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earth, their only support being sprinklings of water 

 every day. F. Brdssii is the finest looking species that 

 has come under our observation ; the leaves are very 

 large, shining, cordate, accumulate; nerves strong and 

 white. As the beauty of these plants is entirely in the 

 foliage and habit, we will select the best of them in the 

 list to which we refer. 



Gcertnera racemosa, is a large climbing woody shrub, 

 with pinnated leaves, leaflets ovate, lanceolate, flowers 

 white, five petaled, beautifully fringed ; blooms in dense 

 panicles. When the plants are allowed to climb, they 

 do not flower freely ; but if closely cut in, they will 

 flower every year in great profusion, after the plants 

 are well established. It is now called Hiptdge Mada- 

 bldta. 



Geissomeria longiflora. This is a new genus, and 

 closely allied to Ruellia. The species alluded to, is a 

 free flowerer, blooming from May to August, in close 

 spikes of a scarlet colour; leaves opposite, ovate, elon- 

 gate, and shining ; the plants must be well drained, and 

 in summer kept from the direct influence of the sun. 



Gardenias, a genus containing about seventeen spe- 

 cies, several of them very popular in our collections, 

 going under the name of Cape Jasmine, which do well 

 in the Green-house, (see May.} The species requiring 

 this department, and deserving attention, are G. cam- 

 panulata, of a soft woody nature, with ovate, accumulate 

 leaves ; flowers of a straw colour, and solitary ; G. 

 amcena, the flowers are white, tinged with crimson, ter- 

 minale and solitary ; G. costdta, admired for its beauti- 

 ful ribbed foliage, G. lucida has a handsome, ovate, 



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