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tributions to the cryptogamia flora of New England have 

 been of such signal service to botany. The plant was in- 

 troduced by Mr. Nuttall, on his last return from the North 

 West Coast, and has lately flowered in Philadelphia, in the 

 collection of Mr. R. Kilvington, who has great success in 

 the cultivation of indigenous plants. It was exhibited at a 

 late meeting of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, but 

 no description is given of the flower. 



Cereus cczruUscens. — A fine specimen under this name 

 flowered in the Botanic Garden at Kew, in July, 1S41. 

 The specimen was about four feet in height, and nearly three 

 inches in the thickest diameter of its unbranched stem. In 

 point of magnitude, and delicacy of texture, they are equal, 

 and even superior, to those of the far-famed C. graiidiflorus; 

 they are white, with the' margins of the petals crisped and 

 serrated. The flowers do not appear to have been known by 

 any author. The plant is of a singularly blue or glaucous 

 color, with about eight deep furrows. This is undoubtedly 

 the C ceeruleus of our collections; under this name we re- 

 ceived the first plant we ever saw, from M. Soulange Bodin, 

 of Paris. It is now about fifteen inches high, but would 

 have been much larger had we not topped it for propagation. 

 As its flowers were unknown, not much care was taken to 

 encourage its growth or induce it to bloom. So far as re- 

 gards its growth and habits, it is one of the very finest of the 

 tribe, erect in its stature, with a clean glaucous blue stem, 

 and black spines; it forms a pleasing contrast with the other 

 species. As it produces so splendid a flower, we must urge 

 cultivators to be careful in the treatment of their plants, in 

 order to induce them to bloom. 



Lophospermum erubescente-scdndens . — A new variety, raised 

 ed from the seed of the L. scandens, fertilized with the L. eru- 

 bescens. It has been called the L. Hendersonfi, from the cir- 

 cumstance of its being cultivated in Mr. Henderson's nursery, 

 Pine-apple Place, London, in fine perfection. It is a fine plant, 

 "remarkable for its strong growth, its bright green foliage, and 

 above all, the extreme abundance of its flowers; many who have 

 seen it trained up against the old abbey walls, have pronounced 

 it to be one of the finest ornaments for a wall or trellis that our 

 gardens can boast." It is probably as easily grown as the old 

 L. scandens. 



J^eio Fuchsias. — From the advertisements in the English 

 papers, there appears to be a great number of new seedling 



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