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blossoms, and with black germens and orange anthers. It was sent home 

 from Chile by Mr. Thomas Bridges, collector and vender of natural history 

 productions there, to the late Robert Barclay, Esq., in whose garden, at 

 Bury Hill, it blossomed, in a southern aspect, through September and 

 October last. Native specimens of this plant exhibit twentj' flowers in a 

 corymb. " With the greater part of the bulbs from Chile, Peru, Buenos 

 Ayres, and Mexico, the present one will succeed well in a warm border in 

 the flower garden, planted about 6 in. deep, with the covering of a mat in 

 severe frosty weather, but to be always exposed when the weather is mild." 

 O. corjanbosum may be increased by offsets from the root. — 90. Aqui- 

 legia sibirica, Siberian Columbine. With fine light blue blossoms. " It 

 is a most beautiful plant, and its smooth carpella (seed-vessels), and the 

 knob at the end of the spur, readily distinguish it from all the other species. 

 The strength of the present specimen was most probably owing to the rich 

 soil in which it had been planted. It is said to be a native of the woods in 

 Dahuria, so that, in all probabilit}', it will be fond of growing in the mould 

 formed from decayed leaves, which should be mixed with some rich sandy 

 loam: it appears to seed freely. — 91. i^hododendron *Russell/a?i?<?H. A 

 splendid hybrid, with gorgeous heads or bunches of bright ros}' red, or almost 

 crimson, blossoms. " This plant, and other varieties, was procured from 

 seeds of R. catawbiense, that had been fertilised with the pollen of R. 

 arboreum, the brilliant Nepal species. That R. Russellia«M?H is perfectly 

 hardy there can be no doubt, Mr. Russell having had many of them out the 

 two last winters ; they require to be grown in peat soil, and will doubtless 

 be rapid growers j we see no abortion whatever either in the ovarium, 

 stigma, or stamens ; so that, without doubt, it will produce perfect seeds." 

 Blossoms in spring. Drawn from Russell's nursery, at Battersea. Mr. 

 Russell has the merit of having produced several very ornamental hybrid 

 plants, one of which, beside the plant above, is the well known Potentilla 

 Russell/«««. — 92. iVarcissus Cypri. The original single-flowered parent of 

 the double and semidouble Cyprus narcissuses of the gardens. These latter 

 have been generally supposed varieties of the Italian narcissus, but Mr. Ha- 

 worth, in his published and accurate remarks on this tribe, had suggested 

 differently, when Mi\ Sweet accidentally met with a plant confirming 

 Mr. Haworth's suggestions. N. Cypri approximates on N. Tazzetta o^ Flora 

 GrcBcUy but is still distinct. 



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Part CLXVII. for March, contains 

 1661. Habenaria cristata. " Cultivated it in a pot in loam and peat 

 earth, with a portion of sawdust. It shoidd be placed in a shady position 

 in summer, and preserved during winter in a frame." — 1662. jErica de- 

 clinata. " In growth very low and bushy, producing a profusion of flowers 

 in the latter part of the summer and autumn. — 1663. ^rica curviflora. — 

 1664. Zygopetalum Mackaii. A very beautiful species, named by Dr. 

 Hooker after Mr. J. T. Mackay of the Dublin botanic garden. The beau- 

 tiful party-coloured blossoms are very durable. — 1665. Pteris *peruviana. 

 Received from ]M. Otto, of the Berlin botanic garden, which " is exceed- 

 ingly rich in ferns, as well as in almost all other plants." — 1666. Alstrce- 

 meri'rt psittacina. The soil, in which to cultivate this beautiful plant, 

 should be heath mould, loam, and rotten dung, in equal proportion ; the 

 pots large. — 1667. Dichorizandra*picta. The painted leaves and beauti- 

 ful clear blue blossoms of this new plant make it very desirable. — 1668. 

 Pimelea /inifolia. — 1669. Nerine undulata. " Long known as Amaryllis; 

 but, from the discovery of so many new forms of that voluminous tribe, the 

 division has become in a great measure indispensable. — 1670. ilfalva 



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