Notes and Gleanings. 



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NOTES AND GLEANINGS FROM FOREIGN EXCHANGES. 



Amaranthus salicifolius. — Of the genus Ainarant]Lus there are species 

 which have been long cultivated in gardens, for their flowers — such as Love 

 lies Bleeding and the Prince's Feather {A. cazidattis and A. hypochondriacus), 

 which are still to be found in some old-fashioned gardens, and especially in cot- 

 tage gardens ; and one not cultivated for its flowers but for its lovely rosy-pur- 



Amaranthus salicifolius. 



pie leaves, translucent in the sun, is to be met in almost every modern flower 

 garden. This is A. inelaticholicus ruber, not at all a melancholy looking plant, 

 which the others are. It was one of the introductions from Japan, of our friend, 

 the late Mr. John Gould Veitch ; and to-day we produce a representation of, in 

 its way, a not less beautiful menjber of the same family, A . salicifolius, from 



