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Notes and Gleanings. 



'' Hypericum patulum, Spreading St. John's-Wort (Bot. Mag., t. 5693). — Hy- 

 pericineae. A handsome hardy perennial, native of Japan, flowering in autumn, 

 'and forming a very valuable addition to the list of available border-plants.' 



" Angelonia grandiflora (Large-flowered Angelonia). — A pretty scrophuiaria- 

 ceous plant from South America. It is of most elegant habit, freely branching, 

 with lanceolate leaves, and showy spii<es of purplish-blue flowers, which are de- 

 lightfully fragrant. It maybe easily raised from seeds; and, though usually 







ANGELONIA GKANDIFLORA. 



reo-arded as a stove-plant, warm greenhouse-temperature will suit it in tlie 

 winter, and it may be planted out in the summer months. For this, also, we are 

 indebted to Messrs. Hooper & Co., who have re-introduced the plant to cul- 

 tivation." 



'' Aristolochia Goldieana, the Rev. H. Goldie's Aristolochia (Bot. Mag., 



t. 5672). A remarkable stove climber from South America. The leaves are 



cordate on Ion"- stalks ; the flower is bent into two unequal portions : the lower 



