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and with much smaller flowers than those of H. anniuis. From North- 

 west America, by Mr. Douglas. " We are informed by its discoverer tliat it 

 is a variable plant, abounding over the greater part of the temperate coun- 

 tries situated in the interior and western coast of North America. In sandy 

 parched ground it is a diminutive annual, scarcely a foot hi<;h ; while, on 

 the banks of streams, or on the margin of lakes, particularlv m deer or buf- 

 falo ground, it attains the height of 6 or 8 ft. The native tribes that inhabit 

 the interior of North California apply the grains to the same purpose as 

 that for which, we are informed by Nuttall, the Indians of the Missouri use 

 H, tubaeformis. They collect them in the autumn, and dry them on heated 

 stones, or in wooden troughs, with small embers, stirring them with a stick 

 to prevent their burning. When dried, they are panned, and made into a 

 sort of cake which is not unpleasant. — Scott/w angustifolia; Leguminosge 

 ioteae. A beautiful addition to an interesting genus raised at the Clapton 

 riiu'sery, from New Holland seeds. Twiggy, linear leaves, and solitary 

 iflowe.-s pink and yellow. — Camclh'rt japonica punctata. Dotted Japan 

 Camellia, or Grays Invincible Camellia. Raised in 1824, by ^Ir. George 

 Press, gardener to Edward Gray, Esq. F.H.S, Harringay House, Hornsey. 

 (Vol. II. p. 358.) — Pimelea humilis; Thymeleae. A low green-house shrub 

 from the Comte de Vandes's, at Bayswater. 



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1461 to 1470 Azalea Indica purpurea. An 



elegant green-house shrub, introduced tromChinii, 

 hy Mr. Brookes of the Ball's Pond Nursery, in 

 1819. — &illa bifolia. — Caniellfa japonica 

 Ivnightii. A pretty variety raised from seed by 

 Mr. Joseph Knight of the Exotic Nursery, King's 

 Road. — Andromeda calyculata. — iJoroiiicum 

 caucasicum. A charming, little, very hardy, her- 

 baceous plant, with yellow flowers in March and 

 April. — Evica Kvcheriana. E. sparsa. — As]n- 

 distra luridii. {fig. 107.) A most singular-looking 

 stove-plant from China; " from a sort of knobby 

 root, producing three or four upright leaves, 

 8 or 9 in. in length, and, in the months of March 

 and April, a number of dingy-coloured flowers 

 lying on the ground." Ackcm ornithophora. — 

 Dodonc^'a attenuata. A New Holland shrub 

 culture, but no great beauty. 



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Ko. II. for July, contains 

 5 to 8. — Primula pusilla. A pretty little tufted stemless plant, becom- 

 ing dormant in winter. — /beris carnosa. A pretty little annual or biennial 

 plant, raised by the gardener of P. B. Webb, Esq., from seeds sent home by 

 his master from the mountains of Granada in Spain. — Phlox procumbens. 

 A beautiful and very distinct specie^ from North America to Bury Hill, 

 producing bluish purple flowers in May. " It appears to be of very free 

 growth, producing numerous roots, some of which strike root as they trail 

 on the ground, so that it may be easily increased ; it succeeds well in a 

 light sandy soil, or a mixture of sandy loam and light peat or decayed leaves 

 will suit it very well; it will probably require a little protection in winter, 

 such as a garden pot placed over it in severe frost, but exposing it as much 



