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season . It is therefore probable that it will prove capable 

 of bearing our winters without protection. 



490. SPARAXIS PENDULA. Pendulous-flowered Sparaxis. 



Class 3rd. Triandria Monogynia. 



A native of the Cape of Good Hope. It blossoms in a 

 conservatory in the month of June, when the flowering 

 stems were 4 feet high, and the length of the full-grown 

 leaves nearly 3 feet. 



Propagated either by division of the root or by seed. 

 This is a handsome conservatory plant, well worth culti- 

 vation. 



491. MALVA PURPURATA. Purple Mallow. 



Class 16th. Monadelphia Polyandria. 



A Perennial herbaceous plant, increasing very little by 

 the root, but producing seeds in dry seasons. It flowers 

 in June, and continues in beauty till the frosts of autumn 

 nip it. It requires no particular attention, thriving in any 

 common garden soil. 



492. SPIRAEA ARI.EFOLIA. Beam Tree-leaved Spircea. 



Class 12th. Icosandria Pentagynia. 



A handsome, hardy shrub, native of the North-west of 

 North America. It flowers in June and July, when its large 

 loose panicles render it a handsome object. 



Quite hardy, and easily increased by cuttings or by 

 layers. 



493. ROSA MULTIFLORA, var. PLATYPHYLLA. The Seven 



Sisters' Rose. 

 Class 12th. Icosandria Polygynia. 



This is the most beautiful of all the climbing roses of 



