads, sur- 

 rounded at their b r of floral leaves'. The long slender tube 

 cif the cordlla project-- beyond these leaves, and bears at the top five spread- 

 ing oval divisions; varying in colour from white to pale blue and pink. The 

 multitude of these dowers gives the plant a very gay appearance ; and as it 



perfectly hardy, and promise's to seed well, there is no doubt but that, in 

 a short time, it will be. found an important addition to our flower beds. It 

 cannot bear our summer heat, and only nourishes in the spring, or more 

 particularly the autumn, when the sun has lost bis power, and the nights 

 are cool with heavy dews. It should, therefore, either he sown in the autumn, 



as to flower early, or in June, in order that it may be ready for blossoming 

 in September. Any kind of soil seems to suit it, but it is not improbable 

 that a shaded American border may be best. It is a native of California, 

 whence it was sent by Mr. Dot glas. 



5. Calceolaria polifolia, V.'hite leaved Slipperworl. Diandria, Monogynia. 



Serophiilarim a\ This is apparently a very common plant in the passes in 



the mountains between Valparaiso and Si. JagO, for almost every collection 



from that locality contains it. It is a hardy perennial, about a foot high, 



with a wood;, stem which would probably become shrubby in favourable 



situations. Itslittle hoary leaves, and verj numerous pale primrose-coloured 



flowers, have quite a peculiar appearance, and render it extremely different 



from all the other species. Ii thrives with tic same treatment as other 



Calccola impatient of damp in winter; cuttings readily multiply it. 



i.. Solatium etuleratum, Tuberless Solatium. Periftmdriaj Monogynia. 



trious plant is a hardy perennial, a native of Chili, whetttce 



it was obtained some years since by the Horticultural Society. It bears its 



neb el, i j, purple blossoms, with a golden yellow centre, from July 



r, and is v. ry • a ily multiplied by dividing its stout rooting under 



ind hU'ms. inanely similar to the l'otatoe in appearance, 



lis larger and more compact Qowers, and its want of the power of pro- 



dufin lender it a proper plant for a flower-garden. 



7. VemophU/iinsUjnis,8\\emy NemophUa- Pentandria, Monogynia, ll\ 

 drophylle.e. This elegant species of Nemophila it a hardy annual, requiring 

 a rich soil, not damp, and a ituation lulls exposed to the sun; it must be 

 fully from wet when forming seeds, or they will not ripen, 

 I ii pr lured it« -e,l in the garden rerj sparingly) witb all th.- care 

 tlial could be Riven io ii Ii Ii rt Ulilj di Ungldabed from all other specie 

 ie izc of th i! , ... , , •„ iii-i, are larger evun tin u ih f N-j>b a C(tiQ\4ii 



I of a beautiful light blue colour. 



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