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rather larger than the former, Inaica purpurca pUno, double 

 purple. This variety is not so fine as many of the others. 

 Properly it is not purple, or if it may be termed so, the coloni 

 is very light, and the flower irregular. Indica phoenicca^ 

 rich purple and a free grower. Indica smifhii of the French, 

 and Indica purpurca of the English, are alike, pale lilac and 

 very profuse of flower. Indica coccinea, bright scarlet, a 

 superb variety, and extremely abundant of bloom. Indica 

 Jiore varieyata, flowers beautifully variegated, pink and white. 

 Lateritla, salmon colour, fine. Williamsii, bright, rich crim- 

 son. Powleii, rosy purple. Prince Albert, very large, bright 

 rosy crimson, of strong growth. Maitlandii, pure white, 

 striped with pink, dwarf habit. Copeii, bright rose. Daniel- 

 siana, bright red. Indica cdrnea, delicate, flesh colour. 

 Indica nova blanc, white, with a greenish-yellow spot on 

 the upper petals. Rubro pleno, double red, of very erect 

 growth. tSpcetabifa, rose and violet. Indica elegdns, bright 

 rosy purple, a very profuse flowerer and of a neat habit. In- 

 dica Gillinyhdmia, very large Tilac, and of a strong habit. 

 Striata formosissima, white striped rose. Hartwiy, very 

 bright crimson. Azalea sinensis does not belong to the \ndica 

 tribe; it is of a hard woody nature, flowers of a golden yellow, 

 in large clusters; it no doubt will prove a hardy species. The 

 varieties and sub-varieties of indica will, in a few years, be so 

 numerous that the greatest difficulty will be to keep clear of 

 those that are not decidedly distinct; to obtain this object our 

 own feeble exertions will be industriously applied. We might 

 have named a few other varieties, but they so nearly approach 

 some of the above that it is better to avoid them. A choice 

 collection of the Chinese Azalea ought to be in every green- 

 house; they are all easy of culture, and bloom freely from 

 February to May. The pots must be well drained and shaded 

 from the sun during summer, though the tops of the plants 

 do best to have the full rays, to which we have them fully 

 exposed, and find that by such treatment they are every year 

 completely covered with their flowers, and grow more stiff in 

 habit than when the whole plant is shaded. They should be 

 repotted, as soon as done flowering, in soil No. 6 when they 

 are flowering plants, and in soil No. 5 when young plants. 



Bdnksias. There are about thirty-two species, all curious 

 in flower, and handsome and various in foliage ; flowers in 

 large heads* of cone shape, anthers mostly green and continue 



