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and easily increased by seeds and cuttings. It may be seen 

 at Mr. Knight's Nursery, King's Road, Chelsea. 



The flowers are fragrant, with a faint resemblance to 

 that of the garden Hyacinth. 



642. CHYMOCARPUS PENTAPHYLLUS. Five-leaved 

 Chymocarpus. 



Class 8th. Octandria Monogynia. 



This highly interesting plant is a native of Buenos 

 Ayres, and requires to be planted in the open border early 

 in the summer, as it was found to thrive much more vigo- 

 rously than when retained in the greenhouse. It blows 

 in July and August, when it produces a profusion of 

 blossoms, and subsequently ripens its fruit, which in ap- 

 pearance and flavour is not unlike the Zante grape. It 

 thrives best in a mixture of sandy peat and loam, and may 

 be increased by seeds or cuttings, whichl ast, root readily in 

 pure sand, and placed in a hotbed. 



643. VIOLA PEDATA, var. FLABELLATA. Fan-leaved 

 Violet. 



Class 5th. Pentandria Monogynia. 



This plant is extremely beautiful, and highly deserving 

 of cultivation in the open border, though it produced a 

 succession of flowers in the greenhouse of the Botanic 

 Garden, Edinburgh, it would therefore be well to keep a 

 few plants in the greenhouse, to see which succeeds best. 

 It usually blows in the beginning of October. It is pro- 

 pagated by a division of the roots. 



