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cold to allow their buds to expand. The seeds should therefore be 

 sown in small patches, in various parts of the border, and wlien the 

 young plants are an inch higli, they should be thinned out, leaving 

 not more than six in each place. Thus treated, they flower early 

 and abundantly, presenting in bright sunshine, with their 2;olden flow- 

 ers, one of the most gorgeous displays ; in wet soil the plants 

 grow all to leaves. There has been some double plants raised from 

 seed. The only ones known, which we have heard of, were raised 

 by M.P. Wilder, Esq., in Dorchester, who now possesses the plant, 

 and the other in the English garden of the Earl Mountnorrls. We 

 have no doubt but seed may be saved from the plant in Mr. Wild- 

 er's possession, and other double varieties thus raised. They would 

 be a highly valuable acquisition to our annuals and perennials. 



Gilia coro7iopif6lio(CovQnopus-]eaved Gilia). Cantuacoronopifolia 

 of Loudon's Hortus Bntannicus, and of our gardens ; Ipomopsis picta 

 of the French. This elegant plant is a native of the Carolinas, and 

 has been cultivated in the English gardens ever since the year 1726. 

 It has, however, not been known in our gardens, although a native 

 plant, till within a few years. The delicacy of its finely pinnated 

 foliage, independent of its elegance when in blossom, entitles it to a 

 place in every flower border. It is rather impatient of cultivation, 

 and often dies off, when in full bloom. The seed should be sown in 

 a soil not manured, in an airy spot in the garden ; but not exposed 

 to the sun all day ; an eastern or northern aspect is the most 

 suitable. The plants should be tied to a small stick, to prevent 

 their being broken by the wind. It is beautifully pictured in the 

 Botanical Register for August last, t. 1691. 



Gilia pulchella (Pretty Gilia). Gilia aggregata Sm. Fl. Gard, 

 Ipomopsis elegans. Lindley. This plant has been principally known 

 under the generic name Ipomopsis ; but Mr. Bentham has, in his 

 investigations, discovered that it is not distinct from Gilia, and in a 

 synopsis of this genus, he has given it the name we have ado])ted. 

 This species, according to Paxton's Magazine of Botany, is very apt 

 to die off from some cause, just as the blossom buds begin to expand. 

 It has never been cultivated in our gardens, but as we have intro- 

 duced the seed, we hope to succeed in retaining it, although it was 

 once nearly lost to the English collections. From the descriptions 

 we have seen of this species, it must be gracefully elegant, and a 

 very desirable plant. Similar cultivation to the Gilia coronopfolia, is 

 recommended, 



Gilia tricolor (Three-colored Gilia). This is a new and hardy 

 annual. The following account we copy from the Botanical Regis- 

 ter, for September, 1834. The plant is there figured t. 1704, to 

 which is annexed the following : — It is " perhaps the handsomest of 

 the new Polenioniaceae received from California, both from the gen- 

 eral appearance of the plant, and the abundance and brilliancy of 

 colors of the flowers. It grows to the heighth of about a foot, with 



