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Wm. Smith's, at Norbiton Common, near Kingston, 

 Surrey, where he cultivates an ample store of novelties for 

 sale. 



632. RHODODENDRON VENUSTUM. Lovely Rosebay. 



Class 10th. Decandria Monogynia. 



A very dwarf and bushy evergreen shrub, not exceeding 

 eight inches in height. This is a very showy and inte- 

 resting plant, blowing in March, and produced in Mr. 

 Smith's Nursery, two large clusters of 15 flowers each, of 

 a rich pink, marked inside with dark red spots. It is 

 quite hardy, and easily increased by layers. Mr. Smith is 

 in possession of a good stock of young plants for sale. ' 



633. ABUTILON PULCHELLUM. Fragrant Abutilon. 



Class 16th. Monodelphia Polyandria. 



An upright branching shrub, rising six or eight feet 

 high. It is a native of New South Wales, quite hardy, 

 and blossoms in March, when it may be seen trained to a 

 wall without protection at the Chelsea Botanic Garden, 

 and producing seeds freely. Its flowers though small are 

 produced in great abundance, and diffuse an agreeable fra- 

 grance like that of the hawthorn. 



634. GILIA CORONOPIFOLIA. Buckshorn-leaved Gilia. 



Class 5th. Pentandria Monogynia. 



Few Annuals are seen in our gardens of equal beauty to 

 the present. It is a native of Carolina and Georgia. It 

 is increased by seeds (though sparingly), which should be 

 sown in the autumn, and the young plants preserved in 

 the pit or greenhouse through the winter, and planted out 



