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VARIOUS, CURIOUS AND FINE Maculatum, 



SORTS. Sanguineum, 



Bipinnatifidum, Tricolor, 



Comptonianum, Tricolor major. 

 Echinatum, 



There are several others very recently introduced, which 

 have not bloomed so as to allow us to judge of their merits ; 

 but their foreign characters are highly flattering. The re- 

 potting of the geranium tribe should be done as early in the 

 month as possible, or even about the end of last month would 

 be advisable in some seasons. (Soil No. 12, with a little 

 more manure.) 



Phormium tenax, New Zealand flax lily, the only species; 

 foliage resembling an Iris, and very thready. In New Zea- 

 land and Norfolk Island the natives manufacture from this 

 plant a kind of stufi" like coarse linen, cordage &c. ; the 

 plant is very hardy, and we would be nowise surprised to see 

 it stand the severity of our winters. It bears exposure to 

 the open air in Europe in the fifty-sixth degree of north 

 latitude. The flowers are said to be yellow and lily-like ; of 

 the easiest culture. (Soil No. 7.) 



PhylicaSj above twenty-five species. Several of them are 

 very pretty-growing evergreen shrubs, and of easy culture. 

 P. hori'zontdlis, P. sqiiarrosa, P. imhricclta, P. myrtifdlia, P. 

 callosa, P. hicolor, and P. ericoides, are all neat growing ; 

 flowers small white, in heads: drain the pots well, and keep 

 them in an airy situation. The foliage of, several of the 

 species is downy. (Soil No. 6.) 



Phasedlus caracdlla, or snail-flower, is a very curious bloom- 

 ing plant, with flowers of a greenish yellow, all spirally 

 twisted, in great profusion when the plant is well grown. 

 (Soil No. 12.) 



Phoenix dactylifera , common date palm ) a plant that at- 

 tains a large size and of rather a rugged appearance; its 

 fruit is the common well-known date. (Soil No. 12.) 



Pimileas, about fourteen species. Most of them are highly 

 esteemed, and are not often seen in our collections. P. 

 decussdta is the finest of the genus, both in foliage and flow- 

 ers, which are red, and in large terminal clusters; P. his- 

 jjula, P. rosea, P. linifolia, P. spicdta, and P. spectdhilisy 

 are all fine species. The latter has very beautiful lanceo- 



