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A handsome plant, with foliage very similar to the Cli- 

 anthus, and long erect spikes of red flowers which appear 

 at the axils of the leaves. Among the crowd of species 

 now fomid in the genus Indigo, it is difficult to say whether 

 this is a new species or not ; but Dr. Lindley considers it 

 to be so, although ignorant of its fruit. The seeds were 

 collected in India at the height of 4000 feet above the sea, 

 and it was raised in the garden of the London Horticultu- 

 ral Society, where it flowered in September, 1840. It grows 

 readily in a rich open soil, and is increased by cuttings of 

 the young wood, placed in sand in bottom heat. The 

 plant, when in good health, flowers nearly all summer. 

 {Bot. Reg., March.) 



OXVLOBIUM 



capititum Beiith. Headed Oxylobium. A greenhouse shrub; growing a foot high; with 

 yellow and orange flowers ; appearing in autumn ; a native of Swan River ; propagated by 

 cuttings and seeds ; grown in heath soil, leaf mould and sand. Bot. Reg. 1843, t. 16. 



A very beautiful plant, with obovate, oblong linear leaves, 

 and dense racemes of yellow and orange blossoms, some- 

 what resembling a chorizema. Imported by Messrs. Low 

 & Co., with whom it flowered last season ; it is easily mul- 

 tiplied by cuttings and seeds, and the plants potted in light 

 heath soil mixed with a little leaf mould and sand ; the pot 

 being well drained. It often remains in bloom several 

 months in summer. {^Bot. Reg.., March.) 



CampanuldcecB. 



CAMPA'NULA 



Lseflingi! De Cand. Lsfling's Bellflower. An annual; growing nine inches high ; with blue 

 flowers; appearing in July and August; a native of Portugal ; multiplied by seeds. Bot. 

 Reg. 1843, t. 19. 



Sijnonyme. Campanula Broussonetio^na Romcr and Schultes syst. 



Another fine annual species of the Blue Bell, of which 

 the C. Lorei is the only previous one of any beauty. The 

 stem is slender and much branched, and the flowers appear 

 in profusion all over the plant. It is a native of sandy 

 plains all over Portugal, and was introduced to the socie- 

 ty's garden, where it jflowered in July last. The best 

 method of managing it is to sow the seeds in March 

 or August — and if at the latter season, to pot them ofi" 

 singly in rich sandy soil, and place them in a cold frame or 

 greenhouse during the winter. When planted in March or 

 April, the plants may at once be removed to the open gar- 

 den. It grows from six to nine inches high, and flowers 

 abundantly all the season. (^Bot. Reg.., April.) 



