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ing the same treatment as Nemophila. Found in the Sacra- 

 mento valley. 



L. alba Hartweg. — Of similar habit of L. rosea, but with 

 white flowers. It thrives well in a damp situation, and 

 blooms for a long time. 



At another time, we shall notice some of the shrubby and 

 perennial plants and bulbs which Mr. Hartweg found in Cal- 

 ifornia. 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Art. 1. General Notices. 



Wistaria sinensis. — On each of the rafters of the principal roof of the 

 conservatory here, is trained a single shoot of this plant, the flowers of 

 which are usually produced in great prodigality, more especially at the first 

 period of blossoming, when it exhibits a magnificent appearance. Tiewed 

 from either end of the house, the whole roof presents an unbroken mass of 

 large bluish purple clusters, of the softest tints, which are rendered even 

 more delicate by their being produced under glass. The bunches of flow- 

 ers have been unusually fine with us this season, and from absence of much 

 sunlight they have been in beauty since the beginning of April. When 

 trained on walls or buildings in the open air, on different aspects, the sea- 

 son of flowering is in consequence of longer continuation. On a southern 

 aspect here it has been in flower about a fortnight ; whilst on an eastern 

 exposure, the blossoms are only just expanding, and they will remain in 

 flower for a long time, in consequence of being shaded from the fierce rays 

 of the mid-day and afternoon sun. It is worthy of remark, that whilst the 

 blossoms on a southern exposure have suffered very considerably from the 

 effects of the severe weather of last month, those on an eastern aspect 

 have sustained no damage whatever. Grown on arches in particular situa- 

 tions, or trained to imitate a shrub on a nicely kept lawn, the effect in either 

 case is pleasing, or if it is allowed to ramble over a specimen of laburnum, 

 its delicate flowers mingling with the brilliant yellow of the laburnum 

 produce at once variety and contrast. — (Gardeners^ Chronicle, 1849, p. 342.) 



Verbena Pegs, — The following plan may be found a less troublesome 

 mode of procuring pegs for verbenas, &c., than the ordinary custom of 

 cutting hooked pegs out of old besoms or bundles of fern. Get a bundle of 

 the unpeeled thin ends of the willow twigs, about from one to two feet long, 

 from the basket maker's, and cut them into lengths from four to six inches 

 When your plants require pegging, you have only to take your basket full 

 of these little sticks, and, bending them in the middle, they will be found 

 to answer perfectly. Keep the bundle of twigs with the thick end in wa- 

 ter, to preserve their toughness, until they are wanted to be cut up. Any 

 basket-maker will furnish a bundle of these ends, enough for a large gar- 



