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longevity. Some plantations at Turin in Italy are sup- 

 posed to have existed from the time of Pliny. It fre- 

 quently flowers in our collections, but seldom carries 

 fruit ; flowers white, in small racemose axillary spikes. 

 O. cupensis has a thick large oblong foliage ; flowers 

 white, in large terminate panicles. O. verrucosa, foliage 

 flat, lanceolate, and white beneath, branches curiously 

 warted. O. fragrdns, foliage and blossoms are both 

 highly odoriferous ; the plant is much esteemed in 

 China, and is said to be used tq adulterate and flavour 

 teas. Leaves are elliptic, lanceolate, and a little ser- 

 rated ; flowers white in lateral bunches. It is subject 

 to the small, white scaly insect, and ought to be care- 

 fully kept from them by washing. O. paniculata is a 

 fine species. They are all very easily cultivated. 



Oxylobiums, seven species, plants very similar to 

 Callistachys, with ovate, cordate, light coloured, pu- 

 bescent foliage, with papilionaceous flowers. O. obtusi- 

 fblium has scarlet flowers ; O. retusum, orange flowers ; 

 and O. ellipticum, yellow flowers. They grow freely, 

 and should be well drained ; flower from May to Au- 

 gust. 



Pelargoniums, Stork's Bill. This genus, so universal- 

 ly known amongst us as Geranium, from which it was 

 separated many years ago, is a family of great extent 

 and variety, for which we are principally indebted to 

 the Cape of Good Hope. By cultivation from seed 

 many hundred beautiful species and well marked varie- 

 ties have been obtained. There are about five hun- 

 dred species, with upwards of two hundred varieties. 

 They are of every character, colour and shade, of the 



