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British Moiver- Garden. 



mlneae. From Nepal. " Deservedly named by 

 Sir X E. Smith in honour of the excellent Mr. 

 Roscoe, who has distinguished himself so much 

 by his labours to illustrate this interesting order 

 of plants." Stove, in sandy loam, and difficult 

 to propagate. — Onosma taurica. A brilliant little 

 herbaceous plant, from Tauria and Caucasus. 

 Light loam, and not easily propagated, unless seeds 

 are obtained. — Campanula capillaris. About 6 in. 

 high. PVom New South Wales. — Achillea rosea. 

 From Hungary in 1823. — Caladiuni zamiaefolium ; 

 yirofdeae. A singular and curious plant, from 

 Brazil. Stove. — Erica, cinerea atropurpurea. 

 From the Highlands of Scotland, but grows well 

 in a pot, and may be increased with facility by 

 cuttings. — ^conitum neubergense. A hardy per- 

 ennial, from Styria and Hungary, in 1823. 



Part CXLII.for February, contains 

 1411 to 1420. — Eccremocarpus {ekkremes, pendulous, Icarpos, fruit) 

 scaberj Didynam. Angios. and Scrophularineae. (f.g.35.) A beautiful 

 climbing plant, lately introduced from South 

 America. " Its stems are half shrubby, in its 

 native country running over the bushes, and ,' 

 flowering nearly throughout the year. With 

 us it blooms in the latter part of summer, 

 and is very ornamental, especially when 

 planted in the full ground. It requires pro- 

 tection from frost, and will grow in any good 

 garden soil, increasing either by cuttings or 

 seeds, which ripen very well in this country." 

 — iStachys aspera. — i'rica prae^cox. — Cera- 

 tochilus {kerate, two horns, cheilos, lip ; two 

 horns of the lip); Gynan. Monog. and Or- 

 chideas. From Trinidad in 1824, with large, 

 fragrant, but fleeting, flowers. Stove; in moss, 

 sawdust, and sand, with a good supply of 

 water. — Fuchsia multiflora. Handsome, like 

 all the other species, and bears the winter pretty well in a warm sheltered 

 situation. — Aneimia Phillitidis ; Cryptog. i^ilic. An interesting fern, from 

 the forests of St. Domingo, and from Trinidad. — Lidtris sphaeroidea. — 

 Phlox divaricata. — Zephyranthes Candida; Hexan. Monog. and Z/iliacese. 

 — Pentstemon angustifolium. Pretty ; from Mexico, by R. Barclay, Esq., 

 of Bury Hill ; cuttings, in good garden soil. 



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No. LXVII.for September, contains 

 265 to 268. — Eschscholtzia californica ; Papaveraceae. Perennial, with 

 a fleshy root and bipinnatifid glaucous leaves, and golden-yellow flowers. 

 Discovered a great many years ago by Archibald Menzies, Esq. F.L.S., but 

 living plants first raised from seeds sent by Mr. David Douglas. Flowers 

 and ripens seeds freely. — Polemonium villosum. Pretty ; hitherto scarce, 

 but now plentiful in Russel's nursery at Battersea. — Alstrcemeria Simsij ; 

 kmaxyWidea;. The roots long fleshy white tubers ; the leaves 3 in. long, 

 and 1 in. broad at the widest part, very much twisted, and glaucous ; the 

 flowers in terminal umbels of an orangy scarlet, open and a little rcflexed, 



