256 J^oiices of new and beautiful Plants, 



whatsoever. Where there is a green-house, or pit, or even 

 a good cellar, in which plants can be protected and turned 

 into the borders early, many of them will bloom this month ; 

 such as Clarkia pulchella and elegans, annual chrysanthemums, 

 Ferbena chamsedrifulia, mimuluses, stocks, &.c. Such shrubs 

 as jRhododendron ponticum, catawbiense, maximum, album, 

 hybridum, and others, and many kinds of azaleas, may be kept 

 in a cellar, and will flower splendidly this month. Indeed, with- 

 out the aid of a pit of any kind to protect plants, but only a good 

 dry cellar, in which the frost cannot penetrate, a garden may be 

 tolerably supplied with flowers in May, and plants, which it has 

 heretofore been thought must have a green-house to winter them, 

 and those which were not so favored, thus deprived of their beau- 

 ty, will flourish fully as well, and bloom equally as freely, sheltered 

 in this manner. We have tried the experiment, and can with 

 confidence recommend it. 



Those truly magnificent under-shrubs, P?ednia Moutan var. 

 papaveracea and Banksice, though yet rare, are perfectly hardy, 

 and flower freely in the open border, this month. They may 

 also be grown in pots and wintered in a cellar, where the garden 

 is small and the borders occupied with other plants. Though 

 not to be obtained at a very low price, yet no collection can be 

 called complete without them. In small gardens, in cities, 

 plants which are usually kept in rooms may be set out — and, if 

 large specimens, such as oleanders, lemon and orange trees, 

 pittosporums, acacias, &c., they will make a fine appearance, 

 and their health and beauty be preserved. 



Art. VI. Mtices of new and beautiful Plants figured in the 

 London Floricultural and Botanical Magazines ; with some 

 Jlccount of those lohich it would be desirable to introduce into 

 our Gardens. 



Edwards's Botanical Begister, or Ornamental Flower Garden and 

 Shrubbery. Each number containini^ eight figures of Plants and 

 Shrubs. In inonthly numbers ; 4s. colored, 3s. plahi. Edited by 

 John Lindley, Ph. D., F. R. S., L. S., and G. S., Professor of Botany 

 in the University of London. 



Curtis''s Botanical Magazine, or Flower Garden Displayed, containing 

 eight plates. In monthly numbers ; 3s. 6c?. colored, 3s. plain. Edited 

 by William Jackson Hooker, L.L. D., F. R. A., and L. S., Regius 

 Professor of Botany in the University of Glasgow. 



