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ranked manner. The flowers are rather large for the size of 

 the plant, of a bright yellow, "with a darker spot at the base, 

 of the same color, and bordered first with crimson and then 

 with dusky red," which renders it a showy object. It is a 

 pretty con)panion to the chorozemas and eutaxias, and like 

 them requires the temperature of a common green-house, and 

 to be potted in a light soil composed of heath mould and sandy 

 loam. It is increased freely by seeds or cuttings. {Bot. 

 Reg., Oct.) 



MIRRE'LM 

 specid-a. Lindl. Showy JNliibelia. A creen-hoii=e shrub: growing eiph'een irches hieh; 

 with purplish violet floweri; appearing in March and April; auaiiveof iNew Hol- 

 land; incrc-ased uy culUngs. Bot. Reg., 1841, t. 58. 



"A handsome shrub," forming a twiggy bush, with inter- 

 rupted racemes of bright but purplish violet flowers, with a 

 yellow spot in the centre of the vexillum. The stem is pu- 

 bescent; the leaves scattered, ternate, and verticillate. The 

 flowers appear in axillary clusters of three or more, and are 

 very showy. The plants grow freely, delighting in a light 

 sandy soil, which is rather poor and well drained: for if the 

 soil is too wet or retentive, they are likely to die suddenly. 

 In summer, it should be placed in a cold frame or pit, when 

 the lights can be removed entirely in dull weather, and at 

 night, but kept on during boisterous and wet weaiher. Dr. 

 Lindley truly remarks, that "it is a mistake to suppose that 

 green-house plants should be placed out of doors, and sub- 

 jected to all the vicissitudes of the weather during sum.mer. 

 As regards delicate sorts, like the present, the sudden changes 

 which they are subjected to, when placed out of. doors, are 

 very destructive to them." He further remarks, that "more 

 injury is done by too much fire heat and too little water to 

 such plants during winter, than by all other causes together, 

 frost excepted." [But. Reg., Oct.) 



Hutdcece. 



BORO'NM 

 trvplnlla var. latifdlia. The three UareJ Boronia. A green-honse shrub; crowing two 

 feet high, with red flowers; appearing in spring'; a native of New Uilland; increased 

 by cuttings; grown in light sandy soil. Bot. Keg., 1&41, t. 47. 

 Syn. Bordnia ;edil'6l:a. Pait. Mag. Bot. Ie41. t. 1C;3. 



All the boronias are pretty objects, but the present may be 

 regarded "as one of the best, partly on account of its good 

 foliage, but more because of the deep rich ruby red of its 

 numerous starry flowers." The plant has an erect habit, 

 with ternate leaves, and axillary flowers in pairs, forming ra- 



