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the upper end only." The flowers are produced in a large 

 panicle, and are of a "bright yellow ochre color, with a pale 

 border." It flowered in the collection of the Duke of North- 

 umberland, in August, 1840. [Bot. Reg., April.) 



Cyrtandacece,. 



^SCHYNA'NTHUS (from to blush, and afloirer.) 

 maciilAtus im(//. Spotted Blusli-wcirt. A hot-house plant; growing a foot high; with 

 orange colored flowers; appearing in summer (?); a native of ludia; increased by cut- 

 tings Bot.Reg., 1841, t.28. 



A fine plant; a native of India, where the species of this 

 beautiful genus, in the hot damp sands, and upon rocks and 

 trees, are found clinging to such surfaces, and maintain them- 

 selves by aerial roots, like those of ivy. The present sub- 

 ject has an erect stem, with opposite lanceolate leaves, and 

 terminal umbels of bright orange and crimson flowers. It 

 requires a strong heat and damp atmosphere, and thrives best 

 fastened to a stick placed in a pot, and the space filled up 

 with light leaf mould and peat. (Bot. Reg., May.) 



Garden Memoranda. — It is our intention, in the course of 

 a few weeks, to resume our notes on gardens and nurseries, 

 as full as in our earlier volumes. For the purpose of gather- 

 ing together interesting matter for this purpose, we visited a 

 few places the past month. But after preparing to write out 

 our remarks, we found that want of room would compel us 

 to put off their appearance till another month: having, how- 

 ever, a spare page, we embrace the opportunity to note down 

 a few plants which flowered the past month, and others which 

 will flower during February, in the vicinity of Boston. 



A hasty visit to Mr. Wilder's green -house revealed to us 

 some pretty camellias, of new introduction. The loss of a 

 portion of Mr. Wilder's plants by fire, last season, is proba- 

 bly fresh in the minds of our readers. The collection was 

 indeed much reduced by that unfortunate circumstance, and 

 many choice and rare plants were entirely lost. The most 

 remarkable instance of preservation was that of his new seed- 

 ling camellia, of which we gave some account last season, 

 (Vol. VII., p. 2.5.) A single bud was all that was saved; 

 this was a graft only inserted a few weeks previous to the fire: 

 it had but a single leaf, and so near was the escape, that a part 

 of that leaf was destroyed by the heat of the fire. The plant 

 is now a foot high, and we are glad that Mr. Wilder was so 

 fortunate as to preserve it. Making allowance for the damage 



