64- Botanical Cabinet. — British Fl&voer-Garden, 



of last winter in a cold frame ; that it was planted out upon the rockwork 

 early in spring ; and has been in blossom from April up to the period of the 

 publication of this plate. It grows freely in a mixture of peat and loam, 

 and roots at every joint, perfecting seeds abundantly. Some of the runners 

 were 18 in. long." 



. Calceolaria diffusa. Resembles C. bicolor. " A half-hardy plant, grow- 

 ing and flowering beautifully in the open border during the months of July, 

 August, and September ; but requiring to be taken up at the approach of 

 the cold season, and kept in a frame during winter. Propagated both by 

 seeds and cuttings." — Palavi« *rhombif6Iia; il/alvticea;. An annual from 

 Peru, which blossoms in the open border in August. — Coreopsis *Atkin- 

 sonia7ia. A perennial from Columbia; at first sight scarcely different from 

 C. tinctoria, but in perfection later in the season, and then very interesting. 

 Roots or seeds. " Named by Mr. Douglas in compliment to Wm, Atkinson, 

 Esq., of Grove End, his tried and steady friend, to whom horticultural archi- 

 tecture is under obligations that posterity will not be slow to appreciate.'' 



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Part CLXII. for October, contains 



1611 to 1620. — Pimelea glauca. — *Maxillaria Deppii; Orchideae. — 

 A'rnica montiina. A native of the Alps, of easy propagation, and not 

 without beauty. — * Erica Smithi«««. — *Davies2fl! linearis. A slender 

 Australian shrub, with pea flowers and linear leaves. — Pentstemon pro- 

 cerus. A hardy perennial from North-west America; growing tall, and 

 expanding its blue and purple flowers the greater part of the summer. — 

 yinemone alphia. — Tussilago alpina. — Chorizema rhombea. — .Ranunculus 

 illyricus. 



Part CLXIII.for November, contains 



1621 to 16.30. — Houst6m« purpurea. — JS'rica stellifera. — Habenaria 

 orbiculata. — Diosma tenuissima. — t'actus grandiflora. — Pentstemon 

 ovatus. — Prunus *sibirica. Pallas in the Flora Rossica, informs us that 

 in the month of May the south sides of the transalpine Daurian moun- 

 tains are covered with this shrub-like flower, while the north sides are 

 equally adorned with the i^hododendron dauricum. — iyilium *Busch- 

 idniim. Received from Mr. Joseph Busch of St. Petersburgh in 1829, and 

 named after him. — Sinning/« villosa, — i^umaria nobilis, now Corydalis 

 nobilis. 



Part CLXIV.for December, contains 



1631 to 1640. — J^rigeron glabellus. — Azalea verticillata. A large 

 vigorous-growing species, flowering in the end of June, after the A. nudi- 

 florae have done, and very hard}'. — Enca. fulgida. — E'pacris *diosmaef61ia. 

 — Eschsch61tz/« californica. — i^ryngium virgatum. — Habenaria triden- 

 tata. — SUene compacta. — Gompholobium pedunculare. — Primula fari- 

 nosa. 



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No. XVII. for October, contains 

 65 to 68. — Primula farinosa, vars. 1, 2, 3.; first var. violet, second 

 lilac, third snow-coloured. The snow-coloured variety is a very local 

 plant, and rare in its native habitats, which are chiefly damp situations on 

 limestone ; the violet-coloured variety is found in peat earth on a similar 

 substratum. These varieties were sent to Mr. Sweet from E. Leeds, Esq., 

 of Manchester. — *Symphiandra (^symj^hi/o, to connect, «««-, anther; anthers 

 connected) pendula ; Campanulaceae. This singular and curious herbaceous 

 plant from Caucasus to the Chelsea garden, in 1824. — *jLupinus pulchellus. 



