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British Floijoer-Garden: 



folia, {fig. 65.) From wet woods in Pennsylvania 

 and Virginia. Hardy, a foot high, and very beau- 

 tiful. — 5elago fasciculata. — Tigridia pavonia. — 

 Coelogyne fimbriata. An orchideous epiphyte 

 from China, with a trailing bulb-bearing stem. — 

 ^rica Petiverii. — Clethra acuminata. A moun- 

 QQ 5i^^ ^^'" ^^'^^ ^'^ Carolina, 



flowering in August. 



/'ris morcEoide^. — 



Pentstemon atropur- 



purpurea. ( fig. 66.) 



Perennial, or half- 

 shrubby, about 2 ft. 



high, with rich and 



beautiful flowers in 



autumn of a deep red colour. — J'loe expansa. 



No. C XL IV. for Jpril, contains 

 1451 to 1440. — (Solanum ?Hyrtif61ium. Beau- 

 tiful, deep,glossy,green leaves,and blueflowers. 

 — Ericd crinita. The flowers very beautiful, 

 and of long duration. — iychnis coronata, 

 isTedysarum obsciirum. Lobelia fulgens, Leuco- 

 pogon polystachyus, Monarda punctata, Pentstemon pulch^lla, Begonia 

 semperflorens, and Dichorisandra oxypetala. 



JSTo. CXL V. for May, contains 

 1441 to 1450. — Pittosporum tomentosum, Podalyria sericea -Erica 

 v^rnix, Melasphge'rula parviflora, Astrapae'a Wallichii, i?hododendron 

 dauricum, Calothamnus clavata, Ruellia picta, Amaryllis rutila. — ffovea 

 elliptica, a New Holland shrub, with dark blue flowers in February and 

 March. Hovea Ceisi has also blue flowers at this season, and, being a free 

 grower and abundant flowerer, ought to be in every collection. 



The British Flower-Garden. By Robert Sweet, F.L.S. &c. In Svo Numbers, 



monthly. Zs. 



No. LXXIII. for March, contains 

 289 to 292. — O'robus {orb, to excite, boiis, an ox; strong thriving food 

 for oxen) Fischeri. Handsome, with purple flowers and linear leaves ; pre- 

 sented to R. Barclay, Esq. by Dr. Fischer, and supposed to be a native of 

 Siberia or Russia. — iJhododendron sin^nse var. flavescens. The Azalea 

 sinensis of Loddiges' Bot. Cab., and of Sweet's Hort. Brit.' Mr. Sweet 

 considers that i?hodod ndron and Azalea cannot be kept apart as distinct 

 genera, and has therefore given the latter genus as a section of the former. 

 The only difference between them being the number of stamens, and this 

 does not hold good in Azalea indica. The two genera, or as they may now 

 be considered, the two sections, " mule together so readily " that there can 

 be no end to the varieties which they may produce. — Digitahs lanata. — 

 Geum Que/li/on. From the mountains in Chile, with scarlet flowers, of 

 easy culture, and increased by division or by seeds. From Mr. Knight's 

 Exotic Nursery in the King's Road. 



No. LXXlV.for A2ml, contains 

 293 to 296. — Chelone Lyoni. Large purple flowers, and of easy cul- 

 ture, in light rich soil. — CKnothera ^araxacifolia, Dandelion-leaved CEno- 

 thera. Perennial ; very handsome, with large white flowers from June to 

 November. — Terbena pulchella. Pretty, with lilac flowers, and requiring 

 a little protection in winter. — Psorulea glandulosa ; Leguminosae. A 

 handsome shrub, with purplish blue flowers, from Chile, where the plant 

 is considered efficacious as a vermifuge and stomachic. 



