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arbours, avails, &c. There are several varieties of it. (Soil 

 No. 3.) 



Justicias. Only a few of these belong to the green-house. 

 /. carnca is the most splendid, being crowned with its bright 

 rosy pink spikes of flowers nearly the whole }'ear. Give it 

 good large pots, well drained. J. adhdtoda, Malabar-nut. 

 These are the only ones that are worth observation, and are 

 very easily cultivated in any soil. 



Kennedias, about twelve species, all beautiful evergreen 

 climbers of the easiest culture, and flower abundantly. K. 

 monophylla, blue-flowered, and K. rubicunda, crimson-flow- 

 ered, are common m our collections. K. prostrdta, one- 

 flowered scarlet, and K. coccinea, many-flowered scarlet, are 

 very pretty. K. Comptonidna has splendid purple flowers, 

 K. nigricans, black flowers, and K. splendens and K. marry- 

 dtta are thought the most superb. They have bright crimson 

 flowers, and are yet rare in our collections. The pots should 

 be well drained ; flowers are either in racemose spikes or 

 solitary, which is rather too much distinction for the same 

 genus. (Soil No. 6.) 



Lasiopelalums, only two species. There were a few more, 

 but they are now Thomdsias, plants of no merit whatever 

 in regard to flower; foliage three-lobed, small, rough, and 

 rusty-like. Thomdsia solandcea and T. qucrcifolia are the 

 best species ; foliage of the former is large, cordate,, and 

 deeply indented ; they are all of the easiest culture. (Soil 

 No. 1.) 



Laurus. A few species are green-house plants. This 

 genus has been divided to Cinnamdmum; still there are a 

 few celebrated plants in the original. L. ndbilis, sweet-bay, 

 though hardy, is kept under protection. It will bear the 

 winter with a little straw covering; notwithstanding, there 

 should be a plant kept in the house in case of accident by 

 frost or otherwise ; there is a variegated variety of it. L. 

 indica, royal bay, L. foetens, L. aggregdta and L. glauca, 

 are favourites. There is a species known in our collections 

 as L. scdbra. The Camphor tree, known as L. camphora, ia 

 Cinndmomum camphora ; the wood, leaves, and roots of this 

 tree have a very strong odour of camphor. It is obtained 

 by distillation from the roots and small branches, which are 

 cut into chips, and put into a net suspended within an iron 

 pot. the bottom of which is covered with water, having; ax> 





