164 Geranidcea;. 



No. LXXII.for February, cojitains 

 285 to 288. — Podolepis (/>ojw, a foot, lepis, a scale; footstalks to the 

 scales of the involucrum) gracilis; Compositffi Carduaceae ^steriae. "A 

 very pretty plant, from New South Wales, to the garden of Robert Barclay, 

 Esq., of Bury Hill, quite as hardy and of as easy culture as the common 

 annual Everlasting." — /Tibiscus Moscheutos ; Malvaceae. Beautiful ; from 

 the collection of A. B. Lambert, Esq., at Boyton House. " It is seldom 

 that the present plant, or H. palustris, produces flowers in our gardens. 

 The reason is, without doubt, through their being planted in too dry a 

 situation, their native places of growth in America being in swamps and 

 marshes. Pursh mentions the present species as growing in swamps and 

 salt marshes, from New York to Carolina, and plentifully in the marshes 

 round the Salt Lake, Onondago, New York ; flowering from August to 

 October." It is most probably owing to the very wet summer that they 

 flowered so freely this season, and by being planted in a moist situation ; 

 and there can be no doubt but they would flower as readily every season if 

 planted near a pond, or in any wet swampy ground. They are quite hardy, 

 and are readily increased by dividing at the root, or by seed. — Gilia capi- 

 tata ; Polemoniaceae. One of the interesting discoveries " made by our 

 indefatigable friend, Mr. David Douglas, in the north-west regions of 

 America. It is quite hardy, and forms a valuable addition to the flower 

 border, which it adorns during the summer months with its numerous tufts 

 of pretty blue flowers." It is annual ; but, if sown at difierent seasons, 

 between March and August, a succession of flowers may be kept up all the 

 summer and autumn. — Z)ianthus giganteus; Caryophylleae Sileneae. A 

 gigantic species, from the nursery of Messrs. Young, of Epsom, and raised 

 there from seeds received from Malaga. 



Geraniacece. By Robert Sweet, F.L.S. &c. In 8vo Numbers, monthly, os. 



Nos.I. lo VIII. of Second Series, from July, 1828, to February, 1829, 



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1 to 51. — Campylia laciniata. Pelargonium ??2alachraef61ium, P. abutilo- 

 ides, P. megalanthum, P. megaleion, P. melanostictum, P. NiciorvAnum, 

 P. megalostictum, P. calliston, P. magnifolium. — P. ObriemavJM^K. " In 

 compliment to Miss O'Brien, authoress of several interesting papers in 

 Loudon's Gardener's Magazine, and the Magazine of Natural History" 

 — P. graphicum. Very handsome. — P. fl?nanthif61ium, P. rhodopetalon, 

 P. decorum, P. flagrans. — P. Lou&onianum. " Splendid and very distinct ; 

 raised by Mr. W. Smith, gardener to the Earl of Liverpool, at Coombe 

 Wood, from a seed of P. sanguineum, fertilised by the pollen of P. auran- 

 tiacum, or some nearly related sort, so that it is intermediate between two 

 very distinct tribes, partaking, in an equal degree, of both. We do not 

 know when we have seen a more splendid flower, its colour being quite daz- 

 zling when in full bloom. We have named it in compliment to our respected 

 friend, Mr. J. C. Loudon, &c. &c." [For which we return our best thanks 

 to Mr. Sweet ; the more especially, for having selected so very distinct and 

 handsome a variety.] — P. haemastictum, P. crataegifolium, P. nubilum, P. 

 Deburghfs, P. papyraceum, P. Lawrance^nzwM, P. concretum, P. pentastlc- 

 tum, P. altum, P. vestifluum, P. latidentatum, P. eratinum, P. tinctum, P. 

 heteromallum, and P. poculifolium. 



tionably just, we trust every young gardener will immediately adopt it ; 

 those who do not own to being young, may of course continue in their old 

 nomenclature. 



