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The beds should be edged with box, and the walks neatly- 

 gravelled, unless they are cut out of turf. 



FLORICULTURAL AND BOTANICAL NOTICES. 



Under this head we shall continue to notice, as heretofore, 

 all the new plants of interest which are figured and described 

 in the foreign periodicals of the day, or which have been in- 

 troduced into our collections. Many of them are interesting 

 only to the few, while others are of such a popular character 

 that they will be interesting to all amateurs and cultivators 

 of beautiful plants. 



Ho^YA imperiaYis. — This new and showy species is now 

 in bloom in our collection. It is the largest of all the Hoyas, 

 with flowers two inches in diameter, and in clusters of ten 

 or more each ; the color is a dark cinnamon brown. It re- 

 quires rather a high temperature to bloom it freely, but it is a 

 most attractive species. 



New Summer Blooming Gladioluses. — The French cul- 

 tivators have made great additions to this beautiful tribe of 

 summer flowering bulbs ; by careful hybridization they have 

 obtained a great variety of colors, some very delicate, and 

 others almost as brilliant as the old cardinal is. Several of 

 these new ones flowered with us last summer, and we com- 

 mend them to all admirers of showy flowers. The following 

 are half a dozen of the best : — 



Couranti fulgens, rosy salmon. 



Couranti fulgens, bright, rosy crimson. 



Madame Coudert, clear carmine, shaded. 



Madame Henricq, yellowish white, changing to clear 

 white ; slightly veined, and marbled with lilac. 



Monsieur Georgon, rosy salmon. 



Rosea Carnea, clear rose. 



Calceolaria violacea. — This new and rather remarkable 

 species of this beautiful tribe, is now flowering in our collec- 

 tion. All the previously introduced species being of a brown 



