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the rich yellow at the bottom of its flowers, and bright crimson 

 of their limb. The foliage is linear, deep green, and convex; 

 the stem terminated with an umbel of from two to three flow- 

 ers. Its cultivation is simple: after the flowers fade, the bulb 

 should be placed in a light situation, and freely watered, in or- 

 der to enable it to perfect its foliage; when full grown, and it 

 begins to die off, the watering should be discontinued, and 

 the plant removed to a dry shelf till the growing season. ( Bol. 

 Reg., July.) 



hilidcece. 



ORNITHO'GALUM 

 divariciituin Lindl. Straggling Star of Bethlehem. A hardy bulb; growins two feet 

 hh^ii; witli while llowers; appearir-.g in July and An^iist; a native of California; in- 

 creased l)y olidcts. yiown in rich soil. Bot. Reg., 1849, t.28. 



A hardy species of the ornithogalum, throwing up a branch- 

 ed panicle of pretty white flowers, slightly pendulous. All 

 the genuine ornithogalums having erect stems. Dr. Lindley 

 doubted the propriety of referring this plant to the genus; but 

 for the present he considers it most prudent to let it form a 

 section. It is a native of California, and sent home to the 

 London Horticultural Society by Mr. Hindes, surgeon of the 

 Sulphur surveying ship. It grows freely in any good, rich-, 

 sandy soil, and is increased by offsets. {Bol. Reg., May.) 



Garden JMenwranda. Hawthorn Grove, Col.M. P. Wild- 

 er. — Some iew weeks since we made a short visit to this 

 place. It was just previous to the rose season, and they had 

 not then begun to bloom: the collection here is superb, many 

 additions having been made during the present year. Among 

 the tender sorts, however, we found several in bloom, though 

 the season was too early to show the character of the newer 

 kinds. During the present month, or in September, we hope 

 to be able to see them again, when they will be in good con- 

 dition, and note down the names of the most beautiful and de- 

 sirable for a collection. 



Passing into the green-house, where nearly all the plants 

 were yet remaining, we found a superb collection of geraniums 

 in flower; the plants large and well grown, and throwing up 

 line trusses of blooms. The finest were Gaines's King, IMag- 

 na Charta, Matilda, Florence, Decorum, Syl|)h, Siddonia, 

 Carnation, Clarissa, and several others whose names we did 

 not note down. Some fuchsias struck us as very beautiful, par- 

 ticularly F, exiraia and Siandishu, the former very brilliasit. 



