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tlieir many-hued blossoms from Jane to October, and we can- 

 not too highly recommend them for every purpose, whether for 

 the conservatory, greenhouse, or parlor. Easily grown, freely 

 propagated by offsets from the root, and in bloom six or eight 

 months, what greater merits can any plants claim for the care 

 of the amateur? 



Mr. Saunders, in classing together those species and varie- 

 ties which succeed best by particular treatment, has shown 

 that he has carefully studied their habits, and the informa- 

 tion will be gladly welcome to all who cultivate this tribe. 

 We are only surprised to learn that A. picta does not flower 

 freely under Mr. Bostwick's good management. With us, 

 it forms a plant two feet high, clothed with quantities of flow- 

 ers at the same time, and in bloom from June till October. 

 It requires a very open soil. — Ed. 



Art. VI. Floricultural and Botanical Notices of New and 

 Beautiful Platits figured in Foreign Periodicals ; with 

 Desci'ijJtions of those recently introduced to, or originated in^ 

 American Gardens. 



Abelia rupestris, a handsome half-hardy shrub, one of Mr. 

 Fortune's introductions, from the Chamoo Hills, is now pretti- 

 ly in flower, and is a fine addition to all collections. It has 

 a neat erect and bushy habit, and every shoot is terminated 

 with a cluster of pink flowers. South of Philadelphia, it will 

 imdoubtedly prove hardy, and will be a fine garden shrub 

 it may, in sheltered situations, stand in the latitude of Bos- 

 ton. 



Salvia splendens major is the name of a fine variety of 

 the old and admired splendens, which we lately saw in bloom, 

 in the collection of Messrs. Hogg & Son, New York; it is 

 much dwarfer in habit, branching close to the ground, more 

 compact in growth, and the flowers are produced in more 

 dense spikes, with lateral branches ; it is so much preferable 

 to the splendens, that it must eventually take the place of 

 that old favorite. 



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