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and tomentose; grows rapidly, and flowers abundantly. 

 (Soil No. 3.) 



Lychnis corondta is an esteemed Chinese plant; flowers 

 in abundance, pentapetalous, large, and a little indented at 

 the edges ; colour a red-like orange ; flowers terminal and 

 axillary. A good method of treatment is to divide the 

 roots, and plant some of them in the garden ; they will 

 flower well, and could be lifted in the fall, and put under 

 protection. If not done so, plant them in four-inch pots, 

 and repot them into those of six-inch in May. Do not ex- 

 pose them while in flower to the mid-day sun, for it will 

 deteriorate the fine orange colour. (Soil No. 9.) 



Lysinemas, four species, closely allied to Epdcris. In 

 every respect treatment the same. L. pentapitalum, L. 

 conspicum and L. roseum, are the best ; the flowers of the 

 former two are white. (Soil No. 6.) 



Magnolias. There are four species that require the pro- 

 tection of our green-houses; all the others are hardy. M. 

 fuscata and M. annonaefolia are very similar in foliage and 

 flower : the young branches and leaves of M.fuscdta are 

 covered with a brown, rusty-like down ; the other by some 

 is considered merely a variety; flowers small, brown, and 

 very sweet-scented. M. pumila is very dwarf-growing; 

 leaves large and netted ; flowers semi-double, white, pend- 

 ent, and exceedingly fragrant. They are natives of China. 

 We have several others from the east, but being deciduous 

 are perfectly hardy. M. odoratissima, now Talduma Con- 

 dolii, is a native of the Island of Java, and considered 

 odoriferous, but it is very rare even in Europe ; said to have 

 a straw-coloured flower. (Soil No. 9.) 



Manettia; a genus of pretty climbing plants producing a 

 profusion of scarlet flowers, especially C. gldbra, (of Don,) 

 or cordifolia, (of Paxton,) which is a complete mass of 

 flowers from July to October, and is a lovely object when 

 turned into the borders during summer. M. bicolor, red 

 and yellow, blooms throughout the winter, and is a charm- 

 ing climber in that dull period of flowers ; they are of the 

 easiest culture in soil No. 17. 



Melafeucas, above thirty species, and a beautiful genus 

 of New Holland plants, of easy culture ; flowers come out 

 of the wood-like fringes. M. elliptica, M.fulgens, scarlet, 

 M. decussdta, M. hypericifolia, M. squarrosa, M. linari- 



