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thriving well out of doors in summer, but, as ar as can at present be 

 judged, requiring to be protected from frost in winter. It is difficult to 

 represent by art the brilliancy of its scarlet blossoms. Hitherto it has 

 only been increased by cuttings, but it is probable that in a warm summer it 

 will produce seeds." — 1395. i^ibiscus *Lindle?. This beautiful plant is a 

 native of the Burma empu-e, and was introduced to England by Dr. Wal- 

 lich. It proves to be a hardy stove plant, growing with much vigour, but 

 not flowering readily, unless the young shoots are struck as cuttings as 

 soon as the blossoms appear, in which case it flowers freely, and becomes an 

 extremely ornamental plant, especially in the winter months, during the 

 whole of which it flowers in abundance. It is too tender to flower out of 

 doors, even in summer. — 1396. Habranthus *Bagn6kh'. "This beautiful 

 plant flowered in Mr. Tate's nursery, and was collected in Chile by Captain 

 Bagnold, a gentleman who has introduced many valuable species of plants 

 to the gardens of this country. Like all the large black bulbs that come 

 from Chile, this, under the management usually applied to them, is a shy 

 flowerer ; and, if exposed to too high temperature, apt to dwindle gradually 

 away. A south border, well protected from frost, by a frame placed over 

 it, and a little heat introduced into it occasionally in very severe weather, 

 is, we suspect, by far the best situation for bulbs from such countries as 

 Chile." — 1397. *Justic/« carnea. " This is one of the handsomest stove 

 plants we are acquainted with, combining great beauty of foliage with very 

 striking flowers, and a constant disposition to produce them." — 1398. 

 Camellia japonica var. *imbricata. One of the finest varieties of Camellia 

 known. 



No. II. of Vol. IV. for April, contains 

 1399. ^ristolochia trilobata, Three-lobed Birthwort. A climber from the 

 West Indies, where it inhabits damp forests, and is deemed an antidote to 

 the bite of serpents. In England it is a stove plant of rapid growth, and 

 produces an abundance ol its singular flowers at various periods of the 

 year; may be increased by layers or cuttings. " The lip of the flower of 

 this plant is lengthened out into a narrow thong, which, in the specimen 

 figured, exceeded 22 in. in length. The purpose for which this excessive 

 elongation of the floral envelope is intended is not known ; but it is worthy 

 of remark, as tending to confirm the opinion that in nearly allied plants 

 similar peculiarities of structure may be always expected. This singular 

 elongation of the lip of the flower exists, accordingly, not only in several 

 other species of ^ristolochia, but also in a species of J'sarum, discovered in 

 North-west America by Mr. Douglas," and which Mr. Lindley has deno- 

 minated /I'sarum *caudatum. — 1400. Raphiolepis rubra. The plants of 

 this genus are evergreen compact shrubs, with spikes of white flowers, and, 

 therefore, somewhat ornamental. They are all from China, and will occa- 

 sionally survive an English winter nailed to the south front of a wall, and 

 covered. R. rubra is published from Tate's nursery. — l-lOl. Bleti« florida. 

 From Trinidad. A species which Professor Lindley, after very careful 

 comparison, believes quite identical with B. pallida of Loddiges's Botanical 

 Cabinet. Like all the other species, a stove perennial. — 1402. Azalea calen- 

 dulacea var. *lepida. A third garden variety of Azalea raised at the Earl 

 of Caernarvon's by Mr. Gowen. It appears almost intermediate between 

 A. calendulacea and A. nudiflora, from which it originated, but partakes 

 more of the character of the former than of the latter. " The clear delicate 

 pink border of the pure white segments of the corolla, and the bright yellow 

 blotch upon one of them, give this variety a peculiarly neat appearance, 

 wherefore Mr. Gowen calls it A. lepida." — 1403. Tradescantia undata. 

 A pretty annual species, much like T. erecta, but with its petals of a red 

 lilac, not blue, colour. — 1404. /'ris *bicolor. " Mr. Campbell, the intel- 

 ligent gardener to the Comte de Vandes, treats it as a half-hardy plant, and 

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