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one third peat will suit it well : cuttings nearly ripened will root freely in 

 pots of sand under a hand-glass." — ^sclepia-s amce'na, Delightful Swallow- 

 wort ; /isclepiac/ecT. A hardy perennial, increased by dividing at the roots ; 

 its stems, 4 or 5 ft. high, are surmounted by large umbels of purple flowers, 

 which open in July and August. Native of North America, from New 

 England to Virginia, and delights in heat and moisture. — i^ubus nutkanus, 

 Nootka Sound Raspberry : i?osiiceae. A welcome addition to our stock of 

 hardy flowering shrubs. i?ubus odoratus, the Flowering Raspberry, as it 

 is emphatically called, because it was, for many years, the only species with 

 showy flowers, gives a good idea of R. nutkanus ; but the latter has white 

 blossoms, and is more compact in its mode of growth. — Anisanthus splen- 

 dens. Splendid Anisanthus. A most desirable frame bulb, from the Cape 

 in 1825, producing a stem a yard high, and a spike of bright scarlet 

 flowers nearly a foot in length. The bulbs were potted in a mixture of 

 nearly half turfy loam, one fourth of fine white sand, and the rest peat, in 

 which they throve exceedingly well : they are now planted out in a pit. 



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Part CLXV. for January, contains 

 1641 to 1650. — Pentstemon Richardson^, which flowers through the 

 greater part of the summer ; and is so ornamental that no hardy flower 

 garden should be without it. — Swains6n/« albiflora. An ornamental green- 

 house plant, from New Holland in 1826. Blossoms white, pea-shaped. — 

 Nigritella angustifolia. A curious hardy orchideous plant, with dark- 

 coloured blossoms, expanded in June and July.— ^Campanula thyrsdidea. 

 An elegant hardy biennial, a foot high, with multitudinous cream-coloured 

 blossoms ; rarer in nurseries than in botanic gardens. Native of Hungary, 

 Austria, and Switzerland. — Maxillaria *galeata. Another new, very 

 desirable, stove orchideous plant; blooms in August. — jBrica ollula. An 

 elegant species of heath, its blossoms red and shaped like a pitcher, as 

 the specific name imports. — O'xalis *carn6sa. From Chile in 1825, 

 blossoms yellow, leaves used as a substitute for sorrel in its native country. 



— Andromeda *chinensis. A desirable and very rare green-house species, 

 from China ; sent to Messrs. Loddiges, in 1829, by their valuable friend 

 Mr. Reeves of Canton. — Calceolaria thyrsiflora. A beautiful abundantly 

 blooming species from Mendoza ; and, although a green-house plant, 

 indispensable, as a summer ornament, to every hardy flower garden. It, 

 like all the other shrubby species of this delectable genus, propagates freely 

 by cuttings. — i^ris ruthenica. An interesting, blue-flowered, grass-leaved 

 species, almost as diminutive as its near ally /. humilis. 



Part CLXVI.for February, contains 

 1651 to 1660. — Stapeh'a elegans, Elegant Stapelia; JsclepiiWet?. A mi- 

 nute species, forming compact tufts ; flowers small, produced in summer. 



— Salpiglossis picta, Painted Salpiglossis ; iS'olanese. The now well known 

 Chilean beauty. — Habenaria bifolia, two-leaved Habenaria ; Orchideae. 

 The O'rchis bifolia of Smith. A prevalent plant in woods in Suffolk ; 

 the fragrance of its blossoms at night surpasses that of any other flower 

 we know, even honeysuckle sinks in comparison. — Alstroemeri« ovata, 

 Oxate-leavcd Alstroemeria ; AmaTyXWdea-. Herbaceous climber, to the 

 height of 6 ft. or more. Survived in a warm border, out of doors, the 

 severe winter of 1829, along with A. pulchella, and A. Hookeri. Flowers 

 from July till late in autumn. Native of Chile and Peru. Increased by 

 detachments of oifsets at the root, and by seeds. — Erica incarnata. Flesh- 

 coloured Heath ; ^'riceae. A low-growing bushy kind, blooming abun- 

 dantly during summer ; corollas inflated. — Erica, cruenta. Blood-coloured 

 Heath ; £riceae. Flowers numerous, corollas tubular. — Heterotaxis 



